Festivals near Toronto

Toronto lives its music on two very different fronts. On one side, it is one of North America's great capitals of electronic music: out on the lawns of Downsview Park, Veld Music Festival stages Canada's biggest dance gathering every summer, while Electric Island turns the lakefront islands into an intimate house-and-techno day party against the downtown skyline. On the other, the city remains a legend of the live circuit: since 1995, North by Northeast (NXNE) has scattered hundreds of shows through its downtown clubs — the Horseshoe Tavern, Lee's Palace, Yonge-Dundas Square — breaking Feist, Grimes and Billy Talent long before anyone else.

Between Queen Street West, the Annex and the Entertainment District, Toronto's indie scene runs on discovery: in the fall, All Things Go Music Festival lands its pop and alternative headliners here, while events like Departure Festival stretch the season further into electronic territory. FestT computes your FestiScore — how closely a line-up matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, so you can spot the Toronto edition that fits you at a glance.