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Travel a continent in a day with Fortune Cooking's full-course feast of Pan-Asian food and culture!
A one-day festival celebrating the end of summer harvest!
CaribbeanTales engages families, youth, community groups, and the celluloid industry in a programme which includes workshops, screenings, networking sessions, parties and other activities.
North America's premier festival of Jewish and Yiddish culture. Featuring the best of the global Jewish culture scene, with music, theatre, film, visual arts, literature and more.
A three-day culinary arts, music, dance and film fest that sparks a new dialogue on Canada's multifaceted lifestyles between new immigrants and Canadians who have been here for generations.
Book-ended by two weekend-long festivals, Harbourfornt Centre hosts a 10-day, citywide celebration of Indigenous arts and culture.
Our wildly popular Caribbean festival commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Independence of two culturally and artistically significant island nations: Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago!
Explore dramatically different soundscapes created by stringed instruments from around the world played by classical virtuosi. Can you believe your ears?
Hot & Spicy celebrates 15 fiery years: hot, spicy, soulful and smouldering!
Our annual SoundClash Music Award has morphed into a genre-bending, three-day music festival!
A three-day event showcasing the diversity of Brazilian arts and culture through music, dance, film, gastronomy, workshops and family activities.
Celebrate Canada's big day by the lake! Our country's biggest and best four-day birthday celebration!
Dancing on the Pier is a social dancer's dream come true!
From the young lions to the legends to undiscovered gems, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival is yours to discover.
Celebrate the diversity of francophone culture as North Ontario and international francophonie add a delightful touch to a "magnifique" event.
NXNE will be taking to Harbourfront Centre stages to highlight some great festival programming. Come discover your next favourite band!
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or the Lantern Festival, is celebrated annually throughout East Asia.
Now in its sixth year, the CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase will engage families, youth, community groups and the celluloid industry in a programme celebrating the burgeoning film and television sector in the Caribbean.
The summer's premier food festival is back and bigger than ever! Four savoury days packed with a full menu of culinary arts, music, demos and dance.
Re-discover the Taiwan you thought you knew! It's time for the world to see Taiwan as a hot spot of connectivity and the foundation of new expressions in the arts.
A celebration of incredibly diverse South Asian and South Asian-inspired culture, this festival explores and celebrates our differences, spinning and weaving a fantastic cultural thread around us all.
A sizzling full-course menu of Pan-Asian culture! Explore the hot spots (and pots!) of Pan-Asian cuisine and its influence across the globe. Taste the trends, witness the wizardry and savour the sounds!
Enjoy two perspectives of classical music – traditional and fusion – from around the world! We break down the borders surrounding the constantly evolving art form of classical music.
The heat is on at the wildly popular Island Soul festival, where the airwaves vibrate with the high-energy "riddim & resistance" sounds of calypso, soca, rumba, guaguancó, reggae, rapso and reggae-rap fusions. Fire up your social passion and celebrate what's hot in the human spirit with works that highlight truth, love and possibility.
The waterfront comes alive with Iranian art, culture, cuisine, activities, entertainment, and shopping. This festival includes a number of world and Canadian premieres. Participating artists and writers explore the concept of "Visions of Eternity" through their work.
This year's Colombian Colours Diaspora Festival presents a sizzling platform for dancers, musicians, artists and others to blend their creative voices into a world view, and to illustrate how those voices have evolved to fuse with new cultures.
From Mexican electronica to the joy of clowns and puppetry, this festival celebrates modern Mexico. Over three days we showcase the vibrancy, warmth and humour of the Mexican people.
Surprise yourself at this two-day exploration of experiential, boundary-pushing and unpredictable performance. This festival features artists who push "hot" buttons, challenge creativity, and embrace new frontiers of performance through comedy, music, dance and more.
Canada is one the "hottest" countries in the world. We showcase our home and native land’s diverse cultural landscapes with music, culinary arts, dance, family activities, storytelling, games and film.
One of the most important French language events in Ontario, Franco-Fête celebrates francophone culture with food, art, and "la musique francophone." This year also includes a spotlight on France.
New this year! The romantic shores of Lake Ontario transform into Toronto's most scenic ballroom on Thursday nights. Live bands, social dance clubs and DJs will have you discovering smoldering dance trends and movements from around the world. Open to all ages.
North America's premier celebration of Yiddish and Jewish culture!
Classical music is put under our spotlight over two-days of concerts, dance and workshops!!
Celebrating cutting edge electronic music and art!
A weekend celebration of francophone culture through a variety of activities including culinary creations, art, dance and most of all "la musique francophone."
Canada's largest and most authentic celebration of the stunning island nation and the unique beauty of Barbadian culture.
Celebrating innovation, adaptability and evolution of the Indigenous identity!
Celebrating innovation, adaptability and evolution of the Indigenous identity!
Experience the diversity and regional specialties of South Asian cuisine!
Dig into the past, present and future of Caribbean arts and music cultures!
A celebration of emerging artists redefining the Canadian landscape!
Celebrating 200 years of the artistic and creative forces of México!
Now one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind anywhere in the world, Ashkenaz 2008 will once again feature the best and brightest of the global Yiddish/Jewish culture scene.
A festival that promises to reveal how little we know about the world's influences on Taiwan. With fusion concerts such as Eastern Legends and Music without Borders, the festival showcases how old traditions have taken on new dimensions.
Hot, sour, sweet and salty! The Hot & Spicy Food Festival serves up diverse hot food and flavors from around the globe, and occasionally pairs a spicy dish with a complementary sampling of the hot sounds of the region. One of our most popular festivals.
South Asia Calling examines how South Asia has blended borders through the arts and culture, uncovering the similarities and uniqueness of the different countries that make up this incredibly diverse region encompassing India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Tibet.
Crisscross a series of Caribbean cultural borders – shaped by African, Indian and European influences – across artistic disciplines.
New for this year! A festival that explores ideas of “classical” music from a broad range of cultural perspectives, including musical forms from South Asian, Chinese, African and others.
With its basis on affirming borders in ancient times, Tirgan offers a challenging and thought-provoking opportunity to take a new look at borders in time, space, taste, and artistic disciplines and their place and relevance to art and culture at present time.
From contemporary dancers to cutting-edge musicians, from passionate discussions about films/visual arts, to sensual stories about food, Ritmo y Color pushes and breaks the boundaries of Latin America.
Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Beats, Breaks & Culture! BBC has evolved into one of the country’s most influential electronic music festivals and a perennial favourite in the World Routes line-up.
In the spirit of history and family, this festival celebrates all that Canada has to offer. Featuring live music, film, visual arts and family events all day and into the night.
Celebrate The Banff Centre's 75th anniversary with a festival of exciting dance, theatre, visual arts and craft, literature, music and film works inspired by this world-renowned Arts centre!
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