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With its lakeside setting in Ontario Place (see Ontario Place), this is a great place to take in a summer concert. There’s seating for 9,000 under the copper canopy, plus space for 7,000 on the grass. Top performers often mean sold-out shows.

The concert hall’s innovative design ensures that everyone in the audience is within 100 ft (30 m) of the stage (see Roy Thomson Hall). It is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (which performs September to June) and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and also hosts many guest artists.

This venerable Toronto venue presents theater, dance, and music, along with lectures on subjects of topical interest, in its two intimate spaces. The Canadian Stage Theatre Company is based in the larger Bluma Appel Theatre, while Jane Mallet Theatre features recitals and performances by groups such as the Toronto Operetta Theatre Company.

It was here that famed dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union in 1979. The now refurbished theater mounts shows by the Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet of Canada, and others.

When hockey’s Maple Leafs and basketball’s Raptors are not filling the seats with Toronto fans, the arena hosts big-name musical acts (see Air Canada Centre).

This mega-stadium’s retractable roof allows games to be played whatever the weather. The arena seats almost 52,000 sports fans, who turn out to see the Blue Jays play baseball or the Argonauts play football on home turf, and holds up to 70,000 concert-goers (see SkyDome).

These two theaters have been restored to their original splendor. Opened in 1913 as a double-decker venue – the Winter Garden seven stories above the Elgin – they host concerts, operas, and hit Broadway musicals (see Elgin Theatre, Winter Garden Theatre).

This grand dame of entertainment venues, opened in 1894, was the first dedicated music hall in Toronto with the stage space to accommodate large musical groups. Its 2,700 seats and superb acoustics provide a surprisingly intimate setting for jazz, blues, and folk shows; the Art Deco interior provides all the distraction you’ll need at intermission.

This 1,036-seat concert hall hosts international performers along with local favorites the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra and the Amadeus Choir.

CBC, Canada’s national broadcaster, records for-radio musical performances, from classical to jazz, in this small studio named after the famous concert pianist.