Luminato Festival Toronto returns this October
Toronto’s international festival of arts and culture is coming October 13-17, 2021 with 5 days of art, music, dance, and theatre, combined with some digital magic. We’re thrilled to share our offering for you: a multi-disciplinary international arts festival, full of love letters to Toronto.
From Scarborough to Etobicoke, we’re travelling across Toronto’s neighbourhoods and exploring the many worlds of the city’s culture-creators, bringing you a mix of live and online events that will challenge you, inspire you, and delight you.
It’s been such a strange year and a half. We’ve missed you. Live or online, we can’t wait to see you in October.
Festival Events
Featured Event
Built on Genocide
Artist Spotlight
Discover Love Letters to Toronto – Virtual Reality Style
Check out our virtual reality guide to the Luminato 2021, situated “inside” Toronto’s iconic Great Hall.
Art and Culture in the streets of Toronto
Explore the Access Hub
Luminato Festival Toronto is working hard to bring accessibility into the centre of what we do. We know this is a deep process that requires a long-term commitment. We are excited to share the Access Hub with you.
On Demand
Digital Works
In Luminato’s free digital space, audiences from all around the world can connect through art, culture, and conversation.
The Land
Luminato Festival Toronto acknowledges that the land we gather on is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa and the Anishinaabeg, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat Confederacy, and all Indigenous peoples, both known and unknown. This territory is subject to Treaty 13 and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant and is home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples from across Turtle Island. Luminato acknowledges our responsibilities to these territorial agreements and to peaceably share and care for the resources of this land while aspiring to embody the treaties through our actions, relationship-building, and our programs.
Blog Posts
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Not a “New World”: We Were Here
Built on Genocide
September 14, 2021
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Who Wrote Canada’s History? The real story of first contact.
Built on Genocide
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Contact Continues: Clash and Blending of Cultures
Built on Genocide
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Honour the Treaties
Built on Genocide
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Land Acknowledgements and Land Back
Built on Genocide
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IS CANADA BUILT ON GENOCIDE?
Built on Genocide
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Who’s Work is Reconciliation?
Built on Genocide
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Land Sovereignty Now
Built on Genocide
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Don’t Drink the Water: Boil-Water Advisories and Sovereignty
Built on Genocide
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Q+A with Renowned Photographer Edward Burtynsky
In The Wake of Progress
August 9, 2021
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Q+A with Composer Phil Strong
In The Wake of Progress
July 21, 2021
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Q+A with Legendary Producer Bob Ezrin
In The Wake of Progress
July 14, 2021
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Q+A with Artist, Musician, Storyteller iskwē
In The Wake of Progress, Uncategorized
July 7, 2021
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Behind Edward Burtynsky’s Photographs
In The Wake of Progress
June 15, 2021
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In the Wake of Progress
In The Wake of Progress
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