{"id":2218,"date":"2026-04-13T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/2218\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:00:10","slug":"toronto-street-known-among-worlds-coolest-is-throwing-a-huge-party-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/2218\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto street known among &#8216;world&#8217;s coolest&#8217; is throwing a huge party this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, your chance to party it up on one of the &#8220;coolest streets in the world&#8221; is coming up very soon, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/events\/ossfest-2026-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OssFest 2026<\/a> makes its highly anticipated return this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Held on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/ossington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ossington Avenue<\/a>, specifically along the ever-popular stretch between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/dundaswest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dundas West <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/queenwest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Queen West<\/a>, OssFest celebrates its eighth anniversary this year. And you know what that means: another party packed with delicious food and entertainment to keep the energy going all day long.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that you&#8217;ll be turning up on a strip that Time Out\u00a0Magazine once dubbed one of the &#8220;coolest streets in the world,&#8221; well, it&#8217;s to say this block party is the place to be this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Like every year, OssFest is shaping up to be anything but disappointing for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>With Dundas West and Queen West serving as go-to destinations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/restaurants\/n\/81\/ossington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">top-notch eats<\/a> and a shopping scene that&#8217;s hard to beat, the festival will feature more than 25 restaurants offering extended patios and live performances to keep the pedestrian-only party buzzing from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ossington BIA&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ossingtonbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram account<\/a>, the strip is going to have even more CafeTO curb lane patios this year,\u00a0ensuring that organizers are able to showcase &#8220;the best that Ossington has to offer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though planning is still in its early stages, the OssFest 2026 Vendor Open Call is now officially underway. Those interested in joining this year&#8217;s lineup have until April 30 to submit their <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeBY5ARQiYZss6h1qcNQx3-NUMRMa6Uk3On1mMD9ZAzyoQGVA\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OssFest 2026 is set to take place on July 25 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., with more details expected to roll out in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto, your chance to party it up on one of the &#8220;coolest streets in the world&#8221; is coming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[336,1446,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-2218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-336","9":"tag-ossfest","10":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}