Taste of The Kingsway

15th Annual Taste of the Kingsway Festival

Come celebrate & have fun, food and music!

This Fall Festival take place along Bloor Street W. (from Prince Edward
Drive to Montgomery Road) is a food & entertainment extravaganza for the whole family.

Featuring: Beer gardens, 2 grand stages with non-stop entertainment, a Culinary Market/Theatre featuring Celebrity Chefs, Midway Rides, the biggest Dog Show in Etobicoke, Artisan & crafter pavilions, clowns, face painters, auto show, Charity Pancake Breakfast in support of Out of The Cold and so much more!

Where: The Kingsway BIA (On Bloor Street West. between Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery Road), 3029 Bloor Street West, Etobicoke

When: Friday, September 6th, 9am-6pm,

 Saturday, September 7th, 11am-9pm,

 Sunday, September 8th, 11am-6pm

Free admission.

Getting there: The Taste of the Kingsway is located at the Royal York Subway Station, leave the car home and come enjoy this 3 day festival using the TTC.

For more information contact:
Email: info@kingswaybia.ca

Web site: http://www.kingswaybia.ca/

Twitter : @thekingswaybia

YWCA Donate & Learn Workshop – Search & Social Marketing

Support a great cause and learn from ABC News, Google Canada and Green Lotus search engine and social media marketing experts. Speakers will provide industry best practices to better manage your online marketing strategy, improve brand awareness and your bottom line.

When: May 28, 2013 at 6 pm

Where: YWCA Toronto Headquarters, 87 Elm St. Toronto (Bay & Dundas)

Admission: FREE with a donation to the YWCA Toronto Girls’ Centre

Whether just starting to plan an online marketing strategy or deep into implementation; the Donate & Learn Workshop will provide the knowledge, strategies and networking opportunities needed to improve online marketing results,&take your businesses to the next level!

Register now: http://greenlotus.ca/learn-donate-workshop

For more information contact:

YWCA Donate & Learn – Search and Social Media Workshop or Email: shillman@ywcatoronto.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YWCA.TO

Twitter: @YWCAToronto

Sponsored by: Go Daddy, Toronto Star’s NewInHomes.com, Epic Cruises and Big3 Video Agency

100% of donations will go to the YWCA Girl’s Centre - a judgment free and supportive environment for young women to start building their futures. The YWCA Girls’ Center members are media savvy, fearless future leaders. Join us in supporting members of the Girls’Center become exactly who they’d like to be!

Dundas West Fest

The inaugural edition of the Dundas West Fest is coming!

In collaboration with the Dundas West BIA & the Little Portugal BIA. The Dundas West Fest aims to unite businesses, residents and the many communities that together make up the neighbourhood.

When: June 8, 2013, 11am – 10pm

Where: Dundas Street West from the Old Village of Brockton to Little Portugal

Admission: Free!

The 12 city blocks fest will feature: 3 entertainment stages, 6 busker zones, over 40 Licensed patios, Children’s activities, great food, live music and fabulous shopping.(Over 200 Unique Vendors).

Dundas West Fest will be a premiere destination for music lovers. From hot world music to hip independent sounds. Music lovers will find what they seek. Musicians of all types will be playing live at many of the bars.fabulous shopping.(Over 200 Unique Vendors).The list of food places on Dundas is incredible. From locations such as Enoteca Sociale, Quinta, Wallflower, Bivy, The Lakeview, The Guild, Brockton General, and The Grove.2 Kids’ Zones within its perimeter, filled with fun activities for kids and families.

Enjoy a full day of arts, music, kids’ activities, food, drink and shopping!

 

For more information contact:

Helder Ramos, Coordinator Dundas West Business Improvement Area, 416-540-6750, Email: DuWestBIA@gmail.com, or go to www.dundaswestfest.ca

 Twitter:@DundasWestBIA, @DundasWestFest

Facebook:DowntownDundasBIA

Toronto Museums Attracting and Engaging New Audiences

Experiencing art is a prominent trend in Toronto, from events like Scotiabank Nuit Blance, Scotiabank Contact Toronto, to The Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto Museums are using evening events to draw a younger audience through their doors.

“ROM Friday Night Live” is encouraging young adults 25-33 years of age to “go beyond the artifacts and experience the ROM with special events and programming.” Returning May 3rd, 2013 ROM Friday Night Live will bring young adults of Toronto to the ROM for a night of dancing, food, drink and of course art. Come enjoy the city’s most unlikely club scene! Friday May 3rd will feature The JUNO Awards, Luminato and Ancient Mesopotamia.

“1^st Thursdays” at the AGO happen the first Thursday of every month, attracting crowds of 2,500 guests. Enjoy some of the best art, music and people this city has to offer while enjoying dancing, drinks and food. Every week there are different DJs and highlights that you do not want to miss! Thursday May 2^nd, 2013 will feature the exhibition revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art, with headlining artist ZEUS.

These Toronto Museums have found thier evening events to be extremely successful; drawing in around 2,500 guests and selling out a month in advance. Young adults in Toronto are becoming more immersed in art through these new experiences. Their new events have been helped the ROM and AGO broaden their audiences. Connecting youth to art through experiences is the key to this success, changing the preconceived notion that Museum events are for highbrowed sophisticated individuals.  CityEvents also recommends these venues as versatile spaces for special events. To find out more contact their venue rental departments.

For more information on ROM Friday Night Live and 1^st Thursdays, visit:

AGO: http://www.ago.net/1st-thursdays-may-2-2013

ROM: http://www.rom.on.ca/en/activities-programs/rom-friday-night-live

 

CityEvents goes Social

In case you missed the exciting news, we at CityEvents, Toronto’s premier event planning boutique, have expanded operations to include CitySocial, our social media management & training division! The new services being offering consist of designing and executing online marketing campaigns for products and events, focusing on social media planning and tactics. Additionally, we will have training and guidance available for those who wish to manage their own online marketing, but are not familiar with social media, or the right strategy for them.

We cater our event planning and marketing services to small and medium size businesses in international trade, arts and culture, and the hospitality sectors, as well as non-profit organizations. We are also offering our new social media services in French and Spanish!

Two weeks ago we had the opportunity to launch CitySocial, as the official social media sponsor of UnExpected ’13, the Opening Night VIP Party for the Canadian Special Events Expo. Our team managed online interactions prior to and after the event, and were responsible for on-site promotion of contests, and social media engagement. This recent expansion will now offer our client’s the opportunity for one stop shopping at CityEvents, from product and event development, marketing strategies, metrics, and more.

Check out the photos from UnExpected ’13 and our CitySocial launch: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityeventstoronto/sets/72157633048285693

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