Festivals and Special Events

YOUR GUIDE TO THE HOTTEST & COOLEST SUMMER EVENTS

2016 SUPERGUIDE

for SUMMER & FALL
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

in TORONTO, GTA and
SOUTHERN ONTARIO

MORE THAN 100 FESTIVALS + EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM!

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OPENS AUG 19

ALL EVENTS FREE WITH ADMISSION!†

Rock & Roll Over!:
The President's Choice

SuperDogs Show

The Great Canadian
Water Ski Caper

Food Building Rock & Roll Over!:
The President’s Choice
SuperDogs Show

Daily

The Great Canadian
Water Ski Caper

Daily: 1:30 & 4:30 pm
(4:30 pm show only on Fri Sept 2 to Mon Sept 5)

Food Building
& Outdoor Eats

Daily

19 5 2016

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Publisher and Managing Editor From the editor
Joey Cee
We are predicting a
Contributors HOT and STEAMY
Elizabeth Harris, Enzo Iammatteo Summer of Activity
Lina Dhingra, Peter McCallion, in and around Toronto!

Ian Herbert, Louise Madigan Joey Cee, Publisher & Editor

Photographers As we celebrate our 22nd year of publishing, HOToronto Magazine, in its commitment to keeping you
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Jody Glaser, Enzo Iammatteo, The information compiled in this issue is derived from many sources, solicited and unsolicited. Our team of
Jerry Powers, Lenore Farrell writers and photographers have been covering festivals for almost two decades, and each year there are more
and more festivals popping up all over the city and throughout the GTA.
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SUMMER/FALL FESTIVALS GUIDE 2016

June 1 - July 3 dragonboats.com festival. Last year it hosted over 150
A two-day fun-filled event that brings theatre companies from around the
PRIDE MONTH 2016 sports, team spirit and community globe -most from right here in Toron-
spirit to Toronto Centre Island. The to! With over 30 different venues and
Various Locations Festival, which started in 1989, en- 800+ artists, the Fringe of Toronto
tered the international arena in 1993. Theatre Festival is Toronto’s largest
pridetoronto.com From the humble beginning of only theatre festival. Join the excitement
Pride Month in Toronto is one of 27 teams participating in the first and beat the economic blues with
Canada’s premier arts and cultural festival back in 1989, it has evolved 60,000 other Fringers as you sit
festivals and one of the largest Pride to a much bigger operation over the back and see Broadways’ next hit,
celebrations in the world. Together past two decades. Organized by the or something wild and wacky-all for
with the thousands of individuals, Toronto Chinese Business Association under $10. Productions range from
community groups, businesses and and the Toronto International Dragon dramas to musical extravaganzas
participating sponsors, we are proud Boat Race Festival, the Festival in to improv and take place in local
to celebrate the lives and stories of 2015 will once again expect 180 to theatres as well as in unusual spots:
Toronto’s Queer Communities. Pride 200 teams with 5,000 athletes. Pad- playgrounds, parking lots and more.
Week features a month of world class dlers of different backgrounds from A Fringe Kids! The festival also hosts
arts and cultural programming, com- all over the world will take part in the a beer tent, two outdoor patios and a
munity activities, one of the world’s ancient Chinese tradition and friendly free nightly Cabaret. Unjuried, unex-
largest street festivals, Pride Parade, competition. pected, unforgettable.
Dyke March, Family programming,
Blackness Yes and Youth and much
more.

June 3 - 5 June 18 - 19 June 30 - July 3
50th Anniversary
MAC ‘N CHEESE FESTIVAL CHIN INTERNATIONAL PICNIC TORONTO RIBFEST
College + Markham Streets
Ontario Place Little Italy Centennial Park
The growing festival will be teaming chinradio.com
up with 45 of the best chefs in the 6ix This 2-day event attracts 250,000 torontoribfest.com
to re-open Ontario Place and serve people annually and remains the Toronto Ribfest, the largest Canada
up Canada’s favourite comfort food: largest, free picnic in the country. Day celebration, is held over the
mac and cheese!!! Come and experience the sights and long weekend at Centennial Park in
What does this mean? With access sounds of the CHIN International Etobicoke. Make Ribfest your family
to over 600,000 square feet of event Picnic. Best of all, admission to all destination; there’s fun and excite-
space (that’s the size of almost 12 events and shows are FREE. ment for all! This popular event put
football fields) they have rounded up on by the Rotary Club of Etobicoke
Toronto’s hottest chefs, savvy cooks June 24 - July 3 attracts over 100,000 visitors who
and food entrepreneurs, competing TORONTO DOWNTOWN come to enjoy live music, succulent
to win your heart with the city’s best JAZZ FESTIVAL ribs and the beer tents. Children are
mac and cheese. Prizes for the best Nathan Philips Square delighted with candy floss, carnival
mac and cheese dish include “Best of & Various Locations rides, the climbing wall and pony
Fest”, “Judge’s Choice” and “People’s torontojazz.com rides. On Canada Day, a lively fire-
Choice”. Also fesatured are Craft Beer What began in 1987 as an eight works display celebrates Canada’s
and Cider Bay, Carnival Corner, Food day showcase of jazz now attracts birthday at dusk.
Truck Island, an Artisanal Market, in excess of 500,000 loyal patrons
Dairy Farmers of Canada and Metro annually over 10 days. Attractions July 2 - 24
Cooking Stage, plus more live enter- include more than 350 performances
tainment. This year the festival has with over 1,500 musicians performing 28th BEACHES INTERNATION-
partnered with the National Wildlife at approximately 40 locations around
Rehabilitation Foundation. A Canadi- Toronto. AL JAZZ FESTIVAL
an organization created solely to fund
wildlife rescue organizations in the June 29 - July 10 Queen Street East /
care, raising and release of orphaned FRINGE FESTIVAL-
and injured wildlife. ”TORONTO’S THEATRE Woodbine Park
FESTIVAL”
June 18 - 19 Various Locations beachesjazz.com
fringetoronto.com The Beaches International Jazz Festi-
28TH TORONTO The Fringe is Toronto’s largest theatre val has grown steadily since that first
year of an afternoon of Jazz in the
INTERNATIONAL DRAGON park into a world-class event that at-
tracts an annual audience of 1 million
BOAT FESTIVAL people. Now, in celebration of its 28th
anniversary, Beaches Jazz-voted
Centre Island Toronto’s #1 music event in a 2006
Toronto Star Decima Poll.

