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You may like: Free Outdoor Concerts across GTA this Summer
Contents:
- Upcoming Music Festivals from our Calendar (including few Summer Music Festivals in Ontario )
- Music Festivals in and around Toronto
For rest of Canada, see Music Festivals list.
Music Festivals in and around Toronto
21C Music Festival
21st Century music festival. 7 concerts, 5 days, 21+ premieres, and more. Details
January 16-20, 2019
Various Venues, Toronto
$21 – $179
New Music Festival
Offering a wide spectrum of chamber, electroacoustic, opera, jazz and orchestral music, master classes and a composers’ forum, the festival celebrates the creativity emerging from Toronto and UofT. Details
January
Various Venues – U of T
Varies – Free & ticketed events
Wavelength Winter Festival
Wavelength Winter Festival is a three-night live curated mixtape of the best NEW independent music coming out of Canada. Details
Family Day Weekend
Various Venues, Toronto
Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival.
The Annnual Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival. It’s an all-ages, mid-winter, weatherproof event, where you’ll find the best of urban, blues, rock, jazz, country, folk and roots music , emulating a multi-stage rural summer festival. More than 150 artists will be performing at 5 venues over 3 days. The festival will also include special tribute events, an awards ceremony, community stages and various themed musical workshops with something for everyone to enjoy. Winterfolk is the ideal event for music-lovers seeking new and exciting things to do in the Toronto. Details
Family Day Weekend
Various Venues, Toronto
New Creations Festival
Bold. Experimental. Unmissable. TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian celebrates over a decade of extraordinary successful New Creations Festivals with three concerts of his personal favourites. Expect the best in cutting-edge, contemporary music, created and performed by leading artists from across the globe.Details
Usually in March
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto
$15 & up
Canadian Music Week
Canada’s biggest New Music Festival. It is music festival, comedy festival, film festival, trade show, award shows and conference. Details
May 6 to 12, 2019
Various Venues, Toronto
SING! Vocal Arts Festival
A festival of a capella music. The fourth annual celebration of Canadian and International vocalists. Details
May 24 to June 2, 2019
Various venues including
The Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill Street, Toronto
TIN PAN NORTH Songwriters Festival
Ontario’s largest 3-day songwriter’s festival a celebration of original songwriting with intimate shows held in the GTA over three nights. In addition to showcasing local talent, each show features big-name celebrity headliners–heavy hitters in the songwriting world whose work exemplifies excellence in the craft—and really draw a crowd. TIN PAN
~ May 2nd to 3rd Week
various venues throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
CBCMusic.ca Festival
All-Canadian lineup + 2019 CBC Searchlight winner. CBC Music Festival.
Last Saturday in May | 01:30 PM – till end of Day.
Echo Beach, 909 Lake Shore Blvd. West, Toronto
Desifest
South Asian Music concert, desiFEST features 12 hours of entertaining musical and dance performances. It gives audiences of all ages and cultures the ability to enjoy South Asian music, arts and culture. Included in the celebrations for the day are South Asian delicacies in the food market, artisans in the merchant market and the popular Kid’s Zone, entertaining kids with a popular bouncy castle and other activities. Details
June 8, 2019
Yonge Dundas Square, Downtown Toronto
Free
Jewish Music Week
Jewish Music Week in Toronto is an exciting week of concerts, recitals and musical events throughout the GTA. 2019 marks the ninth year of this festival that celebrates Jewish music, as well as the Jewish contribution to genres of music not generally thought of as Jewish. Details
May 26 – June 2, 2019
Various Venues, Toronto
Free & Ticketed events.
Field Trip Festival
Two-day boutique music and arts festival in the heart of downtown Toronto – programmed far beyond music to focus on highlighting the community’s best culinary offerings, as well as collaborative explorations on the themes of art, photography, technology, fashion and more. Details
Cancelled for 2019.
