Two Record Conventions and One Comicon
There will be two free record conventions in the Toronto Area, one comicon in Belleville, and all of this weekend’s events will be occurring on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025:
The Outdoor Record Show will be held at the Tranzac Club from 9am to 1pm and admission will be free.
This venue is a seven minute walk from either the Bathurst Subway Station or Spadina Subway Station and it is also a minute away from bus stop numbers 498 and 499, whose busses also service the 511 streetcar on Bathurst via stops 96 and 15518.
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The Bowmanvillle CD and Record Show will be hosted by the Memorial Park Clubhouse from 10am to 4pm and this is also a free event.
The nearest bus stop to the venue, stop number 1499, is an eight minute walk away. And it is serviced by Route 902 on Durham Region Transit, whose site does have a trip planner.
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The Belleville Comicon will be held at the Quinte Curling Club from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
A bus stop serviced by Route 8 on Belleville Transit is across the street from the venue.
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By the way, Prime Day will be held from the 8th to the 11th of July at Amazon.ca but early deals are already available.
This Weekend’s Events
There will be two major, two day comicon events in Eastern Canada, as well as one pop up record show.
The first comicon event will be East Coast Comic Expo at the Moncton Coliseum on June 13th and 14th, 2025.
Click here for ticket information. And this venue is serviced by Route 50 via bus stop number T5018 and Route 60 via bus stop number M6004 on Codiac Transpo.
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The second comicon event will be Yeticon on June 14th and 15th, 2025 at the Blue Mountain Village Conference Centre.
Click here for ticket information. And the venue is serviced by the Blue Mountain Village Link from Collingwood and Flixbus 2711 from Collingwood, Toronto and multiple communities in the general area.
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The Burlington Record Pop Up Show will be occurring from 10am to 3pm at the Halton Naval Association and admission will be a donation to this association.
The nearest bus stop to this venue are 204 and 207, which is serviced by multiple routes on Burlington Transit, some from the Burlington Go Station, like Routes 6 and 52.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events. And that the 15,000 Bonus PC Optimum points offer on the purchase of $100 Google Play Gift Cards at participating Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores will end on Friday, the 13th of June, 2025.
By the way, the NXNE Music Festival will be starting today and ending on Sunday in Toronto. Enjoy.
This Weekend’s Events.
There will be a record convention, two collectibles events and a two day comic book arts festival this weekend, primarily in the Golden Horseshoe of the province of Ontario (update – additional event added).
The St. Catharines Record Show will be held on Sunday, the 8th of June at the Grantham Optimist Youth Center from 10am to 4pm and admission will be $5.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are 303 and 306, both of which are serviced by Route 417 on Niagara Transit.
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The Burlington Collector’s Con will be hosted by the Holiday Inn Burlington Conference Centre on Sunday, June 8th 2025 as well, from 10am to 4pm.
Admission information is available by clicking here. And the nearest bus stops to the venue are 177 and 3027, which are serviced by Route 80 from the Burlington Go Station on Burlington Transit.
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And the two day Toronto Comic Arts Festival will be held on Saturday the 7th of June, 2025 and Sunday the 8th of June, 2025 at the Mattamy Athletic Center, with free admission.
The venue is serviced by Street Car Route 506 at stops numbers 751 and 752 and alternatively is also a three minute walk from College Station.
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Outside of the Golden Horseshoe, a major collectibles event will be occurring near Montreal, in Kahnawake:
The KTown Collectibles Expo will be hosted by Mohawk Bingo on Sunday, June 8th, 2025, from 10am to 5pm, and admission will be $5 or free for kids 10 and under.
The venue is serviced by multiple bus routes on Exo via bus stop numbers 78606 and 78275, many of which are accessible from the Angrignon Metro Station.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events so you might want to take note of what ATMs are available to you at the above venues.
One Record Show But Four Comicon & More
Although there will only be one record show this weekend, there will be four comicons and a collectibles show. And two of these events will be weekend long.
The first three day event will be Y-CON at the Yarmouth Mariners Center from May 30th to June 1st, 2025.
Ticket information can be found by clicking here. And the nearest bus stop is a two minute walk away at the Canadian Tire and although the town’s transit services are free they do not operate on Sundays.
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The second three day event, also occurring from May 30th to June 1st, will be the Niagara Falls Comic Con at the Niagara Falls Convention Center.
Click here for ticket prices. And the venue is serviced by the Niagara Region Transit via stop numbers 6152 and 8434.
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The Oshawa Comicon will be held on the 31st of May, 2025 from 10am to 3pm at YWCA Durham and admission will be $5 or free kids 12 and under.
The venue is serviced by route 901 on Durham Regional Transit via bus stop number 661 which is a five minute walk away.
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The SJFM Vintage and Collectibles Market will be hosted by the St. Johns’ Farmers Market on Sunday, June 1st, 2025 from 8:30am to 1:30pm and this event is free.
