Toronto Events

Friday  August 11  8 pm Toronto, ON (Thursday, March 30, 2017) — Toronto, the wait is over! Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage for one night only, Friday, August 11 at 8pm, as part of Jimmy Buffett’s “I Don’t Know” Tour 2017. Local Parrotheads won’t want...

BLUE RODEO With SKYDIGGERS, THE SADIES and OH SUSANNA   SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017 BUDWEISER STAGE – TORONTO   Tickets on sale Friday, May 12, 2017 @ 12NOON     Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.ca or call 1-855-985-5000.     Tickets (incl. HST) $20.00, $25.50, $49.50, $59.50, $69.50, $79.50 & $89.50; Reserved...

SCORPIONS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN CRAZY WORLD TOUR WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST MEGADETH Scorpions continue to celebrate 50+ years of rock with the return to North America for the Crazy World tour. Since performing a handful of festivals and concerts last year in the U.S., which included their “Blacked Out In Vegas” residency, the band will...

Global News anchors Alan Carter and Farah Nasser will broadcast live from the square and will be joined by Global News personalities, announcers from Corus Radio stations 102.1 The Edge, Q107 and Talk Radio AM640, plus other special guests including the hosts from The Zone, mascots Peppa Pig & George and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

On February 3, 2018, The Alzheimer Society of Toronto will be hosting the 28th annual fundraising event, Walk for Memories, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel from 8.30am to 12pm. This signature event helps us provide free education and support for people living with dementia, their caregivers and families, and to continue to fund research to...

cléo senior editor Mallory Andrews discusses Agnès Varda’s highly experimental California project.

Its title simultaneously invoking Varda’s passion for photography while mischievously playing on the name of the Paris street on which she lives (rue Daguerre), the director’s first feature-length documentary is an affectionate portrait of the shops and shopkeepers in her neighbourhood. (In The Beaches of Agnès, Varda reveals that the entire film was shot within...

Writer and cléo editor Lydia Ogwang introduces 1981’s Mur Murs and the first of Agnès Varda’s California works, Uncle Yanco.

Made during the same L.A. sojourn that produced Mur Murs (and shortly after Varda’s temporary separation from her husband Jacques Demy), the short fictional feature Documenteur trades the sun-drenched pastels and plaster walls of its predecessor for a dolorous pale green as it follows Emilie (played by Varda’s Mur Murs co-editor Sabine Mamou), a young...

Director Lina Rodriguez introduces Agnès Varda’s 1985 winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Kay Armatage, Professor Emerita of Cinema Studies Institute and Women And Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, discusses Agnès Varda’s 1988 docudrama of French-English actress, Jane Birkin.

Join over 200,000 residents, students, businesses, organizations and community groups as we come together for the 15th annual city-wide cleanup of public spaces. Community Cleanup Days: Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22 Corporate 20-Minute Makeover: Friday, April 20 School Cleanup Day: Friday, April 20 Participants are encouraged to register their cleanups at livegreentoronto.ca. Registration helps...

Peel Children’s Centre welcomes you to a fun-filled evening of bowling, silent auction, balloon pop, prizes and more. Proceeds from this special event will directly impact the services offered to children and youth struggling with their mental health.

The Yogen Früz Pinkberry Brain Project is back for 2018, and better than ever! The large-scale public art exhibit in Toronto is back for a third year, with 50 brain sculptures designed by a talented group of internationally recognized artists, personalities and thought-leaders. The sculptures will be displayed throughout the city in multiple locations such...

The series kicks off with the best salsa group in Toronto, Cimarron is a spectacular coming together of exceptionally skilled players whose individual excellence are only surpassed by their ability to exist as pieces of the larger puzzle. Their music is upbeat, and gets everyone on the dance floor. Their sound is the true spirit...

Michael Massaro, a Toronto based jazz saxophonist, composer and producer will be performing. Him and is five musicians will take audiences on an inspiring musical journey. Due to his unique writing style of original works and his live performances, he is one of Canada’s most in-demand musicians. FREE Admission. Be sure to bring your own...

The Eagles North American Tour

Canadian opera and pop talents Cassandra Warner and Marc Devigne will be making their way to centre stage thanks to their unique and engaging performances. Cassandra Warner is an internationally acclaimed opera singer and Marc Devigne a pop and musical theatre phenomenon. FREE Admission.

Human life seems riddled with maladies such as stress, depression & disharmony causing insomnia, addiction, divorce or suicide. Globally, vandalism, militancy and terrorism threaten humanity. The talk examines the origin of all maladies. The way to live life without succumbing to any of them and harness prosperity, peace and Evolution

Nhapitapi — a Shona word meaning sweet sounds — is a dynamic, six-piece ensemble of Zimbabwe musicians, singers, dancers and performers who expertly weave ancestral rhythms and melodies with contemporary African diasporic flavours, conjuring musical magic in their midst. FREE Admission. Be sure to bring your own picnic blanket or chair to sit comfortably among...

Three-part harmony ‘girl band’ brings a Studio 54 meets Motown dance party to the festival. With the added World Music vibe of Grammy-nominated percussion and violin duo Okan, this ensemble is guaranteed to bring you to your feet. FREE Admission. Be sure to bring your own picnic blanket or chair to sit comfortably among friends...

Some of Toronto’s best young jazz musicians – made up of graduates from Toronto’s top university and college jazz programs will perform in an 18-piece big band. The group formed in 1998 is led by the head of the Toronto Jazz Festival, Josh Grossman. FREE Admission. Be sure to bring your own picnic blanket or...

Paddle Royale brings together over 600 young professionals, table tennis enthusiasts and philanthropists for dinner, drinks and to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Toronto in a tournament for the ages. On Thursday, August 23rd Paddle Royale returns to the historic brick railway roundhouse at Steam Whistle Brewery for the best of friends, drinks,...

The last of Edwards Summer Music series will conclude with Ms. Coco Murray will bring West African dance and music to coincide with ZimSculpt.She has been performing in neighbourhoods and regions where African and Caribbean styles of dance are inaccessible for over 15+ years. FREE Admission. Be sure to bring your own picnic blanket or...