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Every Event Worth Your Time This Summer

FIFA, Pride, concerts, festivals, and the things that make Toronto summer the best season in any city. Updated weekly.

FIFA World Cup Toronto: 6 Matches at BMO Field, Free Fan Fest at Fort York

June 11 through July 19. Free Fan Festival at Fort York with 20,000 daily capacity. The biggest sporting event Toronto has ever hosted. Council is fighting to keep Fan Fest free.

June 28

Pride Toronto 2026: 'We Won't Stop'

Parade June 28. This year's theme is defiant. Church-Wellesley to Yonge. The biggest celebration of the summer. The whole city shows up.

Late June

TD Jazz Fest Returns to Yorkville: 10 Days, Mostly Free

Yorkville stages. Indoor and outdoor. One of Canada's best jazz festivals and half the shows cost nothing.

July

VELD Music Festival at Downsview Park

Toronto's biggest EDM weekend. Downsview. Lineup TBA but it always delivers. This sells out.

Summer Concerts

May 23-24

Bruno Mars at Rogers Stadium: Two Nights

Rogers Centre. The biggest pop show of the month.

May 31

A$AP Rocky: Don't Be Dumb World Tour at Scotiabank Arena

Scotiabank Arena. This will be chaos.

May 29-31

Martin Garrix: Three Nights at Scotiabank Arena

Three consecutive nights. Americas Tour. The dance floor will not survive.

July 31

Ne-Yo & Akon at RBC Echo Beach Amphitheatre

Two 2000s R&B titans. Lakeside. This is going to sell out.

Festivals & Culture

July-Aug

Caribana, SOS Fest, Beaches Jazz, Afrofest, Summerlicious

Caribbean Carnival shuts down the Lakeshore. Beaches Jazz is free. Union Summer on Front St daily. The full summer doesn't stop until September.