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Luminato Festival Toronto is an international arts festival dedicated to big, bold contemporary works of art and programming that cut across traditional artistic boundaries. We facilitate the intersection of artists, spectators, and city spaces to produce once-in-a-lifetime experiences that highlight the very best of our city, region, and country.   

As a charity, we rely on our funders to continue our work with local, national and international arts communities. Learn more about how you can be part of supporting Luminato Festival Toronto. 

Corporate Support   

Corporate Partner

An image of Edward Burtynsky's photography and videos filling the screens of Yonge-Dundas Square while a large crowd of people watch
Photo of Edward Burtynsky’s In the Wake of Progress at Luminato 2022 by Cassandra Popescu

Leverage Luminato as your all-in-one partner for Arts and Culture, which can connect you with Canada’s leading artists, present incredible artistic events and offer a unique festival experience to your valued stakeholders. We develop customized opportunities that align with your CSR goals, reach new demographics, and connect with leaders in business, culture and government. 

Through the annual festival, our corporate partners align in the intersection between the arts and community building, offering unique storytelling potential and creative content. Luminato works with leading brands and companies to develop partnerships that deliver authentic and imaginative brand integration, direct impact with priority audiences, and unique hosting experiences curated to best deliver against your business objectives.  

Luminato offers a range of multi-year alignment opportunities within the Luminato experience where a partner can build brand affinity with diverse audiences and can create an impactful brand narrative. We can amplify your brand through our media and community partners who believe in the importance of promoting the creativity of our city and transforming public spaces with artistic content.  Luminato can collaborate with you to create a complementary creative marketing campaign to build awareness, excitement and engagement with Luminato events. 

Contact Natasha Udovic at [email protected] to learn more. 

Corporate Member

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Photo of Oluseye Ogunlesi speaking in front of his original public art installation, Black Ark, during Luminato 2022 by Marzieh Mohammadmiri

The Luminato Corporate Membership Program offers a unique and flexible year-long platform with benefit options to meet your stakeholder engagement objectives.  Together, we create special moments that foster meaningful dialogue and connection opportunities with your clients, employees and partners – including artist pop-ups and workshops in your space, bespoke events in unique venues and festival hosting aligned with your CSR commitments.  

As a corporate member, you will also receive premium access to Luminato events during the festival and throughout the year – offering VIP moments for your leadership to connect and network with other leaders. 

Contact Sarah Barrable-Tishauer at [email protected] to learn more. 

Experience Partner

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Photo of Maracatu Mar Aberto performing at Woodbine Weekend during Luminato 2022 by Cassandra Popescu

Our year-round special events, festival parties, and large-scale outdoor free celebrations offer unique opportunities to reach new audiences through experiential marketing. We build partnerships with brands and agencies to deliver impactful, innovative activations that nurture audience creativity, elevate CSR commitments, amplify brand storytelling and provide sales, content and contest opportunities.  

Individual Support

Placemakers Circle

We kick off the summer with a big, inclusive festival in Toronto, bringing the region to life with new ideas, free events, genre-crossing artworks, and inspiring experiences.  It is thanks to the unstinting generosity and leadership of our supporters that make it all possible.   

Our vision, as we exit the worst pandemic our generation has known, is to look strictly forward. Luminato is different from its cultural peers because we are uniquely positioned to re-ignite the city. We can do this, not by enticing people exclusively into our concert halls, our theatres, our galleries, but by breaking out of the downtown core and building a regional approach to programming and audience development that engages with communities and neighbourhoods across the broader Toronto region.  We are bringing art, culture, VIBRANCY to the very doorsteps of our communities.  And we are honoured to have some of our local and national top philanthropists with us along the way. 

 A donation of $10,000 or more provides that leadership support that allows us to continue to offer predominantly free programming, outdoors, in locations that celebrate and honour Toronto’s history and its diverse peoples. Luminato was founded 15 years ago to take Toronto out of the ashes of the SARS pandemic and help rebuild our city. For many years to come, Luminato’s work will have ripple effects throughout our region, allowing it to grow and flourish. Donate today to join this movement.

Contact Jessica Litwin at jlitwin@luminato.com to learn more. 

Immersive Circle

Luminato has designed a new philanthropy circle – one that will collectively support contemporary works within the Luminato Festival program and engage a new generation of supporters. 

The Immersive Circle brings together a group of individuals who want to make an impact on Toronto’s arts and culture scene, get behind-the-scenes access to the creative process, and meet new friends at curated special events. 

Each year, the Immersive Circle will collectively support a contemporary project in the annual Festival Program, one that uplifts an emerging artist or brings an important international work to Canadian audiences. 

With memberships ranging from $1,250-$9,999, the Luminato Team will keep you engaged throughout the year and during the Festival in the following ways: 

  • An exclusive mini-preview event where, as a collective group, you can connect directly with artist(s) you are supporting 
  • Two complimentary tickets to attend a 2023 Luminato performance of your choice  
  • Early access to tickets and a ticket concierge service 
  • Invites to Luminato’s opening night party and other VIP events during the festival and year-round 
  • Recognition in select festival print materials and on the website  
  • Tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount 

Flexible donation arrangements are available – please connect with us about making monthly or quarterly contributions. 

Contact Sophie Brzozowski at [email protected] to learn more. 

City Lights

Every gift to Luminato helps ensure theatre, dance, and music remains a vibrant and vital part of society while ushering in the next generation of ground-breaking art makers. We know our relationship with each individual and supporter plays a significant role in our mission. Sustaining vision requires trust, passion, and commitment, and we need your support to do it together.  

Individual Benefits: 

  • Tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount  
  • Listing on Luminato’s website   
  • Subscription to DEVO e-newsletter 
  • Early access to tickets and a ticket concierge service 

Please visit our donation page to make your gift today. 

Contact Jackie Nguyen at [email protected] to learn more.  

Membership

Become a Member

Looking for another way to support? Participate in Luminato’s new Membership program! Designed to be accessible to everyone, members can enjoy the best of Luminato at an affordable price of $50. To learn more, please visit luminatofestival.com/membership/. 

An image of musician Wolf Saga performing on stage and singing. Next to him on the left, there is a graphic on the banner that says: "Thank you! Luminato is grateful to our community of supporters who help us bring ideas and inspiration to our festival audience."