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A list of Summer Festivals, Street Festivals & Multi-Cultural Festivals in Toronto. Music Festivals, Performing Arts Festivals, Food, Beer & RibFests happening during summer are NOT included in this list.
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Dundas Street West, Toronto
June 7, 2024 To June 9, 2024
Free
. Join us for three vibrant days of arts, music, dancing, food, drink and shopping on between Lansdowne and Shaw. From the over 50 licensed patios, to the outdoor ... »
Yonge-Dundas Square, Dundas Street East, Toronto
June 8, 2024
FREE
Our annual music festival is a 12-hour live event featuring a mix of artists from Canada, the U.S., India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean. »
St. Clair Avenue West between Winona and Christie, Toronto
July 6, 2024 To July 7, 2024
647-632-3421
Free
Canada’s biggest Latin street party is back to heat up Toronto! The FREE Annual TD Salsa on St. Clair Street Festival is the main event of ... »
Guild Park & Gardens, 201 Guildwood Parkway, Toronto
July 27, 2024 To July 28, 2024
4163381917
Free Admission
In celebration of arts, culture, and the community, Guild Alive is a must-attend festival for all ages! Featuring local Artisan Vendors, Live Music and Entertainment, Great Food, ... »
Centennial Park, 256 Centennial Park Rd., Etobicoke
August 9, 2024 To August 11, 2024
JerkFest is an annual event celebrating jerk cuisine and Caribbean culture organized by not-for-profit organization Caribbean Promotions Arts & Culture Inc. After two years of virtual livestreams, JerkFest ... »
Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
August 16, 2024 To September 2, 2024
416-263-3330
Admission prices vary.
Taking place over the 18 days leading up to and including Labour Day, the CNE offers a wide variety of entertainment and events including Bandshell concerts, celebrity chef ... »
Thomson Memorial Park, 1005 Brimley Road, Scarborough
August 24, 2024 To August 25, 2024
4163451613
Free
Afro-Carib Fest is an award-winning FREE 2-day outdoor festival that celebrates diversity by showcasing the arts, culture and heritage of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora to over 30,000 attendees. Audiences ... »
Roncesvalles Village, Toronto
September 14, 2024 To September 15, 2024
Free
The Roncesvalles Village BIA welcome’s back their annual festival in September. Roncesvalles Polish Festival is North America’s largest celebration of Polish culture. Enjoy great local ... »
SUMMER FESTIVALS IN TORONTO
Dundas West Fest
A celebration of arts, community and everything local. Food, live entertainment and more! Details
Dragon Boat Race Festival
Dragon boat race, cultural festivities and more! Details
The Junction Summer Solstice Festival
Presenting The Junction Summer Solstice Festival- The first festival of the Summer Season, celebrating the longest day of the year. You can learn all about the Junction by enjoying a full day of FREE activities & events showcasing the best Junction has to offer. With fantastic summer themed entertainment, sunny energy and a shopping experience like no other in the City. Details
CHIN Picnic
Enjoy Italian, Portuguese, Latino, Hispanic, and Brazilian Music, Food, entertainment, and tradition! Details
Pride Toronto
Pride Month celebrates our diverse sexual and gender identities, histories, cultures, creativities, families, friends and lives. It includes a street festival with over eight stages of live entertainment, an extensive street fair (including community booths, vendors, food stalls), a special Family Pride program, a politically charged Dyke March, a Trans March and the famous Pride Parade. Details
Indigenous Arts Festival
The Indigenous Arts Festival @ Fort York celebrates traditional and contemporary music, dance, theatre, storytelling, literature, crafts, and food created by indigenous artists. Energizing the grounds and buildings of Fort York National Historic Site in downtown Toronto with powerful ancient traditions and compelling contemporary creations. Details
Highland Creek’s Heritage Day Festival
Highland Creek Heritage Festival is an annual community festival for the eastern communities of Scarborough. Details
Global Village Festival
Stilt Walkers, Kids playground, live entertainment, magic shows and more! Details
Port Union Waterfront Festival
Port Union Summer Festival. Events include free Carnival Rides,Mini-motorcycles, 5KM Walk/Run, 10KM run, Firefighter’s Bouncer and games, Entertainment with local bands and more! Details
Flavours of Fairbank
Flavours of Fairbank is back with kids’ activities and games, music, entertainment, arts and sidewalk sales from some of Eglinton’s fabulous vendors! New this year, we’ll have a folk exhibition on our second stage, as well as some great variety acts such as a sizzling show from Fire Guy, and new flavours of food and shopping. FREE performances across five locations. Details
Redpath Waterfront Festival
Have a ball exploring HTO Pendulum Wave, presented by Menkes, a larger-than-life installation made up of six, 6.5ft tall motorized beach balls. Catch a performance of Aqua Cirque, a water-inspired circus show. Stick around after performances, and kids can learn a few tricks of their own at guided workshops led by the acrobats. Details
Salsa On St. Clair
The biggest fiesta north of the border, the Salsa in Toronto Festival is a week-long celebration of Latin music, dance, food and culture. The Salsa festivities feature events throughout the city including a series of Latin dance and art exhibitions, Salsa in Toronto Cruise Nights, sizzling salsa parties, and more! Details
Salsa on St. Clair:
FREE celebration that transforms a stretch of St. Clair Avenue West (from Winona Dr. to Christie St.) into a showcase of Canada’s biggest salsa party featuring live music, dance lessons, Latin food and family. Bring your dancing shoes-It’s going to be CALIENTE!
