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June 2003 at the Market:

St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Annual Picnic

Friday, June 13th & Saturday, June 14th
along the Esplanade from Jarvis to Sherbourne

BBQ Cook Off and Craft Beer Show

Friday-Sunday, June 13th, 14th & June 15th
Front Street, Market Street & Market Lane Pedestrian Mall

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Ten professional barbecue teams from across North America will compete to win awards and bragging rights for the best chicken, ribs and sauce. Camp 31, Uncle Sam's BBQ, Gator BBQ, Bibs BBQ, and Billy Bones BBQ from the United States will be in competition with several Canadian teams, including Bad World BBQ and the Purple Pig BBQ team.

Food sampling takes place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 15.

As part of the craft beer show, visitors can experience more than 50 different brands of craft-brewed beer from 19 microbreweries and learn about beer-making traditions and innovations. Returning breweries include: Brick Brewing Co., Cameron's Brewing Co., Black Oak Brewing Co., Magnotta Brewery, Cool Beer Brewing Co., Steam Whistle Brewing, Niagara Brewing Company, Wellington Brewery, Scotch Irish Brewing Company and Church Key Brewing Co.

New breweries this year include: County Durham Brewing Company, C'est What?, Banks Canada, McAuslan Brewing, Mill Street Brewery, Denison's Brewing Company, Amsterdam, Trafalgar Brewing Company and Creemore Springs Brewery.

Admission to the grounds is free. Parking is available at the Toronto Parking Authority lot, located at the south end of Market Street (below The Esplanade).

For more information, or call 416-392-7120. Media contact: Shane Carmichael, Event Co-ordinator, 416-304-0144.

Still to Come in 2003 at the Market:

August 21-24, 2003	Buskerfest & Feast of St. Lawrence Front Street, Market Street & Market Lane Pedestrian Mall BuskerFest is Toronto's International Street Performer's Festival where the world's best Buskers converge on Toronto for four days and nights of entertainment from more than 40 of the world's top street performers. Proceeds go to support Epilepsy Toronto, a not for profit organization which provides support to more than 40,000 people living with Epilepsy and seizure disorders in the city of Toronto. From noon to 11p.m. in the heart of Toronto's St. Lawrence Market (between Church and Jarvis), August 21st to the 24th (except Sunday from noon to 5p.m.) buskers from around the world including Canada, the U.S., Australia and Europe will thrill you with daring feats of fire, martial arts, comedy, music, juggling, acrobatics, miming, storytelling and much, much more. To find out more about attending this event go to torontobuskerfest.com or email Elizabeth Dalgleish or phone her at Epilepsy Toronto at 416-964-9095, located at 2221 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4S 2B4.
November 1, 2003	200th Anniversary Celebrations North Market, South Market & Market Lane Pedestrian Mall
December 1st to 24th	St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood BIA Toy Drive St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood
December 1st to 31st	Nutcracker Neighbourhood St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood

Check back later for more details on these events. And to see what's happened in past at the St. Lawrence Market, go to:
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