Happy Canada Day! Hot enough for ya?
After watching England scrape by against DR Congo, we walked over to the Humber Match Day Hub at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus. Here's more from humber.ca.
Humber Match Day Hub: The Road to the Finals
From July 1 - July 19, Humber’s Match Day Hub - Toronto’s community soccer viewing destination - will showcase 20 games and nearly 100 hours of programming during the global competition.
Guests will be immersed in the sights, sounds, and flavours of the tournament, with curated music and food inspired by the cultures and regions of the competing nations. Located outdoors at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus, and offering free admission to the public – the Match Day Hub parties will include live music, DJ sets and soccer-themed film screenings - creating a vibrant experience for fans. Cultural partners include NXNE Music Festival, Salsa in Toronto, and the Toronto Jazz Festival. Access to free tickets will be available soon on Humber’s Match Day Hub webpage.
Humber students will perform and also play an active role behind the scenes, helping shape programming and operations, while gaining real world experience during a major international moment.
Together with the FIFA World Cup 26™ Volunteer Centre – Toronto at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus, these initiatives highlight Humber Polytechnic’s role as an Official Toronto World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter and position the Humber Cultural Hub as a community destination.
It felt like 45°C, so we figured there would be plenty of room for us to check out this free event during the Belgium ~ Senegal match, and we were right! There was almost nobody there, yet the band played on.
To access this hub, you must walk through the gate where security will ensure you're not bringing in any banned items. But first, you must show your ticket. It's a free event, but a ticket is still required. We didn't have tickets and were told the event was "sold out" and we couldn't secure a ticket for today. We were turned away.
That's right, all four of us were turned away from a free event with fewer than ten people in attendance. Honestly, they could have let us in so long as we promised to leave should ticket holders arrive en masse. That would have been four more people to buy food and drink and listen to the band playing before the match.
I just smiled and laughed.
