On Tuesday, October 4th at Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Heritage Toronto will celebrate outstanding contributions by individuals and community organizations, as well as industry professionals and associations, in promoting and conserving Torontos history and heritage landmarks. Hosting the Heritage Toronto Awards again this year is CBC Radios Mary Ito.

Toronto International Film Festival (©TIFF) Co-Director Cameron Bailey will present the William Kilbourn Memorial Lecture - "Toronto in Focus: A City of Festivals". The Lecture, which is held as part of the Heritage Toronto Awards, will discuss how the "Festival of Festivals" - the Toronto International Film Festival - has paved the way for a cultural boom of film and other festivals in this city over the past 30 years. Over this time "festival-going" has changed Toronto, a city that has gained a voracious appetite for culture.

To purchase tickets ($30 for Heritage Toronto Members, $40 general admission for the Awards and Lecture, or $110 for admittance to the exclusive pre-event Nominees' Reception and the Awards and Lecture), please contact the Royal Conservatory of Music box office at www.rcmusic.ca, 416-408-0208, or visit the box office at 273 Bloor Street West.

For more information, please visit www.heritagetoronto.org.