This venue has its own bus stops, numbered 2780 and 3080, which are serviced by Routes 10 and 12 on Metrobus.
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The Peterborough Comicon will be held at the Peterborough Curling Club on the 1st of July, 2025, from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5 or free kids 12 and under.
Unfortunately the nearest bus stops from this venue, 1302 and 1600, are a 15 minute walk away. But Route 7 does operate on Sundays on Peterborough Transit.
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And finally, The Junction Steel Wheels Record Show will be held on Sunday, June 1st, 2025 at Rainhard Brewing from 1pm to 5pm. And admission will be $5 or $10 for early entry at noon.
This venue is a ten minute walk away from the Gunns Loop where TTC Streetcars terminate.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these event so you might want to keep an eye out for the nearest ATMs to the venue.
Multiple Major Events This Weekend
There are lots of record conventions and comicons, from coast to coast:
The Sudbury Music & Collectables Show will be held on Saturday, the 24th of May, 2025 from 10am to 3pm at the Northbury Hotel.
Admission will be $5 or $10 for early admission at 9am. The venue is a 12 minute walk from the Via Rail station, which is serviced by multiple routes on Greater Sudbury Transit. Note that a pedestrian tunnel near these bus stops facilitate access to Riverside Drive and the venue.
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The Capital Comic Book Convention will be also be held on Saturday, May 24th, 2025 but from 11am to 4pm at the RA Center in Ottawa.
Admission details can be found by clicking here, as well as information about VIP Early Entry (at 10am). And the nearest bus stops from the venue, bus stop numbers 1152 and 1567, is a 6 minute walk away and serviced by a multiple of routes on OC Transpo because these stops are next to Billings Bridge Transitway Station.
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The Trenton Comicon will be held on Saturday, the 24th of May at the Trenton Curling Club from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
This venue has its own bus stop, 107, and is service by Route B on Quinte Transit, which also provides Rides on Demand.
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The spring version of Record Fair NL will be held at the St.John’s Farmers Market from 10am to 4pm on Sunday, the 25th of May, 2025.
Admission will be $2 per person or free for kids 12 and under. And Bus Stops next to the venue, 2780 and 3080, are serviced by Routes 10 and 12 on Metrobus
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The Boogie Record Fair & Market hosted by Boogie on Queen in Toronto will also be held on Sunday, the 25th of May, 2025 but from 1pm to 5pm. And it will be a free event.
This venue is serviced by streetcar routes 301 and 501 on the TTC via stop numbers 6838 and 15348.
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The MacKinnon Brothers Vinyl Record Market will also be a free event on Sunday, May 25th, 2025, which will be held at the MacKinnon Brothers Brewery from 1pm to 4pm.
This venue I unfortunately isolated in a rural area that does not have public transit.
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The North Bay Record Show will be held on Sunday, the 25th, of May 2025 at the Elk’s Lodge from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5 or $10 for early entry at 9am.
The venue had its own bus stops, which is serviced by Routes 3, 5 and 7 on North Bay Transit. And the North Bay Train Station and Bus Terminal is a five minute walk from the venue.
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The Vancouver Vinyl Record Show will also be held on Sunday, the 25th of May, 2025 from 11am to 4pm at the Heritage Hall. And admission will be $5, cash.
This venue is serviced by Route 003 on Translink via stop numbers 50241 and 59581.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these venues. And note that the 10,000 Bonus PC Optimum Points Offer on $100 Google play, IKEA, Indigo and OLG gift cards purchases at participating Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores will expire on Friday, the 23rd, 2025.
Postal News + One Event This Weekend
Most of you have probably received warning of about the possibility of a postal strike from your utilities, banks and credit card companies, so I thought I’d post some information on it.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers have called a strike on May 22nd, 2025 as they negotiate with Canada Post, who have paused the negotiations on May 13th, 2025 according to a blog entry on the Union’s official site.
Unfortunately, Canada Post is posting hundreds of millions in losses every quarter and are considering closing some post offices, reducing door to door service and implementing more community mailboxes. And the Union would rather introduce banking services through the postal offices, which would help the smaller rural communities that have lost their banks.
I agree that they should automatically start providing low fee banking and ATM services to these communities and possibly extend their mandate to provide Wi-Fi services to the community surrounding these post offices, from satellite.
I will be contacting my local Member of Parliament as soon as possible and encourage you to do the same. Thank you.
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This weekend’s lone event, the Napanee Comicon, will be held at the Strathcona Paper Centre on Saturday, May 17th, 2025 from 10am to 3pm.
Although there is no public transit in this community, an Ourbus stop is a 12 minute walk away from the venue whilst the Napanee Via Rail station is a 4 minute taxi drive away from the venue. And note that the Megabus and Maplebus do also have stops in this community, across the 401 from the venue and also a 4 minute taxi drive away.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at this event and there is a CIBC and Scotiabank at a nearby mall.
Enjoy.