Pentatonix concert Toronto

Over a thousand people swarmed Queen St. last night for a free concert

If you were anywhere near Queen and Bay last night, there's a good chance you're a teenager who likes pop music.

The Grammy Award-winning a capella group Pentatonix brought huge crowds downtown last night for a free concert celebrating the unveiling of this year's holiday window displays outside Hudson's Bay and Saks.

A total of 11 new windows were unveiled to the crowd this year, including five "snow globe" windows with themes such as "Santa's Magic," "Arctic Adventures" and "Holiday Circus."

The Christmas window displays are breathtakingly cool, but that's always the case. The real draw for last night's event seemed to be the featured five-piece vocal group.

Pentatonix is insanely popular with young audiences around the world. The Texas-born a outfit, which formed in 2011, first rose to fame by winning Season 3 of NBC's The Sing-Off.

They've since released more than 10 albums and currently boast 2.8 billion (yeah, I said billion) views on their YouTube channel, mostly for covers and Christmas songs.

The group's rendition of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing got the crowd to its knees, as evidenced by the number of videos on Instagram and Twitter.

Lead photo by

CNW Group/Hudson's Bay


Latest Videos



Latest Videos


Join the conversation Load comments

Latest in Music

Woman wins Drake look-alike contest in Toronto

Three-day winter music festival is celebrating its 25th year in Toronto

Kendrick Lamar to perform in Toronto for first time since his feud with Drake escalated

Taylor Swift shares message to Toronto fans after 6 'incredible' shows

Calls for Canada to investigate Ticketmaster for Taylor Swift price gouging intensify

Media personality calls out Taylor Swift for not spending time in Toronto

Here's how much tickets cost for the last 3 Taylor Swift shows in Toronto

Swiftie's friendship bracelet beads confiscated at airport on way to Toronto