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Caribana Festival

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:21:39 +0000

Caribana Parade
Saturday before Civic Day
Starts at Exhibition Place
Moves West on Lakeshore
416-391-5608

Caribana is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer. The event attracts hundreds of thousands of tourist from the US and around the world. The carnival has been billed as North America?s largest street festival, frequented by over 1.3 million visitors each year for the festival’s final parade.

The annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) Festival which has been running annually since 1967, blazes with the excitement of calypso, steel pan, elaborate masquerade costumes, carnival traditions and music of many Caribbean nations including in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Brazil, Barbados, Guyana and all West Indian nations. If you love soca, calypso or reggae music then Caribana is where you need to be!

While Caribana runs for two weeks, the highlight of the Caribana event is the final weekend where everybody comes together in the street Parade of Bands. During the parade thousands of brilliantly costumed masqueraders and dozens of trucks carrying live artists playing pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Hip Hop, Chutney, Steel Pan, Brass Bands and Salsa jam the 1.5 km parade route all day, to the delight of hundreds of thousands of onlookers.

The final parade usually coincides with the Civic holiday weekend in Ontario, which falls on the first monday of August. The Caribana events are planned months in advance while the costumes and bad displays are elaborate and delicately designed for movement.

Like other Caribbean carnival events, Caribana attracts spectators, celebrities, musicians, and “Mas” players from all over the world including North America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Caribana Parade Hours

Location: Exhibition Place (Lake Shore Blvd)
Date: The Saturday of Civic day weekend
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

This showcase event features an incredible display of colour, pageantry and a variety of music, commencing at Exhibition Place and proceeding west along Lake Shore Boulevard. Live Caribbean music being played from large speakers on the flat-bed of 18 wheeler trucks, keeps parade participants and spectators moving. Exhibition Place and Lake Shore Boulevard will come alive with the sights and sounds of Carnival!

Directions and Map to Caribana Parade

The Parade begins at Exhibition Place and moves west along Lakeshore Boulevard.

By Car

From the East: Take Highway 401 into Toronto and exit onto the Don Valley Parkway Southbound. As you approach Downtown, this will turn into the Gardiner Expressway. Take the Gardiner Expressway west to Spadina / Lake Shore Boulevard cutoff and follow the signs for Lakeshore Boulevard, Take Lake Shore Boulevard to the Princes? Gates (just west of Strachan Avenue) to enter Exhibition Place.

From South or West: Follow the QEW into Toronto, where it turns into the Gardiner Expressway . Take the Gardiner Expressway east to Lake Shore Boulevard/Jameson Avenue. Stay on Lakeshore Blvd. east There are three entrance points (at the traffic lights) to Exhibition Place from Lake Shore Boulevard ? British Columbia Drive, Ontario Drive and Newfoundland Drive.

From the North: Take Highway 400 into Toronto, exiting onto Highway 401 West. Continue until you reach Highway 427 southbound. Follow Highway 427 to downtown via the QEW/Gardiner Expressway. Follow the QEW into Toronto, where it turns into the Gardiner Expressway . Take the Gardiner Expressway east to Lake Shore Boulevard/Jameson Avenue. Stay on Lakeshore Blvd. east There are three entrance points (at the traffic lights) to Exhibition Place from Lake Shore Boulevard ? British Columbia Drive, Ontario Drive and Newfoundland Drive.

By Public Transit

29 Dufferin Bus -Take the Bloor subway to Dufferin Station, board the #29 bus south to Exhibition Place.

511 Bathurst Streetcar ? Take the Bloor subway to Bathurst Station, board the #511 streetcar south to Exhibition Place. There are two streetcar stops at Exhibition Place, at Strachan Avenue, and adjacent to the Horse Palace/GO Station.

509 Harbourfront Streetcar ? Take the Yonge-University subway to Union Station and proceed to the Queens Quay platform. Board the #509 streetcar west to Exhibition Place. There are two streetcar stops at Exhibition Place, at Strachan Avenue, and adjacent to the Horse Palace/GO Station.

For more information, visit the TTC at ttc.ca or call 416-393-4636

Map of Caribana Location

Video of Caribana

Contact Caribana Festival

Email: info at caribanafestival.com
Phone: 416-391-5608

Toronto International Film Festival

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:10:15 +0000

Toronto Film Festival – TIFF Yearly First Thursday of Sept
1-877-968-FILM
416-968-FILM

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, and is held annually starting the first Thursday in September. The Festival lasts for 10 days and screens between 300-400 films at approximately 23 screens in Toronto?s downtown core.

