Start Date: August 27, 2024
End Date: September 2, 2024
Price: Free & Ticketed
Address: Various venues across Toronto
Events Description
North America’s largest festival of global Jewish music, arts and culture has taken place biennially at Harbourfront Centre since 1995. This year’s celebration once again spotlights world-class artists from Canada, the US, Europe and the Middle East, with most programming available for free. Performances range from klezmer and Yiddish styles to Sephardic, Mizrachi, and Falasha music, and so much more, spotlighting the diversity and eclecticism of the Jewish musical and cultural experience. Come down to the waterfront and experience world-class Jewish cultural arts!
The Ashkenaz Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious showcases of Jewish music and culture anywhere in the world. Since 1995, the festival has taken place biennially at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto’s premier venue for the presentation of world and folk culture and for the meeting of diverse communities through the arts. Originally founded as a showcase for Klezmer music and Yiddish culture, the Ashkenaz Festival has evolved over the years into an eclectic showcase of global Jewish art and culture, encompassing not merely the traditions of eastern Europe, but also Sephardic, Mizrachi and Israeli culture, and all manner of cross-cultural fusion. The Festival is offered 90% free to the public and attracts a multicultural audience of over 60,000 people. Nowhere else in the world does so large and diverse an audience come together to experience Jewish cultural arts.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : Free & Ticketed Events
For ticketed performances, please find details on the website.
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: August 27 to September 2, 2024
Venue & Address
Harbourfront Centre & Venues Across Toronto, Various venues across Toronto.
Wheelchair accessible
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