‘Funding restraints’ force Toronto Oktoberfest organizers to cancel 2025 event
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The notice was posted on its website, and organizers said the event – which began in 2012 as a nod to the famous festival in Munich, Germany – will be back next year.
Organizers of Toronto Oktoberfest say they’re cancelling their event for 2025 due to “current funding restraints.”
The notice was posted on the event’s website, and organizers said the event – which began in 2012 as a nod to the famous festival in Munich, Germany – will be back next year.
“Due to current funding restraints, we have made the difficult decision to pause Toronto Oktoberfest for 2025 while we focus on building an even better festival experience for the future,” they wrote.
“Mark your calendars—we will definitely be back in 2026!”
They did not elaborate on what the funding restraints were.
Last year’s Oktoberfest unfolded over two days in late September at the Downsview Airport Lands.
Oktoberfest isn’t the only festival to experience trouble recently; the Taste of the Danforth was cancelled for a second year in a row this month.
Over the past few years, several festival organizers have cited the rising costs of insurance and security, for example, as barriers to hosting events. Last fall, organizers of the Toronto Santa Claus parade said the 121-year-old tradition may not happen this year unless they raised $250,000 to cover rising costs.
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