Events 2025

Upcoming Events

Category Music
Founded in 1925, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been THE destination over the last century for knowledge and research of Yiddish language, culture, and civilization. Through its treasured collections and robust programming and educational initiatives, YIVO has helped preserve the precious legacy of one thousand years of Ashkenazi Jewish life.

Past Events

The 14th live edition of the Ashkenaz Festival will take place August 27 to September 2, 2024, at multiple venues across Toronto. The Festival will once again celebrate Jewish musical and artistic creativity from across the globe, spotlighting diverse musical expressions of the Jewish experience, with everything from klezmer and Yiddish styles to Sephardic, Mizrachi, and Falasha music, and much more.
Ashkenaz Festival & Magen Boys are returning to Earl Bales Park for the second edition of the Summer Jam FREE concert series, expanded this year to include FOUR exciting and eclectic double-bill concerts on alternating Monday evenings!
Welcome to the 2022 Ashkenaz Festival! This year’s Festival is a celebration of Jewish musical and artistic creativity from across the globe, spotlighting diverse musical expressions of the Jewish experience, including: Yiddish opera, Klezmer funk, Ethiopian-Israeli jazz, Jewish bluegrass, Judeo-Persian soul, Sephardic/Ladino folk, Roma and Ukrainian-Jewish music, and so much more.