BrazilFest
Canada’s largest Brazilian cultural event. The rhythms of Brazil will be remembered and celebrated with the help of a diverse and high quality team of performers and bands. The Festival will offer its attendees the opportunity to be closer to the performers, get a chance to enjoy a taste of Brazil with Brazilian style foods and a family area for families with children to enjoy the day. Details
Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto Caribbean Carnival is an exciting three-week cultural explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts. Details
Franco-Fête
Toronto Festival of International Francophonie gives Francophones, Francophiles and Anglophones of the region a place to gather and celebrate the diversity of francophone culture. Details
Honda Indy
Annual IndyCar Series race and second-longest running street race, only behind the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Details
Cultura Festival
Weekly Friday night Summer festival. Festival showcases musicians, dancers, buskers, art installations and international food vendors. Each evening closes with a featured film under the stars, displayed on a large screen in the square. Details
Waterfront Night Market
The Annual Waterfront Night Market will treat attendees to an exciting outdoor culinary experience featuring an enticing selection of Asian theme ‘street food’ and merchandise for an all-out night market experience. The essence of the WNM is to provide an array of multicultural theme cuisine; to unite different cultures together in participating in cross-cultural social event; ultimately, showcasing Canada’s mosaics of unparalleled fusion foods and lifestyle, integrated into one destination. Details
440 Unwin Ave, Toronto, Ontario
Festival of South Asia
Exotic South Asian cuisines, Arts & Cultural displays, Main Stage entertainment featuring Deep Jandu, Dhol Circle, Aakash Band, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Agni, Kids Activities including street performances by Zero Gravity Circus & The Cornerstone Studio, and more! Details
Big on Bloor
BIG ON Bloor celebrates arts, culture, community & small business with a unique community and city-building festival featuring hundreds of events, activities, and exhibitions. Details
AlohaFest Toronto
Learn about the Aloha spirit and enjoy showcase Polynesian culture, dance and musical performances, food and crafts. Details
Scarborough Community Multicultural Festival
The Scarborough Community Multicultural Festival, returns for the 2nd year where it brings multiculturism. New for this year will be Beer Tent, Canadian Citizenship Ceremoney & Reaffirmnation Ceremoney, Arts day and Multicultural Films. .Details
Confederation Park , 250 Dolly Varden Blvd, Toronto
Habari Africa Festival
Habari Africa festival is a multi-disciplinary music and arts celebration. Learn about the rich and diverse cultures spanning the African continent at this weekend-long exploration of art, food, film, music and more. Details
Wheels on the Danforth
Car show which features an amazing assortment of Classics, Exotics, Tuners, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and Motorcycles, a variety of vendors and artisans, Kids zone, and more! Details
York-Eglinton International Street Festival
The Annual York-Eglinton International Street Festival is one of Toronto’s must-see events. Created to showcase Toronto’s diverse community, the International Street Festival features live musical performances from local talent, salsa dance demonstrations and instruction, a street-level carnival, countless food vendors, an exotic animal petting zoo, and amazing sales offered by community businesses. Details
KULTURA Filipino Arts Festival
KULTURA is Canada’s only multi-disciplinary Filipino Arts Festival; Featuring a visual art exhibit, theatre readings, film screenings, a Philippine culinary competition, live music stage, and a marketplace of Filipino artists and entrepreneurs. Details
CNE
The Ex (Canadian National Exhibition) is Canada’s largest annual fair and the seventh largest in North America. Details
Tirgan Festival
Tirgan Festival brings together artists from around the globe to showcase the richness and diversity of Iranian art and culture through their mosaic of world-class talents. Tirgan is also a great opportunity to sample savoury Iranian cuisine and a traditional bazaar, showcasing a range of items including arts and crafts, Persian literature, exotic sweets, spices, and even traditional musical instruments and much more. Details