Founded in 1976, the premiere North American film festival attracts over 300,000 people each year from the general public to industry audiences and celebrities. The festival is based around the Yorkville neighborhood, an upscale area in the downtown Toronto core. The festival is known for the buzz it brings to Yorkville as media and cameras cover the red carpets hype, fashion and stars.

Toronto International Film Festival plays a variety of films including mainstream Hollywood, foreign and independently made films. Several films start their Oscars buzz campaign from TIFF.

TIFF Hours

The film festival runs for 10 days starting on the Thursday night after Canadian Labour day, which is the first Monday of September. Movies run throughout each day with the latest movie starting at midnight.

Toronto International Film Festival Prices

There are several different ticket packages you can buy for the Toronto Film Festival. Among the most popular packages is the 10 Ticket Package which is priced at $160.00. Visit TIFF?s website for more information on packages. Single ticket prices are as follows;

Regular Public Screenings:
Adult: $19.87,
Student/Senior: $17.17 (same day only, in person only)

Premium Public Screenings:
Adult: $38.50,
Student/Senior: $19.13 (same day only, in person only)

Children?s Tickets (Sprockets Family Zone programming only ? 12 years of age and under) $12.79

Tickets can be purchased online at tiff.net/thefestival, by phone 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or in-person at the Festival Box Office at Nathan Phillips Square

Toronto International Film Festival Maps and Locations

Alliance Atlantis Cumberland Cinemas
159 Cumberland Avenue

AMC Yonge-Dundas 24
10 Dundas Street East, Fourth Floor

Canadian Music Café
Club 279 Hard Rock Café, 279 Yonge Street

Cineplex Odeon Varsity Cinemas
Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West, 2nd Floor

Isabel Bader Theatre
Victoria College, 93 Charles Street West

Jackman Hall
Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West

Metro Hall Square
West of Roy Thompson Hall off King Street West

Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe Street

Ryerson Theatre
Ryerson University, 43 Gerrard Street East

Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond Street West

Sutton Place Hotel
955 Bay Street

Visa Screening Room
Elgin Theatre
189 Yonge Street

The Winter Garden Theatre
189 Yonge Street

Yonge-Dundas Square
1 Dundas Street East
Hospitality Partners

Festival Box Office at Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe Street

Festival Box Office at Nathan Phillips Square
100 Queen Street West (Located in the white tent, west of the square)

Toronto Film Festival Video

Contact TIFF

Email: customerrelations at tiff.net
For Tickets: 416-968-FILM | 1-877-968-FILM

Taste of the Danforth

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:48:02 +0000

Festival Type: Street
When: Annually Mid August
Location: Jones & Danforth
End: Broadview & Danforth
416-469-5634

The Taste of the Danforth is held every year in the month of August and is one of Canada’s largest street festival welcoming over 1 million people. Toronto’s favourite street festival is a weekend event that runs for 3 days and celebrates the fun and flavours of Greece.

The Greater Toronto Area lays claim to more than 200,000 residents of Greek ancestry, the third largest Hellenic community outside of Greece. The Taste of the Danforth festival is in the heart of Toronto’s GreekTown, and attracts hungry mouths from all over the world for this renowned street festival. They come for the food, the entertainment, the atmosphere, and to be Greek for the weekend!

While the festival is running, Danforth Avenue between Broadview and Jones is closed to traffic, where over 15 blocks and over 2.5km of food, fun, entertainment and unique experiences are offered. Thousands of people walk the streets of Greektown where several restaurants setup cooking stations and patios outside. The Taste of the Danforth offers quality food at cheap prices, musical performances, dancers and several other forms of fun and entertainment while you walk up and down the streets enjoying the summer weather.

The Taste of the Danforth was modeled after Chicago’s street festival, The Taste of Chicago. The festival first started in 1994 where it drew an attendance of 5000 people. In 1995, the festival jumped to 100,000 attendees and by 1996 the Taste of the Danforth was so large that the Danforth street had to officially close for the festival to accommodate over 500,000 visitors!

