A Holly Jolly Day: Riverside Holiday Market 2025 Highlights

Yesterday was a merry affair in the neighbourhood as the community gathered for an afternoon of seasonal fun at this year’s Riverside Holiday Market inside Ralph Thornton Community Centre!

We’d like to thank all the amazing people who made the Riverside Holiday Market a success: our event collaborators, local vendors, volunteers and of course, YOU for joining us!

In case you missed it, here are some highlights from this year’s Riverside Holiday Market:

Our lovely vendors like Lucky Confectionary brought festive homebaked treats to the Riverside Holiday Market 

This year, the Riverside Holiday Market went indoors at Ralph Thornton Community Centre

There were plenty of free fun activities for the kiddos at the Riverside Holiday Market like cupcake decorating

Santa spread *JOY* by greeting visitors as they entered the Riverside Holiday Market

Shout out to all of you who came and made this year’s Riverside Holiday Market a success!

Check out these cool custom tree ornaments by Learn With Resin

If Santa brought the vibes, DJ Stevie Kicks brought the tunes to the Riverside Holiday Market

The McGregor Carollers stopped by to serenade visitors with their soulful rendition of holiday classics

Drag artist Messy Margaret hosted a game of bingo at the Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter Branch

Hosted by artist Ella Mazur, the Riverside Window Wonderland Art Walk happened in conjunction with the Riverside Holiday Market

In true Riverside BIA tradition, we’re wrapping up the year with our annual fundraiser: the Riverside Antler Breakfast, happening on Friday, December 12th from 8am to 10am at the second floor of Ralph Thornton Community Centre (765 Queen St E). 

Now in its 14th year, the Riverside Antler Breakfast is raising funds in support of Fontbonne Ministries’ Food Program at their Mustard Seed location and the RTCC’s programming. Come join us and support a great cause! Learn more about it HERE.

Be sure to follow @riverside_bia on Instagram and check the Riverside Blog regularly for updates on our community programming!

We acknowledge and thank the City of Toronto, Government of Canada and FedDev Ontario for support of this campaign as part of the ‘Riverside Ramps it Up’ project through the Transit Expansion Construction Mitigation Fund 2025.

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