July 3 sic, and dance workshops.Attendees July 8 - 24
will enjoy live entertainment by top
PRIDE TORONTO PARADE performers such as Cafe Cubano, one SUMMERLICIOUS
of Toronto’s most popular salsa bands,
Downtown Toronto Santerias, a modern fusion band, Ma- Various Toronto
riachi Fuego Band, a refreshing and
pridetoronto.com exciting twist on mariachi repertoire, Dining Locations
Samba Toronto, a dance company
July 5 - August 12 with roots in Brazilian spirit and ener- toronto.foodontario.com
gy, Carlos Bastidas, an award-winning Summerlicious 2016 will feature over
CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL musician and promoter supported by 300 of Toronto’s restaurants provid-
his Latin Jazz band, Cabildo Dance ing three course lunch ($15, $20 or
TORONTO Group and much more. $25) and/or dinner ($25, $35 or $45)
menus for your dining pleasure.
Various Locations July 8 - 10
July 9
torontocaribbeancarnival.com TORONTO OUTDOOR
Caribbean Carnival Toronto is an THRILL OF THE GRILL
exciting over three-week cultural ex- ART EXHIBITION
plosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, Danforth Bia
revelry as well as visual and perform- Nathan Phillips Square
ing arts. In its 48th year it has become thedanforth.ca
a major international event and the torontooutdoorart.org The sixth annual Thrill of the Grill is a
largest cultural festival of its kind in As the largest outdoor art exhibition in charity event that sees the city’s best
North America. As this Carnival is an Canada, the TOAE offers a fresh-air barbecuers compete to see whose
international cultural phenomenon, alternative to conventional art shows BBQ ribs reign supreme. With pro-
the great metropolis of Toronto and and galleries. Approximately 400 ceeds going towards kidney cancer
its environs will come alive as the city artists participate and over 100,000 research at the Odette Cancer Centre
explodes with the pulsating rhythms visitors attend the exhibition every at the Sunnybrook Health Science
and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reg- year. Side by side, established artists, Centre. Judges select the dishes
gae, Hip Hop, Chutney, Steel Pan and undiscovered talents and innovative along with the public, to decide who
Brass Bands. This colourful exhibition students sell their work directly to the will be crowned this year’s BBQ
and display of genius is truly a musi- public and make lasting connections Master.
cal panorama that is certain to bring a with art dealers and collectors. We
pleasing smile to the ancestral titans welcome applications from artists July 9 - 10
of Pan and Calypso music. Scotia- working in a wide range of traditional
bank Caribbean Carnival Toronto is an and experimental art forms. AFROFEST
expression of Toronto’s multicultural
and multiracial society. An increasing July 8 - 10 Woodbine Park
number of attendees and participants
come from the US and overseas. TASTE OF LAWRENCE musicafrica.org
The events are planned months in Queens Park Afrofest is the African
advance. The costumes and mas FESTIVAL cultural event of the summer, with
band displays are elaborate and oh plenty to see and do! It is a FREE
so delicately worn and designed for Lawrence Avenue East weekend-long celebration of African
movement. Every move they make, in culture and diversity centred on the
a breath-taking spectrum of colours between Warden Avenue to non-stop music and dance tak-
that is best reflected in the King and ing place on three outdoor stages.
Queen Showcase on Parade Day. No Pharmacy Afrofest features world-renowned Afri-
Caribbean Carnival Toronto is com- can music acts, as well as dozens of
plete without African Drumming along tasteoflawrence.com highly-rated African musical groups
with the Arts and Crafts displays Savour the flavour of the multicultural based iin Canada. With a bustling
celebrating “Things Caribbean”! tastes and talents of Scarborough at African marketplace, food and craft
the 2016 Taste of Lawrence festival. vendors, artistic displays, a Children’s
July 8 - 10 It’s a celebration of diversity from Village, a drum stage, music work-
throughout Scarborough, across the shops, and organized fun and educa-
ONTARIO LATIN GTA and around the world. Three tional activities for youth and children,
days of nonstop food and entertain- Afrofest provides guaranteed fun
ARTS FESTIVAL ment take over Lawrence Avenue East for the whole family, to people of all
as 200,000 people come together ethnicities and communities.
Mel Lastman Square to show their Scarborough spirit and
their incredible spirit for life and all of July 9 - 10
ontariolatinartsfestival.com its delicious possibilities. Experience
The Ontario Latin Arts Festival (OLAF) nonstop international talent on two SALSA ON ST. CLAIR
is a unique one-day event that cel- stages. Win fantastic prizes. Shop for
ebrates the culture of Latin America tasty specials at the diverse mer- St. Clair Ave. West , Hillcrest
in Toronto. This flavourful festival will chants of the Wexford Heights BIA.
showcase the finest Latin music and Village, between Winona Drive
dance found in Canada, along with
featured film, literature, traditional & Christie Ave.
storytelling and educational art, mu-
tlntv.com/events/salsa
The Salsa party continues in July as
TLN Telelatino, Hillcrest Village BIA
and the City of Toronto once again

join forces to present Canada’s largest July 20 - 21 July 22 - 24
Latino-themed festival, Salsa on St.
Clair, a FREE family street party cel- KIDS’ CBC DAYS TORONTO’S FESTIVAL
ebrating the city’s vast Latin cultures.
Salsa on St. Clair is Canada’s fastest CBC Building OF BEER
growing Latin themed street festival
and has attracted millions of salsa lov- cbc.ca Bandshell Park
ers to the streets of Toronto since its With activities, crafts, and live per-
launch in 2005. Join in for the parade formances by the stars of Kids’ CBC, Exhibition Place
of fun as midtown Toronto’s Hillcrest Kids’ CBC Days invites families to two
Village is transformed into a showcase summer-fun filled days at the CBC in beerlicious.ca
of Latin life featuring live music, dance downtown Toronto. There’s no short- A celebration of Canada’s rich brew-
lessons, fiery foods and family enter- age of activities. ing history, hosted by experts of the
tainment! brewing craft from around the country.
July 20 - 24 Featuring more than 200 brands of
July 14 - August 7 beer on-site, this is Canada’s premier
COLLINGWOOD ELVIS celebration of the golden beverage.
TORONTO SUMMER
FESTIVAL July 23 - 24
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Various Locations BIG ON BLOOR
Koerner Hall
in Collingwood Bloor Street
torontosummermusic.com
Bringing outstanding classical music collingwoodelvisfestival.com (Dufferin to Lansdowne)
experiences to the city in the summer, This summer join friends, family, and
Toronto Summer Music Festival fans in the heart of Historic Down- bigonbloor.com/festival
features renowned Canadian and town Collingwood, 1.5 hours north Car-free Bloor St., Toronto, Dufferin to
international artists performing in of Toronto on the shores of beautiful Lansdowne, celebrates arts, culture,
mainstage concerts at Koerner Hall Georgian Bay, for four days of unpar- community & small business with a
plus an elite Academy for emerging alleled entertainment. unique community and city-building
classical musicians. Masterclasses, festival featuring hundreds of events,
lectures, interviews, workshops, free July 21 - 23 activities and exhibitions including:
outreach concerts, and more. Bloordale Market: more than 200
28th BEACHES arts, crafts, vendors and information
July 16 - 17 tables!
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ
FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIA July 23 - 26
FESTIVAL STREETFEST
East Gerrard Street (between TASTE OF TORONTO
Queen Street East
Greenwood and Coxwell) Garrison Common @ Fort York
beachesjazz.com
www.festivalofsouthasia.com/ More than 50 bands perform on the TasteOfToronto.com
Much like the Italian and Greek streets during Beaches Jazz Festival Fort York will host upwards of 20,000
festivals, this festival offers the taste StreetFest each nightf of Streetfest. visitors across four days. Top restau-
of South Asia. If you are interested in This is the ORIGINAL and LONGEST rants and over 50 exhibitors, make for
sampling their food, it’s a great way street festival in Canada. Queen Street a foodie heaven.Taste Extraordinary!
to. The main stage features dancing, E. will be closed from Woodbine Ave. Featuring Toronto’s most celebrated
fashion shows, and authentic South to Beech Ave. from 6:00 pm to 11:30 chefs and rising stars, foodie enter-
Asian cultural programs reflecting In- pm nightly. The north / south streets of tainment and,boutique food & drink
dian, Afghani, Pakistani, Bengali and Waverley Ave., Wineva Ave., and Lee market.
Sri Lankan cultures. Ave. will remain open throughout the
evening. July 24
July 16 - 17
July 22 - 23 YOUTH DAY
FESTIVAL OF INDIA
BOLLYWOOD MONSTER Yonge-Dundas Square
Centre Island
MASH UP yd-toronto.com
festivalofindia.ca Over 30,000 attendees expected!
The past four decades have wit- Mississauga Celebration Sq. Proclaimed an Event of Municipal
nessed the Festival of India blossom Significance by the City of Toronto
into one of Toronto’s most dazzling, BollywoodMonsterMashup.com Over 100 live performances including
head-turning summer events. And last A full day of fun for everyone. music, dance, and speakers. Includes
year the chariots and festivities rolled Free events include a film festival, the work of over 350 youth 14 – 29
into the city for the 44th time. The cel- a KidsZone for children’s crafts & Headliner & Feature Performances! A
cebrations then shift to Centre Island games, a Bollywood concert with a number of recording artists support
for two days of festivities expected to Bollywood headliner, spectacular Toronto’s youth and endorse YD with
draw close to 40,000 people. dancers, the tastiest food in town and the contribution of their time Youth
a Bollywood marketplace to celebrate Gallery Expansion! High demand has
100 years of Indian cinema! grown the gallery both in size and in
Join thousands of people at the Bol- diversity to now include 2D, 3D, audi-
lywood celebrations in Mississauga ence interactive and live art and pho-
while brilliant musicians and dancers tography. Featuring a variety of styles
perform your favourite songs from the
early takes to modern club hits.

