Celebrate soccer, music, and community on the Danforth with The World Within Our Neighbourhood — a free summer event bringing people together through the joy of the beautiful game. Join the Broadview Danforth BIA on June 12 and 13 for outdoor match-day fun, live music, family-friendly activities, local performances, and a special viewing party for Canada’s opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The celebration continues through July 2 with musicians performing in CafeTO parkettes across the neighbourhood, representing cultures and countries from around the world. Come cheer, explore, dance, eat, shop, and experience the incredible mix of global sounds, local businesses, and community spirit that make Broadview Danforth feel like the world in one neighbourhood.

BD Beats Event Listings

Venues

Parkette 1 and Parkette 2 are CafeTO outdoor spaces, designated on Toronto Soccer Match Days only.

VenueAddress
Zed-80 185 Danforth Ave.
Papyrus 337 Danforth Ave.
Carrot Common 348 Danforth Ave.
Parkette 1 185 Danforth Ave.
Parkette 2 337 Danforth Ave.

June

Thu Jun 4

Fri Jun 5

Sun Jun 7

Thu Jun 11

Fri Jun 12 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · Canada · 6–9pm

Sat Jun 13 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · Canada / Bosnia · noon–2pm

Sun Jun 14

Wed Jun 17 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · Panama / Ghana · 6–8pm

Thu Jun 18

Fri Jun 19

Sat Jun 20 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · Germany / Côte d'Ivoire · 3–5pm

Sun Jun 21

Tue Jun 23 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · Croatia / Panama · 6–8pm

Thu Jun 25

Fri Jun 26 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · Senegal / Iraq · 6–9pm

Sun Jun 28

  • Carrot Common: TBA

July

Thu Jul 2 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · 2nd Round (teams TBD) · 6–9pm

Fri Jul 3

Sun Jul 5

Thu Jul 9

Fri Jul 10

  • Zed-80: TBA
  • Papyrus: Peter Atto

Sun Jul 12

July cont'd

Thu Jul 16

Fri Jul 17

Sun Jul 19

Thu Jul 23

Fri Jul 24

Sun Jul 26

Thu Jul 30

Fri Jul 31

August

Sun Aug 2

  • Carrot Common: TBA

Thu Aug 6

Fri Aug 7

Sun Aug 9

Thu Aug 13

Fri Aug 14

Sun Aug 16

Thu Aug 20

Fri Aug 21

Sun Aug 23

  • Carrot Common: TBA

Thu Aug 27

Fri Aug 28

Sun Aug 30

Friday, 27 October 2023 00:00
Good Morning All, Here are the updates for today: Greek OHI Parade Sunday, Oct. 29: The Greek Community of Toronto will be holding their annual OHI parade this coming Sunday, Oct. 29th. Danforth will be closed from Donlands to Broadview from 11:00am to 4:00pm approximately. We will post a notice on our social media so people have a head's up on this closure. Broadview North Construction: Many of you have complained to myself and to Councillor Fletcher about the fact…
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:00
Good Afternoon All, Here are your updates for today: Broadview South Temporary Bus Service: Starting tomorrow - Saturday, October 21, the TTC will operate a temporary bus service on Broadview Avenue (south). 504/505 buses will operate on Broadview Avenue between Gerrard Street East and Danforth Avenue, turning back at Castle Frank Station in the north and Gerrard/Broadview (the hospital) in the south. This temporary service will operate daily between 5:30 a.m. and 1 a.m., with a planned frequency of 8…
Friday, 13 October 2023 00:00
Happy Friday the 13th Folks! I hope everyone is having a good day. Here are today's updates: Broadview North Construction: The contractor has started or will be about to start digging up the actual road. Flatbed trucks containing all of the new rails have been moved into this section and will remain parked in this section until it is time to off-load the rails. Unfortunately in today's construction meeting the TTC couldn't confirm if the work is running on schedule…
Friday, 06 October 2023 00:00
Good Afternoon BIA Members, Here are my updates and information pieces for today: Broadview South Construction: Some very good news as we head into the Thanksgiving weekend - we've been able to open up the southbound traffic lane! Cars can now travel north and south on Broadview between Danforth and Gerrard. This is ahead of schedule. The contractor still has some curb lane work to do. Once this is complete we will be able to bring back on-street parking. I'm…
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:00
Good Afternoon All, Hard to believe that today is the last full day of summer and we are heading into the fall season with continued construction work. Please read the details below as the upcoming closures will affect everyone. Broadview North Closure: Broadview from Danforth to Erindale will be closed to ALL traffic starting this coming Monday, Sept. 25 and this will last for at least 30 days. The closure is scheduled to start between 6 and 7am on Monday.…
Friday, 15 September 2023 00:00
Good Afternoon BIA Members, This is a fairly lengthy update - please take the time to read through. CEBA Loan Extension: Yesterday (Thursday) the Prime Minister announced an extension to the CEBA repayment deadline and a new repayment schedule. As you all know, we have been strongly urging the Federal government to extend this repayment plan as post covid recovery has been slow and most businesses are not in the financial position to meet the Dec 31/23 deadline. Joining us…

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