Beads!! Beads!! Beads!!

Retail Show of Quality beads of many kinds plus supplies and kits

A Retail Canadian Bead Show featuring beads of many kinds, beading supplies and tools, jewelry, jewelry kits and components, lampwork art glass beads and lampworking supplies, in a conference room setting.
And classes too!

SHOW VENUE, LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS

Click here for Classroom locations and floorplan.                    Click here for Parking Directions.

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is downtown Toronto's most accessible convention facility, close to transit, freeways, restaurants, hotels, the financial district, shows, clubs and more. Our show is in the SOUTH Building on Bremner Boulevard (1 block west of York St. 1 block north of Lakeshore Blvd) on the 800 level.

This is accessible indoors via the Skywalk from Union Station (for subway, GO Train, GO bus and VIA Rail access) and 1 block north of the Gardiner Expressway (York St. exit), and immediately adjacent to the CN Tower, Rogers Centre and a block from the Air Canada Centre (ACC). The Intercontinental Hotel is connected to the venue, there is a Renaissance Hotel in the Rogers Centre, and there are many hotels near the venue in downtown Toronto.

There is a large passenger drop-off in front of the South Building on Bremner Blvd. From this reception level, take the escalators or elevators down to the 800 level. The show room is just to the left at the bottom of the escalators; and from the elevators at 800 level, just across the hall and to the right.

There is indoor wheelchair-accessible parking in the South Building of the convention centre (accessible from Lower Simcoe St.) and in numerous other parking facilities nearby including a large economical multi-storey parking lot just 1 block south at Lakeshore and York St. The indoor South Building parking lot has an elevator directly to the 600 level; at the centre of the 600 level on the left is an elevator to the 800 level.

There is also a walkway from the North Building on Front Street to the South Building.

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre has an excellent website at www.mtccc.com which gives very detailed directions for transit routes, driving and parking and other nearby facilities.

Click Parking and Location Maps for a map of the downtown Toronto area including hotels, shopping and places of interest.

For maps of Toronto click City of Toronto - Toronto maps.

There is a large indoor single-floor parking lot that is wheel-chair accessible inside the South Building, accessible by car from Lower Simcoe St. south of Bremner Boulevard. Bremner runs from the ACC at York St. (1 block North of Lakeshore Ave.) west to MTCC, the CN Tower and Rogers Centre; Lower Simcoe St. is 1 block west of York St. and runs from Bremner to Lakeshore. During our Fall event this lot has usually lots of space at most times during the show unless there is a game on at one of the sporting venues.

There is also a big parking garage at Harbourfront, on the south side of Lakeshore at York St. that is one block uphill from the venue but usually cheaper than the other parking garages. Do beware of parking lots trying to charge big prices when events are running - you can usually find a reasonably-priced spot at Harbourfront or a few blocks away from the venue. You can also park at Toronto City Hall on Queen St east of University Ave and take the subway to Union Station or walk downhill to the MTCC (that's about a 15 minute walk). Also consider if the local lots are busy, leaving your car at another parking lot on the subway line and taking the TTC to Union Station which is connected by Skywalk to MTCC South Building.