Category: Town Square
Sports Gear Swap, Gardening Day May 4
Saturday, May 4, will be a busy and fun day at the park, with two events, opportunities to volunteer, and a chance to get new sports gear (and recycle old gear) for you or the family.
The 3rd Annual Sorauren Spring Sports Gear Swap is your chance to drop off gently used bicycles and sports equipment and return to find gear you need.
The drop-off period runs from 9:30 to 11:30 am on the Sorauren Town Square. You can return to pick up gear any time after 10:30 am until 12:30 pm. (Rain date: May 5.)
In addition to bicycles, the Spring Swap accepts functional camping, baseball, soccer, tennis, football, hockey and ski gear. Not accepted: helmets, kayaks, canoes, paddles, life jackets. Please ensure items are clean and in good working order.
Left-over equipment will be donated to Kids with Incarcerated Parents Canada.
Later on, the annual Gardening Day takes place from 2 – 4 pm. Join our friends from the Yale Alumni and get your hands in the dirt by helping with light gardening duties around the Fieldhouse. Bring gloves and gardening gear. Volunteer captains will assist. All ages welcome!
Gardening Dan and the Spring Swap are brought to you by Friends of Sorauren Park, your community non-profit devoted to the enjoyment and completion of Sorauren Park. Contact us if you’d like to volunteer. For updates, follow @SoraurenPark on social media and subscribe to our newsletter.
Solar Eclipse Viewing Party April 8
It’s the cosmic event of the year! Come view the solar eclipse with the community at Sorauren Park on eclipse day, Monday, April 8 from 2 – 4 pm. (Reminder, it’s a PA day for schools.)
The Sorauren Stargazers and the Friends of Sorauren Park are hosting a viewing party on the Town Square. We’ll have a limited number of ISO-certified eclipse glasses, which must be worn to safely view the eclipse directly. Bring your own if you have them. Libraries may have supplies.
To celebrate, we’ll be serving fresh-baked Eclipse Cookies from the bake oven, and Sorauren Solar Mocktails, while supplies last. There’ll be kids’ kosmic kraft activities, and a fire pit for warming up. We’ll also have an eclipse projection stand to view the eclipse safely on a white board, and education displays.
Toronto is just outside the zone of total eclipse, but will experience a 99% partial eclipse as the moon slides slowly over the face of the sun in a grand orbital dance. April weather is iffy, so follow @SoraurenPark on Instagram, Facebook and X for updates, or visit this site. (If it’s cloudy but not raining, we’ll still party on.) Also sign up for the Sorauren Park newsletter for park news and events.
Big thanks to our sponsors Laneway Custom Build, Scooter Girl Toys, The Mercantile, Chander Chaddah, Sutton Group Associates and Phila Optical for supporting the activities. Clear skies!
PS: Remember to come to the RC Toy Car Derby on March 30 at the ball diamond!
Thanks for another great outdoor movie season
The Sorauren Park 2023 Outdoor Movie Series ended on the beautiful first evening of fall, September 23, with about 600 people at the Town Square by the time the first movie, Turning Red, started rolling. (How about those SkyDome scenes!) Many hundred stayed for the second film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. And the pre-show Teddy Bear Clinic with Dundas West Animal Hospital was a successful operation!
The Friends of Sorauren Park would like to thank everyone who attended and the many donors who help keep park programming free for the community.
Shout-out to our great volunteers who devote four summer Saturday nights to making outdoor movies at Sorauren Park a treasured community tradition. This summer’s season was dedicated to the memory of volunteer Finneas Forbes.
Special thanks to our amazing and many long-time sponsors whose support also helps cover the many licensing, permit, insurance and promotion costs. It couldn’t happen without you.
Presenting Sponsors:
Chandar Chaddah, Sutton Group Associates Brokerage
Dundas West Animal Hospital
Master Mechanic High Park
Supporting Sponsors:
Meridian Credit Union (Roncesvalles Branch)
Zygg E-Bikes (June pizza dinner, with Cucinato Studio)
Snack Shack Sponsors:
Scooter Girl Toys
The Mercantile
Next events include the Pumpkin Sale (October 21), Pumpkin Parade (November 1) and come winter, the natural ice rink. See you at the park!
Country Fair Farmers’ Market returns Sept. 4
The popular annual Country Fair version of the Sorauren Farmers’ Market returns to Sorauren Park on Labour Day, September 4 from 3 – 7 pm.
Special features include the Best in Fair competition, with jam, pickle, cookie and pie categories. You can enter online or sign up at the Market info desk.
The Country Fair also features the Dog Show, starting at 5:30 pm. Categories include Best Trick, Obstacle Course and Feeling Cute (best costume).
Come on down to the Country Fair, produced by the Sorauren Farmers’ Market Association.
Free World Dance lessons start June 21
Salsa! Flamenco! Kathak and more!
You’re invited to join our free and fun Intro to World Dance lessons outside at the Sorauren Fieldhouse.
Six Wednesday evenings of free drop-in beginner lessons. No experience needed. All ages welcome.
June 21 & 28; July 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2023
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Meet behind the Fieldhouse.
- June 21 Latin Dance
- June 28 Belly Dancing
- July 5 TBA
- July 12 Flamenco
- July 19 TBA
- July 26 TBA
Watch this site or follow @SoraurenPark on social media for schedule updates.
Donate to the Friends of Sorauren Park to help support free programming at the park.
Brought to you by Friends of Sorauren Park and generously sponsored by Avryll McNair, Bosley Real Estate.
Leafs Game 5 broadcast live on Sorauren Town Square May 12
Game on! The Friends of Sorauren Park will be broadcasting Game 5 of the Leafs – Panthers playoff series live on the outdoor-movie big screen at the Sorauren Park Town Square on Friday, May 12. The game starts at 7 pm.
This public, free broadcast is made possible through special arrangement with Sportsnet and Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment. Special thanks also to Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation and Councillor Gord Perks. Note there will be no Snack Shack or food service. The water fountain is on for the season.
Please join us on the Town Square – now Maple Leafs Square – to cheer on the team at this family-friendly event. Go Leafs go!
Sorauren Park 