Jazz Festival
23rd Annual July 15-24, 2011
Beaches International Jazz Festival SPONSORS
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VISITOR INFORMATION Toronto's Beach Loves Jazz!

Welcome Tour Operators and Groups, big and small. The Festival hosts one million visitors lakeside during Festival week. Jazz events take place in Toronto year-round. Experience fine dining or more informal family friendly cuisine. The Beach has restaurants to match every palette. Toronto is a foodie's delight. Traditional Jazz, Nu-Funk, Blues. Toronto has great music venues - inside and out. Experience that sweat soul atmosphere and appeal that has made the Beaches so FAMOUS! Listen to great jazz. Enjoy the concerts, the street, the neighbourhood. Chill out or jump up and down with joy! It's up to you.

Customized Jazz Experience Tour Packages Available

Customized Jazz Experience Tour Packages

Immerse yourself in Jazz by letting us custom craft an unforgettable jazz experience for you and your group.

  • We offer escorted tours during our Main Event in July
  • We can arrange jazz themed dinner concerts; workshops; clinics; club crawls, on a year-round basis
  • Special activities are also available for student groups

Need accommodation or transportation?

We can arrange that too!

Group menus are available upon request for any type of cuisine including Caribbean, New Orleans, Soul Food, BBQ, or any other you may desire.

Guide services available in other languages.

Itineraries are flexible; we can adjust them to your group’s timing and budgetary needs.

For information and pricing call:
Julie Christian at 905-471-5404 or
E-mail Julie at programs@beachesjazz.com


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Our Festival is a one-stop shop for fun and entertainment. Start and end with us or combine your visit to the Festival and the "Beach" with other activities that Toronto and the rest of our Province has to offer. Admission is free.

Toronto's Beach area is an excellent place to soak in the sites and enjoy all that our beautiful city has to offer!

The Beach Area:

For great information about this picturesque and funky neighbourhood, its restaurants, bars, cafes, retail stores and services go to www.beachesbia.com.

For local Beach community news go to www.beachmirror.com.

For Woodbine and Kew-Balmy beaches water quality information go to http://www.toronto.ca/beach/.

For points of interests visits, http://www.torontotourism.com/Visitor/
WhatToSeeAndDo/Neighbourhoods/TheBeaches.htm

A view of the Toronto's Skyline from the Beach area

The City:

For comprehensive event and entertainment listings and unique editorial content go to www.toronto.com.

For visitor information and where to stay go to www.torontotourism.com for Toronto.

For Toronto news go to www.ctv.ca.

The Province:

For visitor information go to
www.ontariotravel.net

Directions:

For directions to the Festival click here.

Festival Amenities - Kew Gardens / StreetFest / Woodbine:

  • Portable Toilets - in the vicinity of Kew Gardens and Woodbine Park
  • St. John Ambulance - in the vicinity of Kew Gardens and Woodbine Park
  • Festival Info Booth - in front of Kew Gardens and Woodbine Park
  • Special Viewing Area set aside for those who use wheelchairs/scooters - see signage for locations in Kew Gardens (July 23-24, 2011) and Woodbine Park (July 15-17, 2011).

Festival’s Licensed Beer/Wine Gardens

Licensed Beer/Wine Gardens Licensed Beer/Wine Gardens Licensed Beer/Wine Gardens

Adjacent to Kew Gardens (July 23-24, 2011) and Woodbine Park (July 15-17, 2011).  Soak in the sun or have a seat in the shade, under an umbrella, in one of our beer / wine gardens, located stage side in Woodbine Park and in Kew Gardens.  Have a drink or two in support of our Festival.

We aren’t encouraging you to drink, but hey, revenues from the beer garden do help support our Festival operations.

Need Child Care?

Our Festival is very kid friendly.  But if you’re arriving with kids and would like a bit of quality time with the other adults in your life - consider dropping them off at the Beach’s own BizzyBee PlayCentre - our child care partners.

Accomodation

Stay tuned for our picks for good hotel deals during festival time.


Project partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Presents MUSIC
Mill St. Brewery
Funding provided by the Government of Ontario
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TD Canada Trust
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Toronto East General Hospital Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
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