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The 7th Annual Fall Small World Music Festival
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Audiences can experience the global transfusion which will take place in ten of Toronto's most popular music venues. Concerts include Latin legends Los , Balkan beat hipster Dunkelbunt
, Hungary's hottest export, Little Cow, the visually and sonically tantalizing Baba Zula, the jaw-dropping sounds of Vieux Farke Toure
(son of Grammy Award-winning father Ali Farka Touré), and even an audience participation, bicycle-generated show featuring Toronto's Mr. Something Something and much more.
For the complete Festival lineup,
please click here
Sept. 18 - Sept. 30 Massey Hall, Supermarket, Lula Lounge, Evergreen Brickworks, Hugh's Room, Enwave Theatre, The Drake Hotel and The Mod
Club | Tickets: $10 - $60
Fall Home Show
:: Workshops at the Home Show
include: Chandelier Revitalization, Kitchen Design, Home Organization 101, How to Sweetmama-fy Your Home, Entertaining for Large Groups ... These are just a few of this year's free workshops. Local home renovation,
décor, design and entertaining experts meet under one roof to share their expertise in smaller interactive groups (maximum 20 people per session).
Find new ideas and the season's must have products in this year's Dream Spaces, .shop Canada's top online retailers in person at the brand new e-boutique, help raise funds for the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation (PWA) with fabulous buys on furniture,
appliances and accessories from your favorite local retailers and manufacturers, talk one-on-one with professional renovation contractors at Destination Renovation, Ask your pressing design questions at
What's Your Design Dilemma?, a fabulous series of home and décor chats presented by RENO & Décor Magazine and ARIDO.
Sept. 18 - Sept. 21
Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place | Admission: $10 - $12 Children under 12 Free For more information,
please click here
Annual Niagara Grape And Wine Festival
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Celebrating Canada's internationally acclaimed grape and wine industry in the heart of beautiful Niagara each September, the festival includes tours and tastings, concerts, Niagara cuisine, artisan shows, wine seminars, family entertainment and one of Canada's largest street parades.
With over 100 events the Niagara Wine Festival offers something for every taste.
For further festival information, please click here
Sept. 19 – Sept. 28
St. Catharines and various locations around the Niagara Region | To order Festival tickets, please click here
Abilities Arts Festival
:: A Celebration of Disability
Arts and Culture is a disability arts organization that promotes diversity, inclusiveness and the power of art as a means of enriching the cultural fabric of our communities. Through multidisciplinary, visual, film and
performing arts festivals and events, Abilities Arts Festival showcases artistic excellence by artists with disabilities. Dynamic and powerful artistic presentations are used to entertain, engage, enlighten, provoke,
provide opportunities, and positively impact attitudes. Abilities Arts Festival promotes an inclusive and vibrant arts and culture sector: one that is shaped by the full breadth of creative expressions.
The Abilities Arts Festival "Insights" Film Forums offer three compelling and entertaining evenings of cinema and discussion celebrating disability and diversity.
Eight award-winning Canadian and
international films will be showcased in three captivating and thought-provoking forums. Post-screening Q&A sessions and informal receptions provide opportunities for filmmakers, special guests and audiences to
engage, meet and chat.
Participating filmmakers include Emmy Award-winning, Irene Taylor Brodsky (Hear and Now), Oscar-nominated filmmakers Karina Epperlein (Phoenix Dance) and Alice Elliot (
Body and Soul: Diana and Kathy).
Sept. 20, 27 & Oct. 4 Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. | For more event and ticket information, please click here
The Clothing Show
:: From loincloth and petticoat to
punky prints and organic bamboo, fashion and art have inspired ideas and launched new trends throughout time. This FALL, The Clothing Show continues to celebrate the evolving spirit of fashion with over 300 independent
designers, retailers and vintage collectors to shop from – all in one weekend in a new location - The Better Living Centre at Exhibition Place.
The Clothing Show introduces 2 NEW shopping sections! Offering an out of the ordinary alternative to the mall , our MEN'S section provides a stylish selection of leading designer brands and new
labels. In ECO, shoppers will not only find innovative re-creations of style, they will discover progressive ways to support sustainable living through fashion.
See fashion at its best…on the RUNWAY with new label fashion shows each day throughout!
In honor of historical design, check out the Century of Fashion Competition displayed in the forever
fabulousVintage section where collectors exhibit their best museum quality garments from the 20th century!
Sept. 26 - 28
The Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place | Admission: $8 - $10 For further details, please click here
Word on the Street
:: Every year, on the last Sunday of September,
in Vancouver, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax, The Word On The Street unites our country in a national celebration of literacy and the written word. Annually attracting more than 200,000 visitors, The Word On The Street
in Toronto is the largest book and magazine festival in Canada.
You'll find reading stages and event tents, as well as specialty exhibitors such as Fringe Beat, Magazine Mews, Writers Block, and Literacy
Lane. It's the perfect setting for listening to a reading, meeting the folks behind your favourite zine, or watching a band on the MainStage.
Of course, they'll still be closing the street to traffic as book
publishers, magazines, booksellers, and other related exhibitor booths will line the roadway of Queen's Park Crescent from just south of the ROM, down Queen's Park West and East, to Wellesley Street. With lots of space
for browsing between booths.
Sun. Sept. 28 Queens Park (behind the Legislature building) Admission is free For further information, please click here
Toronto International Art Fair
:: Showcasing established and highly esteemed
Canadian and international modern and contemporary fine art as well as a dedicated area to new and cutting edge artists, the fair is underpinned with an exceptional roster of cultural programming of special projects and
impressive guest speakers. A must attend event for art aficionados, collectors and industry professionals interested in being part of the current dialogue amongst esteemed galleries, curators and visual art experts from
North America, South America and Europe.
The Toronto International Art Fair
is the only major contemporary and modern gallery art fair in Canada with last years event attracting over 18,000 visitors to view and purchase art from 100 international exhibiting galleries.
Oct. 2 - Oct. 6
Metro Convention Centre, 255 Fornt St. W. | Admission: $12 - $16 For further details, please click here
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
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From sunset on Saturday, October 4 to sunrise on Sunday, October 5, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will once again take over the streets of Toronto.
Since the inaugural event in 2006, the all-night celebration
of creativity and contemporary art has secured its place among the most important cultural events in North America.
Last year more than 800,000 people experienced the magic of art in unlikely spaces, as more
than 500 artists created 195 contemporary art projects in parks, alleyways and abandoned warehouses. Additionally, cultural institutions from museums to galleries to artist-run centres opened their doors and offered
free access to contemporary art city-wide.
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curators for the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008 exhibitions are: Wayne Baerwaldt from Calgary, Alberta and Gordon Hatt from Kitchener, Ontario who will curate exhibitions in the city's downtown core, and Dave Dyment and
Haema Sivanesan from Toronto who will use their visions to transform Liberty Village in the city's west end.
Oct. 4 from sundown to sunrise at various venues throughout the city | For further information, please click here
Photographic And Digital imaging Show
:: All the latest digital imaging
products, including some of the latest releases from Photokina, demonstrations, workshops. New and used equipment for sale.
Oct. 17 - Oct. 19
International Centre, Hall 5, 6900 Airport Rd. Mississauga | Admission: $13 - $15 |
