This Thursday July 31st we will have our second event of the season! Grab your bike and join us as we head south-east for the first time ever down to the waterfront and the Portlands.

This tour will feature a special performance in collaboration with the Canadian Opera Company, site-specific projections on a majestic industrial building, unique dance and music performances and much more.

The tour meets at Canoe Landing Park at Dan Leckie Way and Fort York Blvd at 6:30pm, the tour leaves at 7pm sharp. See below for ticket info.

We're keeping our eyes on the grey weather this week, so please stay tuned for any updates. Help us pray for sun, but if it looks like rain on Thursday we will be posting updates about the status of the tour on our Facebook, Twitter and website

NEW THIS YEAR - TICKETS ///

This will be the first year we implement the sale of tickets for our bicycle tours. Tickets will be available for a modest $5 either on our website or in person before the start of the tour. The reason for introducing tickets is two fold, first, given the growing number of people attending Art Spin were finding it almost impossible to secure venues that can comfortably accommodate such numbers. When spaces become too crowded the quality of our event is significantly compromised for everyone and weve received much valuable feedback from many of you to this effect. Second, as Art Spin evolves so do our production costs and your support is essential in helping us pay our deserving artists and to continue bringing you quality programming.

The amount of tickets sold will be limited to 250 and these people will receive wristbands that guarantee them access into any indoor venue that has a capacity issue. People who do not choose to buy a ticket may still join our bike tour but will not be guaranteed access to these venues. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this.

ART YOUR RIDE ///

Promise encourages you to decorate or transform your bike at Art Spin this summer and win prizes for the best entry!

Our friends and long time supporters David and Irving of Promise, who do the weekly parties at Cherry Beach, creative warehouse parties high on artistic flare, Harvest Festival, Kajama tall sailing ship cruise and much more each year, are partnering with us to present the Art Your Ride competition.

The person who makes the most inspired decorative transformation to their bike for each Art Spin tour over the summer will win lots of great prizes from the Promise Culture Pack, consisting of a selection of free tickets, passes and gift certificates from the following organizations that have generously donated to this exciting project:

Toronto Symphony Orchestra / The Manor Hair Lounge Day Spa / Coda Nightclub / Brockton Flower Shop / Eternal Goddess Creations / Zero Gravity Circus / Lunacy Cabaret / Greenwood Smokehouse / Crave.to / Casa Loma Symphony series / Lovebot / Promise Cherry Beach Soundsystem

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