CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: September 8 – September 14

By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on September 8, 2025

Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of September 8 to 14.

SCRUTINY | TIFF 2025: Ralph Fiennes Leads Cast Of The Choral In Exploring The Power Of Singing Together

By Anya Wassenberg on September 8, 2025

Ralph Fiennes plays Dr. Guthrie, who leads the local choir in Yorkshire in 1916, during WWI, in Nicholas Hyter's The Choral, which premiered at TIFF 2025.

INTERVIEW | Co-Curator & Festival Producer Tanveer Alam Talks About The Common Ground Dance Festival 2025

By Anya Wassenberg on September 4, 2025

Toronto's Common Ground Dance Festival features a weekend of free performances and interactive activities with one principle: dance is for everyone.

INTERVIEW | Artistic Director Edwin Huizinga Talks About SweetWater Music Festival 2025

By Anya Wassenberg on September 2, 2025

The SweetWater Music Festival, September 16 to 21, has been showcasing Canadian and international musicians for more than two decades.

SCRUTINY | Shaw Festival’s Anything Goes A De-lovely Spectacle

By Denise Lai on August 22, 2025

Don’t over-analyze the flimsy plot, just enjoy the catchy tunes and the jaw-dropping dance spectacle, and you’re in for a boatload of fun that is Anything Goes at the Shaw Festival.

PREVIEW | Toronto International BuskerFest For Epilepsy 2025 Offers A Dizzying Range Of Performances

By Anya Wassenberg on August 22, 2025

For four days, 100 performers will take over seven stages (and a street) in a Toronto park for the Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy 2025.

PREVIEW | Toronto’s Intersection Festival 2025 Offers Three Days Of Genre-Fluid Musical Artistry

By Anya Wassenberg on August 21, 2025

Intersection, Toronto’s annual festival of experimental music, returns with a three-day showcase of innovative music from August 29 to 31, 2025.

FEATURE | BIGLAKE Festival: Discovering Hidden Gems in Prince Edward County

By Denise Lai on August 19, 2025

The BIGLAKE Festival in Prince Edward County offers beautiful music from Canadian and international classical music stars in a picturesque setting.

INTERVIEW | Violist Rivka Golani, Featured In The York Region Classical Music Festival

By Anya Wassenberg on August 15, 2025

SCRUTINY | SummerWorks Performance Festival: 26 Doctors is an Emotional Memory Piece

By Ludwig Van on August 14, 2025

Sugith Varughese’s fraught life as a South Asian Canadian artist is fodder for theatre in 26 Doctors, presented at SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto.