Check out our amazing bands performing live on the Main Stage.
Monkey Movers "gym on wheels" lots of fun for the whole family.
Sponsored by Toronto Pearson, Your Neighbor, Your Airport.
Time to relax, have a beverage and listen to some great live music. 19+
How many grilled cheese sandwiches will you try?
If you love classic cars, you won't want to miss this. Different car cruise clubs are coming with old classics and hot newer cars too. Bring your camera!
Do some local shopping. Check out the all the great stores and businesses all along the Lake Shore.
Visit our Vendors & Exhibitors. Some are from the neighborhood and others are here just for the festival.
Family fun activities - bouncy castles, Lego building, dog shows, gymnastics, and more!
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Meet The James Clark Institute
Producer Moe Berg adds "James takes the power pop traditions of The Beatles, Jellyfish and Split Enz and combines them with the high IQ lyrics of Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson. The result makes him one of Canada's greatest unsung songwriters".
Whether he is in the institute or not, Toronto based music artist James Clark is a doctor of pop. His prescription is simple, three-minute blasts of medicinal music. “A wealth of songwriting talent.” says renowned music writer/ ex-MuchMusic VJ Michael Williams in Cashbox Canada.
Playing on the Main Stage at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Meet The Andrew Collins Trio
7x CFMA winner/5x JUNO nominee mando-maestro Andrew Collins is joined by fellow Trio string-meisters Mike Mezzatesta and James McEleney to showcase a popular collision of folk, new acoustic roots, chambergrass and jazz, not to mention a dizzying number and energetic interplay of instruments on stage. This dynamic genre-hopping show is propelled even further by Andrew’s captivating lead vocals and James’ soaring harmonies.
They just released a new double album, grafting 11 vocal cuts (tongues) to 11 instrumentals (grooves) to create a seamless finish with their cleverly monikered Tongue & Groove.
Playing on the Main Stage at 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Meet Sandra Bouza
Sandra Bouza is an award-winning Independent Soul Blues artist with decades of live performance experience. She cut her teeth performing in Toronto and Vancouver clubs and then spent three years honing her craft overseas in Europe and North and West Africa.
Upon returning to Canada, she invested in her songwriting career and immediately received recognition winning the 2019 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search and representing Toronto at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Her EP ‘Three Years’ received significant radio play in Canada, and her following FACTOR funded album ‘Falling Away From Me” received Canadian radio play and rave reviews in Europe.
Her album, “A Sound in the Dark” was just released May 12, 2023.
Playing on the Main Stage at 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM
Meet Luke and the Apostles
Luke and the Apostles, Toronto’s legendary blues rock band have been part of the Canadian music scene since 1964. Fixtures of Yorkville Village’s clubs throughout the sixties, they recorded the single “Been Burnt” for Elektra Records in 1965 and later after stints with the Grateful Dead in New York released “You Make Me High” on True North In 1970.
Core members Luke Gibson and Mike Mckenna have continued over the years with an assortment of drummers and bass players too numerous to list here. The band was honoured on a Toronto Heritage plaque in 2016 along with Gordon Lightfoot and Buffy Sainte Marie, at the former site of the Purple Onion where all three had performed. Mckenna and Gibson are currently playing with drummer Dave Breckels and bassist Jim Morgan. Luke and the Apostles is on Facebook.
Playing on the Main Stage at 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Meet Reggaddiction
Reggaddiction is an 11-piece reggae band from Toronto, Ontario. Perfecting the arrangements and recordings for their 2022 “Ganja Harvest” album, a reggae interpretation of Neil Young’s 1972 album “Harvest” The band is known for delivering cross-over vibes, refreshing vocal harmonies, and powerful instrumental riddims.
This reggae band includes vocals led by the 2020 Soul Slam Winner D.M., songstress Trish Campbell & Sunray Grennan the son of the famous Jamaican drummer Winston Grennan, known for his studio one performances with Bob Marley & the Wailers. With a stage filled with reggae riddims powered by an 11-piece band and three talented vocalists, Reggaddiction will take you back to the island. Expect a night when we can all come together, dance and rejoice, and live in a world of ONE LOVE.
#Reggaddiction #ReggaeAddicts
Playing on the Main Stage at 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Meet Grooveyard
Grooveyard's dynamic energy and great musicianship is rooted in old-school funk and soul that the band uniquely makes its own while also drawing on reggae, dance music, ‘80’s new wave, classic rock, and doing mash ups with hidden gems and current pop.
As its name implies, the group is all about getting people grooving and moving and having a great time, which is why they’ve been a staple of Toronto’s music scene for over two decades, and the party band of choice for organizations such as The Toronto Raptors, The Special Olympics, The Dragon Ball Gala, L’Arche, TSN, Daily Bread Food Bank, Kids’ Help Phone, and hundreds of others.
Playing on the Main Stage at 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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