Jazz Wednesdays in Ritz Bar

May 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2013

Live jazz performance from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Specialty cocktails

For inquiries, please call (416) 585-2500

Doors Open Toronto

May 25 & 26, 2013

Various Venues

Doors Open Toronto 2013 looks back over the past 200 years to reveal the fascinating personalities who shaped Toronto's architecture and history. More than 135 architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings will open their doors for the weekend and highlight the people who built the city. All for free!

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Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

May 1 to 31, 2013

Various Venues

CONTACT takes place at over 200 venues across the Greater Toronto Area. As the largest photography festival in the world, CONTACT has become a premiere cultural event with a broad range of international programming. CONTACT participants, whether acclaimed international artists or local emerging photographers, exhibit in a variety of venues, from major public museums to private galleries and many alternative spaces including billboards, Pearson International Airport and the facades of significant cultural buildings.

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Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Games

April to September 2013

Rogers Centre

The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto is located just steps from the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play 81 regular season home games. Stay in the heart of all the Major League Baseball action and stop by The Ritz Bar and DEQ Terrace & Lounge, the perfect spots for a pre-game cocktail.

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Yonge Street Mission

May 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

NXNE: North by North East Music & Film Festival

June 10 to 16, 2013

Various Venues

Now in its 18th year, North by Northeast (NXNE) has become the Canadian festival destination for emerging artists and major-label headliners, for music filmmakers, and for digital interactive innovators bridging the gap between technology and the arts. Seen as the most anticipated summer music event in Canada, NXNE Music, NXNE Film, and NXNE Interactive are an essential gathering for artists, industry, and fans.

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Treat Dad like a King at TOCA’s Father’s Day Beer Brunch

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Bring your appetite for our man-made buffet featuring whole roasted suckling pig, prime rib, mini slider station & seafood raw bar with oysters and lobster tail, then quench your thirst with a selection of handcrafted beer from Muskoka Brewery.

First Seating at 11:30 a.m. & Second Seating at 2:30 p.m.

$89 per person
$45 for children 7-12 years / 6 and under complimentary

For inquiries and reservations, please call 416.585.2500 or visit us at www.ritzcarlton.com/toronto

Redpath Waterfront Festival

June 20 to 23, 2013

HTO Park | 399 Queen’s Quay West

The Redpath Waterfront Festival is an annual festival celebrating Toronto’s waterfront. It is a unique festival that provides on-water and on-land programming. This year, Toronto’s Waterfront will come alive when Nova Scotia and New Brunswick come together at Saltscapes. Be welcomed with warm Maritime hospitality and celebrate the east coast lifestyle, culture to culinary, all weekend long.

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Luminato

June 14 to 23, 2013

Various Venues

Luminato: Toronto’s Festival of Arts & Creativity has taken centre stage as the world's newest international multidisciplinary arts festival encompassing a broad spectrum of creative expression including music, dance, theatre, film, literature, visual arts and lectures. Discover a world of creativity at Luminato with free events all over the city as well as ticketed shows and events.

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Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Games

April to September 2013

Rogers Centre

The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto is located just steps from the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play 81 regular season home games. Stay in the heart of all the Major League Baseball action and stop by The Ritz Bar and DEQ Terrace & Lounge, the perfect spots for a pre-game cocktail.

Learn More

Yonge Street Mission

June 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

Toronto Fringe Festival

July 3 to 14, 2013

Various Venues

The Toronto Fringe Festival is this city’s largest performance festival, featuring over 150 productions at 30 venues across downtown Toronto. In what has become the city’s liveliest grassroots theatre festival, the best alternative, innovative and avant-garde art-makers cross their fingers every year in the hopes of being selected in the lottery process: hundreds and hundreds of companies apply, and the winning 150 productions are literally pickled out of a hat. The Fringe is a thoroughly unique and exciting arts organization with a mandate to remain populist and democratic, which is what makes the festival so vibrant – there’s always something for everyone, from gut-busting comedies to main-stage musicals, from FringeKids! family shows to experimental dance. So kick back at the Fringe Club and take in some Visual Art, or head to the theatre to catch the next big hit – whatever you choose to do at the festival, you’re guaranteed a good time: the Fringe Festival is more Rootin’ Tootin’ than High Fallutin’!

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Summerlicious

July 5 to 25, 2013

At 150 of Toronto’s favourite restaurants

Toronto's favourite summer foodie celebration turns 10 in 2012 and continues to shine the spotlight on our fantastic restaurant industry. Enjoy delectable, three-course prix fixe menus, available at more than 180 of Toronto’s top restaurants.

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Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Games

April to September 2013

Rogers Centre

The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto is located just steps from the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play 81 regular season home games. Stay in the heart of all the Major League Baseball action and stop by The Ritz Bar and DEQ Terrace & Lounge, the perfect spots for a pre-game cocktail.

