Anya Wassenberg

The Canadian arts and culture sector contribute about $131 billion to the Canadian economy, in addition to intangible benefits like social cohesion. Why are they facing possibly drastic cuts?

Presented by The Ottawa New Music Creators (ONMC), you can expect a weekend of bold new music when the 2025 Ottawa New Music Festival takes place from November 7 to 9.

South Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung will be bringing a program of Schumann, Grieg, and Franck to Toronto’s Koerner Hall on November 9.

ProArteDanza returns with its Fall 2025 Season, which takes place from October 30 to November 2 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre.

The Rendezvous With Madness Festival opens on October 23 for its 33rd year of programming that explores mental health via films and conversations.

Pianists Adam Sherkin and Anthony de Mare will be performing together in Composers in Play XV, part of the ongoing Piano Lunaire concert series, showcasing a (nearly) all-Canadian program.

The International Organization for the Transition of Professional Dancers (IOTPD), will be holding a gathering in Toronto from October 22 to 24, 2025.

Mind and Magic, the season opening concert for Toronto’s Kindred Spirits Orchestra, features violinist Jing Ye as soloist, with host Daniel Vnukowski.

What happens when all the lights go out? That’s the heart of the experience offered by Darkfield, a UK company that’s set up shop in Toronto with two of their shows, Séance and Flight.

The Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra opens the 2025/26 season with a program titled Demons and Angels, and pianist Michael Berkovsky, on October 17.