of youth and mentor artist work Yonge zling cast of innovative artists from all African Diaspora, spoken word/litera-
Street Closure! Vendors, of a variety of across the globe. Come uncover the ture, visual arts exhibition, film, food
types, will be lined on Yonge Street to titillating tricks of the tease with star and drinks.
host the festival visitors Fashion Show! faculty at our Burlesque University —
Featuring youth and mentor designers not to be missed! July 30 - 31
showcasing a variety of styles for all VELD MUSIC FESTIVAL
ages, sizes, and backgrounds! July 29 - 31 Downsview Park
veldmusicfestival.com
July 24 TORONTO FOOD TRUCK VELD Music Festival brings elec-
tronic artists for a weekend concert at
BRAZILFEST TORONTO 2016 FESTIVAL Downsview Park this August.
This two-day event is rain or shine,
Earlscourt Park Woodbine Park and all tickets are for both days.

brazilfest.ca torontofoodtruckfestival.com July 30 - August 1
The Festival will offer its attendees the Bring your Friends! Bring your Family! THE PIRATE FESTIVAL
opportunity to be closer to the per- Enjoy some delicious local farm fresh Marden Park
formers, get a chance to enjoy a taste food from more than 30 Food Trucks Guelph, Ontario
of Brazil with Brazilian style foods at one of Canada’s premier Food thepiratefestival.com
and a family area for families with Truck Festivals. Join in on an eating All the Pirates are scurrying, busy
children to enjoy the day. BrazilFest is challenge or just point and laugh. chasing gold – in fact, anything and
now considered a part of the Toronto There’s something for everyone everything that glistens!
calendar list of many great events Watch carefully, to discover what
that stimulates and celebrates the July 29 - August 1 these have pirates tucked in their
collective heritage and multicultural packs? Could it be sacks of gold,
diversity of Toronto. The event is listed ISLAND SOUL gems and stones? Treasure is as
and affiliated with most of Toronto’s abundant as are tricky Pirate Thieves!
cultural links A huge variety of styles Harbourfont Centre Be On Guard! Watch your treasure ...
of music and dance from all parts of Some treasure may be of great value,
the country, with something to offer harbourfrontcentre.com while some may be fool’s gold.
for all tastes; rhythms and melodies Island Soul celebrates the rich artistic
that reflect the rich cultural heritage of traditions, emerging art forms, innova- July 31 - August 18
Brazil. Free admission. tive expressions and vibrant lifestyles CNE HORSECAPADES
of the Caribbean. Horse Palace, Exhibition Place
July 28 HorseCapades introduces horses to
July 29 - August 1 the young and the young at heart.
HART HOUSE CRAFT This is a FREE CNE interactive horse
SCARBOROUGH RIBFEST program.
BEER FESTIVAL
Thomson Memorial Park July 31 - August 1
Hart House OVO FEST
scarboroughribfest.com/ Air Canada Centre
harthouse.ca In honour of one of the most beloved Drake’s 7th annual OVO Fest moves
Hart House once again hosts the an- parts of the cow, the Scarborough to the ACC with special guests Kanye
nual Hart House Craft Beer Festival, Ribfest celebrates its 15th anniver- West, Rihanna, Futures, Snoop Dogg,
featuring Canadian craft brews and sary. Musical performances, midway Wiz Khalifa and of course, Drake him-
BBQ. Some of the participating brew- rides, and games are on hand, along self. The Toronto-based singer/rapper
eries include Granville Island, Mill St with karaoke competitions and an created OVO Fest in 2010, a one-day
Brewery, Great Lakes Brewery, Steam all day beer garden. Lots of differ- concert with VIP rap stars and special
Whistle Brewery, Amsterdam Brewery ent foods are also available like hot guests. Since then, the concert has
and more.Ticket price includes eight dogs, french fries, and corn on the become an annual tradition, and will
beer samples, a reusable sampling cob, though ribs will be out in force. now take place over two days in mid-
glass and BBQ. Additional beer tick- A number of vendors will be selling summer.
ets can be purchased on site. a wide variety of ribs, offering a way
of tasting them you may have never August 1 - 7
July 28 - 31 experienced before. Parking is free DUSK DANCES
parking and free shuttle buses are Withrow Park
TORONTO BURLESQUE also on hand for anyone not able to duskdances.ca
make the drive. Withrow Park hosts the 22nd season
FESTIVAL of the Dusk Dances festival. Chore-
July 30 - 31
Gladstone Hotel
IRIE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015
torontoburlesquefestival.com
The ninth annual Toronto Burlesque Historic Fort York
Festival is coming up Thursday, July
28th to Sunday, July 31st, 2016 at iriemusicfestival.com
Revival Bar and The Virgin Mobile The 13th annual TD IRIE Music Fes-
MOD Club! We are thrilled to present tival is a multi-media extravaganza
a sizzling four-day extravaganza of featuring dance, visual art, spoken
performances and parties with a daz- word and of course great music from
the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa
and North America. Dance from the



