Toronto summer guide 2024


Summer is just around the corner, so get ready for long city days. This summer is all about creating plans in your local city or community. Summer 2024 is a plan to be fun and spent in the outdoors. The weather is not the same as it used to be. When the weather gets warmer it means soaking up the sun and having fun. Toronto has so many events during the summertime. More sunlight means longer days out.


BEST ANNUAL TORONTO EVENTS


Toronto Pride

Date(s): Festival Weekend – June 28 to 30, 2024
Location: Downtown Toronto
Toronto’s Pride Festival is more than just the vibrant parade that snakes up Yonge Street, Gerrard and Bloor in the Church-Wellesley Village. 


Salsa in Toronto Festival

Date(s): July 6 & 7, 2024
Location: Midtown Toronto
For two days out of the year, Toronto’s Midtown district thrums with clave beats and congas during an epic fiesta. Experience Toronto’s multicultural flair for yourself at the TD Salsa In Toronto Festival, Canada’s largest celebration of all things Latin that takes place every July. 


Beaches International Jazz Festival

Date(s): July 4 - 28, 2024
Location: The Beaches
Each July, Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood is filled with the zigzag sounds of jazz at the Beaches International Jazz Festival. It has been a staple of Toronto summers since 1989. It's a free concert with local fast-food trucks.


Toronto Caribbean Carnival (formerly Caribana Toronto)

Date(s): August 1 to 5, 2024
Location: Downtown Toronto
Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival is a colourful celebration of the hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Haitians, Dominicans, Bermudans and Guyanans who make up the city’s Afro-Caribbean community.


CNE Toronto

Date(s): August 16 to September 2, 2024
Location: Exhibition Place
The Canadian National Exhibition, better known as ‘The Ex’ to locals, is the event that Toronto’s beloved Exhibition Place is the official end-of-summer event.  There is great food, merchandise, and entertainment at this local fair for all Canadians.  


Toronto International Buskerfest

Date(s): August 30 - September 2, 2024
Location: Woodbine Park 
BuskerFest fills Toronto’s Woodbine Park with weird, wacky and wild performances for a good cause — this is Epilepsy Toronto’s biggest fundraiser of the year. 



Resources: Annual Festivals & Events in Toronto | Concerts & Celebrations (destinationtoronto.com)