Christie Pits and surrounding local venues will host more than 40 bands and music acts over three days during the Bloor Ossington Folk Festival, and it’s all free. Starting on Friday evening at venues like Saving Gigi and Studio 835, and expanding to all-day programming at Christie Pits on Saturday and Sunday, the festival lineup includes Julie Doiron, By Divine Right, catl., and many more (the festival’s criteria for “folk” being, more or less, local music). Local craft and food vendors and a festival beer garden will round out the experience—and again, all the bands are free.
Festivals
Bloor Ossington Folk Festival
Catl., shown here playing at the 2013 ALL CAPS! Music Festival, is much louder than you'd expect a two-person band to be.
- Multiple venues
- September 20–22
- FREE