ographers of different dance back- August 5 - 9 culture. You can enjoy mouth-watering
grounds create ten-minute pieces Greek cuisine such as souvlaki and
inspired by the natural beauty around KULTURA FILIPINO spanakopita. The festival also offers
them. This outdoor dance festival the multicultural tastes of the city.
takes places in various areas of the ARTS FESTIVAL The street festival is in the heart of
park as the sun sets. The event is Toronto’s GreekTown, and attracts
open to anybody and audiences are Nathan Phillips Square, OCAD, hungry mouths from all over the world
encouraged to pay what they can for this renowned street festival. They
Kapisanan Philippine Centre come for the food, the entertainment,
August 4 - 7 the atmosphere, and to be Greek for
and several other locations in the weekend! This festival is a must
BOOTS AND HEARTS for food-lovers as samples of a variety
Toronto of the ethnic dishes available at Greek
MUSIC FESTIVAL Town restaurants are available for
kapisanancentre.com tasting. The event also includes two
Burl’s Creek Event Grounds The 11th annual Kultura Filipino Arts stages for bands, a Healthy Eating,
Festival is back this year and cel- Healthy Lifestyle Village, a midway, a
Oro-Medonte, Ont. ebrates the culture of the Philippines, sports area, a Beer Garden, a Martini
with live music, food, visual arts and Lounge and the Greek Wines Garden.
(just north of Barrie) shopping. The free festival showcases
the talent of Filipino-Canadians with August 6 - 7
bootsandhearts.com performances, arts exhibitions, film
Boots and Hearts music festival screenings and free art workshops. JERK FEST -
brings country music to just north of The artisan marketplace features
the GTA in Oro-Medonte. The three- authentic Filipino products and food JERK FOOD FESTIVAL
day celebration brings international for everyone.
stars and up-and-coming acts togeth- Centennial Park and Rathburn
er on stage, with nighttime partying August 6
and overnight camping available. Rd. at the base of the ski hills.
This year’s line-up features Blake VOICES OF THE NATIONS
Shelton, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Jerkfestival.ca
Jake Owen, Sam Hunt, Chase Rice, Yonge-Dundas Square JerkFest 2016 will be even bigger and
and a whole lot more. better! It will once again be staged
voicesofthenations.com at the beautiful Centennial Park in
August 4 - 14 Toronto’s number one multicultural Etobicoke offering great jerk food, fun
Christian Music Festival is back! Cele- for the entire family, more prizes and
SUMMERWORKS brate with thousands of believers from surprises.
every culture and join local musicians
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL and teams at Voices of the Nations. August 12
It’s free! Help spread the Good News
Various Locations among the nations through music, TD MOSAIC 2016
dance, drama, and more.
summerworks.ca/2016/ SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE
For a touch of late summer theatrics, August 6
the city of Toronto plays host to Sum- FESTIVAL OF MISSISSAUGA
merWorks, a festival celebrating the IMPORTFEST 2016
original scriptwriter with plays in pub- Mississauga Celebration
lic places. The festival boasts more Metro Toronto
than 30 plays, off-site performances, Square
workshops of plays in development Convention Centre,
and more by established playwrights mosaicfest.com
and up-and-comers from all over the North Building Now in its 11th year, Mosaic is the
country. largest free South Asian arts, culture
importfest.com and heritage festival of North America.
August 5 - 6 Combine one part glitz and glamour, Mosaic 2016 will feature dance,
with one part sleek and cool design music, literature,main stage perfor-
DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE engineering; add in some lovely ladies mances, youth stage and food and
and you have a recipe for the hottest commercial vendors.
JAZZ FESTIVAL car show in North America. Showcas-
ing over 400 modified sport compact August 12 - 13
George & Lakeshore - Oakville cars from across North America
and hosting various exhibitors and WHEELS ON THE DANFORTH
oakvillejazz.com manufactures including accessories,
The Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival performance parts and other car mer- Oakridge Park
is underway with road closures on chandise; this show has something for
both days beginning at 5 pm and re- every car enthusiast alike. wheelsonthedanforth.ca/
opening at midnight. The Jazz Festival Toronto’s only “on the street” judged
provides great opportunity for you to August 6 - 7 Car show featuring Classics, Exotics,
discover and appreciate arts & culture Tuners, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and
and all that Downtown Oakville has to TASTE OF THE DANFORTH Motorcycles all lined up on the closed
offer! section of Danforth Ave/Danforth Rd.
Danforth Ave. East of Local cycle groups will be participat-
ing in a structured ride to the event.
Broadview Ave.

tasteofthedanforth.com
GreekTown Taste of the Danforth is
one of Toronto’s signature events,
showcasing Hellenic cuisine and

August 12 - 14 up of reggae artists including Warriour diverse selection of dining options
King, Super Cats, MR Vegas, San- representative of the neighbourhood’s
HABARI AFRICA FESTIVAL chez and Chris Martin. The festival residents. Children are welcome to
is part of Toronto’s popular reggae partake in amusement rides, play
Harbourfront Centre series, Redemption, which organizes midway games and try the on the
five events in the city annually. Other spot drawing competition.
harbourfrontcentre.com events have included Redemption
Habari Africa festival is a multi-dis- Christmas, Redemption Past vs. Pres- August 18 - 21
ciplinary music and arts celebration. ent, and an All-White Dancehall party.
Learn about the rich and diverse cul- Redemption is considered the largest MARKHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL
tures spanning the African continent reggae series in North America, with
at this weekend-long exploration of over 10,000 fans attending events Main Street - Unionville
art, food, film, music and more. over the course of the year.
markhamjazzfestival.com
August 12 - 14 August 13 - 14 A free weekend of high-quality perfor-
mances during the day and evening
FERGUS SCOTTISH FESTIVAL ROUNDHOUSE CRAFT on August 18-21. To compliment the
Main Stage events, “Hot Spots” (a
& HIGHLAND GAMES BEER FEST 2016 variety of venues in Unionville and
Markham) present fantastic jazz art-
550 Belsyde Ave. E., Roundhouse Park ists in a “Street Festival and Concert
Environment’. Festival attendees can
Fergus, Ontario craftbeerfest.ca wander from venue to venue, soak-
Roundhouse Craft Beer Fest is back ing up the party atmosphere, the jazz
fergusscottishfestival.com for 2016, as Steam Whistle Brewery music, and the historic beauty of the
If you’ve never been to Scotland, brings the best in Ontario craft beer villages of Unionville and Markham-
attending this festival will make you to the Roundhouse Park for an August a truly a magical experience. The
feel you have. Held out in Fergus, it weekend. The festival offers many festival will highlight a large variety of
celebrates everything Scottish and chances to try a wide variety of locally music within the family of jazz.
you don’t have to be part of a Clan to brewed craft beer, as well as bites
enjoy yourself!! There are children’s from Toronto’s top food trucks. August 18 - 20
activities such as dance lessons,
story-telling; competitions, e.g., August 13 - 14 SAIL-IN CINEMA
tossing the caber; Highland danc-
ing; piping; scotch tasting and many YORK-EGLINTON Sugar Beach
other entertaining events to watch or
participate in. INTERNATIONAL sailincinema.com/home
Sugar Beach transforms into an out-
August 13 -14 STREET FESTIVAL door movie theatre after dark for three
nights during Sail-In Cinema. Whether
PAN AMERICAN Along Eglinton Ave. West you watch from a boat in the harbour
or stick to dry land, the two-sided
FOOD FESTIVAL corridor from Marlee Ave. to screen floating in the water makes
this free movie event truly unique.
Yonge-Dundas Square Dufferin Street
August 18 - 21
panamfoodfest.com internationalstreetfest.com
A one of a kind gastronomic event is The York-Eglinton International Street AFRICAN FASHION WEEK
taking over the heart of Toronto, one Festival offers everyone a weekend
that promises to reveal the flavours of of hot music and fun activities. Begin Design Exchange
the Americas, local artists and talent your weekend with music and a side-
The PAN AMERICAN Food Festival walk sale on Eglinton Ave. West. On 234 Bay Street
will showcase the best of the best Saturday, live musical performances,
food products, celebrating the great dancers, street magicians, busk- afwt.ca/
cultural diversity of the 41 countries ers, face painters, a kid zone, and a African Fashion Week educates the
of North, Central and South America, variety of vendors will take over the public on African fashion while show-
and the Caribbean. Also showcased street and offer something for every- casing the work of African designers.
are restaurants, food producers, one! There’ll be exciting giveaways, In addition to runway shows, this
chefs and the variety of national and kids’ activities, and more. Best of all, event features designer competi-
regional cuisines of the Western admission is FREE! tions, workshops, seminars, exhibits
Hemisphere, with a spotlight on one and parties. Several exhibitors from
country each year. This year Peru is August 17 outside the fashion industry, including
being featured. A cultural festival of cosmetic and health food compa-
art, music and folklore will enhance ALBION ISLINGTON FUSION nies, will also be in attendance. New
the food experience to celebrate the designers and students have the
region’s diverse cultural expression. OF TASTE FESTIVAL chance to show off their work and get
feedback while mingling with some
August 13 - 14 Albion Islington Square of the top professionals within the
fashion industry.
TORONTO REGGAE FEST fusionoftaste.com/
The 8th Annual Albion Islington Fusion
Polson Pier of Taste Festival is an open house for
the Albion Islington Business Improve-
torontoreggaefest.com ment Area. It features live music,
Toronto Reggae Fest features a line- arts and crafts, a free raffle and a

