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 May:
- Date: May 18 – 20, 2013
- Location: 55 Mill Street
- Price: Free
- Celebration of the top artists and artisans from across Canada
- Features pottery, glass, jewelry, gourmet food, live music and more
- Date: May 18 – 20, 2013
- Location: Harbourfront
- Price: Free
- Experience eye-popping acrobatics and mind-bending daredevil stunts
- Date: opens May 18, 2013
- Location: The Toronto Zoo
- The giant pandas, Er Shun and Da Mao, on loan from China will be introduced to the public
- Date: May 24, 2013
- Location: Evergreen Brick Works
- Price: $16.75
- Highlighting Toronto’s best street food and craft beer
- Local DJs will provide music for the night
- Date: May 24 – 26, 2013
- Location: Doubletree by Hilton – Toronto Airport
- Price range: $35 – $60
- Weekend of anime, manga, music and games that celebrates Japanese culture
Carassauga Festival of Cultures
- Date: May 24 – 26, 2013
- Price: Passport for weekend $10
- Three-day celebration of diversity
- Ontario’s largest multicultural festival
- Experience ethnic cuisine, music, traditional handicrafts, dance performances
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival
- Date: May 23 – June 2, 2013
- Location: TIFF Bell Lightbox
- Price range: $8 – $13
- Festival promotes film by or about members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community
View A guide to Toronto summer festivals for May 2013 in a larger map
