Sat 20 – Sun 21 July
Bloordale’s Festival of Art & Culture features a weekend street closure and site-based activations for a week after, with visitors participating in multidisciplinary art projects.
Card-Yard activation (Brock north of Bloor)
Art
Play with a pop-up architecture art installation (Pulp: Make) and an interactive sculpture (Tube Tree).
Activities
Make your own patches or paint part of a garden at a mural creation station (Ben Baird).
Create reclaimed-material lorgnettes – a pair of glasses mounted on a handle (Rose-coloured glasses).
Child-friendly performances
Sat:
Magic show (12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm)
Puppetry & dance show (1pm, 2pm)
Sun:
Puppetry & dance show (1.30pm, 2.30pm)
Location: Bloor Street West, between Dufferin to Lansdowne
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024 – Sunday, July 21, 2024
Time: Sat 12pm – 12am , Sun 12pm – 9pm
Price: Free
Age: All
2. The OZ Escape – An Interactive Toronto Experience
An outdoor escape room-style experience based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz novel. You will be guided by a mobile app to follow clues, solve puzzles and complete challenges as you walk around the city. A costume contest will take place (wearing costumes is optional). Fewer than 10 team tickets left.
Location: Outdoors, location to be sent via email before the event
Date: Sat July 20, 2024
Time: Start anytime between 10am – 4pm
Price: A team ticket admits 2-6 adults and kids go for free ($55 after 50% discount)
Age: Ages 8+
Duration: 90min
3. Youth Day
Location: Yonge-Dundas Square
Date: Sun July 21
Time: 11am – 11pm
Price: Free
Age: All
4. Sounds of Toronto FREE Music Concert Series
Last weekend
The Sounds of Toronto FREE Concert Series celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of Toronto’s incredible music scene. Performances will be 2pm – 6pm daily from June 27 to July 21, 2024.
The Distillery Summer Market will take place every every day from May 18 – September 2, with market cart shifts available from 11 am – 4 pm and 4 pm – 8 pm rain or shine.
And don’t miss the last weekend of the free Fellini Forever exhibition (11am – 6pm) at 34 Distillery Lane that’s taking place as part of ICFF Lavazza IncluCity’s Film Festival. Details of the concert series:
Location: The Distillery District (Trinity Square)
Date: Sun July 21
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Price: Free
Age: All
Date: Sat 20th July
Time: 12pm – 7pm
Price: Free
Age: All
