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‘We smashed it': Downtown Windsor block party kicks off summer season in style
A crowd seen gathered at downtown Windsor's Motown block party in Windsor, Ont. on June 14, 2025. (Source: Renaldo Agostino)
Downtown Windsor was buzzing Saturday night as the first of several planned summer block parties took over Pitt Street.
Hosted by the Downtown Windsor BIA, the kickoff event featured The Soul Delegation, who kept the crowd dancing in the streets for three solid hours with Motown classics, until the music wrapped up at 11 p.m.
City Councillor Renaldo Agostino beamed at the turnout. He estimated to be about 1,000 people during the seven-hour event.
'I must have had 20 people come up to me and say they didn't feel like they were in downtown Windsor,' he told CTV News.
'You know what my response to them was? Remember that you are.'
Agostino said the BIA hopes to host two or three block parties each month. The next one is set to bring a different kind of energy — Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling will take over the core with an event outside Lefty/'s.
'Scott [D'Amore, MLP president] is bringing in some heavy hitters on this one,' Agostino teased.
Stay tuned.
