August 1st & 2nd, 2025
Returning for its 20 th edition, Mosaic festival is the longest running South Asian Festival of GTA. Join us for the special celebrations with A list artists from India and Pakistan , coming together to celebrate our joint heritage Culture and art. Festival is free and takes place on 1-2 August at the Celebration Square, Mississauga
The Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival MISAFF celebrated its 11th successful year. MISAFF is Canada's premier festival of new South Asian and select Middle Eastern cinema. Updates on all MISAFF activities are available on the website at www.misaff.com
Rock the Coliseum is back at Celebration Square Mississauga with a 20th anniversary year with exciting line up slated for 2025 . Check the website for the updates. www.rockthecoliseum.net
Mosaic Rising Star has become a popular attraction for aspiring musical artists. Due to the public interest, the event is now recorded and released in episodes, providing the artists an opportunity to add to their portfolio a professionally recorded video. The in studio auditions will take place on May 31 ,2025 at the RBC theatre Living Arts Centre Mississauga. Call for submissions will start from April 15, Finals will take place on Sat, 2nd August at the Celebration square and the winner gets an opportunity to perform with the headliner later in the evening.
Mosaic Soundz is an in-studio production of world music presented by CCAI. Mosaic Soundz brings together musicians and genres from diverse backgrounds. This cultural collaboration creates exciting new music showcasing ingenuity in the Canadian musical landscape.
Visit www.mosaicsoundz.com for more info.
The Canadian Community Arts Initiative CCAI presents visual art, literary art, dance, theatre, film and music for the enjoyment and education of the community. CCAI regularly collaborates with artists and organisations to support artistic activities in and around Mississauga and the GTA. For more information visit www.communityart.ca
Jan 19, 2025: Book launch for Sarmad sehbai ,edited by M.G Vassanji, published by Mawenzi House Publishers
March 25-28, 2025: Special screening for "Stealing Vows" by local film maker, Bobby Singh Brown, Living Arts Centre
April 15, 2025: Audition Call for Mosaic Rising Star, singing Competition
April 25, 2025: Annual General Body Meeting CCAI , Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
May 09, 2025: Book Launch and Author Talk with William Dalrymple, Living Arts Centre
May 31, 2025: Auditions for the finalists Rising Star, Living Arts centre , Mississauga
July 14, 2025: Canada: Our adopted land painting exhibition
July, Aug, Sep, 2025: Outdoor Visual Arts Exhibition "Landmark Mississauga" Central Park Location , Mississauga
Aug 1 & 2, 2025: Mosaic South Asian Festival 2024, Presented by TD Ready Commitment, Celebration Square Mississauga
Aug 1 & 2, 2025: Rock The Coliseum, Indie Music Festival of Mississauga , Presented by TD Ready Commitment, Celebration Square Mississauga
Sep 09, 2025: Presenting MISAFF South Asian Industry Event at TIFF
TBD 2025: Mosaic Soundz Season 2
TBD 2025: Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2024
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Canada Dhol Tassa
Music
6:00pm - 6:30pm
Dance
Performance
6:30pm - 8pm
Shahid Ali Khan Qawwal
Performance
8:30pm - 10:30pm
Deep Jandu
Headliner
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Jadoo Entertainment
Dance Performance
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Rising Star Singing competition
Final Round"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Saatwika Dance Academy
Al-Asala Dabke Group
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Rabbi Shergill
8:30pm - 10:30pm
Qurat-ul-ain-Balouch
Headliner
10:30pm - 11pm
Bollywood Dance School Canada
Dance Performance
Welcome to 19th annual Mosaic Festival of Mississauga presented by TD Ready Commitment. This year we are also celebrating 50 years of the city of Mississauga.
An outdoor visual arts exhibition by 23 local artists entitled, "Landmark Mississauga" is exhibited in the local park for duration of 2 months. A SNAP grant from Mississauga Arts Council has facilitated this exhibition.
CCAI is proud producers of Mosaic Festival and is grateful to its funders, Sponsors and volunteers for their support.
Mosaic offers different levels of Sponsorship opportunities to cater for the needs of small, medium and large corporations, and those include Title, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Community Partner levels. TD Ready Commitment has taken the Mosaic 2024 Title Sponsorship and the naming rights. Other Title sponsors in the past have included TELUS, RBC and No Frills.
Please contact Arshad Mahmood at 416-388-9596 or email at info@communityart.ca for sponsorship inquiries.