Through the summer months, Toronto plays host to a range of festivals that celebrate the city’s diversity and showcase local talent.
Not a bad way to spend a summer evening or weekend if you can catch one of these events. Here’s what is coming up in August:
- Date: August 3 – 4, 2013
- Location: Downsview Park
- Price range: $180 - $225
- Features electronic artists including Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, Dada Life and more
- Date: August 3, 2013
- Location: Fort York: Garrison Common
- Price range: $73.25 - $115
- All-day celebration, lineup includes Phoenix, Girl Talk, Icona Pop, Hot Chip and more
Summer Works Performance Festival
- Date: August 8 – 18, 2013
- Price: $15 per performance
- Celebrates original scriptwriter with plays in public places
- More than 30 plays, off-site performances and workshops of plays
- Date: August 9 – 11, 2013
- Canada’s largest action sports and music festival
- Three-day beach festival features wakeboarding challenges, live music from Death From Above 1979, The Sheepdogs and more
- Date: August 9 – 11, 2013
- Location: Greektown on the Danforth
- Greek cuisine like souvlaki and spanakopita
- Street festival with tons of family activities, musical performances and traditional Greek dancing
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)
- Date: August 16 – September 2, 2013
- Location: CNE
- Price range: $16, Seniors: $12, Children (13 and under): $12, Children 4 and under: Free
- Amusement park rides, parades, live entertainment and food
- The Canadian International Air show: Pilots perform dare-devil loop-de-loops and maneuvers
- Date: August 16 -18, 2013
- Location: Sugar Beach
- Price: Free
- Outdoor movie theatre after dark
- Watch from a boat in the harbour or stay on dry land for this truly unique experience
- Date: August 22 – 25, 2013
- Location: Downtown Yonge Neighbourhood
- Price: Free
- Ontario’s largest street performers’ festival features musicians, sketch artists, artisans and entertainers
View A guide to Toronto summer festivals for August 2013 in a larger map
