A Collector’s Weekend
Other than the Black Friday version of Record Store Day at your local record stores on Friday, there will be two major record conventions and one comicons in Ontario this weekend and one major record convention in Vancouver BC, all on Sunday, November 30th, 2025.
The Oshawa Record Show will be hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion #43 from 10am to 4pm and admission will be $4 or free for kids under 14 and under and students with a valid ID.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are bus stops 665 and 670, which is serviced by Routes 901 and N2 on Durham Regional Transit.
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The Toronto Record Show will be held at the Tranzac Club from noon to 4pm and admission is free.
This venue is located a six minute walk east of the Bathurst Metro Station, which is also serviced by trams on the TTC, namely Route 551.
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The Vancouver Vinyl Record Show will be held at Heritage Hall from 11am to 4pm and admission will be $5 cash.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are stop numbers 50241 and 59581 which are serviced by Route 3 on Translink from the Main Street-Science World station.
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The Capital Comic Book Convention will be held from 11am to 4pm in Clark Hall at the RA Center and admission will be $8.
The nearest bus stops to the venue, bus stop number 1152 and 1567, are a ten minute walk away but are serviced by multiple major routes on the Transitway by OC Transpo, some from Hurdman Station.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at some of these events and that Boxing Week Deals have begun at Amazon.ca.
This Weekend’s Events
There will be a collectibles event in Winnipeg and record convention in Brampton this weekend.
The November To Remember Toy and Collectible Show will be held on Saturday, the 22nd of November 2025 from 10am to 5pm at the Heritage Victoria Community Club and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are numbers 20300 and 20301, which is serviced by Routes 200 & FX3 on Winnipeg Transit.
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The Brantford Record Show will be hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 461 on Sunday, November 23rd 2025 from 11am to 4pm and admission is a $2 donation to the Legion.
The venue has multiple bus stops, the main stops being stop numbers 450 and 483, which are serviced by Routes 4A and 4C on Brampton Transit.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events and that Black Friday Week at Amazon.ca will begin tomorrow but deals are already available on some items. Enjoy.
Two Record Conventions This Weekend
There will be two record conventions this Sunday, the 16th of November, 2025 – One in Burlington, Ontario and the other in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Burlington Record Show will occur at 2285 New St. from 10:30pm to 4pm and admission will be $3.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are number 45 and 815, which are serviced by Route 4 on Burlington Transit from the Appleby and Aldershot Go Train stations.
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The Record & Vinyl Show will be held at the Vancouver Flea Market from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5.
The venue is a 11 minute walk from the Main Street-Science World Station and the nearest bus stops to the venue are 51277 and 51353 on Translink, which are serviced by Route 022.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events and to keep an eye out for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, coming up this weekend.
Multiple Events This Weekend.
Rendez-Vous Vinyle Quebec will occur on Saturday, the 8th of November, 2025 at Le Montmartre from 9am to 4pm.
The primarily French event is free and the nearest bus stops to this event are numbers 1071 and 3946, which is serviced by Route 25 on RTCQuebec.
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The Guelph Record Swap & Sale will be hosted by the Red Chevron Club from 10 am to 4 pm on November 8th, 2025.
Admission with be $2 or free with a donation to the food bank. And the nearest bus stops to the venue are numbers 1424 and 1402.
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The Lindsay Comicon will be held at the Victoria Park Armoury from 10 am to 3 pm on November 8th, 2025 and admission is $5 or Free for kids 12 and under.
This venue is located a 4 minute walk away from the Lindsay Transit Hub which is located on Victoria Ave South (at Kent St. W)
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Tickets for this weekend’s Hal-Con Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention are already sold out but tickets for the Discovery Gala at the Halifax Convention Centre, which will be held on November the 9th, 2025 are still available for purchase at the official site.
This downtown core venue’s nearest bus stops are numbers 6085 and 6106, which are serviced by multiple major routes on Halifax Transit.
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Please note that Cash may be preferred at these events at that Paul Davis Property Restoration Experts will match your donation at the Canadian Red Cross until November 22nd, 2025.
Major Record Conventions
There will be four major record conventions event this weekend:
The first major convention will be the Victoria Record Fair, which will be held on Saturday, November 1st, 2025 at the Fernwood Community Center from 11am to 4pm and admission will be $5 or $30 for early entry at 10:30am.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are 100245 and 102617, which are serviced by Route 22 on Victoria Regional Transit. The venue is accessible via the Gladstone Mall Pedestrian Zone.
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The second major convention will be the St. Catherines Record Show, which will be hosted by the Grantham Optimist Youth Center on Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 from 10:30am to 4pm and admission will be $5.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are numbers 303 and 306, which are serviced by Route 417 on Niagara Transit.
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The third event will be The Junction Steel Wheels Record Show which will be held at the Rainhard Brewing Company from noon to 6pm on Sunday, November 2nd 2025 and admission will be $5.
The nearest bus stops to this venue are bus stop numbers 7361 and 7364, which are serviced by Route 189 on the TTC. The venue is accessible from these stop via paths at the end of Symes Street and the venue is also a ten minute walk away from the Gunns Loop, where street car routes 312 and 512 terminate.
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And last but not least. the fourth major convention will be the Record Fair NL, which will also occur on Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 but at St.Johns Farmers Market from 10am to 4pm and admission will be $2.
This venue has two bus stops, numbers 2780 and 3080, which are services by Routes 10 and 12 on Metrobus.
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Please note that Cash may be preferred at these venues and that The Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations for The Hurricane Melissa Aid Effort via this link.
Multiple Major Events This Weekend
There will be multiple day comicon and fan events this weekend, as well as two record conventions.
Howloween 2025 will begin on Thursday the 23rd, 2025 and end on the 26th at the Executive Hotel Vancouver Airport in Richmond, BC.
This venue is near the airport and serviced by Routes 401 and 407 on Translink, this venue having it’s own bus stop (56483).
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The Winnipeg Comicon will run from on Friday, October 24th to Sunday, October 26th, 2025 at the RBC Convention Center and you can obtain ticket information by clicking here.
The venue is located in the core and therefore surrounded by multiple bus stops serviced by Winnipeg Transit, the closest being on Broadway Street (Stop Numbers 10593 and 10586).
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Frightmare In The Falls will be a two day event, starting from Saturday, the 25th of October 2025, that will be hosted by the Niagara Falls Convention Center. And admission information can be found by clicking here.
This downtown venue is serviced by multiple routes via bus stop numbers 6152 and 8434 on Niagara Falls Transit.
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The Simcoe Record & CD Show will be held on Saturday, October 25th, 2025 at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 79 from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $2.
This venue is a five animate walk from the Simcoe Library Bus Stop, which is service by the Brampton route on Norfolk County Public Transit. Ask for stop S1a if you are using On Demand Transit, as it is at the venue itself.
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The Toronto Downtown Record Show will again be occurring at the Tranzak Club, this time on Sunday, the 26th of October 2025 from noon to 4pm. And admission will be $7 or $20 for early entry at 10am.
This venue is a six minute walk away from Bathurst Station, where Streetcar Route 511 also terminates.
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The London Record Show will be held at the lower level of Centennial Hall on Sunday, October 26th, 2025 from 11am to 5pm and admission will be $5.
This centrally coated venue has multiple bus stops on London Transit, the closest being at London City Hall, which is serviced by Route 1.
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Please note that Cash may be preferred at these venues. Enjoy your weekend.