Riverside Eats & Beats, in its 4th year, was described by Riverside businesses and festival-goers alike as ‘the best and busiest yet’ with:
- 10,000+ people coming out to Riverside on June 4
- 50+ participating restaurants,vendors and retailers hosting events/ activities
- 20 live performances by Toronto musicians and artists
- 4 street closures jammed packed with activities and attractions
- 200+ volunteer hours contributed on June 4
This event could not have happened without the support of so many amazing people!
THANK YOU:
- Riverside Eats & Beats 2016 Sponsors: Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments, Downtown Automotive Group, Metroland Media, and GoodHood!!
- Riverside Eats & Beats Marketing Committee, for your energy, ideas, and volunteer time to make this event come alive! An especially big thanks to event chair Adrienne McRuvie of Oma Chiropractic, the team from our community charity partner the Ralph Thornton Centre and our tour partner Toronto Food Tours
- Riverside BIA Board Chair Mitch Korman and all our Board members who helped spread the word, and host and support activities
- Street Closure Hosts: Big thanks to Nell & Natasha for hosting their always-popular free annual BBQ; and to Oma Chiropractic, Quince Flowers, The Ralph Thornton Centre, and the Queen & Saulter Library, who hosted outstanding events and activities that anchor the festival; and the Artists’ Network for cross promoting and collaborating on outreach with the Riverdale Art Walk, so our two events come together as one
- Riverside Restaurants, Retailers and Community Centres who hosted excellent activities: Shout out to the teams at An Sibin, The Wine Rack, Common Sort, The Opera House, Broadview Bakery, Mustard Seed, Royal Canadian Curling Club, Dangerous Dan’s, Sugar Loaf,County Riverside, I’ll Be Seeing You, Tabule, Bergstrom, Arts Market, Common Sort, il ponte, Dimensions, The Peasant Table, Chi Junky, Butchers of Distinction, The Comrade, Irish Design House, Pulp Kitchen, Smash! Ping Pong, Downtown Toyota, and so many more
- Artists, Musicians, Artisans and Vendors: Geo Conidis, our Graphic Designer, who created the fresh promotional materials that helped make this event come to life and captured people’s attention online and on the streets. Musicians who helped enliven our streets and community spaces: Don Valley Stompers, Turbo Street Funk, Samba Toronto, HUDU Rising Blues, VocalWork Children’s Choir, Black & Blonde, Dustin & Caleb, Toronto English Country Dance Assembly, Tune Your Ride’s bicycle-powered line up, plus many more fantastic local artists, authors and vendors.
- Councillor Paula Fletcher for her ongoing support in helping make these street events happen
- Other Eats & Beats Volunteers: all our fabulous, hard-working George Brown ESL Students and other volunteers for their essential support and extra hard work on June 4th!
- Media and community partners who helped spread the word: Snapd, The Bulletin, and Beach Mirror. Special thanks to k-media for capturing the moments!!
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Last but certainly not least, the amazing BIA Office Team!
AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE EVENT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FOR NEXT TIME. There’s a chance to win a limited edition Riverside tshirt!
