Toronto Tourism Visitor Guide 2009 - (Page 52) Attractions Toronto International Flamenco Festival 905-660-9417, 1-866-854-7074 www.torontoflamencofestival.com An annual event created to raise awareness of Flamenco in North America by bringing some of the best artists from Spain and around the world to our stages. Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (at Nathan Phillips Square) 416-408-2754 www.torontooutdoorart.org Jul. 10-12. Canada’s largest outdoor art exhibition. Five hundred artists and craftspeople exhibit and sell their work. More than 100,000 attendees. Toronto Summer Music Festival 73 Queen’s Park Cres.; 416-585-4464 www.torontosummermusic.com Jul. 20 to Aug. 16. Presenting worldclass chamber music concerts and opera featuring international artists. Trail of Lights at Downsview Park 35 Carl Hall Rd. 416-952-2222, 416-952-2255 www.downsviewpark.ca Canada’s national urban park hosts the Trail of Lights: a walk-through holiday light show featuring hundreds of light displays, holiday arts and crafts, entertainment, refreshments and a picture-perfect opportunity with Santa Claus. Dec. Unionville Canada Day Festival Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com Jul. 1. Celebrate Canada’s 142nd birthday in Unionville, the site of many buildings older than Canada itself. Shops are open and there will be entertainment, including First Nations Dancers. Unionville Celtic Festival Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com Celtic music and entertainment all weekend long. Saturday night ceilidh and an Irish feis on Sunday, the traditional Irish dance competitors. Failte. Jul. 11 & 12. Unionville Heritage & Big Band Festival Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com 52 www.SeeTorontoNow.com Sept. 1. Celebrate the fall season and enjoy a day filled with the sounds of big bands. Entertainment and historical displays fill the street. Sept. 7. Unionville Little Oktoberfest Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com Music and entertainment all weekend long. Enjoy the holiday filled with great food, a fun atmosphere and festivities with old Bavarian flare. Oct 12. Unionville Simcoe Day Festival Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com Festive music all weekend long. Enjoy the holiday with a pedestrian street filled with entertainment and a sidewalk sale. Aug. 3. Unionville Summer Concert Series Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com Jul. 1 to Sept. 7. Lots of jazz, swing, opera, Celtic, big band and much more. Join us all summer long. Unionville is heritage and culture. Unionville Village Festival Main Street, Historic Unionville 905-477-0117 www.unionvilleinfo.com The 39th annual spring festival is two days of family fun. Highlights include a parade and fireworks on Saturday and a Main Street market all weekend. Jun. 6 & 7. Word on the Street, The 416-504-7241 www.thewordonthestreet.ca Sept. 27. A booklover’s paradise with a marketplace of more than 250 book and magazine exhibits, readings by hundreds of Canadian authors, poets, storytellers and performers. Workshops for aspiring writers. GArdenS & PArkS Allan Gardens Conservatory Allan Gardens Park, Jarvis Ave. & Carlton St.; 416-392-7288 www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca Open 365 days a year, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Features six greenhouses comprising over 16,000 sq. ft. filled with colourful seasonal plants that supplement the permanent plant collection. http://www.torontoflamencofestival.com http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.torontooutdoorart.org http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.torontosummermusic.com http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.downsviewpark.ca http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca http://www.unionvilleinfo.com http://www.SeeTorontoNow.com
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