Fodor's Expert Review The Beaches International Jazz Festival
Queen West
Festivals
The Beaches International Jazz Festival. Held in late July, the 10-day The Beaches International Jazz Festival in the east Toronto Beach neighborhood showcases jazz, Latin, R&B, funk, soul, and world-music performers like eclectic R&B-pop-reggae group Jay Douglas and the All Stars and "blusion" pianist-saxophonist Deanna Bogart at its Woodbine Park and Kew Gardens stages. Musicians and food vendors also line 2 km of Queen Street East, which is closed to traffic for the event. All performances are free. Toronto, ON. 416/698–2152. www.beachesjazz.com. 501 Queen streetcar to Woodbine.
