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Play the Parks is brought to you by the Downtown Yonge BIA with the suppor t of

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7 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN YONGE DISTRICT

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McGill Granby Parkette // 777 Bay Street // Chelsea Hotel Market Garden Patio // Mackenzie House // 1 Queen East // College Park // Trinity Square

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FREE CONCERT SERIESLIVE MUSIC VENUES

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MUSIC MONDAYS

LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

CONCERTS START @ 12:15 PM ADMISSION: PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN

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1 CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITYMONDAYS @ 12:15PM19 TRINITY SQ.Classical, World, Various

2 DUKE OF SOMERSETEVERY THURSDAY NIGHT @ 8PM655 BAY ST.Various

3 IMPERIAL PUBFRIDAYS @ 6PM54 DUNDAS ST. E.Various

4 JAZZ BISTROMOST EVENINGS ALL SUMMER @ 8PM OR 9PM *See their website calendar251 VICTORIA ST.Jazz

5 LOBLAWSWEEKENDS 11AM – 2PM60 CARLTON ST.Various

6 MASSEY HALL — CLOSEDTO REOPEN FALL 202015 SHUTER ST. (178 VICTORIA ST.)Various

7 POGUE MAHONE PUB & KITCHENEVERY THURSDAY @ 6PM777 BAY ST.Various

8 SENATOR WINE BAREVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT @ 8PM249 VICTORIA ST.Various

9 THIRTY BAR AND LOUNGEFRIDAYS @ 8PM TO MIDNIGHT30 CARLTON ST.Jazz, Various

Play the Parks is back for it’s sixth season. Join us for 50 free concerts curated by Canada’s Music Incubator at seven (7) locations throughout the Downtown Yonge neighbourhood all summer long!*Themes, dates, times and venues for the season are subject to change without prior notice.

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CHELSEA HOTEL MARKET GARDEN PATIO

777 BAY

COLLEGE PARK MCGILL GRANBY PARKETTE

TRINITY SQ.

MACKENZIE HOUSE

1 QUEEN ST. E

JUN 20Dilan Ensemble

JUL 25Aline Homzy

AUG 22The Guitar Guys

MACKENZIE HOUSE // CLASSICAL TWISTEnjoy an updated contemporary take on traditional folk and classical music, performed by some Toronto’s best artists of today.

WEDNESDAYS @ 12 – 1:30PM

JUL 21Kickback

AUG 18The Price Brothers

THE CHELSEA HOTEL MARKET GARDEN PATIO // LIVE AT THE CHELSEAExperience an evening of for the whole family at one of Toronto’s best patios and enjoy some of the city’s best up and coming bands!

SATURDAYS @ 5 – 8PM

JUL 11IMPAK

AUG 15Mel Dubé

1 QUEEN EAST // A TASTE OF THE ISLANDSTurn your afternoon into a Caribbean vacation while listening to the island vibes of calypso music!

SATURDAYS @ 12 – 1:30PM

JUN 26Kunle

JUL 03The Achromatics

JUL 10Kobo Town

JUL 17OKAN

JUL 24Orégano Percussion

JUL 31Kirk Diamond

AUG 21Beny Esguerra

AUG 07Sharon Musgrave

AUG 14Zeynep Ozbilen

AUG 28DoVira

SEP 11Florence K

SEP 18DATU

TRINITY SQUARE // DANCING IN THE PARKPack your dancing shoes and let the danceable music of the Americas take you away. Let this feel good music of Toronto make you forget about heading back to work.

TUESDAYS @ 12:30 – 2PM

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THURSDAYS @ 12 – 1:30PM

JUN 21The Willows

JUN 28Kadima

JUL 05The Free Label

JUL 12Command Sisters

AUG 16Kojo “Easy” Damptey

SEP 13Dan McKinnon

JUL 19Michelle Cavaleri / Gabrie

JUL 26Mountain of Wolves

AUG 02Lakes of Canada

AUG 09Jerome Tucker Band

AUG 23Anthony D’Alessandro

AUG 30Moonhead

SEP 06Dorval

COLLEGE PARK // RE-ENERGIZE AT LUNCH TIMECome be part of some fantastic lunchtime live performances from a variety of high energy artists of all different styles while enjoying the sunshine.

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777 BAY STREET // FARMERS MARKET LIVESpend the afternoon picking up some treats at the farmers market set to the sounds of acoustic performances by a crop of talented singer-songwriters.

JUN 04Sabrina Soares

JUN 18Black Suit Devil

JUL 09Justine Giles

JUL 23Nick Sherman

AUG 13Martin Kerr

AUG 27R. Shelley

OCT 01Johnson Crook

SEP 10MIMI O’Bonsawin

SEP 24Citizen Jane

FARMERS MARKET 12 – 4PM EVERY SECOND MONDAY JUNE TO SEPTEMBER

MONDAYS @ 12 – 2PM

location partners

WED, JUN 27Angela Saini

WED, JUL 18KLOOCH

WED, AUG 29T. Dot BANGERZ Brass

SAT, AUG 11The Dreamboats

SAT, SEP 08Tim Batmeyer

SUN, AUG 19iLLvibe*Part of Open Street TO

SUN, SEP 16Jean-Paul De Roover*Part of Open Street TO

MCGILL-GRANBY PARKETTE // MAGICAL MURALSSet underneath our two giant Yonge Street musical murals featuring artists that have played the strip, enjoy evenings and weekends filled with the great music from Toronto artists in the same genres.

WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS 5 – 7PM | SUN 11AM – 2PM

SAT, JUL 14Little Magic Sam

LIVE MUSIC IN DOWNTOWN YONGEPLAY THE PARKS LOCATIONS LIVE MUSIC VENUES

*live venue listing on back

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