A floodlit Toronto schoolyard field at night with adults playing a rowdy game and the city skyline behind

After-hours playground league · Toronto

1 2 3 4 Recess

is back. You're just taller now.

You peaked at four square in grade five. We built a league so you can prove it — real playground games in floodlit Toronto parks after work.

How recess works

Three steps. No memberships. No journey.

01

Pick a game.

Dodgeball, four square, capture the flag, kickball. Choose your battlefield from the schedule.

02

Show up at a park after work.

Real Toronto parks, after dark, under the floodlights. We hold the permit — just arrive.

03

Argue about the rules like your job depends on it.

There's a referee. There's still a debate. That's the whole point.

This week

Pick your battlefield

See the full schedule →
Dodgeball Mayhem at Trinity Bellwoods Park, floodlit at night
Tue • 6:30pm

Dodgeball Mayhem

Trinity Bellwoods Park

West End • Rowdy • Public drop-in

09 Spots

Foam balls, no mercy, one self-appointed villain per game. Last team standing buys nobody anything because that's not how recess works.

$18 drop-in Grab a spot
Capture the Flag (After Dark) at Riverdale Park East, floodlit at night
Thu • 7:00pm

Capture the Flag (After Dark)

Riverdale Park East

East End • Sweaty • Public drop-in

04 Spots

Two teams, two flags, one floodlit hill, and a forty-minute argument about whether you were actually tagged.

Almost full — 4 left

$18 drop-in Grab a spot
Four-Square Showdown at Dufferin Grove Park, floodlit at night
Sun • 5:00pm

Four-Square Showdown

Dufferin Grove Park

West End • High Drama • Public drop-in

12 Spots

Return to the court where you first learned about betrayal. An official referee makes every line dispute count.

$18 drop-in Grab a spot

Funded by corporate

Your team-building literally buys someone else recess.

Every office we run pays for a free community night. Same parks, same games, no fee — for anyone who shows up.

Save my spot (free)

Free Four Square Friday

July 18 · Dufferin Grove Park

22 spots
free

Free Kickball Sunday

July 27 · Christie Pits Park

30 spots
free

Free Dodgeball Thursday

August 7 · Trinity Bellwoods Park

24 spots
free
A corporate team playing a rowdy game under floodlights

Book your office

Better than an escape room.

Cheaper than a ropes course, and nobody has to share a feeling. Private games for your team, priced per group — and every booking funds a free community night.

Book a recess for your team

Grown adults, genuinely out of breath.

I have not sprinted since high school and I sprinted four times Tuesday. For foam balls.

Priya Nadkarni

West-end regular, undefeated dodgeball villain.

Booked it for my team expecting a polite hour. We are still arguing about a tag call from three weeks ago.

Devon Clarke

Brought a fourteen-person office to capture the flag.

Free community night, total strangers, and I left with a four-square nemesis I now text.

Maya Friedman

Came for the chalk grid, stayed for the grudge.

The rules (and the arguing)

Yes, there's a referee. No, that won't stop the debate.

That's the whole point. Every session has an official whose real job is making the rules disputes count. See how recess works →

Sessions cap at 24 and they fill.

Claim your spot before the cool kids do.

Grab a spot

Sessions cap at 24

They fill. Claim yours.

Grab a spot