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Toronto Star
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
When Toronto loses a public event like Taste of the Danforth, it loses more than just a street festival
My band Rheostatics played Taste of the Danforth before the festival shuttered in 2023. For us, it was a riotous show. Kids across the street from the stage were dancing on low-rise apartment rooftops despite officials trying to wave them down. We had a running dialogue with the kids during our set; we called one of them Zeus and another Dionysus, and we listened as they shouted in response. The show was loud, the pavement was hot and everybody was unclasped in the way Torontonians are when they forget for a moment that they're in Toronto. A sea of bodies had transformed the neighbourhood, and just as we wrapped up, a traditional Greek band started playing two tents away. We drank beer and ate gyros to celebrate. There was a time when Taste of the Danforth, recently cancelled again this year, was a red dot on Toronto summer calendars: free to attend, with delicious food and drink and clever musical programming on offer. A relatively sober urban strip would become a bustling quasi-European thoroughfare; you'd see elders among the teens, interlopers from the west end making their annual pilgrimage to the east.
Toronto Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Toronto's Taste of the Danforth cancelled for another year
Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. The Taste of the Danforth has been cancelled for a second year in a row. Article content That means no food vendors, live music, entertainment or other attractions along the city's Greektown neighbourhood this weekend. The event is traditionally held during the second week of August. According to a statement sent to the Toronto Sun from Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow's office: 'The organizers did not apply for either festival funding or a street permit for this year. No permit or funding applications in 2025.' The executive director for the Greektown BIA told the Sun in an email that she wasn't authorized to comment, the the chair of the Greektown BIA told CTV the group is working to bring back the festival next year. Last year, the east-end street festival was cancelled due to funding constraints. The Sun reached also reached out to Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher, who represents the area, but she didn't respond by deadline. But she told CTV: The organizer that had always done that festival wasn't available.'
Toronto Star
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
The Taste of the Danforth mystery + Air Canada flight attendants could strike on Saturday
Sights from Taste of the Danforth in Toronto, August 13, 2023. Andrew Francis Wallace Toronto Star
Toronto Star
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
‘People miss it': Here's why the Taste of the Danforth festival keeps getting cancelled
Nicola Bello dances outside the Athens Restaurant as thousands of Torontonians fill Danforth Avenue for the annual street festival Taste of the Danforth in August 2019. Steve Russell Toronto Star flag wire: false flag sponsored: false article_type: : sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_star bHasMigratedAvatar : false :