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ing Dundas businesses & area artists. beyond, the wonder of Italian culture; TELUS TAIWANFEST:
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peeled for daredevil stunts, stilt walk- from the rich and diverse Rastafarian (Fort York Blvd & Spadina Ave)
ers and roving entertainers of every lifestyle and history. Activities include: Festival celebrating the best of To-
description – all afternoon and eve- music, dance, drumming, arts and ronto’s local talent, eats and drinks,
ning! The merriment, mirth & music craft market place, theatre, ital cui- urban art, and on-site experiences
continues through Sunday afternoon. sine, film and video screening and held in CityPlace. Line up includes
Try to pick a favourite — it won’t be a live concert featuring international DJs and local talent.
easy! and national reggae artists. Rastafest
is a continuation of international and August 27
August 20 national Rastafarian initiatives. COCONUT FESTIVAL CANADA
David Pecaut Square, King St
TOMMY THOMPSON PARK August 20 - 21 W (beside Roy Thomson Hall)
http://www.coconutfestival.ca/
BUTTERFLY FESTIVAL SCARBOROUGH A fun day awaits the foodies and the

Tommy Thompson Park AFRO-CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL

butterflyfest.ca Albert Campbell Sq,
Nature lovers should head to the foot
of Leslie Street at Unwin during the Scarborough Civic Centre
Tommy Thompson Park Butterfly Fes-
tival, which returns to Toronto for the Scarboroughafrocaribfest.com/
8th year. It’s a chance to view moths A Fun-filled family event that offers live
and butterflies amongst the colourful performances by local and interna-
wildflowers in the park for a day and tional artists, visual art exhibitions,
meet others with the same interest. Afro-Caribbean cuisine and dance
The Tommy Thompson Park Butterfly competitions for adults and children.

adventurous as hundreds of prod- September 2 - 5 September 8 - 17
ucts from coco jams to full meals will
be presented by a diverse lineup of ARTFEST: OUTDOOR ART TORONTO INDEPENDENT FILM
vendors. The festival will also feature
artisan merchandise like jewelry, SHOW FESTIVAL
clothing, accessories, house stuff and
amazing health books plus native Distillery District Carleton Cinemas
music and everything else. Coconut
games for kids will be held with excit- artfestontario.com/artfest- film-fest.ca/
ing prices to be won! A great family The Toronto Indie is Toronto’s own film
activity! shows festival for truly independent films - a
Celebrating summer in Toronto and headline event for micro-budget and
August 27 - 28 the arts, 65 artists & artisans from no-budget films in North America.
across Canada are gathering at the It presents the best of low-budget
MUSLIMFEST Historic Distillery District for three filmmaking from around the world,
days only. Enjoy handmade Canadian and mixes it up with relevant industry
Mississauga Celebration pottery, glass, leather, jewellery, gour- discussions and targeted social net-
met food, textiles paintings, live music working events. An indie film festival
Square and more. Set throughout the magical by and for indie filmmakers.
Historic Distillery District.
muslimfest.com September 9 - 11
MuslimFest celebrates the best in September 7 - 17
arts, culture and entertainment. The TASTE OF KINGSWAY
event features local and international CARIBBEANTALES TORONTO
artists who showcase their talent Bloor Street (Prince Edward
in various areas. Concerts featur- FILM SHOWCASE
ing popular Muslim artists, comedy Drive to Montgomery Rd)
shows, a multicultural bazaar, and a Harbourfront Centre
kids carnival are just some of the fun kingswaybia.ca
things one can expect at MuslimFest. harbourfrontcentre.com Discover international cuisines, qual-
MuslimFest provides the opportuni- If there’s one art form that defines the ity entertainers, a fresh food market,
ties to share culture with the commu- city of Toronto, it’s cinema; many Hol- and celebrity chefs at a culinary
nity. We believe in education through lywood flicks are shot here and we’re theatre - all conveniently located at
the language of art, humour, and home to one of the world’s top-ranked Royal York Station on the subway
meaningful entertainment; something film festivals, along with many smaller line. I mean, who can drive on a full
that we feel can break through even ones. Harbourfront Centre presents stomach? This annual fall festival,
the toughest cultural barriers. the CaribbeanTales Toronto Film presented by the Kingsway BIA that
Showcase, a large showcase of mov- runs along Bloor Street West between
September 2 - 5 ies from the Caribbean diaspora. Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery
This festival is a gold mine for film Rd., isn’t the same old food festi-
BUSKERFEST screenings and networking, as well as val - this is a culinary experience!
an opportunity to learn about contem- Two main stages at either ends of
Woodbine Park porary Caribbean culture. It’s only one Bloor Street feature continuous live
of many weekend festivals that are entertainment from well-known art-
torontobuskerfest.com taking place at Harbourfront Centre ists, performers and musicians.Over
There is much to celebrate at the over the summer months, celebrating 200 exhibitors will be participating in
2016 BuskerFest - and that celebra- culture from all around the globe. this year’s event along with the ever
tion will be taking place this year at popular Scotiabank Dog Show, Rock
Woodbine Park in the Beach area. September 8 - 18 Climbing Walls and Street Performers.

