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Haviah Mighty won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize for the album 13th Floor!

HAVIAH MIGHTY – © 2019 Dustin-Rabin Haviah Mighty won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize for the album 13th Floor and with it $50,000 at the Carlu in Toronto.   The event featured performances by nine of the 10 Polaris nominees; namely, Marie Davidson, Elisapie, FET.NAT, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges, Haviah Mighty, PUP, Shad and Snotty Nose…

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Toronto International Film Festival 2019

The annual Toronto International Film Festival was held September 5 to 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. According to TIFF, it is the “leading public film festival in the world, screening more than 300 films from 60+ countries every September. Our programmers have earned a reputation for excellence, and a diverse array of films is shown:…

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Toronto Caribbean Carnival aka Caribana 2019

Martin Luther King had a dream!  In 1967, so did the creators of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival – to showcase Caribbean Canadian culture in Canada! The result was called Caribana which they based on the huge and exciting Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.  The founders of Caribana envisioned it as a gift of culture to Canada.  This…

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Honda Indy Toronto 2019

The Honda Indy Toronto, an annual IndyCar Series race, hit Toronto from July 12 to 14, 2019.    Indy Toronto includes the free by donation family Friday, two days of racing, the Honda World, Thunder Ally, Beer Gardens, qualifying races, the NASCAR Series Grand Prix of Toronto Race and the Verizon Indy Car Series Race. Honda…

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40th Anniversary Dora Awards 2019

Natasha Mumba, Makambe K. Simamba, Myekah Payne © 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) celebrated the 40th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the 2018-2019 season in Toronto on Tuesday, June 25 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.  It was hosted by multi-award-winning actor, singer Rick Miller.  This year…

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Toronto Taste 2019

© 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents Toronto Taste’s guests had access to fifty of Toronto’s best restaurants for a great evening in support of Second Harvest on June 9, 2019 at the stunning & beautiful Evergreen Brick Works.  It was transformed into a circus with fortune-tellers, fire-eaters, acrobats and aerialists. Guests tasted fine wines, spirits and craft beers…

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Honda Indy Toronto

WHAT             Honda Indy Toronto festival features world-class racing, international food, beer gardens, live entertainment and activities for all ages with lots to see and do for families and festival-goers of all ages. The on-track action for the 33rd edition of the festival includes both open- and closed-wheel racing action in a double-feature format with…

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Collision 2019

The inaugural Collision 2019 technology conference was recently held in Toronto – it was a four-day celebration of Canadian and international innovation.  Web Summit previously held Collision in New Orleans and Las Vegas, but took over the Enercare Centre in the CNE in Toronto for four days. It featured a wide range of speakers, from…

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40th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The 40th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards will be held on Tuesday, June 25 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts where 49 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Silver Ticket Award and the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award will be presented. The Dora Mavor Moore Awards recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera…

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Canadian Music Week 2019

© 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents.  Editors please contact us for use. The Canadian Music Week 2019 was held from May 6 to 12, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario and attracted participants from the music, interactive and broadcasting industries from around the globe.  CMW is Canada’s largest annual event dedicated to the celebration and promotion of the country’s music,…

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