2015 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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YOUR GUIDE TO THE HOTTEST & COOLEST SUMMER EVENTS 2015 SUPERGUIDE for SUMMER & FALL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS in TORONTO, GTA and SOUTHERN ONTARIO MORE THAN 100 FESTIVALS + EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM! HOToronto.com TorontoOnDemand.ca OPENS AUG 21! ALL EVENTS FREE WITH ADMISSION!† BUY BEFORE up to % AUGUST 21& 34 Gift Card Tickets available at: participating Available at: participating Pizza Pizza restaurantsSAVE (walk-in only); GO Transit stations; and at THEEX.COM major GTA grocery stores while supplies last 1 2 1 America With The Abrams Fri Aug 21 2 Food Truck Frenzy & Craft Beer Festival Aug 28, 29 & 30 3 XPogo Stunt Team Daily 3 21 72015 †Does not include rides, games or food. All programming subject to change. Mid-Summer/Fall 2015 Proud Member V.3 On Line Edition of Publisher and Managing Editor From the editor Joey Cee Contributors Elizabeth Harris, Enzo Iammatteo Lina Dhingra, Collin Camilleri, Jacquie Kyrion Pan Am Games Photographers Aline Sandler, Tom Sandler, Joey Cee, Trigger a HOT Summer Jody Glaser, Enzo Iammatteo, Jerry Powers, Lenore Farrell, with Great Festivals Jacquie Kyrion in and around the GTA Website Design DesignSource Joey Cee, Publisher & Editor Broadcast Media Division Producer Joey Cee As we celebrate our 21st year of publishing, HOToronto Magazine, in its commitment to keeping you informed and enlightened, continues to present you with a host of new on-line download magazine titles. HOToronto Magazines and What’s On Where Magazines are published on-line by The information compiled in this issue is derived from many sources, solicited and unsolicited. Our team of JCO Communications Inc., writers and photographers have been covering festivals for almost two decades, and each year there are more 1235 Bay Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario. M5R 3K4. and more festivals popping up all over the city and throughout the GTA. Tel: (416) 923-HOTO (4686) Fax: 905-820-9512 E-mail: [email protected] Although this information is being transmitted to you via free subscription or as a download, it will only be www.HOToronto.com available in this format periodically, updated according as the urgency of the information requires us to offer www.TorontoOnDemand.ca a new version. You will note the updated version of HOT & COOL FESTIVALS by the version code at the top of this page or by the new cover. At all times you can simply go to www.HOToronto.com and click on the The information on establishments and special Festivals link to acquire updates and additions as they become available. venues listed or mentioned in this publication is compiled from all available, and considered to be reliable sources. The publisher does not assume re- sponsibility for omissions, errors or changes printed. If you have a Festival you wish to have listed, please send the details of your event to us at hotoronto@rogers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of information provided at time of printing. Due to the com. We will do our best to get it posted and get the word out. nature of the venues, information may change after date of publication. This publication does not endorse or recommend Don’t forget to check out our other line of publications which are also available as free downloads the establishments listed or advertised. However, most establishments are listed on proven merit and including GALAvanting Magazine, CURTAINS UP and SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS. therefore recommended for publication. You may no- tify the publisher in writing, by fax or by e-mail, of any changes or additions found in this publication. We are here to keep you informed. No part of this publication may be reproduced, duplicated or electronically stored in part or whole without the written permission of the publisher. Best wishes for a safe and enjoyable summer. © Copyright 2015. All Rights Reserved. OPENS AUG 21 1 2 ALL EVENTS FREE WITH ADMISSION!† 1 Canadian International Air Show Sat thru Mon Sept 5, 6 & 7 2 Food Building Daily 3 RUSH: Parkour Demos Daily 3 21 72015 †Does not include rides, games or food. All programming subject to change. SUMMER/FALL FESTIVALS GUIDE 2015 June 18 - 29 spirit to Toronto Centre Island. The East Gerrard Street (between TORONTO DOWNTOWN Festival, which started in 1989, entered Coxwell and Greenwood) JAZZ FESTIVAL the international arena in 1993. From Festivalofsouthasia.com Nathan Philips Square the humble beginning of only 27 teams The TD Festival of South Asia creates & Various Locations participating in the first festival back in a window into the East to celebrate torontojazz.com 1989, it has evolved to a much bigger and experience the culture and What began in 1987 as an eight operation over the past two decades. cuisine of South Asia. From Bhangra day showcase of jazz now attracts Organized by the Toronto Chinese to Basmati to Bollywood music, this in excess of 500,000 loyal patrons Business Association and the To- event