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I only had seven hours so I couldn’t stay in any one place for long. I managed to take in three festivals last Saturday.

An impressive display of non-stop performances and culinary delights highlighted this double festival. Also pleasing visitors were activity booths and crafts. Children and adults

Last year, the Toronto Star reported on a Ganesh festival with a chariot at a Tamil Hindu temple in Scarborough. It looked like something

This past weekend I saw five different free or nearly-free ethnic events – not all of them good. I’m limited to afternoons only. If

Toronto Caribbean Carnival — formerly known as Caribana — is one of Toronto’s biggest festivals. It is one of my favourites. It’s not just

I was adopted at an early age, appear Caucasian and grew up in Canada. I have never been to Japan. However my draw to

Ninth annual Natsu Matsuri and Obon Festival. July 9.  Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court. Admission free. * Weather permitting the event takes

We don’t have enough Inuit people in Toronto to make an Inuit festival. There are only a handful. So when an opportunity arose, I

I caught a 7:40am ferry to Centre Island on Saturday for the Dragon Boat Races with no problem. By the time I left the

Saturday’s Pow Wow at Wells Hill Park made up for my disappointment about our big Pow Wow having moved to Hamilton. The park setting