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

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Thursday, 12 August 2021 09:48
Good Evening All, Many of you may have heard that the City is rolling out a pilot music program designed to feature local musicians playing within the CafeTO curb lane patios. Our Broadview Danforth BIA was selected as one of the areas in the City to host this pilot. We weren't given a lot of time to organize this program but I'm pleased to say that we have some great music booked for this coming weekend! We have designated two…
Thursday, 05 August 2021 15:36
Good Morning All, This is a reminder that the Don Valley Parkway will be closed for maintenance this weekend. The annual maintenance and improvement closure of the Don Valley Parkway, from the Highway 401 to the Gardiner Expressway, is planned from Friday, August 6 at 11 p.m. until Monday, August 9 at 5 a.m. Businesses that rely on weekend deliveries and shipments that would normally use the DVP should notify drivers, agents, vendors and customers of the closure so that…
Tuesday, 03 August 2021 17:42
Good Morning All, I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. Some good news to start this week - the Federal government announced that they are extending the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Lockdown Support. Below is a quick overview and the link to the announcement - please take a few minutes to review all of the details. Extending the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Lockdown Support The wage subsidy, rent subsidy…
Tuesday, 27 July 2021 11:55
Good Morning All, Just a quick alert that one of our BIA members received a counterfeit $100 bill yesterday. It has been reported to the police. Shayne, the manager of the Green Merchant where the bill was used, has put together a few helpful tips and has provided a guidebook from the Bank of Canada for all of you to review. Please take a few minutes to read through he attachment - the last thing we want is for you…
Friday, 23 July 2021 12:40
Good Morning All, Just a heads up that we've had a return of an old scam where a person goes into a business and claims that they work for another neighbouring business and need help to pay for something. In the recent incident it was their Green P ticket. The machine isn't accepting their card and they don't have cash etc. and they ask for cash and PROMISE they will pay it back. These scams disappeared during the lock-down but…
Tuesday, 20 July 2021 15:50
Good Afternoon All, As the subject line indicates I've got a few things to share with you today. We had CityTV in the hood yesterday doing a piece on how the first weekend of Step 3 went. Vito Marinuzzi, the owner of 7 Numbers was available to do the interview. Here is the link: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2021/07/19/back-to-business-ontarios-first-weekend-in-step-three/ Buy Toronto Time Campaign: Once again thanks to all members who participated in this campaign and who have your Buy Toronto Time posters displayed. This…

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