The back story
Stratford: the festival town on the Avon
The Stratford Festival’s theatres and the swans of the Avon.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada · CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsStratford, west of Toronto, is a theatre town on the Avon River; the Stratford Festival brings, in its words, the world’s finest talents to its stages, and Destination Stratford calls it a town where “the arts are what we are”.
The festival
The Stratford Festival’s 2027 season is on sale on its official site.
The river
The Avon Trail runs along the river through the town (Destination Stratford).
Book a matinée and walk the Avon before the curtain.
Our advice: stay the night if you see an evening performance.
Why it's on our list
- The festival
- The river
Location
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