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

Thursday, 01 December 2016 16:54
Please be advised that there will be no subway service this weekend - Dec. 3 & 4th - from Pape to St. George. This is the last closure for this year. There will be no parking on Danforth ONLY at the shuttle bus stops; otherwise parking will be permitted on Danforth. Attached is the full notice from the TTC.
Monday, 28 November 2016 00:00
This is a reminder that our Danforth BIA Holiday event is coming up on Sat. Dec. 10th and part of the event includes a Holiday Treasure Hunt. Consumers will look for their "Danforth Treasure" card in our area. Each card will have the name of the business and address. The card holder will be directed to that business to claim their prize. We will be taking photos of the winners in each business and posting to our Instagram account. Thank…
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:00
Our Danforth BIA Holiday event is scheduled for Saturday, December 10, from noon to 3pm. Here's the details: The Danforth's Thrill of the Holidays is designed to create a festive atmosphere for all of our shoppers. We will have strolling carolers, strolling Santa, a stilt walking Ice Princess and balloon twisting elves! We've partnered with Green P parking and we will be able to offer shoppers discounted parking throughout the event. Green P ambassadors will be in our BIA promoting…
Tuesday, 08 November 2016 17:15
Good Morning All, A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to our new Danforth BIA Social Media Manager, Reed Hollett - his email is included at the top next to mine. So Reed has taken over our Twitter and FaceBook accounts and he's set up an Instagram account for our BIA. Now we need your help! We need you, our great Danforth BIA members, to start sending us pictures, updates, information - any and all great news that you…
Wednesday, 26 October 2016 17:55
The following is a list of upcoming closures for Danforth Avenue and subway Line 2: Sunday, October 30 - Danforth Avenue Closure:The Greek Community of Toronto is hosting their annual OXI parade.- Danforth closed to traffic & parking from Pape to Broadview Avenues- 11am to 5pm Weekends of Nov. 5/6; and Nov. 26/27 TTC closing subway line 2:- These are full weekend closures of the subway- Shuttle buses will be running on the Danforth from Pape to St. George- PLEASE…
Tuesday, 25 October 2016 17:49
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