has all the ingredients to make annually over 10 days. Attractions ronto International Dragon Boat Race festival visitors feel like they’ve trav- include more than 350 performances Festival, the Festival in 2015 will once eled the world. with over 1,500 musicians performing again expect 180 to 200 teams with at approximately 40 locations around 5,000 athletes. Paddlers of different July 3 -14 Toronto. backgrounds from all over the world FRINGE FESTIVAL- will take part in the ancient Chinese ”TORONTO’S THEATRE June 19 - 21 tradition and friendly competition. FESTIVAL” CHIN INTERNATIONAL PICNIC Various Locations Exhibition Place June 27 - July 1 fringetoronto.com chinradio.com TORONTO RIBFEST The Fringe is Toronto’s largest theatre This 3-day event attracts 250,000 Centennial Park festival. Last year it hosted over 150 people annually and remains the torontoribfest.com theatre companies from around the largest, free picnic in the country. Toronto Ribfest, the largest Canada globe -most from right here in Toron- Come and experience the sights and Day celebration, is held over the long to! With over 30 different venues and sounds of the CHIN International weekend at Centennial Park in Etobi- 800+ artists, the Fringe of Toronto Picnic... with free admission, come coke. Make Ribfest your family desti- Theatre Festival is Toronto’s largest every day! Best of all, admission to all nation; there’s fun and excitement for theatre festival. Join the excitement events and shows are FREE. all! This popular event put on by the and beat the economic blues with Rotary Club of Etobicoke attracts over 60,000 other Fringers as you sit June 19 - 28 100,000 visitors who come to enjoy back and see Broadways’ next hit, PRIDE WEEK 2015 live music, succulent ribs and the beer or something wild and wacky-all for Various Locations tents. Children are delighted with can- under $10. Productions range from pridetoronto.com dy floss, carnival rides, the climbing dramas to musical extravaganzas Pride Week in Toronto is one of wall and pony rides. On Canada Day, to improv and take place in local Canada’s premier arts and cultural a lively fireworks display celebrates theatres as well as in unusual spots: festivals and one of the largest Pride Canada’s birthday at dusk. playgrounds, parking lots and more. celebrations in the world. Together A Fringe Kids! Venue hosts eight with the thousands of individuals, June 28 plays exclusively for children and community groups, businesses and PRIDE TORONTO PARADE families. The festival also hosts a participating sponsors, we are proud Downtown Toronto beer tent, two outdoor patios and a to celebrate the lives and stories of pridetoronto.com free nightly Cabaret. Unjuried, unex- Toronto’s Queer Communities. Pride pected, unforgettable. Week features 10 days of world class July 2 - 5 arts and cultural programming, com- TASTE OF TORONTO July 3 - 5 munity activities, one of the world’s Fort York TASTE OF LAWRENCE largest street festivals, Pride Parade, TasteOfToronto.com FESTIVAL Dyke March, Family programming, Fort York will host upwards of 20,000 Lawrence Avenue East Blackness Yes and Youth and much visitors across four days. Top restau- between Warden Avenue to more. rants and over 50 exhibitors, make for Pharmacy a foodie heaven. tasteoflawrence.com June 20 - 21 Taste Extraordinary! Featuring Toron- Savour the flavour of the multicultural 27TH TORONTO INTERNA- to’s most celebrated chefs and tastes and talents of Scarborough at TIONAL DRAGON BOAT rising stars, foodie entertainment and the 2015 Taste of Lawrence festival. FESTIVAL boutique food & drink market. It’s a celebration of diversity from Centre Island throughout Scarborough, across the dragonboats.com August 15 - 16 GTA and around the world. Three A two-day fun-filled event that brings FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIA days of nonstop food and entertain- sports, team spirit and community Gerrard India Bazaar ment take over Lawrence Avenue East as 200,000 people come togeth- nicities and communities. ronto is an exciting over three-week er to show their Scarborough spirit cultural explosion of Caribbean mu- and their incredible spirit for life and July 4 - 5 sic, cuisine, revelry as well as visual all of its delicious possibilities. Experi- SALSA ON ST. CLAIR and performing arts. In its 48th year ence nonstop international talent on St. Clair Ave. West , Hillcrest it has become a major international two stages. Win fantastic prizes. Shop Village, between Winona Drive event and the largest cultural festival for tasty specials at the diverse mer- & Christie Ave. of its kind in North America. As this chants of the Wexford Heights BIA. tlntv.com/events/salsa Carnival is an international cultural The Salsa party continues in July as phenomenon, the great metropolis July 3 - 26 TLN Telelatino, Hillcrest Village BIA of Toronto and its environs will come SUMMERLICIOUS and the City of Toronto once again join alive as the city explodes with the Various Toronto forces to present Canada’s largest pulsating rhythms and melodies of Dining Locations Latino-themed festival, Salsa on St.