Come out to the “Junction City” Square at Dundas St. W. and Pacific Ave. and visit the newly built Junction Train Platform. Based on turn of the century architecture, this 500 square foot roofed platform will serve as gathering place for weekend events held throughout the year.
Kicking off the festivities is the “Junction City” Weekend, April 12-14. Hourly vaudeville shows, intriguing facts about the Junction, walking tours, photo exhibits, games and more will be offered from noon to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. You can even get your picture taken on the platform dressed in historic costumes.
Take a look at some of the historical portrait photos taken on
"Junction City" Weekend.
Saturday April 12 – Monday April 14
Junction Train Platform, Dundas St. W. & Pacific Ave.
O N G O I N G A C T I V I T I E S
Historic Games, Photos & Facts : Creative Workshops : Commemorative Photos
April 12 & 13 : 12pm – 5pm
Junction Train Platform, Dundas St. W. & Pacific Ave.
- Historic Games and Activities
- Historic Photo Exhibit and Installation
- Commemorative photo opportunities
- Learn about the Junction’s rich history
- The Gathering Space creative workshops:
The Gathering Space is an arts initiative based in
the Junction that uses maps, photographs, text, film,
visual art, and objects to research, reflect, and
respond to people’s ideas, stories, and memories about everyday life. Share your ideas, stories
and memories about everyday life in the Junction: contribute a story to our
mapping project, tell Junction Judy when, how, and why you arrived in the
neighbourhood; take a walk with a drawing box to add to our exhibition; and
write a letter to Toronto.
S C H E D U L E D E V E N T S
Hourly Vaudeville Acts – Music, Comedy & Dance
Revival Dear : Parker and Seville : Doin' Time : What’s On? TAP!
April 12 & 13 : 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
Junction Train Platform, Dundas St. W & Pacific Ave.
Revival Dear (music)
Revival Dear is a roots rock band who has found a way to pay homage to the past and to herald in the future at the same time. Imagine a marriage between classic rock legends The Band and Fleetwood Mac, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of their sound. Yet Revival Dear’s music is fresh, totally alive, and very relevant in today’s music scene.
Parker and Seville (comedy)
Last year Parker and Seville exploded onto Toronto’s independent comedy scene, performing frequent sets at Yuk Yuks, the Laugh Resort, the Rivoli, and dozens of other venues. They blew the roof off the Second City during the 2007 Fresh Meat competition, widely considered to be their best set to date. Parker and Seville’s routines consist of back and forth dialogue at a breakneck pace, with ridiculous physicality, clever wordplay and absurd social commentary.
Doin' Time (music)
Doin' Time has been on their musical road to redemption for the better part of ten years now. "Five Fingers" Pete and "Ramblin" Reg now crisscross the country atoning for passed indiscretions by singin' and playin' rather than coning and cheating. So when Doin' Time comes to your town, you'll be entertained, not duped.
What’s On? TAP! (dance)
This high energy, all female professional tap company is devoted to bringing the delights of percussive feet to audiences of all ages. Described as the “all female Tap Dogs”, when the strength and razor sharp technique of nine determined women flood the stage, performances become a torrent of percussive energy. Dedicated to the dance form, artistic director Kim Chalovich “loves every aspect of tap, especially when it’s sizzling with dynamic energy!”…and her original choreography, with intricate foot work and unbeatable rhythm is proof indeed!
Walking Tours
High Park Walking Tour
April 12 : 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm
April 13 : 1:00 pm
Dundas St. W. & Pacific Ave.
Proceeding down Pacific, west on Annette, down High Park, ending at the historic mineral baths at Gothic Avenue, led by West Toronto Junction Historical Society (WTJHS) volunteers. View the great houses of High Park Avenue with their picturesque and eccentric Queen Anne revival style. Imagine the social whirlwind that surrounded first Mayor D.W. Clendenan’s mansion. Take in the gables, towers, wrought iron, and Junction brick of yesteryear.
Dundas Street West Historical Walking Tour 
Monday, April 14
: 7:00 pm
Dundas St. W. & Pacific Ave.
Get to know Dundas through the memories of the legends who first walked its wooden sidewalks. Tours will be conducted by first Junction Mayor D.W. Clendenan (Andre Wagner) accompanied by WTJHS president Gib Goodfellow; by legendary school principal Miss Mary Cherry (Kristen Buckley) and “Junction City” Mayor W.A. Baird (Councilor Bill Saundercook) accompanied by WTJHS historian Madeleine McDowell; and by Junction journalist A.B. Rice (Neil Ross), accompanied by Governor-General Award winning historian Christopher Moore. Thrill to the first runnings of the Queen’s Plate, smell the popcorn of the long gone Junction theatre district, hear the rumble of the steam locomotive and listen to the Firemen’s Bell ringing three times a day, setting the rhythm of the railway town. Starts at Pacific Ave. and Dundas St. W. and ending at Indian Grove.
After Party at Shox’s (“the Local Option”)
Monday, April 14
:
8:00 pm
2827 Dundas St. W.
At the end of the line, slake your thirst along with the 10,000 men who surged into the Junction for one last drink before they closed the bars.
Walking tours presented by the West Toronto Junction Historical Society.
“Legends of the Junction” Historical Pageant
Saturday April 12 : 4:00pm
Dundas St. W. & Pacific Ave.
History comes alive as Junction first Mayor D.W. Clendenan (Andre Wagner), legendary school principal Miss Mary Cherry (Kristen Buckley), dean of Junction journalists A.B. Rice (Neil Ross), and a tuba player from the Junction College of Music (David Wencer) introduce the next generation of Junction artists from local secondary schools, singing, acting and recreating the past as a prelude to their future. Features a reading of “The Junction Station” by A.B. Rice, a rendering of William Lyon Mackenzie and his rebels robbing the western mail just across from the Coffee Time Donuts, and the life of the Junction’s first lady of medicine Dr. Minerva Reid.
Historical Pageant presented by West Toronto Junction Historical Society.
