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Record Store Day: Black Friday

The Black Friday edition of Record Store Day is this weekend, on the 29th of November 2024.

Participating Canadian retailers will be offering special releases on vinyl, cassette and CD, some of which will be limited editions and/or picture discs.

BTW, a Bonus $50 Rexall Gift Card offer will be offered on purchases of $250 Rakuten Kobo Gift Cards at participating Rexall stores from Friday, November 29th to December 5th, 2024. And on Black Friday itself, the same gift card offer will apply to $250 Apple Gift Card and $250 One4All Gift Card purchases. Click here to consult your local flyer.

Note that Amazon Canada may also offer discounted gift cards and special offers on Black Friday via this special link.

One Record Show This Weekend & More

The London Record Show will be held at Centennial Hall in London, Ontario this Sunday, the 27th of October, 2024, from 11am to 5pm.

Admission will be $5. And the nearest bus stop, #1463, is a six minute walks away across Victoria Park and is serviced by multiple routes by London Transit.

Please note that an Intercity service is available for Southwest Ontario from Southwest Community Transit and that the venue is only a 15 minute walk away north from the Via Rail station, which is also serviced by Onexbus and Ourbus.

The weekend-long Winnipeg Comic-Con will occur from Friday, the 25th to Sunday, the 27th of October, 2024 at the RBC Convention Centre and admission will vary (click here for details).

This downtown venue is surrounded by multiple stops and serviced by multiple routes on Winnipeg Transit. And it is a 17 minute walk or bus ride from Union Station.

A two day cosplay, D&D and art event called Penti-Con will occur at the Pentincton Trade and Convention Centre in Pentincton, BC. And click here for this event’s admission prices.

This venue is central and serviced by multiple routes on South Okanagan Similkameen Regional Transit.

The first one day comicon event of the weekend will be the Batawa Comicon, which will be held at the Batawa Community Center on Saturday, the 26th of October from 10am to 3pm.

Admission to this event will be $5 of free for kids 12 and under. And on demand transit services may be available to the venue from Quinte Transit, specifically on the Trenton-Frankford Route, by calling 1-855-283-9640.

The Georgian-Bay Fancon will also be occurring this Saturday, from 10am to 4pm at the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre.

Admission will be $10 for Adults and youths aged over 13, $5 for kids aged 6 to 12 and free admission for Kids under 6. And the nearest bus stop in a one minute walk away at the Rexall Drugstore, which is serviced by Routes 3 and 4 on a On Demand service provided by Grey Transit Route.

The Bowmanvile Comicon will be held on Sunday, the 27th of October, at Garnet B Rickard Recreation Complex from 10am to 3pm. And admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.

This venue is serviced by Route 88 on Go Transit from bus stop numbers 100520 and 100716. And it also serviced by Routes 502 and 902 on Durham Region Transit from bus stop numbers 93733 and 93734.

And finally, the last event of this weekend will be the Capital Comic Book Convention, which will also be held this Sunday, from 11am to 4pm at the RA Centre in Ottawa.

Admission will be $8 for adults and youths over 13 or free for kids aged 6 to 12. But an early VIP access is available online for 10am entry for $13 by clicking here. And the nearest bus stops to the venue, stop numbers 1152 and 1567, are a six minute walk away and serviced by multiple routes on OC Transpo.

Please note that cash may be preferable at these events so you might want to look for an ATM near these venues.

When it comes to special offers this week, Amazon Canada is discounting several compact disc and vinyl titles, as well as blu-rays, including the remastered, extended version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. And Rakuten Kobo audiobook fans should know that they will be able to get 10,000 PC Optimum Point bonuses on $50 gift card purchases at participating Real Canadian Superstores from October 24th to October 30th, 2024.

A bonus of 20 Air Miles is also available at participating Shell Locations for individuals purchasing $50 Gift Cards for Google Play, Indigo/Chapters, Microsoft Xbox Cash and other retailers until November 3rd, 2024. Click here for additional details on this offer.

Orangeville Comicon

There will be no record conventions until later this month but the Orangeville Comicon will be held this Sunday, the 11th of May 2024 at the Orangeville Curling Club from 10am to 3pm.

Admission will be $5 at the door and kids under 12 will get in free. But unfortunately there is no transit service in this town on Sundays.

Lots of Events This Weekend

The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo will be at Stampede Park from the 25th to 28th of April, 2024 and will feature memorabilia from film, television and music.

Admission information can be obtained by clicking here and the venue is serviced by the Victoria Park / Stampede Station.

The Hamilton Record Show will occur at Bridgeworks this Saturday, the 27th of April 2024 from 10:30am to 4pm.

