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
Back To School Deals
Back To School offers for vinyl, CDs and television, film and music related merchandise are available at multiple retailers:
Buy One Get One 50% Off offers on posters and t-shirt can be found in store at Sunrise Records, as well as a 10% off offer on new CD purchases of over $50 and 15% off offer on new vinyl purchases of over $100.
Indigo also has a select number of new vinyl releases online with a offer for free shipping on orders over $35.
If you’re looking for used vinyl, CDs, DVDs and blu-ray you can buy one and get 20% off on the second used purchase at Legend Records, both online and in store in Ottawa. And Sonic Boom Toronto will ship orders over $175 free to any destination in North America with some limitations (posters, turntables, speakers and record storage crates are ineligible).
Don’t forget to drop by at your local record store this long weekend for labour day specials.
Enjoy.
Events This Weekend.
613Flea is a free event in which 150 local vendors are housed at the Aberdeen Pavilion in Landowne Park, Ottawa. And some vendors sell vinyl records, CDs and television, film and music themed merchandise.
This event will occur from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, the 2nd of September. And although 613Flea occurs once a month, the venue changes so click here for more information on the latest location.
Landsdowne Park is regularly serviced by OC Transpo Routes 6 and 7 at Bus Stop 3080.
Enjoy.
Optimum and Sunrise Records Offers
There are two offers that I thought you’d like to know about.
The first is from PC Optimum and includes an offer for 5000 bonus points on $50 Apple Gift card purchases from participating retailers, which expires on August 30th, 2023 and can be used on up to a maximum of $500 in card purchases. Click here for details.
The second is an in-store offer from Sunrise Records, which includes a 25% discount on vinyl with the purchase of a turntable. Contact your local store for details.
Just thought you’d like to know.
Sunrise Records is offering discounts on new vinyl and compact discs until September 3rd, 2023 – 15% off on in store purchases of vinyl over $100 and 10% off on in store purchases of compact discs over $50.
Enjoy.
Port Perry Vinyl Record & Collectible Show
This year’s show will be held on Sunday, the 23rd of July 2023 at the The Latcham Centre at 121 Queen Street from 10am to 3pm, on the shores of Lake Scugog, next to the Marina.
Admission will be $4 and there will be parking along the nearby street.
Durham Region Transit provides access to the nearest bus stops at Simcoe and Queen (#3340 Northbound/#3339 Southbound), which are a 10 minute walk away from the venue, straight east down Queen.
This event is pretty much the only record fair, show or convention that I know of that will occur in July, although the Woodstock Toy & Collectibles Expo on Sunday, July 16th will feature music memorabilia and collectibles.
That event will occur at the Woodstock Fairgrounds at 875 Nellis St, in the Oxford Auditorium and Mutual/Market Buildings, from 9:30am to 2:30pm.
Early admission will be $10 from 9:30am to 10:30am, whilst regular admission will be $5 afterward and $3 from 1pm to 3:30pm. Admission will be free for kids under 12 when accompanied by an adult but note that cash is only accepted at this event.
Unfortunately, no conventional transit or para-transit is made available on Sundays in that city.