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.
| Venue | Address |
|---|---|
| Zed-80 | 185 Danforth Ave. |
| Papyrus | 337 Danforth Ave. |
| Carrot Common | 348 Danforth Ave. |
| Parkette 1 | 185 Danforth Ave. |
| Parkette 2 | 337 Danforth Ave. |
JuneThu 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
JulyThu Jul 2 — Toronto Soccer Match Day · 2nd Round (teams TBD) · 6–9pm
Fri Jul 3
Sun Jul 5
Thu Jul 9
Fri Jul 10
Sun Jul 12
|
July cont'dThu Jul 16
Fri Jul 17
Sun Jul 19
Thu Jul 23
Fri Jul 24
Sun Jul 26
Thu Jul 30
Fri Jul 31
AugustSun Aug 2
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
Thu Aug 27
Fri Aug 28
Sun Aug 30
|
About the Danforth
The Broadview Danforth BIA composed of 350+ shops, restaurants and services along Danforth Ave. from Broadview Ave. to Hampton Ave. and along Broadview Ave. north to Pretoria Ave., and south to Dearborne Ave. works to promote and provide an urban destination neighbourhood for delicious food, entertaining theatre, lively pubs, romantic cafés and distinctive shops and services.
Some of the current issues and initiatives the Danforth BIA is working include attracting greater business development, providing a safe and secure area in which to shop, entertain and conduct business and increasing the number of parking options for visitors.
The Broadview Danforth BIA works with the local councillors, the City and landlords to attract business development as it is key that our area respond to the diverse demographics of our collective customers who live and work in our BIA and use our businesses so that we don't become stagnant.
To respond to the needs of our members and local residents safety and security issues we work with the local Police departments (54 and 55 division) and the City of Toronto Right of Way management to ensure our busy thoroughfare for cars (some 30,000 drive through each day), bikes, subway commuters and pedestrians is well lit with minimal visual obstacles and quickly responsive to any area nuisances or disturbances.
We are also working on new parking options to expand our 100+ spots and with City Parking Enforcement to try to reduce the number of parking tickets issued on our major avenue.
These are exciting opportunities and challenges for our nine person volunteer Board but we believe they are key to providing a fresh and sustainable urban destination neighborhood with which to do business in.
History of the Danforth | Films & Music | Board of Directors