Festivals & Fairs

Here you will find listings and articles featuring all of the hundreds of festivals and fairs that take place in Toronto throughout the year!

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Montreal’s Centaur Theatre presents inaugural WinterWorks festival

02/25/2025
TorontoTimes

WinterWorks is Montreal’s dedicated home for exciting, boundary-pushing premieres Montreal, QC – Get ready to immerse yourself in…

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Here’s the star-studded Boots & Hearts Festival 2025 full lineup and schedule

02/04/2025
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, Feb. 4 2025 – Republic Live, producers of Boots and Hearts Music Festival – Canada’s premier music and…

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Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival announces main acts for 2025

01/09/2025
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, January 9, 2025 – The award-winning Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival has announced their…

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Regent Park Film Festival is Returning for its 22nd Year and it’s FREE!

11/21/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, November 21, 2024 – Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) returns with its 22nd Annual Regent Park Film…

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Take the GO to Oktoberfest in Kitchener

10/08/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, Oct. 8, 2024 – With Oktoberfest coming up in just a few short days, Metrolinx…

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Experience a taste of the country at the 102nd edition of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

09/24/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, September 24, 2024 – The quintessential Canadian experience is back at Toronto’s Exhibition Place with…

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Here is Toronto’s 9th Annual Kensington Market Jazz Festival Lineup

09/17/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, Sept. 17, 2024 – Cue the scatted syllables and snapping fingers: The Kensington Market Jazz…

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Tkaronto Music Festival Returns with three nights of live music at the TD Music Hall 

09/09/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2024 – Building upon the success of the 2023 Festival, Tkaronto Music Festival 2024…

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TIFF’s Festival Street kicks off with 40th Anniversary celebration of THE TRAGICALLY HIP

09/03/2024
TorontoTimes

Celebrate 40 years of The Hip with a free Choir! Choir! Choir! Sing-A-Long on September 5…

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2024 Roncesvalles Polish Festival features 3 stages and more than 40 performances

09/03/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2024 – We are nearing the end of a beautiful Toronto summer and…

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Stratford Festival 2025 season includes the play that must not be named!

09/03/2024
Terry Lankstead

TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2024 – Good morning, theatregoers! Last week, Stratford Festival Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino proudly announced…

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Here is the TIFF 2024 Film Schedule

08/26/2024
TorontoTimes

Today, TIFF is sharing its full programming lineup and schedule for the upcomingFestival on tiff.net/films, and…

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Here are the TIFF 2024 awards categories and Film Juries

08/26/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, August 26, 2024 – TIFF has announced its renowned 2024 award categories, distinguished jurymembers, and…

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Toronto’s Inaugural BESTIE FEST is a comedy festival for friends

08/20/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, August 20, 2024 – Susan Waycik proudly announces Bestie Fest, a brand new three-day comedy festival…

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Leslieville Beerfest has a fresh new look and name for 2024!

08/19/2024
TorontoTimes

Okay, so here’s the scoop! The beloved Leslieville Beerfest is evolving! This year, the popular community…

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Toronto’s 2024 Kensington Market Jazz Festival returns late September

08/19/2024
TorontoTimes

KMJF’s Founder and Director, Toronto Jazz legend Molly Johnson previews this year’s festival Cue the scatted…

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10th annual T.U. Jazzfest lineup features Canada’s largest group of emerging artists

08/13/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, August 13, 2024 – Get ready, Toronto! Canada’s biggest jazz festival for emerging artists, T.U. Jazz Fest is celebrating its 10th…

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Toronto’s Festival of Beer 2024: Your Ultimate Guide to TFOB

07/25/2024
Terry Lankstead

Toronto’s Festival of Beer (TFOB) is back for 2024, promising an unforgettable weekend filled with exceptional…

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10th Annual Northern Heat Rib Series partners with Gibson’s Finest® Canadian Whisky

07/19/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, July 18, 2024 – Heat the north with the Finest! Just in time for BBQ…

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Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival Returns For Its Third Year! Here’s what to expect

07/17/2024
TorontoTimes

Headliners are City And Colour and July Talk TOONTO, July 17, 2024 – Tall Pines Music…

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Four Winds Music Fest 2024 heats up in Durham, ON northwest of Toronto

07/12/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, July 12, 2024 – After a hugely successful inaugural year, Four Winds Music Fest is back July 12-14,…

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FREE Summer Music Festival Returns to Trillium Park at Ontario Place

07/08/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, ON, July 8, 2024 –The 2024 Summer Live Music Festival kicks off this month at Ontario Place with…

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Toronto’s NEWEST Outdoor Festival has 5 Acres of Giant Inflatables and Lights!

06/17/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, June 17, 2024 /CNW/ – As summer heats up, so does the excitement with the launch of Toronto’s latest…

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11th Oakville Film Festival features more than 100 documentaries and shorts over 7 days

06/07/2024
TorontoTimes

OAKVILLE, ON, June 7, 2024 – This month, the 2024 Oakville Film Festival (OFFA) will celebrate…

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Toronto’s Do West Fest expects to attract close to one million visitors to Little Portugal

06/03/2024
TorontoTimes

TORONTO, June 3, 2023 – Hey Toronto festival lovers, Do West Fest is back! That’s right,…