About Greektown

GreekTown is located roughly between Chester and Jones Ave on Danforth Ave. Over 450 businesses are situated in this area and each contributes financially to the promotion and beautification of the community.

In the early 1970’s, Canada welcomed thousands of Greek citizens. Many members of the community made their way to the Danforth. GreekTown on the Danforth is the largest Hellenic business community in North America and indeed is the third largest in the world after Greece and Melbourne, Australia. In 1994, the Taste of the Danforth was created making it the largest Greek festival in the world outside of Greece.

Hours of the Festival

Friday: Starts at 6pm
Saturday: Starts at 11am
Sunday: Starts at 11am

The festival goes on until restaurants close or everybody goes home!

Directions and Map to the Taste of the Danforth

By Car

Greektown on Danforth is a few minutes east of the Don Valley Parkway, also called the DVP, which connects with the QEW Gardiner Expressway to the south and the 401 highway to the north. Once on the Don Valley Parkway, take the Bayview/Bloor exit, follow the signs for Bloor Street/Danforth Avenue and then travel eastbound.

By Public Transit – TTC

The Taste of the Danforth takes place along Danforth Avenue which is conveniently located on the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC’s) Bloor-Danforth Subway line. The event can be accessed through any of our four subway stations, Broadview, Chester, Pape and Donlands.

Please call (416)393-INFO(4636) for Schedule and fare information.

By Go Transit or Train

Union Station is the central hub of the GO system as well as VIA Rail Train System and from here you can hop on the TTC to get to the Taste of the Danforth easily by subway.

Parking

During the frestival Danforth Avenue (from Broadview to Jones Avenues) is closed to all vehicular traffic making parking more of a challenge.

There are a number of municipal public parking lots (all with Handicapped parking spaces) located within one block north and south of Danforth Avenue (Specific parking lot locations are shown on the area map.)

Parking on residential side streets during the Taste of the Danforth is extremely limited and illegally parked vehicles are vigilantly tagged and towed away.

Taking public transit is the easiest and stress free way to the festival.

Map of Taste of the Danforth

Taste of the Danforth Video

Contact the Taste of the Danforth

E-mail: info at tasteofthedanforth.com
Phone: (416) 469-5634
Fax: (416) 469-8200

Beer Festival

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:35:41 +0000

Exhibition Place
200 Princes’ Blvd.
416 960-8499
Price: $40-50
When: Every August
Age: 19+

The Toronto Beer Festival is a celebration of Canada’s rich brewing history, hosted by experts of the brewing craft from around the country. The festival hosts major and microbreweries from Canada and abroad featuring more than 200 brands of beer on-site, this is Canada’s premier celebration of the golden beverage. This festival is also known as Beerlicious or Beerfest.

Beerfest is held annually in August and usually falls on the same weekend as the Taste of the Danforth street festival. This event used to be held on the historic Fort York grounds however the festival is now located at the Exhibition grounds in Bandshell Park.

You need a ticket to enter the beer festival which runs the entire weekend. Tickets are $40, which includes entrance and 5 beer tokens to start you off. Extra tokens are $1 each, with one token getting you 4 oz of any beer of your choice. Tickets may be purchased online or at any beer store.

Beyond all the beer guzzling, the Toronto Beer Festival also hosts several music bands every year. Another fun activity is down by the Steamwhistle tents where you can get a box made into a hat depicting anything from a plane to a Mohawk.

The first Toronto Beer festival was held in 1995, and since then its popularity has grown significantly attracting people from all over southern Ontario. If you plan on attending the Beer Festival it is recommended to purchase a ticket in advance as the festival could have limited tickets closer to the event date.

Beer Festival Prices

Ticket Prices are $40 – $50
Extra Tokens are $1 each

The skinny: You need to buy a $40 ticket to enter the Beer Festival. This ticket allows you entrance into the festival where you will be given a cup to keep throughout the day. You will also be given 5 beer tokens which will allow you to drink from any beer stand. The cost of a full cup is 2 tokens and the cost of half a cup is 1 token.

Tip: Your tokens will last longer if you only get a ?half? cup. If you really like a beer, you are better off getting 2 half cups then 1 ?full? cup. From our experiences this results in more beer!

