YOUR GUIDE TO THE HOTTEST & COOLEST SUMMER EVENTS 2011 SUPERGUIDE to SUMMER & FALL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS in TORONTO, GTA and SOUTHERN ONTARIO PRIDE PARADE YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE:YOUTH DAY CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL www.TorontoOnDemand.ca / www.HOToronto.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 ALL EVENTS FREE WITH ADMISSION!* 1 Canadian Olympic medalist Joannie Rochette 4 Marianas Trench & We Will Rock You’s, Yvan Pedneault Aug 21 in the Broadway themed Aerial Acrobatics & Ice Skating Show Daily 5 LIGHTS Aug 25 2 Canadian Forces Musical Salute Aug 19 & 20 6 Michael Smith Aug 27 3 David Rocco Aug 20 DON’T MISS The Human CannonBall and the Mardi Gras Parade! *Does not include rides. All programs subject to change. Summer/Fall 2011 V.1 On Line Edition Proud Member of From the editor Publisher and Managing Editor Joey Cee Toronto Celebrates Contributors Enzo Iammatteo Summer Lina Dhingra, Collin Camilleri Photographers With Festivals .... Aline Sandler, Tom Sandler, Joey Cee, Jody Glaser, Enzo Iammatteo Lots of Them! Joey Cee, Publisher & Editor Website Design DesignSource Broadcast Media Division Producer As we celebrate our 17th year of publishing, HOToronto Magazine, in its commitment to keeping you Joey Cee informed and enlightened, continues to present you with a host of new on-line download magazine titles. HOToronto Magazines and The information compiled in this issue is derived from many sources, solicited and unsolicited. Our team of What’s On Where Magazines are published on-line by writers and photographers have been covering festivalss for more than a dozen years, and each year there are JCO Communications Inc., 1235 Bay Street, 4th Floor, more and more festivals popping up all over the city and throughout the GTA. Toronto, Ontario. M5R 3K4. 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TORONTO FESTIVALS GUIDE 2011 To June 5 June 3 - 5 sible events, and “accidental encounters with WORLWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BREAD AND HONEY FESTIVAL art.” Festival-goers are invited to participate, Various Locations Village of Streetsville - Mississauga explore, and celebrate their own creative spirit. Every year the Worldwide Short Film Festival The annual Streetsville Founders’ Bread & Luminato embraces and celebrates Toronto’s produces a compilation CD of independent Honey Festival, will celebrate with bigger and cultural diversity, and recognizes that creativ- Canadian music by Canadian musicians. The better live entertainment and a wide selection of ity flourishes when cultures join together in a compilation CD is an innovative way for film- rides and games for the whole family, including spirit of tolerance and respect. makers and musicians to collaborate creatively a massively popular village-wide parade, three Luminato is designed to showcase Toronto’s and form working partnerships. The CD is stages filled with activities for everyone!, a bustling downtown core and the cultural distributed to over 400 festival delegates. Rotary Pancake Breakfast, hands-on educational renaissance transforming the city’s renowned www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com demonstrations, free Bread & Honey and much, concert halls, galleries, museum collections, much more... and performing arts companies. Luminato To October 10 www.breadandhoney.com brings Toronto’s light to the world, and the HOT SPOT FESTIVAL world’s light to Toronto. Harbourfront June 3 - 5 www.luminato.com This festival is part of Harbourfront Centre’s UNIONVILLE VILLAGE FESTIVAL World Routes Summer Festivals 2011. Return- Historic Main Street - Unionville June 11 ing for the second year, this festival explores A special day-long sneak peek for Festival- TORONTO TREE FESTIVAL the hottest trends and obsessions in music, goers!?Before the Stiver Mill Farmer’s Market Toronto Island, Ferry Terminal food, film and dance that lead the way in cre- opens to the public on Sunday, June 26th, stroll Toronto Tree Fest features the Island Tour ativity and innovation around the world. This Main Street Unionville and snap up fresh baked of Trees. Both the walking and cycling tour festival enables you to travel the globe and