If you can brave high temperatures, the first weekend of July is full of a lot of different events, whoever participates for your interest, including fringe festival, Afrofest 20205 and Salsa on St. Claire.
Keep in mind that there is a metro at the end of this week and transit is closed.
Afrofest 2025
The largest free African music festival in North America has returned to Toronto later this week. Afrofest will celebrate its 37th year and for the fourth year in a row, handle the Woodbine Park, with more than 55 performances that will perform African and Black Culture.
The entire festival, which runs from July 4 to July 6, will also have more than 100 food and cargo sellers.
A full lineup, focused on local artists, but it will also include international artists, can meet On their website.
Lawrence taste 2025
The three -day meal, music and cultural ceremony will take place later at the end of this week at Lawrence, Scarborough’s largest street festival.
The annual celebration by Waxford Heights BIA will include over 150 street vendors, live entertainment in two stages, a midway and children’s workshops.
It closes at 6 pm on July 4 and lasts till 8 pm on Sunday.
Salsa on St. Claire
At the end of this week, get ready to move your hips to Salsa on St. Claire. The Street Festival, which celebrates Latin culture through music, dance, art and food, will include Latin dance and art exhibitions, concerts and dance parties.
The Free Festival will close St. Clair Avenue West from Wilona Drive to Christie Street.
More information can be found on the festival Here.
Toronto fringe festival
Ontario’s largest performing art festival is still on, giving you the opportunity to capture more than 100 shows and 20 stages across the city. The Toronto Fringe Festival lasts till 13 July and the tickets are now on sale.
You can find full schedule Here.
Sermential begins
This is a summer meal phenomenon for many Torontonians … Sumrylis is back and runs from Friday to 20 July.
The annual program provides three-curre-print-fixed lunch and dinner menu in more than 220 local restaurants at a discounted price.
The price points for the lunch menu range from $ 20 to $ 55. The price points for the dinner menu range from $ 25 to $ 75.
TTC/Go Transit Closure
Line 2 off
The metro service on Line 2 between Kipling and Jane stations will be replaced by shuttle buses for the planned signal work on Saturday, 5 July and Sunday, July 6, 6 July. Regular subway service will resume on Monday, July 7.
Staffville line closed
On 5-6 July, Go buses instead of train service on Staffville Line As they upgrade construction. There will be no Go Transit service in Miliken, Agncourt and Kennedy Go, consider TTC options.
On Friday, July 4, the service will also be adjusted some time.
Road closure
Gardiner Expressway Closure
as part of Long -term construction plan on Gardiner ExpresswayOne west side lanes and one east side lanes are closed between Dafarin Street and Strade Avenue. The ramp is also closed east towards the lake noise bullet in Jameson Avenue.
A stretch of gardener on the west will also be reduced by four lanes for about a year. The Westbound Lane Closure Park will spread from Lawn Road to Grand Avenue in Southern Atobicok. East -side streets with the same stretch will be compressed, but with no lane cut from April 2025 to December 2026.
Temporary off
- The TTC’s King Station is reduced to add the new lift to the new lift by both ways between Wellington and King for underground work at the TTC station. Construction is expected to continue in 2026.
- Queen Street is completely closed to traffic between Bay and Victoria roads to adjust the work at a new station for the Ontario Line Metro. The closure is going to run until 2027.
- The Avenue West West West Multi-Eglinton Crossstown has reduced to a single lane in the west of the Isington and Scarlet Road due to tunling tasks related to the West Extension Project.
- Lane restrictions on byvision avenue between Rohmpton Avenue and Armistis Drive, while the city road revival, curb and pavement replacement, and completes traffic signals and pedestrian upgrades. A Northbound Lane is currently closed on a byview Avenue between Kilgor Road and Rohmpton Avenue.
- Cherry Street is closed to the south of the Poison Pear due to maintenance on the ship channel lift bridge (Strauss Trunion Bascool Bridge). Road users are capable of reaching the port of Toronto and Cherry beach via Anwin Avenue.
- The Queens Park Crescent has been reduced to a single lane in the south of Bloor as part of the easy access program of TTC at the museum station. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
- On Wednesday, December 31, William R. Wilson Avenue at Alan Road Wilson Avenue will reduce to two lanes in each direction, which will be for construction of Wilson TTC station bus underpass structure and part of the rehabilitation of the mezzenine bridge.
- On Monday, June 30, Southbound William R. Access to highway 401 West Bound on-Ramp from Allen Road will stop. There will be a date to divert traffic to reach highway 401 using an alternative interchange nearby.
- Breamner Bulleward has reduced one west side to a west side at the intersection with the Navy Ghat court by June. Eastbound lanes remain open.
- By August, Blue Jais Way is closed between Front Street and Navy Wharf Court by August. Local access is maintained.
- The Navy Ghat Court is closed between Bremer Bulleward and Blue Jais Way by August. Local access has been maintained for the residents of the Navy Ghat court. In the post -construction phase, the East Pavement and Bremmer Boleward will be closed for pedestrians and a way to make a round.
- Isington Avenue will be reduced from three lanes to two lanes in each direction, where they on the Gardiner Expressway for about eight months, from April 7, 2025 to November 2025.
- From Monday, June 2, the King Street East and Church Street intersection will be completely closed for the next stage of a project to replace a 142 -year -old watermelon and renew the TTC Streetcar tracks.
- On Sunday, May 11 to Saturday, January 10, 2026, vehicle will be closed for vehicle traffic between Street Front Street West and Espless. The road will be carried out for live entertainment, pop-up market vendors and other programs.
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