Card-Yards 2025 programming:

PULP: Obstacle, 2017. Photo credit: Krystle Merrow.

Below is 2025's amazing programming!

PULP: Reclaimed Materials Arts and Design is coming back for another Card-yard at BIG On Bloor! As always, our fun installations, activities, and performances are completely free.

PULP: Make is a pop-up architecture art installation. Different forms cut from plywood have circular holes the size of cardboard tubes (carpet cores), allowing for easy connections. Join us in playing with a a larger than life kit of parts.

Toilet Paper Tube BORBS

Join us in making a-BORB-able birds out of TP cardboard rolls and decorating them with colourful reclaimed odds and ends.

Riener Gracias AKA The Magic dad: Prepare to Laugh, Gasp, and Cheer!

Get ready for a whirlwind of wonder with our **family comedy magician** — where hilarious hijinks meet jaw-dropping magic! Perfect for all ages, this show blends side-splitting comedy, mind-blowing illusions, and tons of audience participation. Whether you're 6 or 60, you'll be laughing out loud one minute and gasping in amazement the next. Clean, clever, and completely unforgettable — it's magical fun the whole family will love!

Arts4All is a community arts organization based out of the Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood. Come parade with us, and explore the homes we carry, those we make and the sense of home we dream about.

Karsten Stryker & Keon Narinesingh Jazz Duo

Guitarist Karsten Stryker and bassist Keon Narinesingh craft a soulful, conversational jazz sound rooted in swing, melody, and improvisation. Blending classic and modern influences, their performances offer an intimate yet dynamic musical experience.

The Emerging Writers Reading Series is dedicated to professionally serious writers still establishing themselves. Our readers have gone on to win awards, place their work, publish books, and gain further recognition as the up-and-coming writers of Canada. Join us on Saturday, July 19th at 12:30PM to hear some incredible poetry and fiction readings from writers Alex Cafarelli, Lara El Mekaui, Jingshu Yao, and Jacalyn den Haan!

YOLA BERU is a songwriter and loop vocalist. Providing beats and basslines is her multi instrumentalist and sometimes vocalist partner Matthew Maaskant, together they make lo-pressure electronic music that keeps heads bopping and creates a magical moody dance party. Find out more about Yola at yolaberu.com and Matthew at maaskant.co.

Hase - Brown is a Jazz/Flamenco duo, featuring Yuko Hase on Jazz Vocals and Justin Robinson Brown on Flamenco guitar. Beyond that, there is an experimental twist with all the vocals being sung on old telephones. Each song is an adaptation of Jazz and Flamenco in ways you’ve never heard.