Thursday, October 25, 2018


HALLOWE'EN WEEKEND ROUNDUP! 
October 25th-31st



THURSDAY: 
Full Moon Party! Witches , Werewolf's & Warlocks, Its Time
https://www.facebook.com/events/1584709678286051/
The Rocky Horror Show (Live) (Multiple dates)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1629402170436071/
Legends of Horror (Multiple dates)
https://www.facebook.com/CL.Legends.of.Horror/

FRIDAY:
Black Flamingos & The Primitive Finks + The Surfrajettes
https://www.facebook.com/events/286827445477684/
Boom 97.3 Totally 80s Halloween Costume Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/537854199987007/
Funky Halloween Night!- 70’s costume party
https://www.facebook.com/events/310211156457110/
80s Mixtape Dance Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/344971929581695/
90s Halloween Party w/ Hedspin, DJ Grouch & Markoshi
https://www.facebook.com/events/632867053809046/
Fresh Prince 90's Halloween w/ DJ Starting From Scratch
https://www.facebook.com/events/2281808015165937/
John Carpenter's The Fog (4K Restoration) | Neon Nightmares
https://www.facebook.com/events/2210740709205016/
Ghost Walks at Exhibition Place - October
https://www.facebook.com/events/235481720477953/
Fort York After Dark: Lantern Tours (Multiple dates)
https://www.facebook.com/events/262000357957627/
Phantoms of the Organ
https://www.facebook.com/events/195857931276450/

SATURDAY:
Shipwrec’d’s Spooky Luau in Outer Space
https://www.facebook.com/events/346630126079619/
Wild Records • Halloween Ball
https://www.facebook.com/events/166479300924634/
Panic: Halloween 80's & 90's Video Dance Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/238014840226051/
Retro Roadshow Presents: A Nightmare On College Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/1943946932332894/
Stranger Things: 80s Halloween Dance Party at Hard Luck
https://www.facebook.com/events/205474710322616/
The Love Shack - Love Child Halloween 
https://www.facebook.com/events/2138426203085912/
Juicebox at the Piston - Halloween Edition
https://www.facebook.com/events/699722270408670/
Tribute to Legends Halloween Bash-Liquor Messiah, Xero Tolerance
https://www.facebook.com/events/317105012182995/
Purple Thriller: Prince vs Michael Jackson Dance Party - Oct 27
https://www.facebook.com/events/560147357749627/
Damn Fine Halloween Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/866378580416312/
Throwback Cinema: Beetlejuice (1988) 
https://www.facebook.com/events/2178677642255689/
The Penalty (1920)
https://www.facebook.com/events/296953657755134/

HALLOWEEN DAY:
Halloween on Church
https://www.facebook.com/events/2039823623015172/
The Original Haunted Walk Toronto
https://www.blogto.com/events/the-original-haunted-walk-of-toronto-toronto/
Haunted Leslieville Walk 
https://www.blogto.com/events/haunted-leslieville-walk-toronto/

A Halloween Marathon Reading of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

https://www.facebook.com/events/2243074182571597/

Free Halloween Screening: Young Frankenstein (1974)

https://www.facebook.com/events/249841369057137/
Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies: Free screening of Young Frankenstein (1974
https://www.blogto.com/events/wednesday-afternoon-at-the-movies-young-frankenstein-1974-toronto/

Eyesore Cinema Halloween Double Feature Party!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2077233292297564/

Rocky Horror with Live Shadowcast 

https://www.facebook.com/events/535547230215046/

Halloween Video Dance Party - Return of the Living Dance Floor

https://www.facebook.com/events/2380246382198996/

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Your Vintage Weekend Roundup: March 22nd-March 25th





HIGHLIGHTS**:

Silent Revue-Hitchcock's The Ring/ Double Decker 2 Bands Swing Dance/ The Trinity Bellwoods Flea/ The Rizdales/ Chronologic/ The Big Combo/ Born in Flames/ Shake, Rattle & Roll/ Old Book & Paper Show/ Singin' in the Rain



THURSDAY, March 22nd:

6:00pm- Rock Photographer Robert Knight Celebrates 50th Anniversary Exhibition at Liss Gallery 
6:30pm- La Pointe Courte (1955-French) with Mallory Andrews at TIFF
8:00pm- Black Gold presents 'Born in Flames' on 35mm at The Royal Cinema
8:30pm- Swing Dancing with Bees Knees Dance at Dovercourt House
9:00pm- The Swinging Pussycats at Shameful Tiki Room 
9:15pm- Daisies (1966-Czech) at TIFF
10:00pm- Funk Till Yer Drunk with DJ 'Ol Nerdy Bastard at Swan Dive



FRIDAY, March 23rd: 

2:00pm- Dear Sadie: Love, Lives, and Remembrance from Ontario's First World War at Don Mills Public Library
3:45pm- 'Beuys' at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
5:30pm-The Straight Eights (Rockabilly) at Castro's Lounge
6:30pm- Cleo de 5 a 7 (1961) with Amil Niazi at TIFF
7:00pm- Les Petits Noveaux at La Rev
9:00pm- Big Rude Jake (Solo) at Rod, Gun and Barbers in the Junction
9:30pm- Zeppelinesque Tribute to Led Zeppelin at Linsmore Tavern
10:00pm- Electrovelo: Free synth-pop dance party at Handlebar
10:00pm- Beam Me Up! Disco Friday's at The Piston
10:00pm- The Swingin' Blackjacks (Rockabilly) at Grossmans Tavern
10:00pm- Shake, Rattle & Roll at Clintons 



