Programme Disciplines
Your cultural year-round destination
Harbourfront Centre's 10-acre waterfront site hosts over 4,000 events and is visited by more than 17.5 million people annually.
Whatever you’re looking for, Harbourfront Centre has it. Our programming covers a range of disciplines inclusive of cultural expression, from dance to music, literature and stage, food, film and so much more.
Check out our signature cultural programming below and click here for directions on how you can easily visit the heart of Toronto’s waterfront today.
Major Programming
World Stage
Theatre
Dance
February–May
Harbourfront Centre’s series of groundbreaking contemporary theatre, dance and multidisciplinary performance.
NextSteps
Dance
September–June
Harbourfront Centre's premier contemporary dance series featuring dance companies and artists from across Canada.
May-October
Music
Dance
Food
Travel the cultural landscapes of Latin America, China, Africa, Taiwan, the Caribbean and more, every weekend! Connect with the global community right in your own backyard.
IFOA
Literary
Year-round
IFOA presents the finest international novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers and biographers, and provides Canadian writers with an internationally recognized forum in which to present their work.
HarbourKIDS
Family
Free
Year-round
Arts and culture from a kid's point-of-view celebrated during three signature long weekend festivals each year: Victoria Day, Thanksgiving and Family Day.
Camps
Learning
March Break and June-August
Harbourfront Centre Camps is celebrating its 35th Anniversary! Our camps have always celebrated the diversity of our city and welcomed kids from across Toronto. Over 80 diverse camps to choose from.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Lectures
Free
Year-round
Seasonal exhibitions showcasing the worlds of architecture, craft and design, photography and visual arts.
Craft & Design
Craft
Lectures
Learn
Year-round
A dynamic axis point for contemporary expression in Canada featuring exhibitions, an artist-in-residence programme, courses and lectures.
The Power Plant
Visual Arts
Lectures
Year-round
Canada's leading public gallery devoted exclusively to contemporary visual art.
