Toronto's free FIFA Fan Festival tickets sell out in two hours

We're almost a month away from Toronto welcoming the world for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and the hype around the tournament is gaining momentum in the city.

On Wednesday at 10 a.m., the City of Toronto released more than 343,000 free admission tickets for 22 days to the FIFA Fan Festival on Ticketmaster. By noon, they were gone.

Soccer fans were limited to purchasing a maximum of four general admission tickets per transaction, but even with that rule, the demand far exceeded the supply.

Tickets for Canada's opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina sold out within minutes, as did the passes for the World Cup final on July 19. Tickets for the rest of the games seemed to disappear from the site within the hour.

A screenshot of the remaining tickets for June 26 at the Toronto FIFA Fan Festival. This is a non-Canada game day, and general admission is still sold out. (Ticketmaster.com)

For those who missed out, three tiers of premium tickets are still available at the time of publication. Unlike the free passes, the premium passes include expedited entry lines, access to private lounges, upgraded washrooms, and enhanced viewing areas of the main stage and screen.

Those packages remain available on Ticketmaster for every day of the tournament, starting at $122.70 for the Garden Pavilion, and $358.70 for the Casamigos Clubhouse.

Three weeks ago, the free tickets to Toronto's FIFA Fan Festival nearly didn't happen.

The City of Toronto had planned to charge $10 for admission, but after some public outcry, Mayor Olivia Chow pushed to keep the event free, saying it should remain an accessible option for fans.

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The FIFA Fan Festival will feature 46 live match broadcasts over 22 days, along with concerts from more than 20 performers, including Alessia Cara, k-os, Shawn Desman, and Walk off the Earth.

The festival runs from June 11 to July 19 at Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway, located less than two kilometres from Toronto Stadium (BMO Field), where six World Cup matches will be played.

If you didn't manage to get your hands on one of the 343,000 tickets and aren't planning to spend this month's rent on match tickets, there will still be plenty of watch parties and World Cup-related events across the city, especially for those three Canada matches.