5 Brock : New Name – Same Great Venue

5 Brock Events is a dynamic, 3,000 sq. ft. loft style gallery located in the Queen West corridor. The event space features 16 foot high ceilings and exposed brick, which gives off an urban loft feel.

5 Brock Events is one of the most flexible spaces in town and offers cocktail receptions for 250 people and sit-down banquets for 150. Below are just a few of the many features offered at the venue:

• Movable art walls
• LED exterior lighting,
• A second floor mezzanine that can accommodate a DJ
• Built in audio system with iPod connect
• Exterior wall available for commissioning, for events and
• Fully equipped commercial kitchen.

Contact:

Julia Mae Baguisa, Event Manager

416.964.1162 x.37

jbaguisa@eatertainment.com

Address: 5 Brock Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 2K6

website: httP://www.nscvenue.com/venue-info/

virtual tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHfjQR6CB4

 

Dark Horse Espresso Bar

 

Dark Horse Espresso is the most refined cafe in Toronto owned by Deanna Zunde and Ed Lynds. There are several differents locations of Dark Horse Espresso on Richmond Street, Geary Avenue, John Street, Spadina Avenue, and their newest location on 630 Queen Street East. It took over the corner ground level of a newly developed condo. The newest location has a vaulted ceiling and new industrial features, but is also combined with natural and vintage elements to humanize the concrete. Dark Horse is a familiar and welcoming place to be; with comfortable seating areas, filled with beautiful natural lighting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These spaces are perfect for intimate gatherings or socials. Or a great place to grab a coffee and catch up with a friend! Dark Horse Espresso offers delicious in-house baked goods, cold brews, fresh juices, and coffee.

 

Contact

 

Website:

http://www.darkhorseespresso.com/#about

 

Locations and Phone numbers:

Riverside(New Location)

630 Queen Street East Toronto        647.436.3460

 

 

401 Richmond Street West     647.748.7700

 

120 Geary Avenue     647.347.3131

 

125 John Street       647.748.7700

 

215 Spadina Ave Suite 102       416.979.1200

 

888 Yonge Street Venue – Masonic Temple

888 Yonge Street, known as a Masonic Temple then MTV studios, is now a world class unique venue for inspiring corporate events and corporate head office for Info-tech. It was build in the heart of Toronto in 1918. This venue is best known as a great live music venue. In 2013 Info-tech purchased the venue and is now used for corporate events.

The venue spa provide a great place for event with unique and inspiring atmosphere. There are three room spaces to choose from:

• The Concert Hall which features a large stage and generous floor space
• The White Room which is an ideal space for corporate training or workshops
• The Red Room which is great for receptions.

This historical place will make your next event a memorable one! You can book this venue by visiting their website or by phone call.

 

Address: 888 yonge st, Toronto, ON, M4W 2J2

Contact: 1-888-670-8889

Website: http://888yonge.com

 

 

From Burgers to Business: Planning Your Event at a Sports Bar!

Wahlburgers opened its Toronto doors welcoming sports lovers and the general public to the new, lively and chic two floor establishment. Located in the Luxury SoHo Metropolitan Hotel across from the Rogers Centre, the restaurant space is central and ideal for planning your next small or large gathering.

 

Restaurant owners and celebrity siblings Mark and Donnie Wahlberg always ensure a great experience from the food to the service provided.

The family owned business not only offers outstanding bar food, but an incredible lively atmosphere to set the tone for the evening. With 140 seating spaces and tons of room to stand and enjoy the game, it makes it easy to plan your next large gathering. Picture yourself walking into a cool, trendy, two floor bar entertainment space with flat screen TVs with your logo to welcome you and your guests. This is the vision that can become a reality at Wahlburgers.

Attending a Blue Jays game or heading down towards Union Station soon? Wahlburgers is definitely worth taking the time to stop in and see the space we’re talking about; perfect for your next business social hour or gathering.

 

Contact:

46 Blue Jays Way (at Luxury SoHo Metropolitan Hotel)

Toronto, ON, M5V1J6

Phone number: 416 489 8922

Website: http://wahlburgers.ca/burgers.asp

 

Market your event & create the buzz with Hootsuite

If you have been following our series of how to market and create the buzz on social media, here is our new video!
This time we are telling you how to promote your event through Hootsuite: an easy to navigate website that has a dashboard supporting social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. Hootsuite let’s you schedule posts onto any social media platform days in advance without having to worry about manually posting. As posting on social media can be time consuming, hootsuite will help you to post on all your social media platforms in a minute.

Here are some highlights of the video:

Hootsuite is composed of 4 main tabs:
Streams: This is where you have the ability to watch all activity happening on your timeline or dashboard including live tweets, direct messages, whose retweeted or whose mentioned you. Here you can track what people are saying before, during, or after your event. Hootsuite also allows you to stream specific hashtags, keywords and followers to stay updated on current conversations. All you have to do is upload the csv spreadsheet template given to you, with date, time and your message.

Publisher: This is where you can schedule and post your messages. Instead of logging in every time you want to post something on your social media, you can schedule everything in advance and on all your social media. This is a real lifesaver! You can even schedule all your posts in one click thanks to bulk schedule.

Analytics:This tool will help you track your traffic and all the information you want of all your social media. Hootsuite lets you customize your analytics to any form you need to present and sends you an email with a PDF attachment of your click summaries.

Campaign tool: The campaign tool allows you to create sweepstakes, galleries, and contests in minutes. Holding a sweepstake or contest prior to your event is a good way to build hype and excitement for your event.

Watch our video below for more complete information and tips

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