Fort York and Garrison Common, 100 Garrison Rd, Toronto
Muhtadi International Drumming Festival
The festival celebrates the drum and its universality as an art form. 30+ Local and nationally touring Master Drummers and Drum Groups on 2 Stages, including Main Stage acts. 20+ International Food trucks and vendors, Arts, Crafts and Drum booths, Childrens Area, Drum Clinics & more! Details
July 20 & 21, 2019
Regent Park, 600 Dundas St E, Toronto
Free
Lulaworld festival
The annual Lulaworld festival brings together Toronto’s finest world, jazz and Latin musicians presenting their latest compositions and projects and collaborating with celebrated international guests. Details
June
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas West, Toronto
CosmoFEST
Cosmo MusicFEST & EXPO (CosmoFEST) is Canada’s premier musical instrument & gear exhibition and celebration of live music. This is an all-ages free event in Richmond Hill hosted by Cosmo Music – the largest Musical Instrument store in North America. CosmoFEST 2016 saw 10,000 attendees in a single day along with 200+ product experts representing over 120 leading brands under a massive expo tent. Some of the past featured masterclass clinicians and main stage headliners include Steve Vai, Tosin Abasi, Big Wreck, I Mother Earth, and Yukon Blonde. Details
Saturday June 1, 2019
Cosmo Music – The Musical Instrument Superstore, 10 Via Renzo Dr
Richmond Hill
Free Concerts(Clinics are ticketed)
Manifesto Festival
The critically-acclaimed Manifesto Festival of Community & Culture features an innovative program of events across the city, culminating in a massive free outdoor concert at Yonge & Dundas Square in the heart of downtown Toronto. The festival brings together hundreds of artists and performers with thousands of attendees to unite, energize, support and celebrate Toronto’s vibrant and diverse music and arts community. Details
Multiple Venues, Toronto
Free & ticketed events.
Open Tuning
Open Tuning is a free DIY festival celebrating live music! Inspired by “La fete de la musique” in Paris France, the annual Open Tuning invites amateur and professional Musicians from all genres and ages to perform at neighbourhood venues such as porches, alleyways, garages and street corners. Audiences can wander Seaton Village streets, enjoying seasoned artists or cheering-on complete beginners – even discovering casual gigs by international recording artists. Details
June 8, 2019 | 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Various Venues, Seaton Village, Toronto
Free
Roncy Rocks Music & Arts Fest
Up and down the avenue there will be centres of live music, art, fashion, and fun for the whole family. Plus Roncy is known for its fabulous array of unique shops and over 40 restaurants, cafés and pubs, to delight everyone. Details
Saturday, June 8, 2019 | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Dundas Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto
Free
NXNE
NXNE is a raging annual 10-day summer festival and conference, featuring music, gaming, comedy, interactive and more at this packed cultural explosion.
June 7 to 16, 2019
Yonge Dundas Square
Free and paid events.
Great Heart Festival
Great Heart Festival is a free, 3-day daytime music series in the heart of Trinity-Bellwoods Park. It features emerging talent from Toronto (and otherwise) playing chill afternoon tunes in the middle of the city’s most beautiful downtown park. Details
last held 2016
Trinity-Bellwoods Park (At the north end of the dog bowl), Toronto
Free
Markham Village Music Festival
Come out to Markham Main St. to listen to music, dance, shop, dine and eat all kinds of food! Largest free, family-oriented music festival in York Region. Details
June 14 to 15, 2019
third weekend of June
Main Street Markham
(a.k.a. Markham Road or Highway 48) – closed to traffic from Highway 7 north to Parkway/Bullock
Free
Luminato Festival
One of the preeminent arts festivals in North America! Luminato Festival is Toronto’s international multi-arts festival for people open to having art change their outlook on the world.Each June, Luminato Festival transforms Toronto’s theatres, parks and public spaces with hundreds of events celebrating theatre, dance, music, literature, food, visual arts, magic, film, and more.Details
June 7 to 23, 2019
Various Venues, Toronto
Free and ticketed events.
TD Toronto Jazz Festival
One of North America’s premier jazz festivals Attractions include more than 350 performances with over 1,500 musicians performing at approximately 40 locations around Toronto. Details
June 21 to 30, 2019
Various venues, Toronto
Free and ticketed events.
