Winter Social, Saturday December 5th 2026, 2:00-4:00pm

Halifax Common Playground, 5824 Cogswell St, Halifax

Family cycling playground meet-up and Tree By Bike!

• Are you making the switch to using your bike more this winter? Curious about winter cycling, or cycling with kids more generally? We’d love to show you how we keep our bikes rolling through the festive season.
• Try out one of our bike trailers, check out some of our community member cargo bikes, and find out how they use them day-to-day
• Optional: around 3:00pm, we’ll ride across the Common to the Good Robot Christmas tree lot to select Christmas trees for transporting home by bike.
• We’ll provide hot chocolate & snacks at the playground
• If we need to cancel due to weather conditions, we will post a notice on this website by 10:00am.
• The rain date is Sunday December 6.
• Please help protect our community from illnesses such as COVID-19. Our rides and activities take place entirely outdoors, but we share outdoor public space with many others. Mask-wearing is welcomed. Please stay home if you feel unwell or have any symptoms of illness.

Additional Details:

• There are bus stops nearby on Robie St and Summer St.
• There is limited on-street parking on the north side of Cogswell St., and on streets surrounding the Common.
• There is a parking garage nearby, on Bell Rd, and paid parking at the Museum of Natural History on Summer St. ( Unfortunately, all of the public washrooms located on the Halifax Common are currently closed. The closest public washrooms are located at the Citadel Community Centre (400m).