Multiple Events This Weekend
There will be four collector events starting on the first of May, 2026, two in British Columbia and two in Ontario, and two record conventions in Ontario on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026.
Northern FanCon is a three day event starting on the first of May, 2026 that will be held at the Prince George CN Centre and tickets are available from Ticketnorth.
The nearest bus stops to this venue are stop numbers 105160 and 105334, which are serviced by Routes 5 and 55 on BC Transit.
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The Vernon Comicon will be held on Saturday, the 2nd of May, 2026 at the Vernon Recreation Centre from 10am to 6pm and admission will be $10 or free for kids 12 and under.
Thew nearest bus stops to the venue are 144072 and 144282, which are serviced by Route 9 on BC Transit.
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The Toronto Toy Riot will be hosted by the Tranzac Club on Saturday, May 2nd and Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 and admission will be free.
This venue is located a five minute walk away from the Spadina Station on the TTC.
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Tricon is also a two day event that will be held on Saturday and Sunday, from 10am to 5pm at TheMuseum, and ticket information is available by clicking here.
The Queen ION LRT Station is located a 3 minute walk away from this venue and the Frederik ION LRT Station is a 4 minute walk away from TheMuseum.
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The Brantford Record Show will be hosted by the Dunsdon Legion from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, the 3rd of May, 2026 and admission will be $2.
The nearest bus stops to this venue are bus stop number 450 and 483, which are serviced by Routes 4A and 4C on Brantford Transit.
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And the Toronto-Leaside Vinyl Record, CD & Collectibles Show will be held on Sunday, the 3rd of May, 2026 from 10am to 3pm at the Leaside Gardens and admission will be $5.
The nearest bus stops to this venue are bus stop numbers 5136 and 15671, which are serviced by Route 51 on the TTC.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at some of these venues. Enjoy.
This Weekends Events
There will be a pop up vinyl event in Kitchener, Ontario on Saturday and a Comicon event in Orillia, Ontario on Sunday:
The Kitchener Vinyl Market will be held at the Rabbid Fox Tavern from 11AM to 4PM on the 20th of July, 2024 and admission will be a donation to Strong Start Waterloo.
The nearest bus stops to this venue are bus stops 2052 and 2053, which are serviced by Grand River Transit, whose site does have a travel planner.
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The Cottage CountryCon 2024 on the 21st of July, 2024 at the Best Western Plus Mariposa Inn & Conference Centre from 10am to 5pm.
Admission information to this event can be found by clicking here. And in regards to public transit, the nearest bus stops to the venue are serviced by the Georgian route on Orillia Transit.
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Please note that cash may be preferable at these events so you may want to find out where the nearest ATMs are to these venues. And by the way, Prime Day is still active at Amazon.ca and similar offers on some products are also available at Best Buy Canada until midnight today, Pacific Time, which is 3am Eastern.
Enjoy
Record Store Day & More
This year’s Record Store Day will be this Saturday, the 20th of April 2024 and vinyl collectors in the Kitchener, Ontario area will also have a second chance to find that ever elusive LP at Rabid Fox Tavern from 11am to 4pm, where a vinyl pop up is scheduled.
Admission to the Kitchener Vinyl Popup is a donation to Women’s Crisis Services of the Waterloo Region and the nearest bus stops to the venue are 1718 & 1782 (Route 10) and 2052 & 2053 (Route 201) with Grand River Transit.
By the way, a list of participating retailers for Record Store Day can be found by clicking here and the list of that day’s special releases is listed here.
Enjoy.