Luminato Festival

Join our friends at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre for the 47th Annual Rhubarb! Festival — four nights of wild, unruly, genre-bending Live Art 🔥 📅 February 4–7, 2026 📍 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St 🔗 Tickets & full schedule at buddiesinbadtimes.com

Join our friends at VideoCabaret and Rough House Dance for the inaugural Ripe Fruit Dance Festival 🍎💃 📅 February 12–15 📍 VideoCabaret 🎟️ videocabaret.yapsody.com/event/index/86…

Inside the photoshoot: see 10 Days in a Madhouse come to life 📸 Take a peek behind the lens with Dahlia Katz and Peter Riddihough as they capture the promotional image and video for 10 Days in a Madhouse. 📅 June 16 - 21, 2026 📍Bluma Appel Theatre 🎟️luminatofestival.com/10-days-in-a-m…

You wanted more magic — so we added another night! Due to phenomenal demand, Penn & Teller: 50 Years of Magic now has two Toronto shows at Meridian Hall: Friday, June 5 — Pre-sale starts Dec 18 | Public on sale Dec 19 Saturday, June 6 — ON SALE NOW 🎟️ luminatofestival.com/PennTeller

JUST ANNOUNCED: PENN & TELLER: 50 YEARS OF MAGIC Get ready to have your mind blown! The world’s most legendary magicians – Penn & Teller – celebrate their milestone anniversary with 50 Years of Magic. 🎟️Dec 12: TICKETS ON-SALE luminatofestival.com/PennTeller

Join our friends at The Disability Collective for the 4th annual Disability Holiday Festival! Stop by to shop for arts and crafts made by local disabled artists, listen to live music, and enjoy food & drinks. Sunday, December 7 Wychwood Barns

A great opportunity from our friends at Kaeja d'Dance ⬇️ Learn Advanced Partnering and Kaeja Elevations from January 5 - 9, 2026 at Pegasus Studios in Toronto. Early bird rates available until December 1, 2025! For more information, visit kaeja.org.

We are looking for a Corporate Partnership Manager to join our Development team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and growing an annual corporate portfolio and ensuring excellent partner stewardship. For more info, visit: luminatofestival.com/senior-develop…

Step into rehearsal with The One Group before they joined choirs across the city at Union Station for Dawn Chorus, the kick-off to Luminato Festival 2025. Under the direction of Krystian Lada , this immersive performance transformed the everyday into the extraordinary.

Look! It’s our favourite donor 👉✨ Oh wait… it’s you. On National Philanthropy Day, we’re celebrating the incredible supporters who make Luminato Festival happen each year. Toronto shines brighter because of you.

Great news from our friends at the Royal Ontario Museum Planning a visit? Enjoy 15% off general admission and special exhibits with promo code MUSEUM15 ✅ Offer Details Valid until August 17, 2025 15% off per ticket Limit 4 guests per coupon Cannot be combined with other offers

Luminato Festival is seeking a Senior Development Manager — a full-time, permanent role for an experienced and motivated fundraiser to help shape and execute Luminato’s fundraising strategy across campaigns, events, and donor programs. luminatofestival.com/senior-develop…

Behind the scenes of Night/Shifts 📸 Award-winning photographer Nadya Kwandibens captured Toronto after dark in her city-wide exhibition Night/Shifts — spotlighting the people who keep the city running while most of us sleep. Have you spotted Night/Shifts on your commute?

Experience the power and passion of flamenco at the 2025 Duende International Flamenco Festival: Flamenco Reimagined at the Aga Khan Museum. Enjoy evening performances, family and community workshops, and artist-led masterclasses. 📅 November 16–23 🔗 agakhanmuseum.org/Duende2025

Join our friends at The Royal Conservatory for two magical nights at Koerner Hall this October! 🎶 Chris Thile, solo mandolin 📅October 15 🎟️ rcmusic.com/Events-and-Per… 🎵 Matthias Goerne, baritone, with Daniil Trifonov, piano 📅 October 16 🎟️ rcmusic.com/Events-and-Per…

Join our friends at Vita Bella Entertainment for the return of The Confidential Musical Theatre Project! The musical theatre phenomenon where even the cast doesn’t know what show they’re performing until the curtain rises. 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/confidential…

Luminato Festival is proud to co-present Azzam Mohamed’s GLAD at Up Next, part of Fall for Dance North Festival 📍 OCAD U’s Great Hall 📅 October 25 & 26 For tickets & more info visit origin.ffdnorth.com/up-next

Want to make art and learn a new skill without spending a dime? Join us this weekend for our free origami workshop led by Alex Yue! 📅Sunday, September 28 🕒1pm - 4pm ✨Luminato tent at The Word on The Street Festival 📍David Pecaut Square

As part of @torontoWOTS Luminato Festival Senior Programmer Cathy Gordon will moderate a conversation on the ways poetry & storytelling can be used as tools for healing 📖 Panelists: Elizabeth Ruth, Ronna Bloom, Damian Tarnopolsky 📅 Sept 28 toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/the-med…

Join our friends at Soulpepper Theatre Company for the return of King Gilgamesh (And the Man of the Wild). 📅September 13 – October 5 📍Soulpepper Theatre 🎟️Use promo code ARABICJAZZ for $35 tickets: tickets.youngcentre.ca/overview/15185…