HIGHLIGHTS: CNE Opens / Sail-In Cinema Festival / Hell Bent Rockers - Lohrwoods / The Dreamboats / Back to Blues Dance / Thigh High Cabaret / Good Rockin Tonight with DJ Hide / Suburban Steam / TLH Swing prom / Retro Guilty Pleasures / Motown Party / Hideaway After Dark / Bellwoods Flea / Fun in the Sunday /
THURSDAY, Aug 20th:
6pm - Jazz Night: Riverrun at Cafe Belong and Belong Catering at Evergreen Brick Works
6.3p – Heritage Toronto Walks: Story of the City inSeven Stops (must register for location)
8pm – Live Blues and Dancing at Monarchs Pub
8pm - Thigh High: The Kush of Cabaret at Underground
8pm - Meraj Dhir (historian) at Andy Warhol: Revisted at Revolver Gallery
8.3p - Sail In Cinema - Toronto : Ghostbusters at Sugar Beach
9pm - Drive Events: Hell Bent Rockers , Brendt Thomas Diabo, The Lohrwoods at Cherry Cola's Rock 'n' Rolla Cabaret & Lounge
9.3p - Prom Night (1980) at The Royal Cinema - Toronto
10p - DJ Vivs (45s/vintage vinyl) at Sweaty Betty's
FRIDAY, Aug 21st:
5pm - The Straight Eights at Castro's Lounge
6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman CIUT 89.5 FM
8pm - The Dreamboats [50s/60s Pop & Rock] at Junction City Music Hall
8pm - Sail-in Cinema: Goonies at Sugar Beach
8.3p - TIFF at your Park: Ghostbusters at @Shoreham Walkway
8pm - Thigh High: The Kush of Cabaret (burlesque) at Underground Cafe
8pm - Urban Capers Scavenger Hunts: Haunted Toronto (advance tickets)
9pm - Toronto Blues Dances: Back to Blues at Dovercourt House
9pm - Fionna's Star Spangled Trash Birthday at Cherry Colas
9pm - Forty Years After: Classic Rock & Blues at Drum N Flats
9pm - Roar (1981) at The Royale Cinema
9pm – Record Party with DJ I Hate You Rob (60s/70s) at Castro's Lounge
10p - Good Rockin’ Tonight with DJ Hide (50s/vintage vinyl) at Disgraceland
10p - The Motown Party at The Drake Hotel
SATURDAY, Aug 22nd:
10a - SarahT Photo: Tropical Tease Pin-Up Photo Shoot (advance booking)
11a - The Trinity Bellwoods Flea (vintage/antiques) at 824 Dundas St W
11a - Suburban Steam (steampunk) at Zion Schoolhouse
1.3p - The Great Post-War Suburban Migration at 946 Royal York Rd (Etobicoke)
2pm - BIG on Bloor Festival: RnR Dancing at Dead Dog Records
2pm - E.T. (1982) at The Royale Cinema
3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt (vintage vinyl) on CIUT 89.5 FM
4pm - Happy Pals (jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm – The Cosmotones (rockabilly) at Castro’s Lounge
7pm – Saturday Night Swing: Toronto Lindy Hop's Swing Prom Bertie & The Gents at Dovercourt House
8pm - Sail-in Cinema: E.T. (1982) at Sugar Beach
10p - Shake, Rattle and Roll (50s/60s) at Clintons
10p - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's
10p - Retro Guilty Pleasures (80s/90s) at Velvet Underground
10p - The Rizdales (rockabilly) at The Dakota Tavern
10p - Hideaway After Dark at Kingpin's Hideaway
SUNDAY, Aug 23rd:
6am - Sunday Antique Market at St Lawrence Market
10a - Sarah T Photo: Tropical Tease Pin-Up Photo Shoot (advance booking)
11a – Rockabilly Brunch at Cadillac Lounge
12.3 and 3p – The Etiquette of Downton Abbey at Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
1pm - Tea and Tour Sundays (heritage site) at Gibson House
2.3p - Notorious (1946) at TIFF Bell Lightbox
4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars (big band jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
4pm – Alistair Christl Trio (rockabilly) at The Duke Live.com
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's: Fun in the Sunday (burlesque)
NOTABLE OUTER GTA:
Fri, Aug 21, 9pm - Good Rockin Guelph: Hell Bent Rockers at Sip Club
Fri, Aug 21, 5.3p - Fink's 3rd Annual Car Rally (Vintage Cars/50s Music) at Hayes Detail Shop (Dundas, On)
Sat, Aug 22, 10a - 1920s Rum Runners Tour in Windsor On
Sat, Aug 22, 3pm - Rumble in the Rust Belt at Mohawk Place (Buffalo, NY)
Every Thursday, 7pm – The Redline Rockabilly Show on 103.7 CFBU
Every Friday, 7pm – Rock n Roll Riot on 97.7 The Beach (Wasaga)
Every Friday, 8pm – TheRockabilly Room on 100.3 CKMS (Kitchener)
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