BuskerFest brings talented street performers from all around the world to Toronto’s St. Lawrence neighbourhood, where they ply their trade in front of thousands, to support Epilepsy Toronto. (And also to support themselves, with our spare change.) This year’s edition of the event, the twelfth annual, took place between August 25 and 28. If you [...]

Photos by Eric Yip/Torontoist. WHERE: Front Street East and Church Street. WHEN: 9:30 p.m., August 27. WHAT: Saurus (top) and FlameOz (bottom) play with fire at St. Lawrence Market’s BuskerFest—which continues through the weekend.

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Urban Planner is Torontoist’s daily guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every morning. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com. Toronto-based Circus Orange performs Tricycle. Photo courtesy of BuskerFest and Circus Orange. PERFORMANCE: At today’s launch of the Scotiabank BuskerFest, [...]

For the last few weeks of the summer, Torontoist has been investigating ideas that we could benefit from pillaging from others. Two weeks ago, we looked at Madrid’s integration of public libraries and public transit, as well as their insistence on keeping a more humane schedule for workers. Last week, we examined Amsterdam’s method of [...]