WinterCity Festival
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Toronto's WinterCity Festival is a 14-day city-wide celebration of Toronto’s culture, creativity and cuisine. Currently in its 7th year, WinterCity is three festivals in one, The WOW Series, The Warm Up Series and Winterlicious.
The WOW Series is a free series that takes places outdoors at Nathan Phillips Square
featuring spectacular performances from around the globe geared towards families.
The Warm Up Series takes place at indoor venues across downtown Toronto
featuring multi-media events and performances geared towards both family and mature audiences.
Winterlicious a prix-fixe promotion including over 150 Toronto restaurants. It also includes unique culinary events featuring demonstrations and market tours.
The evolution continued in 2004, as this winter festival took on an exciting new guise and becomes a true celebration of the diversity and creativity of this fantastic city. The WinterCity Festival was the polished and pre-eminent result of 23 years of festival research and experience and took Toronto by storm.
Attendance figures have grown exponentially from a figure of 155,000 in 1998 to more than 560,000 in 2009 reflecting the growing popularity of this Toronto winter event.
The WOW Series is a free series that takes places outdoors at Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza that forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, and named for Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. The square opened in 1965, and, as with the City Hall, the square was...
featuring spectacular performances from around the globe geared towards families.
The Warm Up Series takes place at indoor venues across downtown Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
featuring multi-media events and performances geared towards both family and mature audiences.
Winterlicious a prix-fixe promotion including over 150 Toronto restaurants. It also includes unique culinary events featuring demonstrations and market tours.
History
Every February for the past 29 years, Torontonians have come together to celebrate winter in the city. What began as the North York Winter Carnival in 1980 has grown in leaps and bounds expanding in 1999 to become Winterfest, a Toronto-wide winter celebration.The evolution continued in 2004, as this winter festival took on an exciting new guise and becomes a true celebration of the diversity and creativity of this fantastic city. The WinterCity Festival was the polished and pre-eminent result of 23 years of festival research and experience and took Toronto by storm.
Attendance figures have grown exponentially from a figure of 155,000 in 1998 to more than 560,000 in 2009 reflecting the growing popularity of this Toronto winter event.