Grey Cup Festivities
The Grey Cup festivities began with a four-day festival that had over 50 events at several venues in downtown Toronto including the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and the CN Tower. The festival area was bounded by Spadina Avenue east to Bay Street and from Nathan Phillips Square south to Lake Ontario.
On the weekend of the Grey Cup, there was a "Celebration of Football" with games hosted at the Rogers Centre at amateur, high school, and university level, including the 43rd Vanier Cup, the CIS football championship. The Vanier Cup game was held on November 23, 2007 at Rogers Centre with the Manitoba Bisons versus the Saint Mary's Huskies. This marked the first time the Vanier Cup has been held in conjunction with the Grey Cup.
Confirmed festival events include:
- Annual team parties (e.g. Riderville, MontreALS Huddle, Double Blue Bash, Tigertown, Lions' Den, including the nonexistent Atlantic Schooners)
- Grey Cup Chopper raffle
- Street festivals on Front Street and Bremner Street
- BMX Bike Park presented by the Argonauts' Stop The Violence foundation
- Grey Cup House built by CFL players and fans for Habitat for Humanity
- CFL Player Awards at Roy Thomson Hall
- Includes a tribute to John Candy hosted by Dan Aykroyd
- Grey Cup Gala at Liberty Grand hosted by Brent Butt
- CN Tower party hosted by Trish Stratus
- Grey Cup Party Series hosted by Trailer Park Boys Ricky, Julian and Bubbles
- Musical acts
- Lenny Kravitz
- Great Big Sea
- Barenaked Ladies
- Spirit of the West
- The Lowest of the Low
- Hinder
- Sloan
- Kim Mitchell
- The Trews
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