Boots and Hearts Music Festival announces line up and expands to three days, with headliners The Chicks and Rascal Flatts – Aug 7 to 9, 2026 (Ontario)

posted Monday, December 1, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Festivals, Music

Boots and Hearts Music Festival has dropped its powerhouse 2026 lineup, and fans are about to experience the most electrifying edition yet. Returning August 7–9, 2026 to the iconic Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Boots and Hearts is ready to deliver a longer weekend that truly has something for everybody. For over a decade, […]

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Upon Her Lips: Open Secrets – five lesbian short films that explore secret desires by day and night

posted Friday, November 21, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Streaming Online

Open Secrets is a quintet of international lesbian short films, the latest in its popular Upon Her Lips collection. These films aim to tempt you with secret desires in the brightest of days or the darkest of nights. Two schoolgirls in Iran try covering up a misdemeanour whilst a Spanish couple’s weekend retreat means navigating […]

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Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures – four gay short films that explore faith and passion

posted Friday, November 21, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Heavenly Creatures is a quartet of international gay short films, the latest in its popular The Male Gaze collection.  These films explore faith and passion. Forgive them, father, for these boys have sinned. Witness how the power of God works in mysterious ways, from sexual tension high up in the Spanish mountains to the castles of medieval […]

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The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical blends holiday movie trope with festive hijinx- on stage until Jan 4, 2026

posted Saturday, November 15, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

Toronto will host the world premiere of The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical, a hilarious Broadway-style show that blends classic holiday movie tropes with high-octane pop showtunes. Running November 20, 2025 to January 4, 2026 at The Royal Theatre, this festive new musical promises cookie contests, small-town romance, corporate intrigue, and even a runaway moose! The story […]

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European Union Film Festival features film screenings from 28 countries – Nov 13 to 27, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, November 13, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Toronto

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) Toronto will present 28 outstanding films from 28 countries, screening at the Spadina Theatre from November 13 to 27, 2025. Taking audiences on a cinematic journey across Europe, this year’s selection features multiple awardwinning films, literary adaptations, directorial debuts and the largest representation of female filmmakers to date. The […]

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Uncovered: Madonna and Cher – a hybrid theatrical concert that tells the life story of two of the greatest female artists through words and music

posted Wednesday, November 12, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Music, Theatre, Toronto

UnCovered: Madonna & Cher, is a jubilant, high-octane tribute to two of pop’s most enduring icons. Running November 11–13, 2025 at Koerner Hall, this year’s 19th edition delivers pure joy and big-feeling entertainment, with chart-toppers like “Like a Prayer,” “Vogue,” “Believe,” and “If I Could Turn Back Time.” Each tune is reimagined through daring new arrangements […]

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Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps – documentary about transitioning that was two-decades in the making gets a gallery film screening with post discussion – Nov 13, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, November 9, 2025

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

The Women’s Art Association of Canada presents An Evening with Scott Turner Schofield, an Emmy-nominated actor, creator, and producer whose intimate, funny, and deeply human 60-minute film Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps screens in Toronto on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:00pm. This exclusive, one-night-only event offers a rare chance to experience the film […]

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Experience two immersive audio-only productions that use binaural sound and sensory effects to create an alternate reality – on now until November 9, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, October 7, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Toronto

DARKFIELD presents two internationally acclaimed immersive audio experiences for the first time in Toronto, staged inside custom-built 40-foot shipping containers at STACKT Market.  SÉANCE and FLIGHT plunge audiences into complete darkness, using 360° binaural sound and meticulously timed sensory effects to transport them into unsettling territories. Staged inside purpose-built 40-foot shipping containers, these genre-defying works use precisely […]

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“Blackbird” delves into the taboo topic of an intergenerational relationship – on stage until Oct 18, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, October 7, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

Blackbird tells the story of Ray, fifty-five, who after years in prison and subsequent hardships, has a new identity and has made a new life for himself, thinking that he cannot be found. Una, twenty-seven, has thought of nothing else; upon seeing a photo of Ray in a magazine, she has arrived unannounced at his […]

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Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon – the untold story of Toronto’s trailblazing drag queen

posted Sunday, October 5, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto

Long before drag became a staple of pop culture, Michelle Ross made her indelible mark as a powerhouse, dominating and defining the Black queer drag scene in Toronto and beyond. To her community, she was a dazzling trailblazer; to her family, she was Earl Barrington Shaw, or simply “Barry.” It wasn’t until Michelle’s sudden death […]

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