This Weekend’s Events
There will be one major comicon and two record conventions this weekend.
The Comiccon de Québec will be hosted by the
Centre des congrès de Québec on Saturday, the 11th and Sunday the 12th of October, 2025.
Admission information is available by clicking here. And the venue is located next to the Station D’Youville, stop number 1190, which is serviced by countless bus routes on RTC.
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The Galaxy Sarnia Record Show will be held at The Moose Lodge from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, October 11th, 2025 and admission will be free.
The nearest bus stops to this venue are a four minute walk away, on Confederation Street, and serviced by Routes 1 and 2 on Sarnia Transit.
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The Windsor Record Show will be held at the Dominion House Tavern on Sunday, the 12th of October 2025 from 10am to 3pm and admission will be a donation to a charity.
Ample free parking is provided and the nearest bus stops to the venue, 1074 and 1075, are a one minute walk away and serviced by Route 1C on Windsor Transit.
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This Weekend’s Events
There will be three record conventions and two comicons this weekend, all of which will be in Ontario.
The Ottawa Record Fair will be back at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre this Saturday, the 4th of October 2025, from 11am to 4pm and admission will be $5 or $10 for early admission at 10am.
The nearest bus stops to this downtown venue are numbers 1902 and 2487, which are serviced by multiple major routes on OC Transpo.
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The Cobourg Comicon will also be held on Saturday, October 4th, 2025 but at the Cobourg Community Centre from 10am to 3pm and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
Although public transit is only limited to an On Demand Service in this small community, the venue does have its own stop and is still within a 3 minute taxi drive away from this community’s Via Rail station. But note that the On Demand service’s last booking is at 6:30pm on Saturdays. And please note that there is also another event in this community, on Sunday and listed at the end of this blog entry.
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The Guelph Record Show will be hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion from 10:30am to 4pm on Sunday, the 5th of September, 2025 and admission will be $5 or $20 for early entry at 9am.
This venue’s bus stop number is 419, which is serviced by Route 4 on Guelph Transit.
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The Aurora Comicon will also be held at a Royal Canadian Legion branch on Sunday, this time is the GTA suburb of Aurora from 10am to 4pm, and admissions will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
The nearest bus stops, numbers 1756 and 1758, are a seven walk away on Wellington and are serviced by multiple routes on York Regional Transit.
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And finally, the Cobourg Record Show will be held at Order of Odd Fellows hall on Sunday, the 5th of October, 2025, from 11am to 4pm and admission will be a donation.
The venue is a five minute walk away from Hardey’s, an On Demand stop on Cobourg Transit, and a two minute Taxi drive from the Cobourg Via Rail station. And please note that the aforementioned on demand service’s last booking is at 3:30pm on Sundays.
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Lots of Events This Weekend
There will be multiple events this weekend, including one weekend long comicon, two 2 day comicons and two major record conventions.
The Edmonton Expo is a three day comicon event occurring at the Edmonton Expo Center from Friday the 19th of September to Sunday the 21st of September, 2025.
Click here for ticket information. And the venue is a six minute walk away from Coliseum Station, which is also serviced by multiple bus routes on Edmonton Transit.
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The Back Issues Comicon will be hosted by the Christ Church Parish Hall in Dartmouth on Saturday, September 20th, 2025 from 9am to 3pm. And admission will be $3 at the door.
The nearest bus stop the the venue is bus stop number 7389, which is serviced by bus routes 54, 55 and 62 on Halifax Transit.
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The Hamilton Comic Con will be held at the Hamilton Convention Centre on both Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st of September and admission information can be found by clicking here.
This venue is serviced by multiple routes on HSR via the Frank A. Cooke Transit Terminal.
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Thundercon will also be a two day event held on the 20th and 21st of September, 2025 but at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition Center and ticket information can be found on the official Thundercon site.
This venue is serviced by multiple routes on Thunder Bay Transit, but the nearest bus stop to the venue, stop number 1847, is serviced by Route 12.
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The two record conventions will occur on Sunday, September 21st, 2025, one of which will be the Toronto/Mississauga Vinyl Record & Collectibles Show at the Etobicoke Olympium from 10am to 3pm.