SATURDAY, March 24th:

10:00am- Vintage & Antique Market at Shops at Steeles & 404
12:00pm- Eaton's Goes to War: Family, Memory & Meaning at Mackenzie House
1:00pm- Modern Times (1936) at TIFF
3:00pm- The Boxcar Boys at C'est What? 
3:15pm- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) at TIFF
4:00pm- The Rizdales second last Cadillac Lounge Show Ever
5:00pm- The Oldies Dance Live ft Dj Wayne at Maple Leaf House
6:00pm- Denielle Bassels Live at 120 Diner 
7:00pm- Saturday Night Double Deck Swing Dance w/ Combo Royale & Sugar Foot Stompers at Dovercourt
8:00pm- The Big Combo (1955) at Imperial Pub
9:00pm- The Neil Young'uns Tribute to Neil Young at Drums N Flats
10:00pm- One Leg Up with DJ Precious Brett at Swan Dive
10:00pm- Chronologic at The Garrison



SUNDAY, March 25th:

7:00am- Sunday Antique Market at St. Lawrence Market
10:00am- Vintage & Antique Market at Shops at Steeles & 404
10:00am- Trinity Bellwoods Flea-March Market
10:00am- Old Book & Paper Show at Artscape Wychwood Barns 
12:00pm- Eaton's Goes to War: Family, Memory & Meaning at Mackenzie House
1:00pm- Singin' in the Rain (1952) at TIFF
3:45pm- Lions Love (...and Lies) with Mallory Andrews (1969) at TIFF
4:15pm- Silent Revue-Hitchcock's The Ring at Revue Cinema
9:00pm- Watch This Sound (Vintage Jamaican Music) at Castro's
9:00pm- The Mercenaries Sundays (R&B) at the Dakota Tavern
9:30ppm- Sinful Sundays Burlesque at Cherry Cola's




LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:

Christian Dior Exhibition at Royal Ontario Museum (Nov 25th-Apil 8th, 2018)
Notes in the Night: The History of Toronto Jazz Clubs Since 1946 at Market Gallery (March 8th-June 23rd)
Cabaret at Lower Ossington Theatre (Till May 6th)
Althea Thauberger: Althea Lorraine at Susan Hobbs Gallery (Feb 8th-March 25th)
WAR Flowers-A Touring Art Exhibition at Campbell House Museum (Jan 24th-March 25th, 2018)


RADIO SHOWS:

Monday-Friday, 10pm: Theatre of the Mind on Zoomer Radio AM 740 
Monday-Thursday 12:00am-Midnight Blue on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Wednesdays, 10pm & Saturday, 12:01am: Whistle Bait (1950's Rockabilly)
Thursdays, 7pm- The Redline Rockabilly Show on CFBU 103.7 FM 
Fridays, 6pm- Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman CIUT 89.5 FM
Fridays, 7pm- Rock n Roll Riot on 97.7 The Beach (Wasaga)
Fridays, 8pm- The Rockabilly Room on 100.3 CKMS (Kitchener)
Saturdays, 3pm- Vinyl from the Crypt (vintage vinyl) on CIUT 89.5
Saturdays & Sundays, 4:30pm- The Immortals on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Saturdays, 6pm- The British Invasion on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Saturdays, 7pm- Saturday Night Bandstand on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Sunday, 2pm- Vintage Favourites-Zoomer Radio AM740
Sunday, 6pm- This is lounge/cocktail nation on This is Lounge   
Sunday, 7pm- Big Band Sunday Night on Zoomer Radio AM 740


**Please note that TVS is a volunteer run group and we do our best to post everyone's vintage events in our roundup. That said, we may miss events from time to time and this is not on purpose. If you would like to ensure your event is posted, please drop us a line and we will gladly add it. As for the highlights, those are just random pickings. Thanks!


Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Your Vintage Weekend Roundup: March 15th-March 18th

 
Source: Toronto Public Library. Postcard mailed to Miss Clara Waters - YWCA Dundas Street Toronto, 1920.


