Toronto Waterfront Festival

The Toronto Waterfront Festival will celebrate the last weekend of summer by featuring unique onland and on-water programs and the World’s Largest Rubber Duck.

Get up close and personal with Mama Duck who will be nesting on land at 7 Queens Quay East.

Other festival programs include:

• The Canadian Armed Forces who are rolling in with two massive armoured vehicles the TAPV and the LAV 6.
• Visit the HMCS Oriole vessel on water and meet the Royal Canadian Navy crew on land.
• Pop-up entertainment throughout the weekend presented by Redpath Sugar.
• Snap a selfie with Live Green Toronto’s mascot and hear their Environdrum band.
• Grab a bite to eat from one of our local food trucks and enjoy it in the Billy Bishop Airport Picnic Lounge.
• Additional fun activities and photo-ops provided by our wonderful partners.

2023 festival partners include: The Waterfront BIA Redpath Sugar Clorox® Billy Bishop Airport Menkes Unity Gym Waterfront Toronto Beck Taxi Florida Orange Juice Queens Quay Terminal and Toronto Regional Real Estate Board.

The Toronto Waterfront Festival, formerly Redpath Waterfront Festival, is an annual summer event that provides on-land and on-water programming with the goal of promoting Toronto as a premiere waterfront destination. With music, food, nautical programs and entertainment, the festival has something for everyone to enjoy. Every three years, the event welcomes a fleet of majestic tall ships to Toronto.

FREE Admission to the festival

How to get tickets?

At the door.

Date & Time:

September 16-17, 2023

Saturday, September 16th | 10 AM to 8 PM
Sunday, September 17th | 10 AM to 6 PM

Venue:

7 Queens Quay E, Toronto

Trip Planning

Paid Parking nearby
Parliament & Lakeshore – 333 Lakeshore Blvd. East
The Westin Harbour Castle – 1 Harbour Square
Queen’s Quay Terminal – 207 Queens Quay West
Harbourfront Centre – 235 Queens Quay West
Radisson Hotel Admiral Toronto – 249 Queens Quay West
Unit Park: 7 Queens Quay E, Toronto, ON, Canada
P6 Spadina Pier Parking Garage: 539 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5V 3M8, Canada
Impark: 65 Navy Wharf Ct, Toronto, ON M5V 3S2, Canada
Impark: 15 York St, Toronto, ON M5J 0A3
Rees Street Lot (P3): 318 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON M5V 3A7

Public transit accessible: TTC / Triplinx – GTA