15 things to do in Toronto this Thanksgiving weekend 2020
Things to do in Toronto on Thanksgiving weekend 2020 will be entirely different than years past. Health officials are urging people to tone down the indoor festivities, scale back social gathering numbers, and — for the love of God —跳过巨人家庭火鸡大餐.
What’s left to do in these not-so-celebratory times? Well, drive-thrus, virtual events, and social distancing in the great outdoors are certainly all things to be thankful for this year. It goes without saying: use your judgement and gobble gobble safely.
Scattered between the dense urban landscape of Toronto are green areas of immense natural beauty, you just have to know where to go. Coops are for turkeys, not humans, so work those gams at some ofToronto’s best walking trails, spacious expanses likeEdwards GardensorravineslikeGlen StewartorCoxwell.
A pop-up pumpkin patch might be the most pandemic-friendly, fall apropos thing to do right now. Fall activities like pumpkin decorating, pumpkin bowling, and food served in pumpkins, eaten by the fire are all on the menu at theFall n' Leaves TOpop-up.
The event runs until the end of the month at the southwest corner of Bathurst and Richmond. Reservations are recommended. Hand sanitizer, contact tracing QR codes and social distancing are in effect.
The city’sBigArtTOart program continues until Dec. 25, meaning you have plenty of time to check out the giant-sized installations popping up around the city.
Thanksgiving Weekend’s artwork will include Online//Offline 1 by Enna Kim at Christie Pits Park, and Sunken by Nikole Hidalgo at the Driftwood Community Recreation Centre. Shows run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
You may be jumping the gun with the jack-o'-lantern festivities, butToronto's Halloween Night of Lightsis a great way to have fun with those in your household without leaving the car.
This 2.2 kilometre drive-thru experience includes more than 700,000 LED lights.Buy your ticket online, head up to Improve Canada, turn up the radio channel and roll down the windows.
You basted and cooked a whole turkey, and you have no one to share it with. What do you do? Get on a Zoom hang with your pals and eat the whole bird to your face, that’s what. Just kidding — unless you want to do it,mukbang-style, in which case: bon appetit friend.
The prix-fixe food festivalAsialicious, which was born from a need to support Asian-owned businesses during the pandemic, ends Oct. 11.
That means this Sunday is your last chance to take advantage of the many $10, $20, and $30 promos they have going at restaurants across the city.
Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a movie theatre is the last thing you want to do right now, but we’re pretty much living off of Netflix and Amazon Prime these days, so why not support some local film festivals? It’s the thirtieth year of Toronto’s LGBT film fest,Inside Out, and they’re screening films until Oct. 11.
The High Park amphitheatre has been seeing more action than ever as of late, and this weekend will be no exception. The Dora Award-winningRed Sky Performancewill be bringing its contemporary Indigenous show to this spacious park's stage.
The event is free, and runs from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11. Show times vary.
You can revel in the sweet sounds of the Grammy-nominatedToronto Mendelssohn Choirthis Saturday at 8 p.m.
The choir is hosting a virtual event calledKannamma,A Concert of Thanksgiving, which will include an array of performances, from European classical to South Indian Carnatic Museum. Tune in for free and donate to support the TMC.
We didn’t get to do any fun summer food festivals this year, butStreet Eats Marketis launching their brand new, permanent outdoor market at Hillcrest Mall this Saturday, meaning food trucks galore.
Head to Richmond Hill for eats from El Bosco or The Cuban Thing. Street Eats is doing socially-distanced walk-ups and curbside pick-ups.
The OVO-signed R&B duoDVSN is playingat theCityView drive-thru venueon Saturday, and again on Sunday for their encore. Gates open at 7 p.m., and shows start at 9 p.m. Tickets are purchased per vehicle, and priced based on the number of people in each car.
Celebrate all the things that South Asian cultures have to offer, but do it from the safety of your home.
The annualTD Festival of South Asiais holding its celebrations digitally by highlighting local businesses plus dance and musical performances via Youtube livestreams, which start nightly at 6 p.m. The festival runs until Oct. 11.
One of the most popular virtual escape rooms in North America comes fromDaydream Adventure, located on the Danforth. They’re running a dreamy online adventure calledThe Witch’s Forest, where all you need is fast WiFi, two devices, a paper and a pen to play. It’s $95 for four players, and $10 per extra player.
It might hurt your brain but seeing this new outdoor sculpture needs to be on your fall to-do list. Right downtown in the Financial District, thisjust installed optical illusionwas designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and is already a social media sensation.
Riding a bike this year has never been more popular and theLeslie Street Spitand Beaches area are two spots that are ideal destinations this time of year. The Spit has a seemingly endless path with views of Toronto's skyline while areas just further east likeAshbriges湾come with secluded beaches and picnic areas that make for perfect pit stops.
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