HIGHLIGHTS**:

Adams/Wick & Cats Band Swing Dance/ Speakeasy at Revival/ Shamrock Shake Rattle & Roll/ Bad News Rock N' Soul Dance/ Designing the Movies: Auntie Mame/ Choir! Choir! Choir! - Jesus Christ Superstar/ Sinful Sundays Special: Peepshow T.O. Takeover/ Gladstone Flea/ Love, Cecil



THURSDAY, March 15th:

7:30pm- High Society Cabaret Presents 'Speakeasy at Revival'
8:30pm- Swing Dancing with Bees Knees Dance at Dovercourt House
9:30pm- Love Letters Cabaret Presents: Knockout at Lula Lounge 







FRIDAY, March 16th: 

12:00pm- Innovation Circa 1867 at Colborne Lodge
4:00pm (6:30pm)- 'Love, Cecil' at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
5:30pm-The Straight Eights (Rockabilly) at Castro's Lounge
7:00pm- Les Petits Noveaux at La Rev
7:00pm- Special Event: The Green Fog & Vertigo with Guy Maddin at TIFF
7:30pm- Swing Dancing w/ Adams/Wicks & Cats Band at Lindy Hop Revolution
8:00pm- Neon Dreams & Queer Fear presents: Liquid Sky in 4K at Royal Cinema
9:00pm- Bad News Rock N' Soul Dance at Handlebar
9:00pm- Pretzel Logic-Steely Dan Tribute at Linsmore Tavern
10:00pm- High on Sunshine (Soul, Funk ++) at Farside
10:00pm- Beam Me Up! Disco Friday's at The Piston 
10:00pm- The Ballroom Live Series: Blush (Old & New School)



SATURDAY, March 17th:

10:00am- Vintage & Antique Market at Shops at Steeles & 404
10:00am- From Riots to Respectability: The Irish Experience in Toronto at Mackenzie House
12:00pm- Innovation Circa 1867 at Colborne Lodge
12:00pm- Eaton's Goes to War: Family, Memory & Meaning at Mackenzie House
1:00pm- Choir! Choir! Choir! Jesus Christ Superstar at The Great Hall Toronto 
2:00pm (6:30pm)- 'Love, Cecil' at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
7:00pm- Saturday Night St Patrick Swing Dance w/ Peter Shea Swing Band at Dovercourt
7:00pm- Toronto All-Star Big Band 6th Annual Scotty Scholarship Gala at Palais Royale
9:00pm- Shamrock Shake Rattle & Roll w/ Dreamboats at Junction City Music Hall 
10:00pm- Connection: From Disco to House at The Beaver
10:00pm- DJ Shirley Tempo (Motown, Soul, Funk) at Swan Dive



SUNDAY, March 18th:

7:00am- Sunday Antique Market at St. Lawrence Market
10:00am- Vintage & Antique Market at Shops at Steeles & 404
10:00am- Gladstone Flea: March Maker's Market at Gladstone Hotel
12:00pm- Innovation Circa 1867 at Colborne Lodge
12:00pm- Eaton's Goes to War: Family, Memory & Meaning at Mackenzie House
2:00pm- Toronto Film Society Presents: The Man From Colorado & Hangman's Knot at Toronto Film Society
3:00pm- Designing the Movies: Auntie Mame (1958) at Revue Cinema
5:30pm- 'Love, Cecil' at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
6:00pm- Dog Star Man at TIFF 

9:00pm- Watch This Sound (Vintage Jamaican Music) at Castro's
9:00pm- The Mercenaries Sundays (R&B) at the Dakota Tavern
9:30ppm- Sinful Sundays Special: Peepshow T.O. Takeover at Cherry Cola's



LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:

March Break Mania at Todmorden Mills Heritage Site (March 10th-18th)
Christian Dior Exhibition at Royal Ontario Museum (Nov 25th-Apil 8th, 2018)
Notes in the Night: The History of Toronto Jazz Clubs Since 1946 at Market Gallery (March 8th-June 23rd)
Cabaret at Lower Ossington Theatre (Till May 6th)
Althea Thauberger: Althea Lorraine at Susan Hobbs Gallery (Feb 8th-March 25th)
WAR Flowers-A Touring Art Exhibition at Campbell House Museum (Jan 24th-March 25th, 2018)
Winter at Ontario Place (Dec 8th-March 18th, 2018)
The Archaeology of the North St. Lawrence Market at Market Gallery (Nov 19th-March 18th, 2018)


RADIO SHOWS:

Monday-Friday, 10pm: Theatre of the Mind on Zoomer Radio AM 740 
Monday-Thursday 12:00am-Midnight Blue on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Wednesdays, 10pm & Saturday, 12:01am: Whistle Bait (1950's Rockabilly)
Thursdays, 7pm- The Redline Rockabilly Show on CFBU 103.7 FM 
Fridays, 6pm- Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman CIUT 89.5 FM
Fridays, 7pm- Rock n Roll Riot on 97.7 The Beach (Wasaga)
Fridays, 8pm- The Rockabilly Room on 100.3 CKMS (Kitchener)
Saturdays, 3pm- Vinyl from the Crypt (vintage vinyl) on CIUT 89.5
Saturdays & Sundays, 4:30pm- The Immortals on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Saturdays, 6pm- The British Invasion on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Saturdays, 7pm- Saturday Night Bandstand on Zoomer Radio AM 740
Sunday, 2pm- Vintage Favourites-Zoomer Radio AM740
Sunday, 6pm- This is lounge/cocktail nation on This is Lounge   
Sunday, 7pm- Big Band Sunday Night on Zoomer Radio AM 740


**Please note that TVS is a volunteer run group and we do our best to post everyone's vintage events in our roundup. That said, we may miss events from time to time and this is not on purpose. If you would like to ensure your event is posted, please drop us a line and we will gladly add it. As for the highlights, those are just random pickings. Thanks!