September 2 - 5 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL September 9 - 11

HISPANIC FIESTA FILM FESTIVAL SOUTHSIDE SHUFFLE:

Mel Lastman Square Various Theatre Locations BLUES + JAZZ FESTIVAL

hispanicfiesta.com tiff.net Memorial Park - Port Credit
Splendid sounds, tempting treats Celebrating 40 years, The Toronto In-
and colorful culture that the Hispanic ternational Film Festival ranks among southsideshuffle.ca
heritage is famous for is what’s in the most prestigious international film The Blues Pavilion plays host to a fan-
store for you. Hispanic Fiesta features festivals in the world. For ten days, tastic line-up of acoustic and electric
the best known local & International film lovers, filmmakers, industry pro- musicians. A large grassy seating
Hispanic performers covering 20 fessionals and media watch the best area directly in front of the ground
different countries that speak Span- in new cinema from established mas- level stage provides the perfect set-
ish. More than 300 local, national and ters and new talent. The Toronto Inter- ting to relax and enjoy the music. The
international performers will be taking national Film Festival presents one of Food Court and Beer Garden located
part in the festival. the world’s largest annual showcases nearby ensure you are well-fed and
of Canadian film with the Canada refreshed for the day. As the gateway
First!, Short Cuts Canada and Cana- to the Festival, Mississippi Dave de
dian Open Vault programmes. Eyre Square welcomes visitors to the
festival with an eclectic mix of acous-
tic and electric performers. Great

sound, wide-open spaces and clear ukrainianfestival.com cious food dishes from Thai, French,
sightlines create a comfortable view- The Annual Toronto Ukrainian Festival Italian, Mexican and other cuisines.
ing area to stop and enjoy the music. in the Bloor West Village! The Toronto Watch garlic cooking demos, and
Ukrainian Festival is the largest Ukrai- taste the difference local farming
September 9 - 11 nian street festival in North America makes. Hear about the health benefits
VEGETARIAN FOOD FESTIVAL showcasing the best of Ukrainian arts of garlic. Take home a selection of
Harbourfront Centre and culture. The Festival is free and rare and heirloom garlic varieties to
vegfoodfest.com provides an entertainment experience plant in your garden, including Czech
Regarded as the largest event of its for the entire family. Broadleaf, Spanish Roja, Russian,
kind in North America, the annual For more information contact, phone: Romanian Red, Korean, Italian, and
Vegetarian Food Festival gives you 416-410-9965 many more. Go to our website for
an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy pre-festival garlic activities throughout
a diverse cross-section of vegetarian September
17 - 18 the summer. Cost: $5, Children Free.
cuisine. Prepared food and crafts for sale. For
ANNUAL PIONEER HARVEST more information 416-888-7829
September 9 - 11
CABBAGETOWN FESTIVAL
September 18 - 26
ART FESTIVAL
Cabbagetown District Black Creek Pioneer Village TORONTO BEER WEEK
(bounded by Parliament,
Wellesley, Gerrard and Yonge) blackcreek.ca Various Locations
cabbagetownartandcrafts.org Black Creek’s Annual Pioneer Harvest
The Cabbagetown Art & Crafts Sale Festival celebrates the Mennonite and torontobeerweek.com
is held each year during the Cabbag- Pennsylvania-German pioneers with Toronto Beer Week is back this year,
etown Festival and Riverdale Farm food, arts and crafts and activities for with an even bigger celebration
Fall Festival. The sale takes place on the whole family. Highlights of the fes- of beer in the city of Toronto. The
the weekend after Labour Day and at- tival include a quilt auction, featuring weeklong event features some of the
tracts over 20,000 visitors to Riverdale hand-made Mennonite quilts, horse- city’s experts in the industry. Attend-
Park West, in the heart of Toronto’s drawn wagon rides, demonstrations ees have the opportunity to visit top
historic Cabbagetown. and various foods to eat there and restaurants, bars, breweries, markets
take home.Demonstrations includ- and more to learn and appreciate the
September 10 ing apple pressing, butter churning, amber brew.Participating venues in-
JESUS IN THE CITY PARADE cheese making, sausage meaning, clude Mill St. Brew Pub, the Monarch
Queen’s Park apple schnitzing and candle dipping, Tavern, Beer Bistro, Bar Hop, The
jesusinthecity.com Food provided includes homemade Painted Lady and more. The Home-
It’s a party in the streets as thousands pies, hand-made ice cream, apple brew Competition is back as well, and
join in this year’s Jesus in the City butter, cheese curds, sausages and features the best in homemade beers.
Parade, meeting at Queen’s Park, for more.
a day of music, worship and celebra-
tion. With a colourful display of ban- September 17 - 18 September
21
ners, floats, biblical costumes, gospel
music and more, the event aims to RONCESVALLES STEAM WHISTLE’S
spread a message of peace, love and
joy through the downtown streets. This POLISH FESTIVAL OKTOBERFEST

year’s festivities include a t-shirt de-
sign contest and multi-cultural kick-off Roncesvalles Ave/ Steam Whistle Brewing
concert.
Queen St. West steamwhistle.ca
September
10 - 25 Cities around the world love to ob-
NIAGARA WINE FESTIVAL
polishfestival.ca serve their own versions of the famous
Montebello Park and vari- Czesc! North America’s largest cel- German Oktoberfest festival, and
ous locations in and around ebration of Polish culture in Toronto’s Toronto is no exception, especially at
St.Catharines, Ontario
www. best neighbourhood! Now entering its the Steam Whistle Brewery. This year,
niagarawinefestival.com/page/ eighth year, the Festival adds an old- the Brewery celebrates Oktoberfest
home world charm to today’s Roncesvalles for the third year, filling an entire Sat-
Village, well-known as one of Toronto’s urday with giant pretzels, sausages,
September 16 - 18 most vibrant, diverse and creative sauce and, of course, Steam Whistle
BLOOR WEST VILLAGE TORON- communities. beer. Steam Whistle founders Cam &
TO UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL Greg, along with Brewmaster Marek,
Bloor West Village September 18 start things off with a ceremonial keg-
tapping; George Kash and the Okto-
TORONTO GARLIC FESTIVAL
berfest Express host the festival. The
first Oktoberfest took place in 1810
Artscape Wychwood Barns in Munich, with horse races; today,
the Munich festival is a world-famous
torontogarlicfestival.ca event that lasts 16 days.
The 2016 Toronto Garlic Festival is for
garlic farmers and urban gardeners,
food lovers and chefs, and herbalists
and chocolatiers to meet and mingle
under one roof.-Buy Ontario garlic
direct from garlic farmers. Taste deli-

September 22 - 25
the Wordshop: The Place for Writers. October
13 - 21
TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM
TORONTO PALESTINE FILM Last year more than 200,000 people FESTIVAL

Bloor Cinema

FESTIVAL
enjoyed The Word on the Street; come torontoafterdark.com

Various Locations see what all the type is about October 17 – November 8

TORONTO CHOCOLATE
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival FESTIVAL

