June 22 to July 1
Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
The TD Toronto Jazz Festival is an annual celebration of straight-ahead jazz, jazz-influenced music and jazz off-shoots and experimental projects. New artists are also featured, expanding and enriching the Canadian and international jazz genre.
This year, the festival hosts a variety of established jazz-icians such as Natalie Cole and George Benson and introduces hot young artists such as the wildly talented Esperanza Spalding and Janelle Monae. The festival runs June 22 to July 1, 2012, with its main stage at Nathan Phillips Square, so the sound of jazz will resound throughout Toronto, with over 1,500 musicians entertaining more than 500,000 music lovers.
1-855-985-5000
www.torontojazz.com