Hours of the Event

Thursday: 4pm – 10pm
Friday: 4pm – 10pm
Saturday: 1pm – 7pm
Sunday: 1pm – 7pm

Directions and Map to the Beer Festival

By Car

We don’t recommend you drive to the Beer Festival however if you are not a heavy drinker then here is how you get to Exhibition place;

From East: Take the Gardiner Expressway west to Spadina / Lake Shore Boulevard cutoff and follow the signs for Lakeshore Boulevard. Take Lake Shore Boulevard to the Princes’ Gates (just west of Strachan Avenue).

From West: Take the Gardiner Expressway east to Lake Shore Boulevard/Jameson Avenue. Stay on Lakeshore Blvd. east There are three entrance points (at the traffic lights) to Exhibition Place from Lake Shore Boulevard – British Columbia Drive, Ontario Drive and Newfoundland Drive.

By Public Transit

29 Dufferin Bus -Take the Bloor subway to Dufferin Station, board the #29 bus south to Exhibition Place.

511 Bathurst Streetcar – Take the Bloor subway to Bathurst Station, board the #511 streetcar south to Exhibition Place. There are two streetcar stops at Exhibition Place, at Strachan Avenue, and adjacent to the Horse Palace/GO Station.

509 Harbourfront Streetcar – Take the Yonge-University subway to Union Station and proceed to the Queens Quay platform. Board the #509 streetcar west to Exhibition Place. There are two streetcar stops at Exhibition Place, at Strachan Avenue, and adjacent to the Horse Palace/GO Station.

For more information, visit the TTC at ttc.ca or call 416-393-4636

By GO Train

From East: Take the Lakeshore West line and exit at Exhibition

From West: Take the Lakeshore East line and exit at Exhibition

For more information, visit the GO Transit at gotransit.ca or call 416-869-3200

Map of Beer Festival Location

Video of Beer Festival

Contact Beer Festival

Email: info at beerlicious.ca
Phone: 416-960-8499

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:43:01 +0000

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Length: All night for 1 night
Festival Type: Art

The Scotiabank Nuit Blanche event is an annual all night arts festival that is held in early October. For one night, the familiar will be discarded as the city becomes the artistic playground for a series of exhilarating contemporary art experiences.

Highlights of the Nuit Blanche all night festival are museums, private and public art galleries, and other cultural institutions open and free of charge, with the city of Toronto itself being turned into a de facto art gallery, providing space for art installations, performances (music, film, dance, performance art), themed social gatherings, and other activities.

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche was a uniquely Toronto adaptation of the highly successful Paris event first created by the City of Paris in 2002. Paris organizers contacted the City of Toronto’s Special Events office with an invitation to join the ranks of approximately six other international cities producing similar all-night events. The international success of Nuit Blanche continues to build each year, with celebrations being held in more and more cities.

Event Date and Hours

Starts from sunset at 6:55 pm
Ends 12 hours later at Sunrise the very next day

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is traditionally run for 1 night only sometime in late September or Early October.

Directions and Map to Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

The Scotiabank Nuit Blanche festival celebrates art exhibits all over downtown Toronto. Be sure to take some time to plan your route in advance. Avoid driving downtown and take advantage of these easy and affordable ways to get to and through the event.

On Foot

Several exhibition projects are close and walkable so you can see more in less time. To reduce congestion and provide more space for pedestrians, road closures are common.

By Bike

Cycling is a great way to see as many projects across the city as possible.

By Public Transit

The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) is the quick and convenient way to get around the city 24 hours a day. Here are a few pointers to help you get to and from the 3 event Zones.

All-night service

Normally the Subway / Rapid Transit runs on Saturday nights until approximately 1:30 am, and Sunday service starts again at approximately 9:00 am. Specifically for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche the TTC offers all-night service to a portion of the subway line.

The Bloor-Danforth subway runs all night from Keele to Woodbine and the Yonge-University subway runs all night from St Clair West to Eglinton.

The 509 Harbourfront Streetcar is extended overnight to shuttle audiences directly to and from Union Station (Zone B) and Liberty Village (Zone C) in the city’s west end.

In addition to the regular all-night Blue Night Network service, increased all-night service is usually offered on:

300 BLOOR-DANFORTH all-night bus route to Kipling, Warden and Kennedy commuter parking lots.

320 YONGE all-night bus route to the Finch parking lot.

SPADINA SUBWAY shuttle bus from St Clair West Station to Yorkdale, Wilson and Downsview lots.