Learn More

Yonge Street Mission

July 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

Rogers Cup

August 3 to 11, 2013

Rexall Centre | York University

Since 1881, the best men's tennis players in the world have showcased their skills on Canadian courts. Only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open have longer histories than the major Canadian stop, which is acknowledged by the tennis world to be one of the best-run tournaments on the Tour. Classified as a Masters 1000 event on the ATP World Tour tournament calendar, Rogers Cup presented by National Bank offers more than $3 million in prize money and attracts the biggest stars of men's tennis year after year.

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Pilaro's Taste of the Danforth

August 9 to 11, 2013

Danforth Avenue | From Broadview Avenue to Jones Avenue

Toronto's favourite street festival has a whole new way to celebrate the fun flavours of Greece and summer in the city. Every year in August, the city of Toronto flocks to GreekTown on the Danforth. Celebrating its 19th year, the Pilaros Taste of the Danforth is Canada's largest street festival, welcoming over 1.3 million visitors. The GTA lays claim to more than 200,000 residents of Greek ancestry, the third largest Hellenic community outside of Greece. There is much more than the celebration of the Danforth's Greek heritage at the festival. There are a number of exhibitors offering contests, prizes and free samples and, of course, dozens and dozens of tasty food stations from Danforth’s amazing array of multi-ethnic restaurants.

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Canadian National Exhibition

August 16, 2013 to September 2, 2013

Exhibition Place | Lake Shore Boulevard West

The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) or The Ex as it is also known, is Canada’s largest annual community event. Taking place over the 18 days leading up to and including Labour Day, the CNE offers a wide variety of entertainment and events, midway rides and games, a working farm, parades and sports, international food and shopping, Kids’ World, and a three-day air show. Over the course of its late summer run, the CNE attracts approximately 1.3 million people each year (1.31 million in 2011).

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Scotiabank BuskerFest!

August 22 to 25, 2013

St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood

Scotiabank BuskerFest organizers are proud to announce exciting new acts for the 14th annual Toronto international street performers festival. The 2013 Scotiabank BuskerFest will dazzle Toronto's St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood once again as buskers from all over the world take over the streets from Thursday, August 22nd to Sunday, August 25th. Prepare to be amazed by some of the most unique pogo-sticking, hula-hooping, fire-breathing, pillow juggling, body-contorting, whip-cracking, cyr-wheel spinning, sword swallowing, flaming-rope jumping performers in the world. Named for the fifth time as one of Ontario's top 100 festivals and events by Festivals and Events Ontario, Scotiabank BuskerFest promises four days and nights of spectacular entertainment in support of Epilepsy Toronto.

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Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Games

April to September 2013

Rogers Centre

The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto is located just steps from the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play 81 regular season home games. Stay in the heart of all the Major League Baseball action and stop by The Ritz Bar and DEQ Terrace & Lounge, the perfect spots for a pre-game cocktail.

Learn More

Yonge Street Mission

August 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

Toronto International Film Festival

September 5 to 15, 2013

Various Venues

The Toronto International Film Festival is the most successful public film festival in the world. World premieres, galas, associated shmoozes and parties comprise this illustrious event where stars, directors and industry honchos make the rounds. If you are a cinephile or simply just love to experience new and innovative films, the Festival is the place to be.

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Canadian National Exhibition

August 16, 2013 to September 2, 2013

Exhibition Place | Lake Shore Boulevard West

The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) or The Ex as it is also known, is Canada’s largest annual community event. Taking place over the 18 days leading up to and including Labour Day, the CNE offers a wide variety of entertainment and events, midway rides and games, a working farm, parades and sports, international food and shopping, Kids’ World, and a three-day air show. Over the course of its late summer run, the CNE attracts approximately 1.3 million people each year (1.31 million in 2011).

Learn more

Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Games

April to September 2013

Rogers Centre

The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto is located just steps from the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play 81 regular season home games. Stay in the heart of all the Major League Baseball action and stop by The Ritz Bar and DEQ Terrace & Lounge, the perfect spots for a pre-game cocktail.

Learn More

Yonge Street Mission

September 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

Yonge Street Mission

October 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

Yonge Street Mission

November 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary

Yonge Street Mission

December 2013 - Available Monday - Friday

Bringing hope to Toronto since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has been on the front lines of service, providing emergency help and fostering long-term change in the lives of individuals, families and the community itself. Volunteers play a vital role at the Mission and you are invited to join these efforts at Evergreen, Yonge Street Mission’s centre for street involved youth. Serving between 80 to 100 youth, you will help staff to loving prepare and serve a warm, nutritious meal and help with clean-up afterwards. The lunch program runs year-round Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be 19+ years of age. Departure from the hotel at 10 a.m., returning at 3 p.m. Reservation: 72 hours in advance.

Complimentary