Admission will be $5 and the nearest bus stops to this venue are bus stop numbers 1477 and 1493 which are serviced by Bus Route 48 on the TTC.
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The other record convention will be the Woodstock Record, CD, & Music Collectibles Show, which will be held at the Market Building of the Woodstock Fairgrounds from 9:30am to 2:30pm and admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
The venue is serviced by Route 2-DE on Woodstock Transit.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events.
Two Comicons This Weekend
The first is a two day event, the London Comic Con, which will be held on the 13th and 14th of September, 2025 at RBC London Place.
Click here for ticket information. The venue is serviced by multiple stops and routes on London Transit and an Ourbus stop is located next to the venue itself.
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The second is a one day event, The Belleville Comicon, at the Quinton Curling Club on Saturday, the 13th of September 2025.
Admission is $5 or free for kids 12 and under. And multiple routes on Belleville Transit converge at the corner of Sidney Street and Bridge Street West, which is a three minute walk east from the venue.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events. Enjoy.
This Weekend – Comicons & Record Conventions
The weekend starts off with the multiple day Ottawa Comicon from the 5th to the 7th at the EY Center, near the Ottawa International Airport and next to the Uplands LRT station.
Click here for admission information. And the venue is serviced by Bus Routes 105 & 197 on OC Transpo at Stop Number 3069.
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The next event is again a comicon, the Barrie Comicon, from 10am to 3pm, on Saturday, the 6th of September, 2025 at the Eastview Arena. And admission is $5 or free for kids 12 and under.
The nearest bus stops to the venue are numbers 407 and 409, which are serviced by Bus Routes 8A and 101 on Barrie Transit.
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The Hamilton Record Show will be held at Bridgework from 10:30am to 4pm on Saturday as well, and admission is $5 or $20 for early admission at 9am.
The venue is a twelve minute walk away from the West Harbour Go Station or eight minute walk from Bus Stop 2977 which is serviced by Bus Routes 08 and 09 on HSR.
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Graffiker Alley, “The Festival of Self-Published Comics, Manga and Zines”, will also be held on Saturday, at the Small Arms Inspection Building in Mississauga, from 11am to 5pm, with free admission.
The venue is a fifteen minute walk away from the Long Branch Go Station and Long Branch Loop on the TTC. Or you can take Bus Route 31 on Miway Transit from either to the nearest bus stops to the venue, 0408 or 0443, which are also serviced by Bus Route 23.
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The Dorchester Record & CD Sale will occur on Sunday, the 7th of September, 2025 at the Dorchester Legion from 10am to 3pm. And admission is a donation to the Legion.
This venue is not serviced by public transit.
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The Bowmanvillle CD and Record Show is also a free event, at it will be held on Sunday, the 7th of September, 2025 at the Bowmanville Memorial Park Club House from 10am to 4pm.
Note that this venue is located near Exit 432 on Highway 401. And 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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This Weekend’s Events
This weekend there will be a free record show in Toronto and two comicons in Ontario, one of which will also be in the Greater Toronto Area:
The Toronto Flipside DJ and Collectors’ Vintage Record Sale will be held at the Sporting Clube Portugues De Toronto on Saturday, August 9th 2025 and this is a free event.
The nearest TTC bus stops are #1007 and #1019, which are served by Route 29 from Jane Station. But the venue is also a 15 minute walk north from the Dundas West station, a line 2 metro station where streetcar routes 504 and 505 terminate. And the value is also an 18 minute walk north from the Bloor Go and UP Station.
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The first comicon, Vaughan Con, will occur for two days at the Bellvue Manor, on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of August 2025.
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Click here for ticket information. And this venue is serviced by bus routes 020 and 320 on York Regional Transit at bus stop numbers 3818 and 6346 from the Smartcentres Place Bus Terminal, which is located next to the Vaughan Metropolitan Center TTC Station.
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The second comicon, the Orangeville Comicon, will be held at the Orangeville Curling Club on Sunday, the 10th of August 2025 and admission will be $5 at the door.
Free transit is provided by Orangeville Transit and the Walmart next to the venue is serviced by the Green route, which connects to GO Bus Route 37 from the Brampton Bus Terminal at bus stop number 100258.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events.