Photo credit: Toronto Special Events post in FB Calvacade of Lights
Kick off the holiday season with an evening of live music, skating, circus arts, Christmas tree lighting and a spectacular fireworks display at the 53rd annual Cavalcade of Lights presented by Great Gulf!
The free event illuminates Nathan Phillips Square under the twinkle of more than 525,000 energy-efficient lights and 500 ornaments, powered by Toronto Hydro. ✨
Location: Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
This year's line-up features:
• ⛸ Skating Party with DJ MelBoogie, sponsored by Tim Hortons (7 & 9:35 pm) - The Nathan Phillips Square ice rink opens for the season to the mix of award-winning DJ MelBoogie. This Canadian hip hop icon has opened for Lauryn Hill, Busta Rhymes, Major Lazer and more.
• 🎵 Concert by Riit, sponsored by Great Gulf (7:30 pm) - From majestic Nunavut, Riit is making space in the electropop world with Inuktitut lyrics and deep rhythmic vocals layered over gemological synth cuts and sticky, staticky electronic textures.
• 🎵 Concert by Lemon Bucket Orkestra, sponsored by Great Gulf (8:35 pm) - Toronto's original guerrilla-folk party-punk musicians have been heralded worldwide as a ground breaking, genre-bending phenomenon.
• 🎄 First lighting of Toronto's official Christmas Tree, powered by Official Light Sponsor, Toronto Hydro (8:10 pm)
• Performance of 'The Queen' by Creations In Vivo (8:20, 9 & 10:10 pm) - Eccentric characters mesmerize audiences as they sway back and forth, plunging towards the ground before regrouping high up in the air.
• Performance of 'Les Oiseaux (The Birds)' by les Chausseurs de rêves (6:30, 7:45 & 9:35 pm) - Interact with spectacular, life-like large wooden bird puppets manipulated by stilt-walking knights.
• 🎇Fireworks, sponsored by Toronto Real Estate Board (9:30 pm) - A spectacular fireworks display from the towers of Toronto City Hall by leading pyrotechnic specialists Group Fiatlux-Ampleman.
View the complete event schedule here
