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Core Music Events 2025

The Cure on the Main Stage at Bestival Toronto finale

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The Cure on the Main Stage at Bestival Toronto finale. Photo: Cherryl Bird

The definitive guide to music performances, live shows, concerts, festivals and industry events in your city. Appear in this directory for free or book a spot. “Weekly Stories” Updated Thursdays.

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What to do in LA – DCW dance film festival

Dance Camera West (DCW) recently announced that you can choose to pay what you can for screenings at the DCW2025 dance film festival.

This decision allows equal access to the arts for everyone, to some of the best dance films from international and local filmmakers from recognizable names like Wim Wenders and subjects such as modern dance pioneer Pina Bausch.

Despite the cancellation of the Roussève retrospective, the festival will take place starting January 29. Find out about other changes and select highlights at this year’s festival below.

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Feuerman Foundation and Medici Museum call for artists for juried exhibition

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The Medici Museum of Art & The Carole Feuerman Foundation Present Zodiac: Mysterious Power of the Creative. Submissions due: April 31, 2025. VIP Panel & Reception: July 11, 2025. Image of a young girl with her upper body on a float, wearing a white swim cap with beads of water on her forearms.

ZODIAC: Mysterious Power of the Creative is an exciting opportunity for artists working in all styles and formats to showcase their work alongside emerging and established artists and personalities for an exhibition at a modern art museum in the United States.

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JUNO Awards introduces South Asian music and songwriter categories among changes

After a year-long review of nominating and voting practices, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), the group that administers Canada’s top music industry awards, announced a list of changes today that will go into effect for the 2025 JUNO Awards season.

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Konkona Sen Sharma’s first film ‘A Death in the Gunj’ brings back memories of my childhood

A Death in the Gunj, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2016 is the directorial debut for actress Konkona Sen Sharma. I had the fortune of receiving a ticket for the show as a birthday gift from a dear friend.

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Core Music Events 2024

The definitive guide to music performances, live shows, concerts, festivals and industry events in your city. Appear in this directory for free or book a spot. “Weekly Stories” Updated Thursdays.

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Live Nation Announces Deal With Rogers for New Open-air Concert Venue

The entertainment company that owns Ticketmaster, Live Nation, unveiled plans earlier today, Sept. 26, to build the largest concert venue of its kind in the greater Toronto area on the YZD development site.

JUNO Awards Changes Affect Indigenous and South Asian Artists

Changes that affect the voting and nomination process for The JUNO Awards include the removal, merging and addition of new award categories, and new ways of tabulating votes.

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Grit meets vintage glamour at Nordic film festival

The Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF) calls for a dual theme of grit and glamour. Grit, of course, is that quintessential factor that gets us through the hard times so that we can celebrate the good times, as guests will do as they walk the red carpet in vintage glam on opening night, Wednesday.

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