Toronto Outdoor Picture Show (TOPS) presents outdoor film screenings in three parks around the city, celebrating their sweet 16th anniversary with a festival programme featuring this year’s action-packed theme of “Going Places”. No advance tickets are required and TOPS screenings are free to attend, made possible by charitable donations. 2026
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The Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival, organized by the Toronto Chinese Business Association in collaboration with GWN Dragon Boat, once again welcomes boat racing teams to the Toronto Islands. The Festival also features a kids zone, music, demonstrations, and authentic Chinese cultural performances throughout the day. The Toronto International Dragon
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Toronto Union Station once again hosts TD Union Summer, an outdoor food and live music festival where you can enjoy delicious food and cool drinks from local restaurant favourites on their Front Street plaza with welcoming patio vibes. The free daily programming also includes giveaways, DJ’s playing on the TD
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Party 4 Paws Summer Pet Fair is a free paw-some weekend event of furry fun, where you can start your animal adoption journey and support both local and international rescues. Treat your four-legged friends to a two-day event out at the park, where you can shop for your pets from
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DESIFEST is Canada’s biggest South Asian music concert with a free all-ages outdoor festival at Sankofa Square, celebrating culture and community with epic live performances, expanded this year to a three-day event! Bringing communities together from across the South Asian diaspora, including Bollywood tributes, Tamil beats, Punjabi bangers and underground
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Experience the award-winning Oshawa Peony Festival, a free captivating two-day event where families can become immersed in the splendour of the Oshawa Valley Botanical Garden. At the peony garden, see the prestigious judged peony competition featuring breathtaking blooms, along with merchandise and food vendors, children’s activities, community displays and live
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Celebrate the start of summer at the Downtown Milton SummerFest, featuring local businesses and vendors, live entertainment, kids’ activities and more! SummerFest attractions include great bands playing a wide range of music throughout the day, family activities including bouncy castles, rock climbing, Lego and games,  plus a vendor marketplace, summer
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), one of the largest independent comic arts festivals in the world, is an annual event showcasing the greatest in Canadian and International comic books and their creators. The festival is free to attend, all-ages, and includes panel talks, Q&As, workshops, and artist spotlights, plus you
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The Streetsville Founder’s Bread and Honey Festival is the largest and longest running festival in Mississauga and is recognized as an Ontario Top 100 festival by Festivals and Events Ontario. This festival includes lots of food (including bread and honey, of course!), main stage music performances, a beer garden, a
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Toronto Jewish Film Festival hosts its 34th Festival with a program of films/series from across the globe, covering a variety of topics and screening through a variety of platforms. The Festival takes a hybrid approach with both virtual screenings and in-person screenings in Toronto to make it more accessible to
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