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Softer City
The Bentway’s summer exhibition of free public art, Softer City, explores softness as a means of humanizing our cities, connecting communities, and creating space for collective repair. Bringing together artists, architects, and designers from Toronto, across Canada, and beyond, the exhibition proposes a series of soft encounters with our city, our infrastructure, and one another.…
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Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Back by popular demand, the Willowdale Concerts in the Park Series features live style performances where emerging and established Canadian artists showcase their talent. Come join us every Thursday evening (7-9pm for the months of June & July) at the Lee Lifeson Art Park, for a free outdoor concert.
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Parks N Pops: Belly of the Beatz
Parks N Pops: Belly of the Beatz
On June 8, 2024 at Earl Bales Park, we will host a one day recreational and competitive dance event called “Parks N Pops: Belly of the Beatz”. It will consist of a dance workshop in the style of popping and cypher exchanges with live and DJ music, culminating into a dance battle/competition with world-renowned guest…
Songwalks: Braiding Voices
Songwalks: Braiding Voices
In this outdoor immersive experience, the Amadeus Choir partners with Inuk singer and composer Deantha Edmunds to braid together the ancient tradition of Inuit throat-singing with early European music by Hildegard von Bingen and contemporary Indigenous music. Audiences will walk the paths beside the river and hear these contrasting musical styles in dialogue with one…
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Tender Possibilities
Tender Possibilities
Tender Possibilities is a poetry reading group and creative placemaking initiative. Led by diverse facilitators and poets, this series explores six themes—Origin, Memory, Migration & Movement, Resistance, Nature, and Rebirth—in a cycle that aligns between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. Each gathering offers a supportive and inclusive cultural experience that creates imaginative space for…
2 events,
Songwalks: Braiding Voices
Songwalks: Braiding Voices
In this outdoor immersive experience, the Amadeus Choir partners with Inuk singer and composer Deantha Edmunds to braid together the ancient tradition of Inuit throat-singing with early European music by Hildegard von Bingen and contemporary Indigenous music. Audiences will walk the paths beside the river and hear these contrasting musical styles in dialogue with one…
2 events,
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Back by popular demand, the Willowdale Concerts in the Park Series features live style performances where emerging and established Canadian artists showcase their talent. Come join us every Thursday evening (7-9pm for the months of June & July) at the Lee Lifeson Art Park, for a free outdoor concert.
3 events,
Hopewell Garden Audio Story
Hopewell Garden Audio Story
What does a garden look like? What does a park look like? What’s the story of a garden? Come along as Described Toronto seeks out the answers in a new audio storytelling project. Described Toronto is working with the Hopewell Community Garden to paint an audible portrait of one garden in one park in North…
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Back by popular demand, the Willowdale Concerts in the Park Series features live style performances where emerging and established Canadian artists showcase their talent. Come join us every Thursday evening (7-9pm for the months of June & July) at the Lee Lifeson Art Park, for a free outdoor concert.
3 events,
Field Trip
Field Trip
Clubhouse invites the public to a monthly night of live ambient music every Full Moon this Summer. Clubhouse is an ongoing event series that seeks to create spaces for queer/trans electronic musicians ranging ages 16-29 and the communities that resonate with their work. We welcome audiences of all ages to join us on June 21st,…
Summer Music in the Garden
Summer Music in the Garden
Summer Music in the Garden (SMIG) is an intimate live music experience by the waterfront, occurring most Thursdays and Sundays all summer. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Toronto Music Garden featuring 18 free performances, including the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Moneka Arabic Jazz and Nichol Robertson’s Country All-Stars, along with two…
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AWA Arts in the Parks
AWA Arts in the Parks
Join African Women Acting as they host djembe drumming circles and Maori Haka dance workshops open to youths, adults and seniors. Djembe Drumming Circle: learn the basic knowledge of drumming djembe. Participants will be introduced to a variety of drumming styles that are taught through a very friendly, simple, and engaging manner. The Maori Haka…
3 events,
Tender Possibilities
Tender Possibilities
Tender Possibilities is a poetry reading group and creative placemaking initiative. Led by diverse facilitators and poets, this series explores six themes—Origin, Memory, Migration & Movement, Resistance, Nature, and Rebirth—in a cycle that aligns between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. Each gathering offers a supportive and inclusive cultural experience that creates imaginative space for…
Summer Music in the Garden
Summer Music in the Garden
Summer Music in the Garden (SMIG) is an intimate live music experience by the waterfront, occurring most Thursdays and Sundays all summer. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Toronto Music Garden featuring 18 free performances, including the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Moneka Arabic Jazz and Nichol Robertson’s Country All-Stars, along with two…
2 events,
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Willowdale Concerts in the Park 2024
Back by popular demand, the Willowdale Concerts in the Park Series features live style performances where emerging and established Canadian artists showcase their talent. Come join us every Thursday evening (7-9pm for the months of June & July) at the Lee Lifeson Art Park, for a free outdoor concert.
3 events,
AWA Arts in the Parks
AWA Arts in the Parks
Join African Women Acting as they host djembe drumming circles and Maori Haka dance workshops open to youths, adults and seniors. Djembe Drumming Circle: learn the basic knowledge of drumming djembe. Participants will be introduced to a variety of drumming styles that are taught through a very friendly, simple, and engaging manner. The Maori Haka…
Beyond Our Roots
Beyond Our Roots
Latino Canadian Cultural Association in partnership with CANORAA (African Association) will present a two-day Latin American-Afro-Indigenous-Mediterranean-Eastern European Festival of Music and Dance at Lee Lifeson Park.
2 events,
Beyond Our Roots
Beyond Our Roots
Latino Canadian Cultural Association in partnership with CANORAA (African Association) will present a two-day Latin American-Afro-Indigenous-Mediterranean-Eastern European Festival of Music and Dance at Lee Lifeson Park.