TorontoChocolateFestival.com
begins with several pre-festival screen- September
25 The 11th Annual Toronto Chocolate
ings leading up to the Film Festival Festival celebrates everything choco-
SOUPALICIOUS
late. Signature features of the festival
The unreleased film program includes Artscape Wychwood Barns
include The Luxury Chocolate Show
a variety of films as well as special, soupalicious.ca and Chocolate Afternnoon Tea
non-film programming. With multiple With the bounty of Ontario’s fresh har-
October
20 – 30
locations, the festival is a non-profit, vest and the talents of local chefs, the INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF
AUTHORS

volunteer-run initiative that also hosts creation of soups is the perfect oppor- Harbourfront Centre
Ifoa.org/festival
cultural events outside of the annual tunity to showcase Ontario’s culinary, The 37th Edition of the International
Festival of Authors (IFOA) brings
festival. agricultural, environmental and social together the best writers in contempo-
rary world literature.
connections in a fun and tasty way!
October
27 - 29
September 22 - October 1 Soupalicious is presented by the Plant CREATIV FESTIVAL 2016
South Building, Metro Toronto
JFL 42 a Row. Grow a Row program: Building Convention Centre

csnf.com
Various Locations upon the long standing traditions of Creativ Festival is trend spotting,
inspiration, new products, spec-
jfl42.com gardeners loving to share their har- tacular shopping, hands-on confer-
ence workshops, industry experts,
Just For Laughs presents a new kind vest with those in need, Plant a Row: how-tos, make ‘n takes, seminars,
fashion, style & trunk shows, exquisite
of interactive festival, JFL42. Over Grow a Row is a national initiative that displays, meet and greets (tv hosts,
authors, designer and artist), door
10 days, there will be 42 ‘cool things’ encourages folks to grow an extra row pizes and more. It’s where you go to
get the insider tips, trade secrets and
happening in the city, including art, of food and share extras from their stay-in-the know on what’s hot, what’s
new and what’s next in the world of
comedy, music, dance, and more. One harvest with those in need. The pro- sewing, knitting, beading, quilting,
needlework, paper crafts and more!
pass gives access to all 42 events, in gram is spearheaded by The Compost
November 4 - 13

a schedule decided by the audience. Council of Canada and Garden Writ- ROYAL AGRICULTURE
WINTER FAIR

Smart phone users can select what ers Association, with the support from Exhibition Place

royalfair.org
they want to see and based on interest local food banks. The roots of Soupali-
November 8

events can change locations or have cious began in Toronto during the late TORONTO LUXURY
CHOCOLATE SHOW

an extra date added. 1990s and Compost Week celebra- Roy Thomson Hall

torontochocolateshow.com

Featured this year areJim Gaffigan, tions when the story, Stone Soup, was (SIGNATURE EVENT OF THE
TORONTO CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL)
Roseanne Barr, Trevor Noah, Emo read on top of a compost pile. The Toronto LUXURY CHOCOLATE

Phillips, Margaret Cho, Sinbad, Jim

Jeffries and many more. Each pass October
1
comes with four credits, which give NUIT BLANCHE

access to the 42 shows. Use your
Citywide

smartphone to check in immediately Toronto’s free all-night contemporary

before or after an event to earn back a art event. For one sleepless night

credit and see even more events. Pass experience Toronto transformed by

options include access to all three of artists. The familiar will be discarded

the headliners, or to one headliner of as the city becomes the artistic

your choosing playground for a series of exhilarating

contemporary art experiences. One

September
25 night only. All night long. All free.

THE WORD ON THE STREET


Harbourfront Centre October 1 - 2

thewordonthestreet.ca QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL

Celebrate reading, writing, and literacy Queen Street West from
at Canada’s largest book and maga- Bathurst to Roncesvalles
zine festival: The Word on the Street. queenwestartcrawl.com
Visit any of the 250 book, magazine, The Queen West Art Crawl began as

and literacy exhibitor booths to discov- a one-day event in 2003. Since then it

er new writers, new publications, and has blossomed into a weekend-long

new talent. Take in readings, ask ques- festival of creativity and community.

tions, and get your books signed by Our goal is to celebrate and cultivate

almost 200 authors, performers, and the unique character, diversity and

storytellers. Enjoy great programming ethos of Queen West-a natural habitat

all day at any one of 18 performance for individual artists, arts organiza-

venues, which include a Bestsellers tions, artist run centres and business-

Stage, Children’s Activity Tent, and es that promote art and culture.

SHOW celebrates everything choco- August 19 - favourites such as RUSH: Parkour,
late under one roof. A diverse array XPogo, and the Aerial Acrobatics and
of fine chocolates and chocolate- September 5 Ice Skating Show featuring Olympic
inspired products will be featured. medalist Joannie Rochette and special
Various vendors will be displaying, CANADIAN NATIONAL guest Elvis Stojko.
sampling and selling their fine choco-
late products at show prices, just in EXHIBITION (CNE) The all-new CNE Innovation Garage
time for the holiday season. presented by HP showcases the lat-
Exhibition Place est in consumer products and ser-
November 10 -19
vices; a 38 ft. T-Rex skeleton invades
www.theex.com Kids’ World as part of a new Paleo
THE REEL ASIAN World feature; musical legend Randy
The Canadian National Exhibi- Bachman kicks off the first night
INTERNATIONAL tion (CNE) is Canada’s largest fair of the CNE’s concert series at The
and one of the top 10 fairs in North Bandshell; and new exhibits include
FILM FESTIVAL
Augmenting Reality, a multisensory
America. Founded in 1879. experience that transforms the real
Toronto and Richmond Hill
You can download the CNE brochure world with digital technologies; and
Star Trek: “50 Artists. 50 Years.” with
reelasian.com from their official website or at our themed trivia nights and a galactic
own website www.HOToronto.com or Star Trek themed bar – offering some-
November 17 - 20 thing for everyone.
TorontoOnDemand.ca
GOURMET FOOD AND WINE Always putting the ‘FUN’ in funnel
The 138th edition of the Canadian cake, the CNE will surely raise the bar
Metro Toronto Convention National Exhibition marks the culmina- with all-new carnival eats this year…so
tion of a spectacular summer in the stay tuned for the big reveal.
Centre, North Building
city of Toronto. The excitement and
thrills continue with Canada’s larg- 2016 CNE HIGHLIGHTS:
foodandwineexpo.ca est and favourite fair, the CNE, which
Celebrity guests, a fine wine tasting runs August 19 – September 5. New
lounge, a Food Network stage, a spiri- and exhilarating attractions join many
tology pavilion and an extensive food returning favourites in the 2016 CNE
and beverage exhibitor showcase are line-up.
highlights of this annual event, which
offers ample opportunities to sample 2016 CNE Makes a Splash with NEW – CNE Innovation Garage
gourmet foods and wines from around presented by HP (August 19 to 21):
the globe. All-New Waterfront Discover the latest and greatest in
consumer products, services and
November 26 Programming! more at this all-new innovation hub!
Engage in interactive experiences,
TORONTO CAVALCADE OF August 19 – September 5 browse new products and technology,
plus meet young entrepreneurs presenting
LIGHTS 2016
at the CNE Emerging Innovators Pitch
Nathan Phillips Square
toronto-travel- CNE Innovation Garage, Star Competition, and be inspired by talks
guide.com/cavalcade-of-lights Trek: “50 Artists. 50 Years.”, Paleo featuring innovation influencers, indus-
Fabulous fireworks, magnificent mu- World, Augmenting Reality Exhibit, try vanguards and Canadian Space
sic and dazzling lights – the annual and Star-Studded Concert Series Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Toronto Cavalcade of Lights features Featuring Randy Bachman, Dean
wonderful combination of these elec- Brody, Scott Helman & Tyler Shaw,
trifying actions, right in the heart of the Ria Mae & Coleman Hell, Walk Off
city centre. The Cavalcade of Lights
kick-starts Toronto’s festive holiday The Earth and more!
season with the sparkling illumina-
tion of Nathan Phillips Square and A tidal wave of the world’s most gifted NEW – Waterfront Shows: The CNE
city’s official Christmas tree in the final watersport athletes and awe-inspiring returns to the waterfront for the first
weekend of November. water ski daredevils will converge time in decades thanks to a $5.5 mil-
on Toronto’s waterfront as one of the lion infrastructure investment by the
many new and exciting features of City of Toronto and the Province of On-
the 138th edition of the Canadian tario to rehabilitate the West Channel
National Exhibition, August 19 to watersports course just south of the
September 5, 2016. The Great Cana- CNE grounds. New Waterfront pro-
dian Water Ski Caper, a brand new gramming features a daily waterfront
waterfront stunt show performed daily, show, The Great Canadian Water Ski
and two premier extreme watersport Caper, the Nautique Canadian Wake-
competitions, the Nautique Canadian surf Nationals on opening weekend
Wakesurf Nationals and Nautique (August 19 to 21), and the Nautique
WWA Wakeboard World Champion- WWA Wakeboard World Champion-
ships, will dazzle on the lake while the ships (August 25 to 28).
thrills continue in-land with returning



