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

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 17:46
Good Afternoon All, The City has opened its Facade Improvement Grant Program for 2020. The email below provides a link to the program information site as well as the application form. Please remember that these grants are available on a first come, first serve basis so you don't want to take too long to apply if you are interested in this grant. Thanks, Susan Funding Now Available: 2020 Commercial Facade Improvement Program Applications are now being accepted for the 2020…
Friday, 07 February 2020 08:41
Good Evening All, This year our BIA was approached by Kennedy House Youth Services to see if they could do their Coldest Night Of The Year fundraising walk in our Broadview Danforth BIA. Kennedy House is located on Pape Avenue and provide amazing services to local young people in need. We are delighted to be hosting this year's walk in our BIA. Full information about Kennedy House is attached for your review. The walk will take place on Saturday, February…
Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:19
Good Morning All, At our AGM this past October the Board announced that our Summer Thrill of the Grill event had celebrated its 10th anniversary and its final year. It was determined that it was time to move on to other types of events for our BIA. Consumers are always looking for something new and we wanted to end our summer Thrill on a high note. As you all know, we are well into the Danforth Avenue Study process, which…
Tuesday, 21 January 2020 01:04
Good Afternoon All, Attached please find information about our local Withrow Ball Hockey League and their request for 2020 team sponsorship. I know that a number of our BIA businesses sponsored teams last year and from what I understand you found it very good "bang for your buck". If you are interested in sponsoring a team or have questions about the program you can email Ron Hebdon directly This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The members of the Withrow Ball Hockey League have also been…
Thursday, 12 December 2019 13:54
Good Morning All, I have a couple of holiday events to tell you about..... 1. Strolling Carolers ContestOur wonderful strolling carolers will be back again this year in our BIA this Saturday, Dec. 14th and the following Saturday, Dec. 21st from noon to 2pm. We will have 2 sets of carolers - one covering Danforth Avenue and one covering Broadview Avenue. We are hosting a little contest during the carolling - we're asking people to take a photo with the…
Wednesday, 04 December 2019 10:14
Hi everyone, As you know we've partnered with Digital Main Street to assist any members with their digital training. They've been working with quite a number of our members - if you scroll down you'll see a pic of Angelo from DMS and Nicole from our Auld Spot Pub working on a training session. We have one more week with DMS - next week - so if you would like to set a time to meet with Angelo please let…

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