The Toronto Traveler

I’m starting to fall more and more in love with Winter. Yes, this is after spending a total of nine hours on the freeway traveling from Toronto to Windsor (which was at least ten degrees colder than the city) this weekend…in that time, I had the chance to take in my fair share of snowdrifts and bitter winds. But while my teeth were chattering, I was reminded that one annual event you just can’t miss is right around the corner – The Cavalcade of Lights.

Right in the heart of the city at Nathan Philips Square (Toronto’s City Hall), the Cavalcade of Lights kicks off this weekend on November 29th at 7pm with the tree lighting, special fireworks and live performances from Serena Ryder, Alex Cuba, Andrew Craig, Toya Alexis and The Canadian Tenors. The skating rink will also be open until 10pm…which if I’ve calculated correctly means that my evening on November 29th will go something like this -

7:00-8:30pm enjoy the fireworks and music, take some photos and savour this delicious Mexican Hot Chocolate I’ll be making to celebrate.

8:30-9:00pm hop back to my apartment and pick up my ice skates.

9:15-10:00pm enjoy the first ice skate of the season (and work off that hot chocolate).

If you can’t make it this weekend, that’s okay – The Cavalcade of Lights continues every Saturday before Christmas in December –

December 6 – The Top Three Tour, featuring Canadian Idols Theo Tams, Mitch Macdonald, Drew Write plus special guests Mookie Morris and Sebastian Piggot
December 13 – Dragonette
December 20 – Serena Ryder

Address:
Toronto City Hall’s Nathan Phillips Square
100 Queen Street West
(Queen Street West and Bay Street)

TTC: Osgoode Subway Station or Queen Subway Station (both fully accessible)

Images: John Vetterli on Flickr

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