CELEBRATE TORONTO BIKE MONTH WITH BICYCLE-POWERED LIVE MUSIC FROM TUNE YOUR RIDE AND LOTS MORE!
Riverside’s Annual Eats & Beats Streetfest is back – this year on Saturday, June 3rd and Sunday, June 4th alongside the Riverdale ArtWalk! Join us as the festival helps Ontario and Canada ‘Celebrate 150’, with festivities spanning Riverside’s 10 vibrant blocks along Queen Street East from the DVP to Empire Avenue.
From 1-6pm on June 3rd, get moving with activities at our Munro Street Closure. Lend us your energy to power live tunes from our bicycle-powered music station provided by Tune Your Ride, including:
1:00pm: Enjoy Jessie Kussin’s bluesy tunes. Kussin’s vocal style draws air from somewhere older than now, somewhere blue and a little bit fragile. Drawing from magical realism, her songwriting explores narrative glimpses of a human kind such as impermanent love, blinding ambition & losing your sense of yourself in the crowd. Jess is currently working on a collaborative recording project of new material.
2:00pm: Jessica Moore brings you soulful indie music. Moore is a Toronto singer-songwriter whose rich vocals and gentle lyrics are accompanied by her banjo, guitar, and body-percussion. Her songwriting is threaded through with the sensibility for language she has developed as an award-winning poet and translator. Drawing on indie, folk, and spiritual traditions, Jessica’s debut solo album, Beautiful in Red, presents a soulful collection of songs.
3:00pm: Benjamin Hermann is sure to hit a sweet spot amongst folk music lovers. His newest album ‘Windows Wide Open’ released on Roaring Girl Records, mixes subtlety and directness, blending distant instrumentation and strong finger-style guitar playing into a soundscape that compliments vocals delivered with careful nuance.
4:00pm: Great James’ fun interactive tunes will delight the whole family. James is a songwriter, software product manager, community organizer and Poppa who gets settled whenever he picks up wood and strings. He’s been writing and playing his tunes around Canada for 20 years.
PLUS at Munro, enjoy bicycle-themed activities hosted by Riverside businesses:
- Expert advice from Riverside’s Switchback Cyclery and chat with the folks from Ward 28 bikes
- Lemonade stand with donations going to 2017 Canada Africa Partnership Ride, and moss wall photobooth with portrait photography courtesy of Quince Flowers and the Riverside BIA
- The ever-popular make-your-own smoothie by bicycle from Oma Chiropractic and Wellness Centre!!
Also on Munro, check out Evolve Skate Camp for kids and teens: 1pm-3pm FREE Drop-in skateboard lessons for kids ages 6-14 years old.
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BIG THANK YOU to Riverside Eats & Beats sponsors for helping make this fantastic event possible: the Riverside BIA, Ontario 150, BMO Queen & Saulter Branch, Hullmark, Downtown Automotive Group, and Metroland Media.