Recommended Routes between Zones

Most projects in Zones A & B are accessible by the Yonge-University subway.

Use the 509 Harbourfront Streetcar to shuttle between Zone C and Zone B.

All Night Day Pass

The Scotiabank Nuit Blanche TTC Day Pass allows a single customer or a family/group of customers (up to 6 people, maximum 2 adults and 4 children/youths, 19 years of age or under) to pay one low price for unlimited travel on all regular TTC service. For Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, the TTC Day Pass is valid from the start of service on Saturday, October 3, until 9 am on Sunday, October 4. Day Passes are available at all subway stations starting September 8, at a cost of $9.

Parking

In Zone C park at Exhibition Place. From there you can walk to Zone C, or ride the Harbourfront Streetcar Rapid Transit to Union Station where you can easily get to Zone B or A.

Look for Green P pay parking lot locations near any of the all-night subway stations.

If you park at a TTC Commuter Parking lot beyond the all-night stations, after 1:30am you’ll need to transfer to the TTC’s shuttle buses to get back to your car.

Video of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

Contact Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

General email: scotiabanknuitblanche at toronto.ca
Artist and programming partner inquiries: scotiabanknuitblanche at toronto.ca
Sponsorship opportunities: spevspon at toronto.ca
Volunteer opportunities: spevvol at toronto.ca

The Cavalcade of Lights

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:26:46 +0000

Cavalcade of Lights
Nathan Phillips Square
100 Queen Street West
When: Late Nov – Dec
416-338-0338

The Cavalcade of Lights was created in 1967 to showcase Toronto’s newly constructed City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. The festival is a month long holiday celebration that traditionally falls on the final weekend of November to kick-off the holiday season and runs through to December.

When the event was first introduced, it was only a one day gathering. Since 2002, the Cavalcade of Lights has turned into a month long festival starting with the official illumination of the Square and giant Christmas tree with over 300,000 festive lights!

Along with the lightning of Toronto?s official Christmas tree, the Cavalcade of Lights festival also offers, fireworks, live musical performances and Saturday night skating parties to live music at Nathan Phillips Square’s famous outdoor rink.

Beyond Nathan Phillips Square, the Cavalcade of Lights festival spans city wide, illuminating neighbourhoods and tourist attractions across Toronto.

Cavalcade of Lights Hours

Starting from the final weekend of November to and through to December, the festivals peak hours are Saturdays at 7:00pm when all the live musical performance, fireworks and skating parties start.

Directions and Map to the Cavalcade of Lights

By Car

From the Don Valley Parkway (DVP): Head south on the DVP, take the Richmond St exit, merge onto Eastern Ave and make a slight right keeping to Richmond St. Make a right on Power St and a left on Queen St. Nathan Phillips Square will be on your right hand side once you pass Yonge St.

From QEW / Gardiner Expressway: Head East on QEW which turns into the Gardiner Expy, Take the Spadina Ave exit, Turn left at Spadina Ave, Turn right at Queen St W, Nathan Phillips Square will be on your left hand side once you pass York St and just before Bay St.

By Public Transit

Nathan Phillips Square is located just west of Queen Subway Station. Take the Yonge (Yellow line) to Queen Station.

Map of Cavalcade of Lights Location

Video of Cavalcade of Lights

Contact Cavalcade of Lights

Email: accesstoronto at toronto.ca
Tel: 416-338-0338

Winterlicious

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:09:08 +0000

Winterlicious
First 2 Weeks of Feb
Festival Type: Food

Winterlicious is a food festival that runs during the first 2 weeks of February. The festival goes on throughout the city at participating restaurants. Some of Toronto’s top restaurants offer prix fixe menus with starters, entrées and desserts. The prices during the Winterlicious food festival range from $15, $20 or $30 for lunch and $25, $35 or $45 for dinner, with drinks and gratuity being extra.

This food festival promotion originally began in 2003 with 35 participating restaurants. The event was created to boost restaurant business in Toronto during a typically slow time of year. Winterlicious also helped Toronto recover from the tourism decline in 2003 that occurred from the SARS outbreak.

Summerlicious is a similar event that runs during the summer days of July. Both events have grown rapidly since they were first introduced in 2003. By 2009, Winterlicious had 150 participating restaurants.

