Remembering The Beatles’ Concerts in Toronto on August 17: Snapshots in History

On August 17 and beyond, take a moment to celebrate the penultimate and the final concert pairings of The Beatles in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens on August 17, 1965 (18,000 attendance at both concerts) and August 17, 1966 (4pm: 15,000 attendance; 8pm: 17,000 attendance) respectively. The Beatles had initially visited Toronto to deliver two concerts on September 7, 1964, selling a total of 35,522 tickets.

Toronto Mayor John Tory has offered his remembrances of attending one of The Beatles’ concerts. The Market Gallery, one of the City of Toronto’s Historic Museums, is hosting an exhibition When The Beatles Rocked Toronto from June 18, 2016 to November 12, 2016 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles’ last visit to Toronto.

Torontonians wishing to celebrate The Beatles may also wish to consider borrowing materials from Toronto Public Library collections:

Music CDs: