The Beaches International Jazz Festival is a month-long music festival held each year in the lakeside Beaches community of Toronto in July. Originally started in 1989,[1] it is now one of Canada's largest free jazz festivals with nearly 1,000,000 attendees, throughout its month-long span.[2]
The Festival takes place across a number of venues; stage concerts are held in several different parks within the area and also along a two kilometre stretch of the Beach mainstreet during StreetFest - Queen Street East.
In 2022, the Festival returned to a full program of live concerts following several years of both live and virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
- ^ Goddard, Peter. "Beaches Jazz Festival rebounds in 26th year". Toronto Star. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Marsden, Carey. "Beaches Jazz Fest gets new stages, sponsors after funding snag". Global News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Shackleton, Al (2022-06-30). "Beaches International Jazz Festival is back with live concerts and StreetFest celebration on Queen Street East this July". Beach Metro Community News. Retrieved 2024-01-12.