June 6 to the 15th

Many events, see http://www.luminato.com/festival/eng/

June 6 it's The Count Basie Orchestra in Dundas Square and it's free.

Swing Dance performances and lessons

6:30-7:30 p.m. Swing dance lesson

7:30-8:30 p.m. East Coast New World Orchestra

9:00-11:00 p.m. Count Basie Orchestra, Nikki Yanofsky, and TELUS Light On Your Feet dancing

Performances by Toronto Lindy Hop schools.

The Festival kick-off is an all-star concert featuring the
Grammy-Award winning world famous Count Basie Orchestra fronted by
14-year-old Canadian jazz sensation Nikki Yanofsky who recently made her
triumphant debut at Carnegie Hall.

They are joined early evening by
the East Coast New World Orchestra performing a spirited celebration
of the region's music by 13 of Nova Scotia's finest musicians.

Sally,
Thanks so much for posting this! I hope we'll see you there.

Oh yeah - with my dancin' shoes!

The times have been changed.

Same day: Friday, June 6th
Still at Dundas Square and still FREE

However, there is an opening band which is not a swing band. Because of this, they've changed the time of the dance lesson.

Beginner lindy lesson is at 8pm.

Lindy Hop performances right after the lesson.

Count Basie Orchestra at 9pm.

Social dance on a 50 foot dance floor in Dundas Square.

Thanks Sally. Maybe we'll go to a movie before and hit the dancefloor at 9.

See ya there - hopefully, the weather will cooperate.

We'll be there too, somewhere...

Planning to see the East Indian version of 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' touring from London and performed in 8 East Indian kanguages. Its playing at the Canon theatre. I've heard its fantastic how they do it and the colours are supposed to be amazing.

Theres lots of great stuff this year.

I hope the predicted rain holds off.

Hello,
re predicted weather, we will be in Toronto 6/8 for a week. Is a light windbreaker sufficent for rain?We will be walking all over.
WEather forecast is scattered T Storms most of next week.
Leaving June gloom in So. California. Luminato sounds wonderful, will be sorry to miss Count Basie, thanks for the info.

IF they're right about the temperatures - predicted to be in the 30s - a windbreaker to keep dry will be fine but it will likely be humid and the windbreaker will feel like your own personal sauna.

There's a Blues Festival this weekend, too. http://www.distilleryblues.com/

AND there's a Cuban film festival at 290 Danforth Avenue in the Music Hall - $5 to $10. www.canadiannetworkcuba.ca

Festival of the Short Story at the Reference Library at 789 Yonge Street - Free (part of Luminato)

Carnivalissima www.caribanatoronto.com - Free at Harbourfront

Woofstock 08 around the St. Lawrence Market - lots of doggies, fashions, extreme sports.... www.woofstock.ca

I love the name Woofstock.

I now don't know if we're going to get to any of this as my SO's mom is in the hospital.

Hope everything is okay - it'll be stinkin' hot anyway.

Thanks, SC!