Your Guide to the City’s Must-See Entertainment.
September 18 and November 28, 2026 | Toronto audiences will have the chance to experience a beloved fairy tale in a whole new way when Ballet of Lights: Cinderella in a Sparkling Show arrives at the MTCC John Bassett Theatre this autumn. Combining elegant ballet,...
August 23, October 24 and December 13, 2026 | Toronto audiences are invited to rediscover Sleeping Beauty in an enchanting new production that blends classical ballet with modern visual innovation. Ballet of Lights transforms the beloved story into a radiant stage experience, where illuminated costumes...
June 4 - 6, 2026 | Internationally acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter brings Theatre of Dreams to Toronto audiences at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts’s Bluma Appel Theatre. Known for his visceral movement language and cinematic stage worlds, Shechter once again blurs the boundaries...
June 18 – 20, 2026 | Dance audiences in Toronto will have the opportunity to experience an evocative evening of contemporary performance when DanceWorks’ Sweet Ephemera arrives at The Theatre Centre. The double bill brings together two distinct choreographic voices — Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane and...
July 18, 2026 | Canada’s homegrown hip-hop festival returns to Toronto this summer as Unity Fest takes over the waterfront. Hosted at Toronto’s iconic Harbourfront Centre, the annual event promises a full day dedicated to music, creativity, dance and community connection. Organised in partnership with...
July 15 – September 2, 2026 | Dancing on the Square returns to Harbourfront Centre’s Community Square in Toronto for summer 2025, bringing lively, free outdoor dance evenings every Wednesday. Set beside Lake Ontario, it’s the perfect mid-week escape—rain or shine—to learn, move and...
August 1 - 9, 2026 | For more than three decades, Dusk Dances has transformed public parks into open-air stages where audiences can experience contemporary dance in an entirely different way. Returning to Withrow Park from August 1–9, 2026, the beloved Toronto event once again...
June 25 - 28, 2026 | If you’re looking for a bold and unforgettable performance this summer, Play Dead promises to push the boundaries of circus and theatre. Created by the Montreal-based People Watching Collective, the show blends acrobatics, physical movement and theatrical expression in...
May 29 - June 4, 2026 and June 13 - June 21, 2026 | The National Ballet of Canada’s 2026 season offers audiences a compelling journey through contemporary creativity and large-scale theatrical imagination, with two major productions presented at the Four Seasons Centre for the...
September 26 - 27, 2026 | Toronto audiences are invited to step back into the glamour, excess, and intrigue of the 1920s with Gatsby Redux. Presented at the Harbourfront Centre campus, this outdoor dance performance reimagines The Great Gatsby through movement, music, and atmosphere. Blending...
