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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Please not that cash may be preferred at these events and that a contest is being held on Amazon.ca for Prime Members until July 11th, 2025 for numerous prizes: Click here for more details on GiftMania.
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.
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.
Lots of Major Record Conventions
There will be several major record conventions this weekend in Montreal, Toronto, Bowmanville, Brantford and Calgary, as well as comic book conventions in Calgary, Sudbury, Chatham and Cornwall.
The first record convention, the Montreal Plateau Record Show, will be held on Saturday, the 26th of April, 2025, from 10am to 4pm at the Église Saint Denis.
Admission is $5 or $15 for early entry at 9pm. And the entrance of the venue is at 5075 Rivard Street, near the north entrance of the Laurier Metro Station (on the Orange Line).
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The next four record conventions will be held on Sunday, April 27th, 2025, the first being the Toronto Downtown Record Show at The Tranzac from noon to 4pm.
Admission will be $7 or $12 for early entry at 10am. And the venue is a six minute walk away from either the Bathurst or Spadina Metro Stations. It’s in-between the two TTC stations.
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The next record convention this Sunday will be the Bowmanville CD and Record Show, which will be hosted by the Memorial Park Clubhouse from 10am to 4pm.
This is a free event and the venue is a nine minute walk from the nearest bus stop, #1499, which is serviced by Route 902 on Durham Regional Transit.
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The Brantford Record Show will also be held on Sunday, this time at the Dunsdon Legion, from 10am to 3pm. And admission will be a $2 donation to the legion.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are 450 and 483, which is serviced by Routes 4A and 4C on Brantford Transit.
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And last but not least, the Calgary Record Collectors Show will be held on Sunday at the Acadia Recreation Complex from 11am to 4pm.
Admission to this event is $5 or $10 for early entry at 9:30am. And the nearest bus stops to the venue, 6414 and 6447, are serviced by Route 99 on Calgary Transit.
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The Calgary Expo will also be held this weekend, from the 24th to the 27th at Stampede Park.
Admission information can be found by clicking here. And the venue is serviced by Victoria Park / Stampede Station on Calgary Transit.
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The Sudbury Comicon will be held for one day, on Saturday the 26th of April, 2025, at the George Armstrong Community Centre and Arena from 10am to 3pm, and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
This venue is serviced by Route 102 on GOVA and the nearest bus stops to the venue are unfortunately not numbered ; The southbound stop is the closest to the venue, followed by the northbound stop.
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Chatham Kent Expo will be a two day event at John D. Bradley Convention Centre on the 26th and 27th of April, 2025.
Admission information can be found by clicking here. And the casino next door has its own bus stop, 5231, which is serviced by Route 5 on Ride CK.
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And finally, the Cornwall Pop Event (a.k.a CAPE) will be held at the Benson Center, also on north the 26th and 27th of April.
Click here for ticket information. And although the venue is serviced by Route 3 via its own bus stop on Saturdays, you might need to contact Cornwall Transit for information on access on Sunday. Their offices are next to the venue.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events so you might want to look for the nearest ATMs to the venue. And FYI, the Real Canadian Superstore offer on $50 Apple Gift Card purchases will end tonight so hurry to get your 5000 Optimum Point Bonus.
This Weekend’s Events
I have waited to post this entry to make sure none of the events in Eastern Canada were canceled due weather and it appears that none have been canceled:
The Vancouver Comic and Toy Show will be held at the PNE Forum on the 5th and 6th of April, 2025.
Tickets to this event can be purchased by clicking here and the venue is serviced by multiple routes on Translink, via bus stops 50951 and 52718.
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The Salon National des Collectionneurs will also occur on the 5th and 6th, but at Espace St-Hyacinthe.
The nearest bus stop the to venue is #506, which is serviced by Routes 50 and 70 on the St.Hyacinthe city transit system. And note that this event is predominantly in French.
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Back Issues Comicon will be held at the Christ Church Parish Hall on Saturday, the 5th of April, 2025, from 9am to 3pm and admission will be $3.
The nearest bus stop to the venue is 7389 which is serviced by Routes 54, 55 and 62 on Halifax Transit.
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The Stratford ComiCon appears to still be on for April 5th, 2025 at the Best Western Plus The Arden Park Hotel from 10am to 3pm.
Admission is $5 or free for kids 12 and under. And Stratford Transit offers on demand services to the venue and the Stratford Via Rail station is only a 3 to 4 minute taxi ride away from this hotel.
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The Woodstock Pop Show will be held on Sunday, April 6th, 2025 from 9:30am to 2:30pm at the Woodstock Fairgrounds Auditorium.
Admission will be $5 or free for accompanied kids 12 and under. And the venue is unfortunately not serviced by transit on Sundays but it is a four or five minute taxi ride away from the Via Rail station.
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And finally, the Guelph Record Show will occur on Sunday, the 6th of April, 2025 from 10:30am to 4pm at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Admission is $5 or $20 for early entry at 9am. And unfortunately there is no transit service to this venue on Sundays. But the venue is an eight minute taxi ride from the Guelph Go Train and Via Rail station.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events so keep an eye out for the ATMs near or in the venues. And although the Spring sale is over at Amazon.ca, you should probably check out their deals on music, DVDs/blu-rays, electronics and musical instruments.
Multiple Record Shows and More
The Hamilton Record Show will be held from 9am to 2:30pm at Bridgeworks on Saturday, the 22nd of March, 2025.
Admission is $5 or $10 for early admission at 8am. And the nearest bus stops to the venue are 2977 and 2984, which are 8 and 9 minute walks away, through Central Park. Those stops are serviced by Route 08 on HSR.
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The Guelph Record Swap & Sale will be hosted by the Red Chevron Club on Saturday, the 22nd of March, 2025 from 10am to 4pm and admission will be $2 or a free donation to the food bank.
This venue’s closest bus stops are 1404 and 1424, which are serviced by Route 14 on Guelph Transit.
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The Smiths Falls ComiCon will also be held on Saturday, the 22nd of March, 2025 at the Smiths Falls Legion from 10am to 3pm.
Admission will be $5 of free for kids 12 and under. And although this town doesn’t have public transit, the Via Rail station is a five minute drive away by taxi.
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The Sarnia Record Show will be held at the Sarnia Legion on Sunday, the 23rd of March 2025 from 11 am to 4 pm, admission being a $2 donation to the Legion.
This venue is a 6 minute walk from the Bayview Terminal, which is serviced by multiple routes on Sarnia Transit, Strathroy-Caradoc Transit and Flixbus.
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And finally, the Brockville Comicon will be hosted by the Brockville Memorial Civic Centre from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
There is unfortunately no transit service on Sundays in this community.
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You should note that cash may be preferred at these events and that you should probably locate the nearest ATMs to the venues hosting them. And note that deals may be had from March 25th to March 31st at Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.
Enjoy.