TD Toronto Jazz Festival

100+ free performances, as well as ticketed concerts, spread throughout the city over 10 magical days.

The award-winning TD Toronto Jazz Festival, spread out over 10 days, is back in 2023 from June 23 to July 2. Enjoy daily free outdoor programming, as well as a selection of ticketed concerts. 

Since its inception in 1987, the festival has hosted more than 35,000 musicians at over 3,400 public events. The event was named Best Jazz Festival at the National Jazz Awards Canada and the #1 Music Event in BIZBASH Magazine.

Explore the Bloor-Yorkville neighborhood, the stylistic and culture-rich neighborhood in downtown Toronto that serves as the central hub of the festival.

Celebrate opening weekend with an epic street takeover on Queen’s Park June 24 and 25 with FREE concerts on the TD Avenue Stage featuring Festival headliners like Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum singer-songwriter, Ashanti, and Toronto’s own Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion group, BADBADNOTGOOD.

Jazz Festival Performers

In addition to 100+ free live performances, this year’s Festival includes ticketed shows from legendary jazz artists like Herbie Hancock and George Benson, Grammy Award-winning jazz and funk collective Snarky Puppy, Melody Gardot and Avishai Cohen, and the Festival debut of Afro-Cuban rockstar Cimafunk. with The Dirty B-Sides.

For a list of this year’s ticketed show, visit the official schedule.  

Take Amtrak to Toronto Jazz Festival

Explore downtown Toronto and enjoy jazz via Amtrak to Union Station in Toronto, ON—Don’t forget to use the Amtrak See New York and Save 15% discount!

Get picked up from Toronto Station and taken to your reserved NYTRAIN Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Click here to reserve your car or call the Toronto office today at: 416-425-3777.