Luminato at Sankofa Square
Presented by Luminato Festival
Supported by BMO, the City of Toronto’s Community Celebration Support Fund, Downtown Yonge BIA, and the Toronto Star
Luminato Festival takes over Sankofa Square to electrify the city’s busiest intersection. Live performances and shocking feats will stop locals and tourists in their tracks to stare in awe. The full day affair will also have games and arts activities for all ages.
Luminato at Sankofa Square features performances from Quebec’s Camion d’Intervention Artistique – CIART, a spectacular aerial circus show on a fire truck, and Brazil’s Mal Perdedor (Bad Loser), a hilarious clown show that integrates archery, opera, and circus arts.
The day will also host an epic performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 performed by The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Toronto Mendelssohn Choir livestreamed into Sankofa Square’s digital screens. By the final movement, choristers from across the city will flood Sankofa Square to sing the finale of Ode to Joy together.
Come to Luminato at Sankofa Square and witness the city transform into a space of exploration and play.
SCHEDULE
1:00 PM – Vendor Market
3:00 PM – Mal Perdedor (Bad Loser)
4:00 PM – Camion d’intevention Artistique – CIART
7:30 PM – Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Livestream from Roy Thomson Hall
8:15 PM – Ode to Joy
