Toronto 
Events Description
First ever Water/Fall Festival coming to Toronto’s waterfront this fall!
Celebration of creativity, culture and community to feature art, food, entertainment and more.
The Water/Fall Festival is taking over the city’s waterfront for two action-packed weekends – Saturday, Sept. 27th and Sunday, Sept. 28th and Saturday, Oct. 4th and Sunday, Oct. 5th.
The FREE-to-attend, fall-inspired arts and cultural festival will delight and entertain visitors of all ages with dynamic programming including spectacular public art installations (on and off the water), harvest-themed food & drink markets, live music and dance performances, a sustainable makers market, illuminating boat tours and more.
Water/Fall Festival highlights include A Lake Story, a public art performance where 100+ colourfully choreographed canoes will be paddled across the eastern waterfront; the Street Eats’ Fall Harvest Market which will fill HTO Park with festive fall-themed food, drinks and fun; Water Wonders, a massive floating art piece featuring local wildlife in Spadina Pier; Toronto Music Garden Concerts will host free outdoor live music performances from acclaimed artists; Copper Canopy, a large-scale outdoor public art exhibit at Harbourfront Centre; Harbour and Skyline Boat Tours’ 90-minute guided waterfront tours hosted by the Toronto Society of Architects, OCAD University’s Sustainable Makers Market at Bathurst Quay featuring creatives working at the intersection of sustainability, climate action, and circular design.
Discover all the exciting programming and schedule at waterfallfestival.ca
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : FREE
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Saturday September 27, 2025 to Sunday October 5, 2025
Saturday, September 27th and Sunday, September 28th
Saturday October 4th and Sunday, October 5th
Venue & Address
Toronto Waterfront, Queens Quay, from Bathurst St. to Bay St.
Water/Fall locations:
Recommended viewing areas:
- Biidaasige Park In the Port Lands, down Cherry St at 51 Commissioners St
- Parking in the area is limited. There is a small, temporary lot at 11 Munition St with 120 spaces. There is some on-street parking at certain hours on Old Cherry Street, Villiers Street and Munition Street. Read the signs to avoid ticketing.
- Cherry Street South BridgeIn the Port Lands, down Cherry St past Commissioners St; find the white and yellow bridge
Sugar Beach Near the foot of Jarvis St, across from Redpath Sugar - The water’s edge promenade at East Bay Front Follow Merchant’s Wharf down from the foot of Parliament St
Wheelchair accessible
Street Parking
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