NEW – Star Trek “50 Artists. 50
Years.”: Over 50 artists from 10
countries, including works by Ca-
nadian artists Johnathan Begeron,
Maria Bergeron, Mark D’Alfonso, and
photographs by the late Leonard
Nimoy, will be on display in this global
art exhibition commemorating the
50th anniversary of the iconic series.
All featured illustrations, photography,
sculptures, paintings and graphics
were commissioned specifically for
this exhibit. Trekkers should also mark
their calendars for trivia nights, a Star
Trek pop-up shop, and themed bar.

NEW – Aerial Acrobatics and Ice RUSH: Parkour Competitive Demon- will take the stage daily inside the
Skating Show: An all-new themed strations: Parkour returns to the CNE At Home Pavilion to share their tips,
Aerial Acrobatics and Ice Skating this year in a sensational new show cooking demos and diverse culinary
Show returns to the CNE each day where athletes will compete with one perspectives. Enjoy daily preserving
during the fair. This year’s show will another in the sport of free-running, demonstrations from food and nutri-
feature 2010 Olympic bronze medal- jumping, climbing and vaulting tion specialist, cooking demonstrator
ist Joannie Rochette (August 19 to through urban obstacle courses and and cookbook author, Yvonne Trem-
22 & August 26 to September 5), and buildings, and the audience will de- blay.
special guest Elvis Stojko (August 23 cide who is best! Set to high-energy
to 25). music, the show features athletes NEW – Rides: Visitors of all ages can
from Toronto’s Monkey Vault Training soar to new heights as two electrify-
Bandshell Concert Series: Catching Movement Centre. ing rides, The Himalaya on the Main
a concert at the CNE Bandshell is the Midway and Chopper Charlie on
best way to end a great day at the fair, XPogo Stunt Team: Back by popular the Kiddie Midway, make their CNE
with performances spanning the entire demand! Flying up to 9 feet in the air debuts this summer. Living right next
musical spectrum for all ages. Head- on next-generation pogo sticks while door to its sister ride, the ever-famous
lining acts in 2016 include Randy executing incredible, jaw-dropping Polar Express, the mighty Himalaya
Bachman, Jefferson Starship, Head- tricks, witness the best extreme pogo travels at extreme speed as it moves
stones, Ricky Nelson Remembered, performance team in the world. backwards and forwards over mul-
Luciano, George Canyon, Dean tiple peaks and valleys, with sirens
Brody, Scott Helman & Tyler Shaw, A NEW – Augmenting Reality Exhibit: blaring and lights flashing, all while
Great Big World, Ria Mae & Coleman Take a journey through reality, where pumping out the best music on the
Hell, Walk Off The Earth and more. All technology and the physical world midway!
concerts are FREE with admission! intersect to create a new experience.
Augmenting Reality presents an in- NEW – Rock & Roll Over Presi-
Food Truck Frenzy & Craft Beer sider’s view into a world of technologi- dent’s Choice SuperDogs Show:
Fest: One of Canada’s largest food cal innovations that enhance reality The SuperDogs return to the En-
truck rallies just got bigger with six through digital means. Try, touch and ercare Centre with a brand new
NEW food trucks ready to take posi- experience throughout this multi- production celebrating all the fun,
tion along Princes’ Blvd. from August sensory exhibit. energy and excitement of rock and
26 to 28! Foodies can rejoice in 25 roll. Watch and laugh as they put their
unique offerings from Toronto’s trendi- Celebrity Chef Stage: Learn from own canine band called “Five Direc-
est food innovators including FeasTO industry masters including Mas- tions” to work and cheer them on as
and Made in Brazil, previous winners terChef Canada judge Claudio Aprile, they jump, weave and dance to elec-
of Food Network Canada’s Food Truck Michael Smith, Lynn Crawford, Anna trifying hits from past and present!
Face Off. Enjoy a refreshing cold one Olson, Mark McEwan and more! A
in the heart of the Food Truck Frenzy talented lineup of celebrity chefs
from 10 local master brewers includ-
ing Muskoka Brewing Inc., Wellington
Brewery, and Beaus All Natural Brew-
ing Company.

NEW – Paleo World: This year the
CNE’s Kids’ World introduces an
all-new interactive and educational
exhibit, Paleo World. Unleash your
junior paleontologist and get face to
face with a Mososaur skull, Tricer-
atops skull, a super croc skull, a full-
size 38 ft. T-Rex skeleton and more!

Kids’ World: Other fun-filled activi-
ties in Kids’ World include Pizza Nova
Pizza Making and an Art Studio at the
KidStreet Interactive Zone; perfor-
mances including The Incredible
Magic of Professor Wick, Barney, Bob
the Builder, Thomas and Friends and
Mike the Knight; popular character
meet and greets with Angelina Bal-
lerina and Little Charmers Hazel; as
well as dynamic, high energy perfor-
mances by Splash’N Boots.

67th Annual Canadian International
Air Show: The excitement of the CNE
culminates on Labour Day Weekend
as the thrilling Canadian International
Air Show (CIAS) soars over Lake
Ontario for another awe-inspiring
show featuring performances by the
Breitling Jet Team, CF-19 Hornet,
U.S. Navy F/A legacy Hornet, The
Grumman Mohawk, Canadian Forces
Snowbirds and many more!

For more information about
the 2016 CNE, tickets,
programming, directions and hours,
visit www.TheEx.com

Please note Labour Day early
closing times below:

Gates: 10 am to 5 pm
Grounds: 10 am to 9 pm
Buildings: 10 am to 7 pm
Casino: noon to 8 pm
Rides: 10 am to 9 pm

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