The special events department of Toronto runs Winterlicious and selects which restaurants are allowed to participate. There are several standards each restaurant must meet if they are to be considered as part of the festival. Some of the requirements are certain pricing keeping with festival standards, a clean health inspection record, and good reviews from prominent Toronto restaurant review guides. Restaurant chains are normally only allowed to submit one location for consideration.

Winterlicious Prices

Participating Toronto?s restaurants offer three-course prix fixe menus at one of three price point categories:

$15 Lunch and/or $25 Dinner

$20 Lunch and/or $35 Dinner

$25 Lunch and/or $45 Dinner

Winterlicious Restaurant Locations

This winter food festival is held at various participating restaurants all over the city of Toronto. For a list of participating restaurants, visit Winterlicious?s official website

Winterlicious / WinterCity Video

Summerlicious

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:51:39 +0000

Summerlicious
First 2 Weeks of July
Festival Type: Food

Summerlicious is a food festival that runs during the first 2 weeks of July. During the event top Toronto restaurants offer prix fixe menus with starters, entrées and desserts. The prices during the food festival range from $15, $20 or $30 for lunch and $25, $35 or $45 for dinner, with drinks and gratuity being extra.

The Summerlicious food festival promotion originally began in 2003 in order to boost restaurant business in Toronto during one of the slowest times of year for restaurants, early July.

Winterlicious is a similar event that runs during the winter days of early February. Both events have grown rapidly since they were first introduced in 2003. By 2009, both festivals had approximately 150 participating restaurants.

The special events department of Toronto runs Summerlicious and selects which restaurants are allowed to participate. There are several standards each restaurant must meet if they are to be considered as part of the festival. Some of the requirements are certain pricing keeping with festival standards, a clean health inspection record, and good reviews from prominent Toronto restaurant review guides.

Summerlicious Prices

Participating Toronto?s restaurants offer three-course prix fixe menus at one of three price point categories:

$15, $20 or $30 lunch menus

$25, $35 or $45 dinner menus

Summerlicious Restaurant Locations

This summer food festival is held at various participating restaurants all over the city of Toronto. For a list of participating restaurants, visit Summerlicious?s official website.

Summerlicious Video

WinterCity

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:45:04 +0000

Wintercity
When: Late Jan – Feb
Length: 14 days

Toronto’s WinterCity Festival is a 14-day city-wide celebration of Toronto?s culture, creativity and cuisine. The festival first started in 2003 and is a combination of 3 festivals, the WOW series, The Warm up and Winterlicious.

The WOW Series is a free series that takes places outdoors at Nathan Phillips Square featuring spectacular performances from around the globe geared towards families.

The Warm Up Series takes place at indoor venues across downtown Toronto featuring multi-media events and performances geared towards both family and mature audiences.

Winterlicious is a very popular restaurant promotion including over 150 Toronto participants. It also includes unique culinary events featuring demonstrations and market tours.

The city of Toronto has a long history of celebrating winter. The Wintercity festivals start in Late January and run into mid February.

Location of Wintercity Festival

The WOW series is located at Nathan Philips Sqaure

The Warm Up Series is located at various Toronto Attractions

Winterlicious is located at participating Toronto Restaurants

Video of Wintercity Festival

Sunday Serenades

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:10:45 +0000

Sunday Serenades
Festival Type: Music
Mel Lastman Square
5100 Yonge St
North York, ON M2N 5V7

Sunday Serenades is a weekly concert series that runs annually at Mel Lastman Square bringing the smooth sounds of the city’s best swing, big band and jazz acts to Toronto’s warm summer evenings. This event runs on every Sunday from mid July to late August.

Event Dates and Hours

Sunday Serenades starts in the middle of July and runs until late August. Concert dates are every Sunday from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

Directions and Map to Sunday Serenades

Mel Lastman Square is located at 5100 Yonge St (two blocks north of Sheppard Ave.)

By Car

From DVP: Take the DVP to the 401 and head West, exit at Yonge St and make a right to head North. Mel Lastmen Square is on your left hand side 2 blocks north of Sheppard Ave.

From 401: Get on the 401 and head East or West towards the Yonge St exit depending on where you are coming from. Head North on Yonge St, Mel Lastmen Square is on your left hand side 2 blocks north of Sheppard Ave.

By Public Transit

By subway, take the Yonge line (Yellow) and exit at the North York Centre

Map of Sunday Serenades Location