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, 12 October 2018 07:51
Please mark your calendars for next Wednesday, Oct. 17th. There will be an all candidates meeting for our new Ward 14. We have 10 candidates running in our ward and they will be at this meeting. Each will have an information table where you can meet them individually and discuss your issue(s) or ask your questions. The meeting will be held at the Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen Street East, from 7:00pm to 8:45pm. Attached is the flyer with…
Saturday, 06 October 2018 13:46
Good Afternoon All, Our BIA AGM has been set for Monday, October 29th with the reception starting at 6:30pm and the meeting starting at 7pm. The meeting will be held at 7 Numbers, 307 Danforth Avenue. The full notice is attached to this email. If you wish to attend we ask that you rsvp via email to me on or before Thursday, October 25, 2018.
Tuesday, 02 October 2018 02:52
Happy October All, The month of October is a time to celebrate and promote our amazing small businesses. To this end we'd like to take the week of October 15 - October 21 (Monday - Sunday) to promote and celebrate the wonderful businesses that make up our Danforth BIA. Here's the plan: 1. On Saturday, October 13th Eszter (our social media manager) and myself will be in the hood shooting little videos of consumers - we will be asking them…
Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:53
Solid Waste Management Services has been directed by City Council to undertake consultations with members of the public and stakeholders on opportunities to reduce single-use and takeaway items. Below you'll find information on upcoming public consultation sessions. Please consider sharing this information with your networks to help promote attendance and participation in the consultation process. If you have any questions, please contact Sean Hurley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Have your say on how to reduce single-use and takeaway items The City of…
Wednesday, 19 September 2018 10:17
Good Morning Folks, On behalf of the BIA Board and myself, I wanted to thank all of you for your generous support of the fundraising efforts for the victims of the shooting. The Danforth Strong Go Fund Me account was set up by our own Keiley Abbat, owner of Small Wonders, shortly after the shooting. Yesterday Keiley transferred the money raised over to the Toronto Foundation. A total of $75,000 was raised through the Danforth Strong initiative and that's thanks…
Tuesday, 04 September 2018 05:15
Happy September All, I hope that everyone had a good long weekend and if you have kids going back to school today I hope the morning wasn't too crazy! A few items to start off this week: 1. Danforth Strong t-shirts are still for sale with proceeds going to the Toronto Fund. Shirts are being sold at Small Wonders, Second Cup and Kemi. 2. New Street Lights - we did a walk through last week in the evening and the…

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