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Concert transportation in Toronto
To the doors before the lights go down, and a car you can find when twenty thousand people leave at once.
Book a concert carThe hard part of a concert night is not the drive there. It is the hour afterwards, when everyone leaves at once and the streets around the venue are closed or crawling. A pre-arranged chauffeur is the answer to that hour.
Maplebridge takes you from your home, hotel or restaurant to the venue and brings you back, in a vehicle class you chose at a fare you saw before you paid. There is no surge pricing: the fare for a Saturday night at a sold-out arena is fixed when you book it, in Canadian dollars, with the tax shown. This page covers how to book the evening and what each of Toronto's main venues says about arriving by car.
By the hour, or there and back
There are two ways to book a concert, and the difference is what happens while you are inside.
Hourly: the car stays
You reserve the vehicle and chauffeur for a block of time, two hours at the least, and each hour includes 40 km of driving. The chauffeur drops you, waits nearby, and is there when you come out, whenever that is. Dinner beforehand and a stop on the way home are part of the same booking. If the night runs past the hours you reserved, the extra time is added in fifteen-minute increments at the hourly rate for the class.
Return: two transfers
You book one trip to the venue and a second from it, each at its own fixed fare. The car does not wait in between. The return pickup is set for a time you choose, with 15 minutes of complimentary waiting counted from that time; after those, waiting is billed by the minute under clause 4.2 of our Terms. It suits a show with a firm finish. For a headline act with an unknown number of encores, hourly is the calmer choice.
The venues, and what they say about cars
Scotiabank Arena, 40 Bay Street
The arena sits at Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West, beside Union Station. It publishes no drop-off location for private cars, and its two levels of parking are for suite holders and tenants. In practice the chauffeur sets you down as near as the night's traffic control permits and you agree a meeting point for afterwards.
Rogers Centre, 1 Blue Jays Way
The stadium names two drop-off and pick-up zones: at Gate 7, its accessible entrance on the south side by Bremner Boulevard, and at Gate 13, the Marriott City Centre Hotel roundabout. It also warns of road closures around the building on event days, with police on duty directing vehicles, so allow time.
RBC Amphitheatre, 909 Lake Shore Boulevard West
The open-air amphitheatre at Ontario Place, known as Budweiser Stage until October 2025. The venue states that there is no public parking at Ontario Place on event nights except for those with accessible needs, and that a pick-up and drop-off area for ride-share and taxis is a short walk east of the main gates. That area is where a chauffeured car sets you down and collects you.
Rogers Stadium, 81 YZD Lane
The 50,000-person outdoor stadium on the former Downsview Airport lands. Its rule is strict: all pick-ups and drop-offs must use the designated areas, one at 81 YZD Lane at the north end, about 400 metres from the gates, and one at 590 Wilson Avenue at the south end, about 900 metres away. Beffort Road is closed on show days, and on-site parking is by advance purchase only. Expect a walk at each end.
The concert halls
Massey Hall, at 178 Victoria Street, has no parking of its own and notes road closures nearby from construction. Roy Thomson Hall, at 60 Simcoe Street, has its main entrance on Simcoe. Meridian Hall, at 1 Front Street East, takes pick-ups and drop-offs at the front door. HISTORY is at 1663 Queen Street East and The Danforth Music Hall at 147 Danforth Avenue, which has no parking at all. For these the chauffeur brings you to the door, or as near to it as the street allows, and comes back to the same spot.
Making the pickup work
- Decide the meeting point before you go in, and make it specific: an intersection, a hotel entrance, a numbered gate.
- Keep the assignment email. It has your chauffeur's name and number, so you can call when you are walking out.
- Leave the building by the exit nearest the meeting point, not the one the crowd is using.
- If the roads are closed, the chauffeur waits at the nearest point traffic control allows and tells you where that is.
For a group, the Executive Van / SUV seats up to five and the Executive Sprinter six to fourteen; the Sprinter is booked by the hour only. Both are on the fleet page, and larger parties are covered on the group transportation page.
Coming in from further away
A concert is often the reason for a trip to the city. We collect from anywhere in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond, including Hamilton, Niagara and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a trip that starts or ends in Ontario books online. If you are flying in for the show, the airport pickup includes 60 minutes of complimentary waiting from landing. See chauffeur service in Toronto for the city itself, and the other event pages for sports, corporate events and the film festival.
Maplebridge is not affiliated with the venues, promoters or artists named on this page. Venue names and arrival rules are the venues' own, as published in October 2026; check your ticket and the venue's site before you travel.
Questions about getting to a concert by chauffeur
Can the car wait while we are at the concert?
Yes, on an hourly booking. The vehicle and chauffeur stay for the hours you reserve, with a two-hour minimum, and waiting during the show is part of that time. If you book two separate transfers instead, the car leaves after dropping you and another is sent for the time you chose.
What happens if the encore runs long?
On an hourly booking the chauffeur stays, and time beyond the hours booked is billed at the hourly rate for the vehicle class in fifteen-minute increments. On a return transfer, 15 minutes of waiting from the scheduled pickup time are included; waiting after that is billed by the minute, as clause 4.2 of our Terms sets out. If you cannot predict the finish, book by the hour.
Where will we be dropped at Scotiabank Arena?
The arena does not publish a drop-off point for cars, and the parking beneath it is reserved for suite holders and tenants. Your chauffeur brings you as close to 40 Bay Street as traffic control allows on the night and agrees with you where to meet afterwards.
Is there parking or a drop-off at the RBC Amphitheatre?
The venue says there is no public parking at Ontario Place on event nights other than for those with accessible needs, and that a pick-up and drop-off area is a short walk to the east of the main gates. That is the area a chauffeured car uses.
Is the RBC Amphitheatre the same place as Budweiser Stage?
Yes. The waterfront amphitheatre at 909 Lake Shore Boulevard West was renamed RBC Amphitheatre on 28 October 2025. If your ticket or an older listing says Budweiser Stage, it is the same venue.
How do we find the car after the show?
Agree the meeting point with the chauffeur before you go in: a named corner or entrance rather than "outside". You have the chauffeur's name and number from the assignment email, and dispatch is on +1 (888) 627-5313 all night.
Can a group of friends travel together?
Yes. An Executive Van / SUV takes up to five. An Executive Sprinter takes six to fourteen and is booked by the hour, so it brings the whole group, waits, and takes everyone home.