Toronto Ad Club’s 2015 Speakeasy-Themed OOH Showdown

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Advertising Club of Toronto will kick off its fourth annual Out-of-Home Showdown, where Out-of-Home Media providers will compete for awards and the coveted ‘Showdown Grand Prize’, at 11am Thursday, October 8, at the Oliver & Bonacini, Arcadian Court, located on the 8th floor of 401 Bay St. (at Queen West).

In keeping with the venue’s 1920’s Art Deco design, this year’s event will be speakeasy-themed.

Industry professionals will network at a cocktail hour, beginning at 11:00am, which will feature an open bar, following which they will then head downstairs to the main event where they can enjoy a gourmet lunch, prepared by the internationally recognized Oliver and Bonacini Events.

A panel of industry leaders will judge the entries in advance and each submission will be presented on stage. The winner of each category will be announced and then all winners will compete to be ‘Showdown Grand Prize Winner’.

Tickets can be purchased here.

All proceeds will go to AdClub sponsored charities: NABS (The National Advertising Benevolent Society), The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids Hospital), and bursaries for colleges and universities and many other worthy charitable causes.

Title sponsor: is Zoom Active Lifestyle Marketing.

Other sponsors include: Clear Channel Canada; Adapt Media; Category 5; peoplecount; tapped mobile; Canadian Outdoor Measurement Bureau; Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada.

The Advertising Club of Toronto is a not-for-profit organization that serves the advertising industry and all its related services, including media, creative, production, advertising and marketing. The AdClub’s mandate is to raise and distribute charitable funds by organizing events that present the newest ideas and developments in the advertising industry and create social and business networking opportunities for ad industry colleagues.


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