Franco-Fête
Connect with French Culture with the 36th edition of Franco-Fête. Franco-Fête de is a massive music festival representing the most important cultural Francophone event. Details
June Mid
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Free
Bud Light Dreams
June 29 & 30, 2019
Echo Beach, Toronto
Music Africa – Afro Fest
With about 35 scheduled live performances, workshops, spoken word artists, dance groups, an interactive children’s village and marketplace, with over 70 vendors, there is something for everyone. Details
2019 – TBA (July 7 & 8, 2018)
Woodbine Park, Toronto
Free
Beaches International Jazz Festival
A 3-week music super-fest with blow-out concerts, over 150 bands and close to 1000 hours of live music. Details
July 5 to 28, 2019
Various Venues – Beaches, Toronto
Free
Summer Music Festival
Toronto Summer Music Festival brings outstanding classical music experiences to the city in the summer with a program featuring renowned Canadian and international artists in 26 mainstage concerts, plus masterclasses, free outreach concerts, lectures, and workshops. The 2017 Festival theme, Celebrating Canada’s Sesquicentennial explores the music of Canada and features some of the country’s renowned classical performers.Details
July 11 – August 3, 2019
Various Venues, Toronto
Electric Island – Summer Music Series
Electronic Music Festival – Electric Island celebrates its third season with four outdoor summer events to end each long weekend with music and friends in an parkland setting overlooking Toronto. Details
Longweekends – Victoria Day to Labour Day
Hanlan’s Point, Toronto Islands
UNITY Festival
UNITY Festival is a 4 day event celebrating Hip-Hop in its diversity: UNITY Beatbox, UNITY Dance, UNITY MC & Spoken Word and the final event UNITY Concert. Details
July
Various Venues, Downtown Toronto
Irie Music Festival
June 22 to 23, 2018
Mississauga Celebration Square
Free
Veld Music Festival
Electronic Music Festival. Details
August 3 & 4, 2019
Downsview Park Allen Road, Toronto
OVO Fest
Annual festival hosted by Drake.
Usually held during Civic holiday long weekend (not held in 2018)
Downtown, Toronto
TD Markham Jazz Festival
Come and enjoy acclaimed Canadian and International artists performing all styles of jazz and blues. Details
August 16 to 18, 2019
Along Main Street Unionville (Markham)
Free
Camp Wavelength
CAMP WAVELENGTH is an intimate, community-based alternative to the usual summer music festival experience, and a weekend staycation getaway like no other. Toronto’s ONLY outdoor music and arts festival that offers overnight camping within city limits, CAMP WAVELENGTH is a surreal slumber party on the blissful shores of Toronto Island. Details
Mid August
TBA
Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival
Canadian and International acts perform at the 4 stages in Port Credit Memorial Park and local bars and restaurants. Enjoy the Trinity Street Shuffle Saturday on Lakeshore Road. Details
September 7 to 9, 2018
Port Credit, Mississauga
Free & ticketed events.
French Music Festival
The festival “Francophone Musical Festival” will showcase more than twenty artists. The concerts will reflect the richness of francophone music and represent a wide variety of musical styles including: folk, blues, jazz, soul, reggae, country, afro pop and african soul. Details
September
Various Venues, Toronto
Free & Ticketed events.
Indie Week
INDIE WEEK is one of Canada’s hottest indie music festivals showcasing the best emerging artists from around the world. Over 300 acts will perform at 20+ venues in Toronto, Canada’s largest music industry center! Details
November
Multiple Venues in Toronto
Free & Ticketed events.
Festival of Carols
Join the Choir for a rousing welcome to the holiday season with a concert of traditional and contemporary carols and music for Christmas. Details
December 1st week
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St, Toronto
Solaris Winter Music Festival
Annual EDM festival by Ink Entertainment & Live Nation. Details
around Boxing Day, not held in 2018.
More to Do
Summer & Multi Cultural Festivals in Toronto
Beer & Wine Festivals in Toronto
Here’s another for your list:
Springtide Music Festival
Canadian music festival featuring 50+ bands
Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21, 2018
Multiple Venues in Uxbridge
https://springtidemusicfestival.com/
I am looking forward to the Wavelength festival. Two weeks to go!!!
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