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Toronto’s biggest free summer festival is around the corner

Beaches International Jazz Festival is approaching quickly in Toronto, and the 2025 rendition is slated to be as amazing (if not more) than the years before. The fest draws in visitors from the city and beyond, and we now know the lineup for the free event, which runs from July 4 to 27.

If you didn’t know, the Beaches International Jazz Festival brings international and local musical talent to Woodbine Park, Jimmie Simpson Park, and Queen Street East for an epic (almost) month-long celebration. While the name suggests just jazz music, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Guests will be able to enjoy the sounds of salsa, disco, indie, funk, blues, hip hop, house, ska and rock (just to name a few).

As for the lineup, there are hundreds of performers, but these are some of the highlights.

Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside

  • The Jazz Mechanics
  • The Philcos
  • The Bomb
  • Martin Loomer
  • Swing Shift Big Band
  • Jackson Steinwall
  • CMAGIC5
  • U.N. Jefferson
  • Tell it to Sweeney
  • Angela Pincente Big Band
  • Ross Wooldridge Orchestra
  • MOKA
  • Zuffalo
  • Jerry Leger

When: July 4 to 6
Where: Jimmie Simpson Park — 870 Queen St. E.

TD Salsa on the Beach

  •  DJ EL ALEX
  • Yani Borrell
  • Orquesta
  • Santiago Moa
  • Banda Dura
  • SWA Divas
  • Ricky Franco
  • Santana Forever
  • Araguacu Dance Class
  • 6 del Barrio

When: July 11 to 13
Where: Woodbine Park — 1695 Queen St. E.

TD Weekend at Woodbine Park

  • Get On Up meets Renaissance
  • Quincy Bullen
  • The Honeyrunners
  • The Bomb
  • Beatlemania
  • Countermeasure
  • Shuffle Demons
  • Golden Feather
  • The Human Rights

When: July 18 to 20
Where: Woodbine Park — 1695 Queen St. E.

Streetfest, a MASSIVE street party with live music and dancing, will run from July 24 to 26 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. along Queen Street East.

Festival season, we missed you. Beaches Jazz Festival, see you soon.

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