Scarborough Afro-Carib Fest
The Scarborough Afro-Carib Fest is a two-day fun filled event for people of all ages and backgrounds to experience the richness of the cultural fabric that makes up our wonderful city. Organized by the non-profit organization, Heritage Skills Development Centre (HSDC) and with the support of Canadian Heritage and Ontario Arts Council, the festival offers its guests live musical performances and activities that highlight African and Caribbean culture.. Details
Chinatown Festival
Join the Chinatown BIA as they present The Toronto Chinatown Festival. Incredible food, fun workshops, excellent shopping and amazing entertainment! Details
MexFest
Come and experience in MexFest the richness of Mexico with authentic Mexican cuisine, crafts, dance, traditional and contemporary music! Details
Toronto International BuskerFest
Comedy, spontaneity and a dash of the unbelievable – welcome to the Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy. Comedians, contortionists, musicians, magicians, fire jugglers, acrobats, aerial artists, clowns, daredevils and more all come together for North America’s largest street performer festival and the largest epilepsy awareness event in the world. Head to the world’s longest, most vibrant street, for 4 days and 4 nights of non-stop, action-packed, fun-filled entertainment. Details
Korean Harvest Festival
Food Festival, Live entertainment, culture performances and more! Details
Taiwan Fest
The Portuguese first introduced bread to Taiwan. The Dutch then brought buffalo and tomatoes. The Japanese built railroads and brought baseball. Koxinga, the Chinese military leader who defeated the Dutch, was born in Japan. This storied island has much to showcase as a place where cultures migrated and Indigenous cultures thrived and innovated. Explore some of the most remarkable generations of artists and ideas through TAIWANfest. Details
Tamil Fest
The Tamil Street Festival aims to bring together a two-day street festival that will showcase the rich and vibrant culture, music, cuisine and traditions of the Tamils in a unique platform that has never been done before in Toronto. This event will be historic and will be the largest Tamil Street Festival outside of the Indian Sub-continent. Details
Hispanic Fiesta
Celebrate the splendid sounds, tempting treats and colourful culture that the Hispanic heritage is famous for. Hispanic Fiesta will feature the best known local & International Hispanic performers covering 20 different countries, that speak Spanish. Details
Cabbagetown Festival
The annual Cabbagetown Festival will highlight live outdoor music and entertainment. Over the two days, the streets will close down to showcase what the community has to offer. Pedestrians will enjoy delicious food from local restaurants, one-of-a-kind artisan vendors, Blair’s Run, a children’s fun zone, a free morning of pancakes, classic car show, a doggy photo booth and more! Details
Toronto Ukrainian Festival
Enjoy non-stop entertainment with Ukrainian performers from the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, the USA and Ukraine, including dancers, vocalists, musicians and a special youth segment. Two stages will feature non-stop entertainment. And if you wish – join the dancing at the evening zabava/street dance on Friday and Saturday. Vendor kiosks will offer delicious, authentic Ukrainian food and beverages, beautiful crafts and collectibles. Cultural pavilions will feature interactive cultural activities and displays of historical and contemporary interest. Details.
Roncesvalles Polish Festival
The Roncesvalles Polish Festival is family-friendly and free, with lots of entertainment for kids, families, and adults, including six stages with continuous entertainment, two giant beverage gardens, and of course the wonderful offerings of Roncesvalles Village’s restaurants and merchants. Details.
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my name is Albert Ndukuruve.
we have a performing which is engaged in marimba music, African dances, poetry, mbira music and contemporary dances.
i would like to know if you offer performing opportunities during your festivals to such groups
You need to contact festival organisers.