| Iteration | Dates | Highlights |
| 13th | June 7–23, 2019 | |
| 12th | June 6–24, 2018 |
- International Human Rights Lawyer and Activist Amal Clooney made her first visit to Toronto for an evening of conversation with her father-in-law, veteran journalist, Nick Clooney. The sold-out event, Amal Clooney in Conversation with Nick Clooney was co-presented by Luminato and the Economic Club of Canada. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau gave opening remarks.
- Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds plays a sold-out show at Elgin Theatre
- Hundred of Torontonians from all walks of life took over Nathan Philips Square to perform Le Grand Continental®
- World premiere of the original Luminato commission Dreaming of Lions choreographed by Osnel Delgado and performed by Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company
- Luminato launches Illuminating works, a program that gives presenters from Canada and around the world a chance to see work by a varied and exciting line-up of Canadian artist and companies programmed by the festival. In its first year, 25 Artistic Directors and collaborators from 17 cities around the world attended Illuminating works.
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| 11th | June 14–25, 2017 | Artistic Director Josephine Ridge programs her first festival, bringing The Famous Spiegeltent toToronto for the first time and using it as a 'festival hub' Luminato presents 3 world, 2 North American and 5 Canadian premieres Three Luminato 2017 presentations are nominated for Dora Mavor Moore Awards, two win: * WINNER: Until the Lions, an Akram Khan Production - Best Production - Dance Division * WINNER: En avant, marche!, an NTGents, and les Ballets C de la B production in collaboration with VLAMO - Outstanding Touring Production* Bearing, a Signal Theatre Production - Outstanding Touring Production |
| 10th | June 10–19, 2016 | Luminato takes over Toronto's decommissioned Hearn Generating Station as the main festival venue The National Theatre of Scotland's trilogy The James Plays Unsound Toronto returns to the Hearn Rimini Protokoll's award winning Situation Rooms monumental from Holy Body Tattoo and Godspeed You! Black Emperor Rufus Wainwright recreates Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall show Choir! Choir! Choir! and Rufus Wainwright perform Hallelujah: the recording has 5.5 million view on YouTube |
| 9th | June 19–28, 2015 | Ontario premiere of Mariano Pensotti's El pasado es un animal grotesco Canadian premiere of Unsound Festival, an electronic music event World premiere of Contemporary Color, a pep rally pop music mashup conceived by David Byrne Canadian premiere of Malpaso Dance Company from Cuba World premiere of Blast Theory's My One Demand, an interactive film R. Murray Schafer's Apocalypsis, performed in full for the first time since its world premiere in 1980 |
| 8th | June 6–15, 2014 | Toronto premiere of choreographer Pina Bausch's dance piece Kontakthof Canadian premiere of groundbreaking contemporary artist Matthew Barney's River of Fundament World Premiere of, a show conceived and directed by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright was also a Toronto WorldPride Major Partner Event, marking Luminato Festival's reputation for collaboration with other significant cultural celebrations and Festivals across the city. |
| 7th | June 14–23, 2013 | North American premiere of The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, a biography of the "godmother of performance art," Marina Abramović, re-imagined by director Robert Wilson, at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Bluma Appel Theatre. |
| 6th | June 8–17, 2012 | 14 commissioned and co-commissioned new works, eight premieres, and over 270 events at 25 theatres, museums, parks and public spaces throughout Toronto 1093 participating artists, representing 20 different countries, including six Canadian provinces. |
| 5th | June 10–19, 2011 | 400 mostly free events at 29 venues across Toronto Almost 1 million Festival-goers 750 Canadian and international artists from 28 countries |
| 4th | June 11–20, 2010 | Nine new commissioned and co-commissioned works North American premiere of Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna World premiere of Volcano Theatre's The Africa Trilogy Five world premieres, four North American premieres, and one Canadian premiere North American debut of Syria's acclaimed dance company, Enana Dance Theatre 36 venues across the city, featuring artists representing 30 countries |
| 3rd | June 5–14, 2009 | Randy Bachman at Yonge-Dundas Square as part of the Luminato First Night event Performances by Goran Bregovic, a Brazilian Guitar Marathon and a tribute to Neil Young featuring the Cowboy Junkies; Holly Cole; Danny Michel; Steven Page; Carole Pope; Bill Frisell Trio; Issa ; Colin Linden; Stevie Jackson ; Harry Manx; Jason Collett; Sarah Slean and musical director Kevin Breit North American Premiere of Robert Lepage's nine-hour epic Lipsynch, which weaves together the stories of nine interconnected lives over the span of 70 years Canadian premiere of author Neil Gaiman's latest novel, The Graveyard Book at the Jane Mallett Theatre, moderated by Mark Askwith RedBall Project by artist Kurt Perschke. The 15-foot inflatable ball was placed in a new location each day of the festival. |
| 2nd | June 6–15, 2008 | 1,400 local artists, 40 international arts managers and producers Attendance at ticketed events rose 11% from the first year's attendance numbers. Four world premiere events, and seven Canadian premiere events celebrating diversity and artBlack Watch, The National Theatre of Scotland's theatrical piece by playwright Gregory Burke Director Tim Supple's international version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream presented by a company of 23 Indian and Sri Lankan dancers, street acrobats, martial arts experts, musicians and actors, performed in seven languages; English, Tamil, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Sanskrit. The Daily Mail described it as "Ravishing and enchanting. Supple's all-Indian production is a Dream as you've never seen it."Mikel Rouse's epic opera trilogy for the first time in repertory. The multi-media musical trilogy includes The End of Cinematics, a live video collage. In high contrast are Rouse's solo show Failing Kansas, a multi-media opera directly inspired by Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and his talk show opera, Dennis Cleveland, a fusion of pop, rock and rhythmic structures. |
| 1st | June 1–10, 2007 | 1,300 local and 214 international artists, over 30 venues across the downtown Toronto core. Over 1,035,000 attendees 10 world premiere events, including 6 commissioned or co-commissioned works: Book of Longing, VIDA!, Norman, Not the Messiah, Pulse Front, and Auroras/Testimony.Book of Longing, a music theatre piece using Leonard Cohen's poetry set to music by Philip GlassNot the Messiah , the comedic oratorio commissioned by Luminato, and written by Eric Idle & collaborator John Du PrezPulse Front: Relational Architecture 12, a light installation produced by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer situated at Toronto's harbourfront. The installation was dependent on audience participation, with 20 onsite handlebars linked to computers that transmitted the heart beats of those who touched them to one of 20 searchlights streaming above Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. |
