Toronto plays host to a number of festivals throughout the year, but as in most cities, the majority of these are in the summer.
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
- Contact Photography Festival http://www.scotiabankcontactphoto.com/
- Doors Open Toronto
- Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival
- Jane's Walk http://www.janeswalk.net/
- Leslieville Tree Festival
- Mayworks
- Pedestrian Sundays
- Toronto Circus Festival http://www.tocircusfestival.com/
- Toronto Comic Arts Festival http://torontocomics.com/
- Toronto Freedom Festival
JUNE
- Bike Month http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bikemonth/index.htm
- Guyana Festival http://www.guyanaconsulate.com/festival.html
- Highland Creek Heritage Festival http://www.fleurcom.on.ca/Heritage/
- Luminato
- North By Northeast
- Pedestrians Sundays
- Riverdale Art Walk http://www.artistsnetwork.ca/raw
- Strawberries and Asparagus Festival http://www.cedarvalepark.com/
- Taste of Little Italy http://www.tasteoflittleitaly.ca/
- Toronto Pride Week
JULY
- Afrofest http://www.musicafrica.org/
- Art in the Park http://www.scarborougharts.com/
- Beaches International Jazz Festival
- CHIN International Picnic
- Festival of South Asia
- Fusion of Taste Festival
- Masala Mehndi Masti
- Night It Up http://nightitup.com/
- Pedestrians Sundays
- Salsa on St. Clair http://www.hillcrestvillage-bia.com/ or http://www.tlntv.com/events.aspx
- Taste of Lawrence http://www.tasteoflawrence.com/
- Toronto Fiesta http://www.torontofiesta.com/
- Toronto Fringe Festival http://www.fringetoronto.com/
- Toronto Just for Laughs Festival
- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/
AUGUST
- Buskerfest
- Beaches International Jazz Festival
- Canadian National Exhibition
- Caribana
- Church Street Fetish Fair http://www.churchstreetfetishfair.com/
- Pedestrians Sundays
- Queer West Arts and Culture Festival
- Taste of the Danforth
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival
- Toronto Chinatown Festival
SEPTEMBER
- Cabbagetown Festival http://www.cabbagetownfestival.org/
- Junction Arts Festival
- Nuit Blanche
- Pedestrians Sundays
- Polish Festival
- Queen West Art Crawl http://www.parkdaleliberty.com/show_info.php?page_id=98
- Taste of the Kingsway
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Toronto Ukrainian Festival http://www.ukrainianfestival.com/
- Vegetarian Food Fair
- Word On The Street
OCTOBER
- Halloweek http://www.churchwellesleyvillage.ca/events.php?id=35
- imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival http://www.imaginenative.org/
- Pedestrians Sundays
- Planet in Focus
WINTER
OTHER
- Cherry Blossom Festival
- Fall Home Show
- Summerlicious
- NewMindSpace Events (newmindspace.com)