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The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: April 28-May 2
The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: April 28-May 2
Including Austra at Roy Thomson Hall, Hot Docs, the May Day Rally and the Storytelling Festival By Kevin Ritchie
Our picks for the top things to do in Toronto on the weekend of
April 29-May 2 including Austra at Roy Thomson Hall, Hot Docs, the May Day Rally and the Storytelling Festival.
Hot Docs
The annual film festival for non-fiction lovers kicks off today but we’ve already started watching and reviewing movies. Films about Sesame Street, Poly Styrene and Helen Keller are among our favourites. Keep checking our review directory for the latest reviews and read our cover story about films focusing on gig work and the fight to regulate ride-hailing and delivery apps. Plus: a conversation with filmmakers Tanya Talaga and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers about finding parallels in Indigenous stories from different parts of the country.
NOW Magazine
The best virtual events in Toronto this spring
NOW critics pick the season s best online festivals, concerts, stage events and more By Kevin Ritchie, Norman Wilner, Glenn Sumi and Richard Trapunski
Apr 7, 2021
Excerpts from Red Sky Performance s 20-year repertoire will stream on Digidance.
Toronto is in the grips of a third wave, but the length of the pandemic means event promoters are savvier at organizing online. Many of the season’s marquee events – Hot Docs, Canadian Music Week, Contact – are planning robust virtual offerings. And though livestream concerts are cancelled for April, you can still stream local pre-recorded – and live events taking place elsewhere. Here are our picks for the best virtual spring events – most online, most based in Toronto, plus a few international gigs and one drive-in series.
15 virtual events in Toronto this spring
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Virtual events in Toronto this spring give us something to put on the calendar. Art festivals, tech conferences and riveting musical performances continue across the city, only this year to be live-streamed from your computer or television screen.
Pending possible cancellations due to new lockdown restrictions, here are virtual events coming up in Toronto this spring.
Started during the pandemic in order to support the local music industry, these livestreams feature different Toronto musicians performing at shuttered music venues. Upcoming performances include Tallies at Adelaide Hall and Joanna Majoko at Hirut Cafe.
BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival get DJ Shub, Amanda Rheaume and More for Virtual Edition
Published Feb 01, 2021
The BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival is going virtual for 2021. Taking place February 5-21, the festival can be enjoyed right from the comfort of your own home and will feature performances from an all Canadian lineup, activities and visual arts presentations.
The performances will kick off with folk duo Moonfruits on Friday, February 5. They will be followed up by festival veterans The Chinese Canadian Children Choir of Canada on Saturday, February 6.
Alternative R&B artist Melo Griffith will take front and centre on Tuesday, February 9. Canadian Folk Music Award nominees for Ensemble of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year, Silent Winters, follows two days later on Thursday February 11.