Rendezvous With Madness Festival – films, performances, and art focused on addictions and mental health – Oct 25 to Nov 3, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Friday, October 25, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

The 32nd edition of the Rendezvous With Madness Festival, the largest and longest-running arts festival in the world dedicated to the intersection of mental health and artistic expression, running from October 25th to November 3rd, 2024, and featuring 10 feature films and 3 short programs. The festival gets underway on Friday, October 25th at the CAMH […]

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The Toronto Burlesque Festival features over 50 burlesque, drag, and cabaret artists – Oct 3 to 6, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, October 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Burlesque, Cabaret, Drag, Queer, Toronto

Bringing together the diverse talents of over 50 of North America’s premier burlesque, drag, and cabaret artists, The Toronto Burlesque Festival returns October 3-6, 2024 under the neon palms of the legendary El Mocambo with four sultry showcases of glamour, humour, and high-caliber performances rooted in messages of diversity, inclusivity and body-positivity. Founded in 2008 as a grassroots festival […]

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Peaches brings her retro-electroclash sexual sounds back to Toronto for another raunchy romp, with special guest Princess Superstar – Sept 22, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, September 19, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer, Toronto

Avant-garde electronica and sexual fearlessness have made GTA-born, Berlin-based Peaches a musical icon. Her infamous live shows have become legendary for the provocative, no holes barred atmosphere. Whatever can happen, will happen, and then some! She’s returning to do one last show in Toronto at the Phoenix Concert Theatre on September 22, 2024, before the venue […]

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Studio One Forever – historical look back at this famed West Hollywood gay disco

posted Friday, September 13, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Pride, Queer, Streaming Online

STUDIO ONE FOREVER is the untold story of America’s trailblazing gay disco, a kaleidoscopic excursion into LGBTQ+ history through the lens of this groundbreaking club.  Studio One was more than just a disco; it was a mecca for gay men looking for identity in a world that saw them as outcasts. Its adjoining nightclub, The […]

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Bikini Kill return to the stage with tour stops in Toronto (Sept 3) and Montreal (Sept 4)

posted Tuesday, September 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Queer, Toronto

After an exhilarating reunion in 2019, which marked their first full shows since 1997, the legendary feminist punk band Bikini Kill return once again to entertain audiences with their Riot Grrrl stage presence, with Canadian tour stops in Toronto (Sept 3) and Montreal (Sept 4). Original band members Kathleen Hanna on vocals, Tobi Vail on […]

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The Q Musicale artist spotlights – el Hashem, Sherry Sylvain, Mandy Goodhandy, Simone Denny, Carole Pope

posted Friday, June 21, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Festivals, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The Q Musicale was founded in 2024 by Antoine Elhashem and Sherry Sylvain, who are shaking things up with their curating of 2SLGBTQIA+ live entertainment festivals and initiatives. Armed with a mission to amplify the voices of queer artists, the determined duo’s goal is to provide space and exposure for both emerging and established 2SLGBTQ+ […]

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The Q Musicale artist spotlights – Robert Ball, J3M, Christian Jeffries and Backburner, Heidi Michelle Thomas and Adam Weinmann

posted Monday, June 17, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Festivals, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The Q Musicale was founded in 2024 by Antoine Elhashem and Sherry Sylvain, who are shaking things up with their curating of 2SLGBTQIA+ live entertainment festivals and initiatives. Armed with a mission to amplify the voices of queer artists, the determined duo’s goal is to provide space and exposure for both emerging and established 2SLGBTQ+ […]

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The Q Musicale artist spotlights – Blxck Cxsper, Mira Fantasy, Danny Dymond, Robert Watson

posted Wednesday, June 12, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Events, Family, Featured Events, Festivals, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The Q Musicale was founded in 2024 by Antoine Elhashem and Sherry Sylvain, who are shaking things up with their curating of 2SLGBTQIA+ live entertainment festivals and initiatives. Armed with a mission to amplify the voices of queer artists, the determined duo’s goal is to provide space and exposure for both emerging and established 2SLGBTQ+ […]

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Blue Jays launch new City Connect Night Mode Uniform, and fans gear up for Pride Night – June 14, 2024

posted Wednesday, June 12, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Pride, Queer, Sports, Toronto

The Toronto Blue Jays take on the Cleveland Guardians in their annual Pride game celebration, taking place on Friday, June 14, 2024 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, with a start time of 7:07pm. Beginning pre-game and running throughout the game there will be interactive activities, performances, entertainment and more across the ballpark, and the […]

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Becoming Karl Lagerfeld – season one launches with fashion feuds and scandalous sex

posted Friday, June 7, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld tells the story of the iconic German designer’s rise, as well as his romantic and professional rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois). The series plunges into the heart of the 70s, in Paris, Monaco and Rome, to follow the formidable blossoming of this complex and iconic personality of Parisian couture, as […]

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