Welcome to the
Twenty-second Annual
Cabbagetown
Art & Crafts Sale
Friday, September 10, 2010, 1.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Meet
the 2009 Cabbagetown Art and Crafts Sale Award
Winners
Directions to sale.
Cabbagetown is located in downtown Toronto, bounded by Wellesley,
Parliament, and Gerrard streets and the Don Valley Expressway,
easily accessible by public transit. The correct
name for the area is Don Vale, but the name Cabbagetown, from
the habit of its first residents to grow cabbages on their front
lawns has stuck. The name was popularized in the Hugh Garner novel
about the area.
 The
neighbourhood has changed since the days when it was known as
the "largest Anglo-Saxon slum in North America"; it has been renovated,
rebuilt, and retouched to become a heritage neighbourhood where
many famous Canadians in the arts live. The Victorian architecture
and narrow streets attract tourists year round.
The Cabbagetown
Festival and the Riverdale Farm Fall Festival have been held
for the past nineteen years on the weekend after Labour Day and
have grown to attract over 20,000 people. The festival starts
on Thursday night and continues through Sunday: Parliament Street
is closed to traffic on Saturday for the annual parade and all-day
entertainment. Sidewalk cafés and garage sales abound.
The Cabbagetown Art & Crafts Sale is held
in Riverdale Park, right beside Riverdale
Farm in the centre of Cabbagetown. The farm represents a turn
of the century small family farm with a farmhouse, barn, and a
variety of heritage breed farm animals. The Riverdale Farm
Fall Festival includes craft demonstrations, corn roasts,
fiddle playing, children's activities and a barn dance Saturday
night. You will also find great restaurants and, for out-of-town
visitors, bed & breakfasts close by (do visit the Old Cabbagetown
Toronto Site). You can also find out what else is going on during the Cabbagetown Festival by vising www.cabbagetownfestival.org.
As you can tell, the Cabbagetown Art & Crafts Sale
is in the middle of a lot of activity. Each year 170 artists and
craftspeople exhibit in the juried sale, which is known as a place
to find high quality items. Admission for visitors to
the sale is FREE! The sale is also a community fund raising
activity. Proceeds from the exhibitors' fees go to
BarnyardArts, a visual art and crafts programme at Riverdale
Farm, and other neighbourhood charities and arts organization
Because of the number of activities taking
place all weekend, it is strongly recommended that visitors
come to Cabbagetown by TTC:
Subway to Castle Frank Station, Parliament Street Bus to Winchester
Street, walk east to end of street.
(Please note that the buses may be diverted on Saturday and Sunday due to the closing of part of Parliament Street. In that case, take either the Parliament or Wellesley bus to Wellesley Street and walk south to Winchester Street, then east to the park.)
OR
Take the College/Carlton/Gerrard Streetcar to Sumach Street
(at Gerrard) and walk three blocks north.
(Please note that the streetcar may be divered along Dundas Street between Church and Parliament streets on Saturday and Sunday due to the closing of part of Parliament Street, but will turn north onto Parliament and then east along Gerrard to Sumach Street.)
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Cabbagetown Art & Crafts
Sale, 456 Sumach St
Toronto ON M4X 1V7
For information call: 416-926-0237, e-mail: cabbagetowncraft@aol.com
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