Toronto Waterfront Festival

Date(s): September 14 to 15, 2024
Location: Toronto Waterfront

Toronto’s waterfront has been a gathering place where people have walked, traded and celebrated for thousands of years. The Toronto Waterfront Festival offers an annual chance to experience Toronto’s expansive waterfront from past to present in a whole new way. 

The Toronto Waterfront Festival celebrates the last weekend of summer by featuring unique on-land and on-water programs that have included the World's Largest Rubber Duck, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Armed Forces, Canine Watersports Competitions and more. With music, food, nautical programs, entertainment, and Indigenous programs, the festival has something for everyone to enjoy. Every three years, the event welcomes a fleet of majestic tall ships to Toronto.

Toronto Waterfront Festival Highlights 

Things to do at the Toronto Waterfront Festival include:

• Live entertainment 
• Delicious local food vendors 
• Water-themed programs on-land and on-water 
• Opportunities to meet members of the Royal Canadian Nay and Canadian Armed Forces
• Local food trucks
• Performance art
• Business discounts
• Art installations