Each year during the final weekend of Pride, The 519 hosts the Green Space Festival (GSF) featuring a series of signature events held in Barbara Hall Park. The Festival, and other activities held during this important Pride month, have many positive impacts for our local neighbourhood and businesses.
- Green Space Festival is The 519’s biggest annual fundraising event that takes place during the month of Pride.
- Proceeds generated from Green Space Festival go to support The 519’s unique programs and services, and enable us to provide free space for community-led organizations.
- The 519 is a Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ community centre and service provider, serving underserved local residents and 2SLGBTQ+ communities across Toronto and beyond.
- Green Space Festival has been able to directly invest millions of dollars into programs and services for marginalized 2SLGBTQ+ communities as a direct result of our fundraising over the last 10+ years.
We are committed to building on the improvements we have made to how we manage sound mitigation, traffic flow, pedestrian safety, maintenance, and communications in the build up to and during the Festival. We are grateful for the ongoing support, feedback, and advice from our neighbours, the Councillor’s office, the Church-Wellesley Neighbourhood Association, the Church-Wellesley BIA, and City of Toronto staff. Please see the following information about our commitment to access to the park and other facilities during the 2025 Festival.
Sound Mitigation
- We are again incorporating sound-proofing features in our site plan to direct sound away from our neighbours as much as possible. We incorporate sound-dampening banners into our site design.
- We will not exceed 80 db during the events. We monitor this continuously and diligently during the festival and bylaw enforcement checks our levels several times per day.
- Amplified sound will end promptly at 11:59pm from Wednesday, June 25 to Sunday, July 29.
Thank you for your continued support and care for The 519. we can’t wait to see at the Festival!