EVENTS
Deli Duel
Wychwood Barns (Barn #1), 601 Christie Street
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
free admission - food & drink tickets available for purchase
The battle for smoked meat supremacy is heating up! Join us at this special fundraiser where chefs from Caplansky's, Goldin's and The Stockyards will go head-to-head (or brisket-to-brisket) in a competition to produce the best smoked meat sandwich. Come and vote for your favourite. All proceeds go to The Stop Community Food Centre.
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Bikes & BBQ at Brick Works
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
free admission
Ride your bike down to Evergreen Brick Works and take part in a pile of fun bike-related activities like bike clinics, a group ride, and fun safety activities for children. Your kids will also enjoy the face painting and Children’s Garden Interpretation. Stick around for Buster Rhino’s famous Authentic Southern BBQ — President/Pit Boss Darryl Koster will be serving up delicious brisket, pork, and ribs.
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Pedestrian Sundays
various streets in Kensington Market
12:00 noon to 7:00 PM (10:00 PM on North Augusta)
free
Pedestrian Sundays are a celebration of Community, Culture, and Ecology. Several streets in Kensington Market go car-free for the day, and we eat, dance, and play in the streets together, sowing the seeds of community. Pedestrian Sundays don't permanently change the streets, but they forever change the way you perceive them.
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Festival Bana y’Afrique 2010
Metro Hall Square, John Street and King Street West
1:00 PM to 10:00 PM
free admission
Festival Bana y’Afrique is a free outdoor celebration of African music and culture for the whole family to enjoy, a multi-disciplinary event with concerts, dance, theatre, food, a marketplace, and activities for youth and children. The festival features a main concert stage with performances by local and international award-winning African musical groups and exciting traditional dancers, and a market with vendors and cultural organizations offering a wide array of crafts and clothing from the continent and the opportunity to sample delicious African foods. (Final day.)
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Masala! Mehndi! Masti! 2010
Exhibition Place
free admission
The largest multi-disciplinary South Asian Arts festival outside of South Asia, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! is a spectacular multi-generational presentation that connects today's world with the wonders of 5000 years of civilization, its ancient traditions and modern influences. Our vision is not only to make South Asians proud of their heritage but to make them proud partners in Canadian culture. It provides an opportunity to established and emerging artists in traditional and contemporary spheres of music, dance, film, theatre, literature and poetry, natural health practices, social issues, cuisine, arts & crafts and much more. (Final day.)
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Love, Saskatchewan
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West
free admission
Toronto unites with Saskatchewan to showcase and celebrate its arts and culture and shatter stereotypes about what Saskatchewan is in the 21st century. The lens will be comprehensive and include artistic presentations in all art disciplines and forms, and all types of creative practices from the grassroots to the most widely recognized. (Final day.)
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Summerlicious
various restaurants
various times
various prices
During Summerlicious, more than 150 of Toronto's top restaurants offer residents and tourists alike the opportunity to sample a wide variety of diverse and innovative cuisine through prix fixe menus. Foodies can dine for a lot less on the specially created lunches and dinners that come complete with promotional prices. (Final day.)
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MARKETS
Distillery District Farmers Market
outside Balzac's Coffee House, Distillery District, 55 Mill Street
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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Downsview Park Merchants & Farmers Market
Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall Road
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
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Goody's Natural Market
beside the Grenadier Restaurant, High Park
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
MyMarket Liberty Village
"Green P" Parking Lot #224, corner of Liberty Street and Atlantic Avenue
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Square One Farmers Market
Square One Shopping Centre, Northwest Parking Lot (near Zellers), Mississauga
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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OUT-OF-TOWN
A Taste of Burlington
various restaurants in Burlington
various times
$20 lunch - $30/$35/$40 dinner
Experience the eclectic styles and flavours of the world, as 23 of Burlington’s finest restaurants will be offering prix-fixe lunch and/or dinner options. Lunch and dinner menus include an appetizer, entrée, dessert and coffee/tea. Optional wine pairings presented by Wines of Ontario will also be available. (Continues to August 2nd.)
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For a comprehensive list of upcoming events in and around Toronto, check out our Events page.