ex- goods, hand-picked vegetables, herbs, honey, leave Centre Dock at 10:15 am. The boat perience how cultural forms become universal handicrafts and more! leaves the city for Centre island at 10:00 am. symbols, yet remain rooted to local cultures. www.unionvilleinfo.com Urban forestry experts and tree enthusiasts www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summer alike will lead groups to signifigant Island June 9 - 12 trees. Participants will learn about the various June 2 - 5 TORONTO TANGO FESTIVAL species featured. The walking tour is approx TORONTO FESTIVAL OF CLOWNS Various Locations 3 km. The cycling tour is approx 6 km. Tours Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Indulge yourself in a four-day celebration of end at approx 11:30 at the Gibraltar Centre of Pia Bouman School Argentine Tango, with workshops for all levels, Arts where there will be food and beverage Canada’s Most Red-Nosed Theatre Festival. practicas, milongas, performances and more. for purchase.??The Festival will take place A clown apocalypse in coming! For four Explore and enrich your passion for this capti- in Franklin’s Children Gardens where there days only, some of the world’s top clowns, vating dance at the biggest tango event in the will be forestry displays, children’s activities, bouffons and physical theatre performers will city. The goal is to provide dancers from around climbing displays and all things TREE! Gates be unleashed in Toronto for the sixth annual the world the opportunity to learn, dance and open at 12:30 pm??The Festival is free. All Toronto Festival of Clowns. Promising some enjoy the art of Argentine Tango in the beautiful ferry fees apply. of the most hilarious, peculiar, imaginative and city of Toronto. There is also an intensive Work- For more information: Phone 311 outlandish shows, the 2011 festival opens June shop for beginners which is ideal if you have 2nd, 2011 at the Pia Bouman School for Ballet never danced tango. June 11 - 12 and Creative Movement. This year’s festival WOOFSTOCK will feature: Heather Marie Annis, Sandra June 10 - 19 St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Battaglini, Kimberly Beaune, Richard Beaune, LUMINATO Woofstock is the largest outdoor festival for Precious Chong, Attila Clemann, Francine Dundas Square and Various Locations dogs in all of North America. Quirky and fun, Côté, Rachelle Elie, Dana Fadkin, Stevie For 10 extraordinary days in June, Toronto’s Woofstock is a free admission non-stop party Jay, James Keylon, Diana Kolpak, Shantelle stages, streets, and public spaces are illumi- that takes place at our hip, newly expanded Simone Landry, Amy Lee, Phil Luzi, Eric nated with arts and creativity. Now in its fifth location, the historic St. Lawrence Market Miinch, Phil Rickaby, and Chris Sawchyn. year, Luminato is an annual multi-disciplinary Neighbourhood, home to the world-famous More information: 416-821-3833 celebration of theatre, dance, music, literature, food market as well as the dog-friendly Sun- food, visual arts, fashion, film, magic and more. day Antique Market. June 3 - 5 Luminato embraces three key programming www.woofstock.ca WATERFRONT BLUES principles: collaboration, accessibility, and Woodbine Park diversity.Luminato embraces artistic collabora- June 13 - 19 The premise is simple: continually maintain tion - creating unforgettable moments by bring- NXNE – NORTH BY NORTHEAST the high standard established since year one ing together artists from different cultures and Various Nightclub Locations of The Distillery Blues Festival. They’re genres. The festival encourages local, national, Now in its 16th year, North by Northeast Mu- confident that they’ve hit the mark with the and international artists to discover unprece- sic Festival and Conference (NXNE) has be- outstanding 2011 Waterfront Blues line-up dented creative expressions through unexpected come the Canadian festival destination for new of well-established acts and emerging talent. partnerships. The Luminato staff, led by CEO and emerging talent -- unsigned bands, indie And remember this first-rate entertainment is Janice Price, partners with the Luminato Artistic favourites, and major-label headlining artists FREE! Committee, as well as the arts leadership of the alike.