However, before each summer it moves faster. Just as you’re praising yourself for being warm enough to sit on the couch, suddenly it’s mid-August and you can’t find a store window where you see sweaters and boots. If you’re not ready for summer to arrive, you can finally stretch the pack as much as possible. – Taking it easy can be easy because there are so many events happening in Toronto.
Here are 11 summer events and activities to check out in Toronto.
1. Watch: Movie under the stars
You’ve got a couple more to catch free form under the stars until the summer winds blow. If you have yet to experience outdoor movies, it is a great way to spend a late summer evening.
2. Sweat: Festival of hot and spicy food
For anyone who likes spicy food, the Hot and Spicy Food Festival is a fun (and fiery) way to wrap up the summer. The free festival, which will be held at the Harbourfront Center on August 19-21, will include music, live performances and, of course, plenty of hot and tasty food to test your tongue’s patience.
Each year the festival focuses on a different area around the world. So you attend every few years, and you try something new.
3. Stretch: Free yoga at Harbourfront (and elsewhere)
Summer is a unique time in your life when you can get a sweet treat of freedom with a variety of outdoor classes happening around the city.
Even though classes are closed, there are still opportunities to attend an outdoor summer class. All you need to do is bring clay and water to find a spot in the garden for an hour of yoga.
4. Listen: Free music outdoors
End your summer by enjoying free outdoor music in the city. Summer Music in the Park is held at 4 p.m. and at Toronto Music Park the week of September 18 through September 18. You can head to Yonge Dundas Square for Indie Friday on August 19th and 26th.
5. Jump: Dance on the pier
Kick off your dancing shoes (and your best step) and find some dance partners for the horse carriage dance. Between 18th and 25th August will take place on 1st September at Harbourf. A different style of music is held every week. You can experiment with different dances. The dance takes place on Thursdays from 7 am to 10 am
6. Celebration: End of Summer Festival
Summer in Toronto is full of weddings of all kinds and they will be closed, but expect some more before the summer is over. Festus of Thailand (August 26-28), Tamil Festus (August 26-28), Spanish Fiesta (September 2- 5) and Bookerfest (September 2-5).
7. Eat: Food trucks
Taking food transport to the end of the summer before the end of the summer, from August 26 to 28 takes place in the gates of the historic Princes. Some of the food trucks you can expect to eat are Hoganzuk Smoke, Fight, Grill, Kebalishish, Bacon Nation, produced in Brazil and burgers.
8. Drinks: Beer and Cider Festus
Along with Food Truck Frenzy, 12 Craft Beer Fest cruises will be distributed in the CNE arena, also known as Craft Beer Fest. Some of them are Wellington, Old Tomorrow, Boise All Natural, Big Rock and Cream Springs.
If you’re more of a cider fan, head to Yonge Dundas Square on August 27 for the Toronto Cider Festival. Some can be expected to be imported from Cyprus. May include Spirit Tree, Pommies, Brickworks, Magners, Thorbury and Double Trouble.
Art: Artfest and Kensington Market Art Exhibition
Summer in Toronto is also a great time to find outdoor art. There will be two ways to do it before the end of summer. On September 2-5, Artfest Toronto at the Distilleries and on September 28th, the Kane Engine Market art exhibition will take place. Kensington Market Art Exhibition September 25 and October 30
10. Get wet: Beaches and pools
If you haven’t spent time in or near the water this summer, there’s still some time to enjoy Toronto’s many beaches and outdoor reservoirs. You can set up shop with a blanket, play beach volleyball or take a cooling dip on some of the beautiful strips on Ontario Bay.
