Welcome to our ‘hoods

TOsketchfest venues are located in three neighbourhoods: Comedy Bar is in Bloorcourt, Lower Ossington Theatre is in Ossington Village/West Queen West, and The Second City is in the Entertainment District. Most TOsketchfest shows are at Comedy Bar and Lower Ossington Theatre, which are a quick 10 minute bus ride or car trip apart, or 30 minutes on foot. The Second City is further away, approximately 30-40 minutes on transit or 15 minutes by car from either venue.

Bloorcourt

Comedy Bar is located in the Bloorcourt neighbourhood, on Bloor Street West between Ossington and Dufferin. Bloorcourt is a vibrant commercial stretch of restaurants from all corners of the globe, dotted with cool bars, second hand bookstores, locally designed clothing and home made ice cream.

Take the TTC to Ossington Subway station and exit the station by the Delaware exit. Comedy Bar is right across the road!

Metered parking is available on Bloor St W or in Green P lots in the alley north of Bloor St W, or you can park on residential streets until 12 midnight.

West Queen West / Dundas and Ossington

Lower Ossington Theatre is at Ossington and Queen Street West at the crossroads of two ultra-hip art-inspired neighbourhoods: West Queen West and Ossington Village. You will be literally surrounded by hipsters, art galleries and places to eat amazing food, drink cocktails, craft beer and tequila!

To get there by transit, take the Queen Streetcar to Ossington or the Ossington Bus to Queen St West. Walk north from Queen St West to find Lower Ossington Theatre.

Metered parking is available on Ossington, Queen and Dundas or in Green P lots located on Ossington north of Queen, and Dundas east of Ossington, or you can park on residential streets until 12 midnight.

The Entertainment District

The Second City is at Mercer Street and Blue Jays Way in the heart of the Entertainment District. The Second City Training Centre is a block away at King and Peter. This is Toronto’s night-life and tourism central with dozens of night clubs, commercial theatres, restaurants and our major attractions (CN Tower, Rogers Centre, Convention Centre etc.)

To get there by transit, exit the subway at St. Andrew Station and either walk or take the King Street streetcar west towards Blue Jays Way. (Note: Peter Street and Blue Jays Way are the same street, the former is the name of the street north of King St, the latter is south of King St.)

Limited metered parking is available on the major streets, or you could spend a pretty penny parking in a surface lot. Best to take transit.

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