Luminato

Founded in 2007 by David Pecaut and Tony Gagliano, Luminato was conceived to shine a spotlight on Toronto as a culturally vibrant and globally connected city rich in creativity. Read more about Luminato here.

Problem Addressed

As Toronto grew and developed, it needed to find its place on the global stage.

Solutions Implemented

Luminato has become one of the preeminent international arts festivals in North America.

It’s an international arts festival dedicated to performance, media, and visual arts.

It provides artistic programming that cuts across traditional art-form boundaries.

Key Results

performances in the first decade.

artists in the first decade.

countries in the first decade.

Real stories. Real impact.

Luminato began as a dream that each year Toronto would invite the world to join us in celebrating creativity. A dream where the best artists in the world and the best artists in Canada fill the stage that is Toronto with new and wonderful creations. Today that dream has become the reality of a boisterous festival sprawling all over the city with music, theatre, dance, visual arts, literature, film, and celebrations of all kinds.