Early admission from 9am will be $20 but General Admission will be $5. And the venue is a six mute walk through Central Park from bus stop number 2977 at the corner of Cannon and Hess or an 11 minute walk away from the West Harbour Go Station.

The Markham Comicon will be hosted by Thornhill Community Centre from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, April 27th, 2024.

Admission information can be found by clicking here and the venue is serviced by multiple routes from York Regional Transit.

The Foire Aux Vinyles Sur Plateau Record Show, also known as the Montreal Plateau Record Show, will be held at the Église St Denis from 10am to 4pm, also on Saturday, April 27th, 2024.

Admission will be $5 or $15 for early entry from 9am to 10am. And the venue is conveniently placed next to the north entrance of the Laurier Metro Station, which is next door from entrance to the fair at 5075 rue Rivard.

Also this Saturday, the Toronto Downtown Record Show will be hosted by the Tranzac Club, in the Main Hall from Noon to 5pm.

General admission will be $7 or $20 for Early admittance. And the venue is a six minute walk from either the Bathurst Metro Station or Spadina Metro Station.

This Sunday, the 28th of 2024, the Bowmanville CD and Record Show will be held at the Bowmanville Memorial Park Clubhouse from 10am to 4pm and admission will be free.

The nearest bus stop to the venue is 1499 with is an 8 minute walk away from the venue and is serviced by Durham Regional Transit, whose site has a trip planner.

The Lindsay Comicon will occur at the Victoria Park Armoury from 10am to 3pm Sunday, the 28th of April, 2024.

Admission information can be found by clicking here. The nearest bus stops are at the corner of Victoria Avenue N and Wellington and are serviced by the Green route by Lindsay Transit.

The Calgary Music Collectors Show will be held at the Acadia Recreation Complex this Sunday as well, from 11am to 5pm.

Easily admission to the venue from 9:30am to 11AM will be $10 and general admission will be $5. And the nearest bus stops are 6414 and 6447 which is serviced by route 99 on Calgary Transit.

Note that some of these events may be cash only so you may want to note the nearest ATMs to these venues.

This Weekend’s Events

There will be three record conventions this weekend, two on Saturday (in Brantford and Ottawa) and one in Etobicoke on Sunday. And there will be one Comicon in Kingston, on Sunday as well.

The Brantford Record Show will be hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion in Brantford on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 from 10am to 3pm.

Admission will be a $2 donation to the Legion and multiple bus stops services the immediate area. Brantford Transit has a trip planner you can consult.

The third Ottawa Record Fair will be held at the Carleton-Dominion Chalmers Centre from 11am to 4pm on Saturday, the 13th of April 2024.

Admission is $5 and the nearest bus stops are 1902 and 2487, one block west on Bank Street – OC Transpo has multiple routes on this major street.

The Toronto/Mississauga Vinyl Record & Collectibles Show will be at the Etobicoke Olympium from 10am to 3pm on Sunday, April 14th, 2024.

Admission will be $5 and bus stop numbers 1493 and 1501 are serviced by route 48 on the TTC.

The Kingston Comicon is going to be open from 10am to 3pm at the Royal Canadian Legion in Kingston, Ontario on Sunday, the 14th of April, 2024.

Admission will vary from $5 to $20, the later being VIP, and kids under 12 get in for free (click here for details). The venue is serviced by Route 1 on Kingston Transit.

By the way, Indigo Book & Music and Chapters shoppers in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the NorthWest Territories can obtain 20 Bonus Air Miles by purchasing $50 Gift Cards from those stores from participating Shell locations until May 5th, 2024. Consult Air Miles for additional details.

Anime, Records & More

There will be two events this weekend, one in Ottawa, Ontario and the other in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The first Anime Ottawa will be held at the EY Center from the 29th to the 31st of March, 2024, and will of course feature memorabilia form this art form.

Ticket prices vary. Click here for additional information. And the nearest bus stop, 1076, is at the venue itself. Contact OC Transpo for additional information.

The Halifax Record Fair will be held in the Maritime Hall of the Halifax Forum on Saturday the 30th on March, 2024, from 9am to 4pm.

Early admission will be $15 from 9am and regular admission will be $5 from 10am. And the nearest bus stops, 8564 and 8572, face the venue and are serviced by Halifax Transit.

Rakuten Koboicon shoppers will be able to obtain bonus PC Optimum points on gift card purchases for this shop until March 30th, 2024 – 10,000 bonus points per $50 gift card purchase at participating Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix stores and 15,000 bonus points per $100 gift card purchase at participating Atlantic Superstore/Real Canadian Superstore locations.

The bonus offer at the later also applies to Google Play and Playstation gift card purchases. Consult PC Optimum for additional details.

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