About the Organizations
Current Participating Events & Festivals
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The Canadian Screen Awards celebrate artistic and technical excellence across film, television, and digital media in Canada. Presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize outstanding achievements and showcase the best in Canadian storytelling.
Volunteers play a vital role in supporting a wide range of activities throughout Canadian Screen Awards events.
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Toronto's City Cultural Events are part of the Economic Development & Culture Division. We support Toronto’s festival and event industry and produce free, award-winning events! Our events include:
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Nuit Blanche Toronto
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Cavalcade of Lights
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New Year’s Eve
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Doors Open Toronto
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Canada Day
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As well as a number of other signature events and activities.
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Elevate produces Elevate Festival and CIX Summit. Elevate Festival is Canada’s most influential tech and innovation event, attracting 10,000 attendees annually. It brings together tech leaders, startups, investors, policymakers, and media to spotlight Canadian innovation.
CIX, powered by Elevate, is an annual curation program and conference which showcases Canada’s most promising early stage and scaling startups. These events are the go-to platform for dialogue and connections that position Canada globally and shape the future of the Canadian innovation economy.
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Now under the leadership of Co-CEO’s, Festival Director Lily Sutherland and Artistic Director Robert Binet, Fall for Dance North Festival wants to get more people seeing more dance more often. Whether it’s your first date with dance or you are in a long-term relationship, dance is a joyful way to experience cultures and perspectives from all around the world, connecting us to our bodies and to each other.
Across two weeks of fall festival programming, FFDN increases accessibility for the dance art form, elevates Canadian dance artists on the global stage, and moves with evolving audience preferences. FFDN is inspired by Fall for Dance in NYC.
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Harbourfront Centre is Canada’s community waterfront, home of arts, culture and education, and a registered, charitable not-for-profit cultural organization operating a 10-acre campus on Toronto’s central waterfront.
Harbourfront Centre provides year-round programming 52 weeks a year, seven days a week, supporting a wide range of artists and communities. We inspire audiences and visitors with a breadth of bold, ambitious and engaging experiences. We champion Canadian artists throughout their careers, presenting them alongside international artists and fostering artistic exchanges between disciplines and cultures.
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Hot Docs was founded in 1993 by the Documentary Organization of Canada (formerly the Canadian Independent Film Caucus), a national association of independent documentary filmmakers. In 1996, Hot Docs became a separately incorporated organization with a mandate to showcase and support the work of Canadian and international documentary filmmakers and to promote excellence in documentary production. In addition to the annual documentary festival, Hot Docs owns and operations the historic Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, showcasing documentaries year-round.
Hot Docs is a national, charitable organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary. Our mission is to advance and celebrate the art of documentary, and to showcase the work of and create production opportunities for documentary filmmakers.
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imagineNATIVE is the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content. The organization is recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for excellence and innovation in programming and as the global centre for Indigenous media arts.
imagineNATIVE (legal entity: The Centre for Aboriginal Media) is a registered charity committed to creating a greater understanding of Indigenous peoples and cultures through the presentation of contemporary Indigenous-made media art including film, video, audio and digital media.
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Inside Out is a not-for-profit registered charity that exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the promotion, production and exhibition of film made by and about 2SLGBTQ+ people of all ages, races and abilities.
For more than three decades, Inside Out has brought Toronto’s 2SLGBTQ+ community together in celebration of the best queer film from Canada and around the world. Through our annual Festival in Toronto, our filmmaker initiatives, our youth engagement and our year-round events and screenings, Inside Out is engaged every day in challenging attitudes and changing lives.
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Luminato Festival transforms the people, places, and possibilities of Toronto with extraordinary art experiences. Every June we present bold, playful, and of the moment art for all to enjoy. Distinctly Toronto, proudly Canadian and totally Global, we welcome the world to explore our streets, stages and stories. Encounter the city like never before.
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Pride Toronto is one of the world’s largest 2SLGBTQIA+ festivals, committed to celebrating diversity, championing human rights, and fostering inclusivity through year-round programming and our signature Pride Festival Weekend. We create safer, affirming spaces for queer and trans communities while engaging allies in meaningful dialogue and celebration.
Our volunteer program brings together hundreds of dedicated individuals who power Pride Toronto’s events and initiatives. Volunteers gain hands-on experience, training, and community connections while contributing to the success of one of Canada’s most significant cultural celebrations.
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The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival® is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by Asian-identifying artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world.
As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian® provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
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Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) is an award-winning, community-based, charitable organization, and Toronto’s longest-running, FREE film festival. RPFF amplifies and centers marginalized communities and their stories, while opening up access to the film and television industry through year-round programming.
Founded in 2003 when Regent Park was Canada’s oldest public housing neighbourhood, RPFF has remained true to its mission to make art, creativity, and storytelling accessible to everyone, while bringing attention to the complex of stories of BIPOC communities.
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TIFF is dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema and creating transformational experiences for film lovers and creators of all ages and backgrounds.
As Canada's premiere home of cinema, TIFF offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, events, professional development and opportunities to meet, hear and learn from filmmakers from Canada and around the world.
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Arts in the Parks is an annual summer-long, inclusive arts initiative that brings arts events to parks in every corner of the city. Events are free and family-friendly and include theatre, music concerts, film screenings and workshops for children and their families and neighbours.
Now in its 10th year, Arts in the Parks encourages community building, enjoyment of local parks, and offers arts events for residents and tourists of all ages. Arts in the Parks is an initiative of the Toronto Arts Foundation, being presented in partnership with Toronto Arts Council, the City of Toronto and Park People.
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The Toronto Fringe Festival is one of Ontario's largest and longest running performance festivals. We are part of the Fringe Movement, and a platform for artists to produce their work with artistic freedom and cultivate access for discovery and experimentation with the arts.
The Toronto Fringe Festival presents 100+ independent artists and collectives over a 2-week festival that takes place in multiple venues across downtown Toronto each July. The Festival is not curated, does not intervene in the artistic content, and as a Fringe gives 100% of ticket revenue back to the artists.
For nearly 40 years, Toronto Fringe has been an intersection that is central to artists, arts workers, and the patrons and volunteers who make up the heart of Toronto’s theatre community.
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The Toronto Jazz Festival fills downtown Toronto with music, energy, and community for ten incredible days each summer. Showcasing world-class performers from Canada and beyond, it’s a highlight of the season.
With plenty of ways to get involved, the volunteer program is a chance to meet new people, enjoy unforgettable performances, and be part of the magic that makes the festival shine.
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Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) is Canada’s leading outdoor and online art fair. Established in 1961 to connect Canadian artists directly to the public, TOAF showcases 400+ visual artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors and artists working in ceramics, textiles, jewellery and more. Every July, rain or shine, over 170,000 art lovers gather at Nathan Phillips Square for this free public event, spending more than $2 million on art.
The Fair offers something for everyone: talks, tours, kids workshops, dance, music, art installations and food and drink experiences. Since 2020, TOAF’s online fair has become Canada's in-demand e-commerce and discovery hub for artists across Canada. TOAF is a registered Charity.
Past Participating Events & Festivals
EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation and Technology is a biennial festival produced by Design Exchange that showcases design projects that are changing our world for the better. The inaugural EDIT took place from September 28 to October, 2017 inside an abandoned soap factory in Toronto’s Port Lands. Inspired by the United Nation’s 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development, the 2017 edition of the expo explored five core themes: Nourish, Shelter, Care, Educate and the overarching message of Prosperity For All. Accompanied by 10-days of talks, workshops, and installations, the experience challenged guests to consider how they, too, can make the planet a better place for all people.