Movies
The Amazing Spider-Man The Marvel comic book hero gets a new movie reboot in a version that’s more dramatic than the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire version. See review.
T.O. Korean Film Festival The festival of films by Korean filmmakers concludes on Sunday with screenings of Park Chan-Wook’s two crime classics, Sympathy For Lady Vengeance and Old Boy. At Innis Town Hall. See listing.
Stage
Canada Day: Going Global Throughout the long weekend, Harbourfront presents an arts and culture fest including dance workshops and performances by b-boy/b-girl crews. See listing.
Illusionoid The improvised sci-fi podcast presents a live taping with guest Colin Mochrie. Saturday at the Comedy Bar. See listing.
Music
Corey Hart The 80s pop star re-emerges with a remix of his 1988 song Truth Will Set You Free ahead of a series of Pride festival appearances, including at Toronto Pride’s South Stage. See feature and listing.
Digital Dreams The two-day electronic dance music festival kicks off at the Flats at the Molson Amphitheatre. Tonight’s bill includes Richie Hawtin, Duck Sauce, Autoerotique, Afrojack, Guy Gerber and many others (see listing) while Sunday’s lineup features Kaskade, Major Lazer and Alesso as headliners (see listing).
New Traditions Music Festival Head to Artscape Gibraltar Point to catch the Island Music And Art Festival, featuring Doldrums, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers, the Wilderness of Manitoba, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Freeman Dre and the Kitchen Party and many others appearing over two stages. See listing and listing.
Hidden Cameras If you’re not too pooped from the Pride Parade, continue your Canada Day celebrations at Harbourfront Centre with the sprawling indie pop band. See listing.
Art
Public: Collective Identity/Occupied Space Final day for one of Contact’s best exhibits, including Tarek Abouamin’s moving Tahrir Square video, Benjamin Lowy’s Iraq through shot the windows of armoured vehicles, Richard Mosse’s stunning images of Africa taken with infrared surveillance film that changes everything green to a vivid magenta, and Ariella Azoulay’s drawn reproductions of photos of the Palestinian Nakba (her views led the Red Cross to deny her use of them), with text interpretations. At U of T Art Centre. See listing.
AGYU at Pride Artists Hazel Meyer and Logan MacDonald, as alter egos DJ Sis ‘n Bro, have emblazoned banners with York students’ queer love anthems to march in the parade for a project entitled love love love love. Meet and talk with the artists at Church and Bloor at 10 am. See listing.
Community
Dyke March Many amazing Pride happenings, Saturday, June 30, but the political expression, today, is the wonderful Dyke March, celebrating the diversity of LGBT women. It starts at Church and Hayden, moves north on Church to Bloor, west to Yonge and south to Wood. The rally is at 1 pm and the march heads off at 2. Free. See listing.
Pride Parade The spectacular procession full of floats, feathers, costumes, marching bands, and hilarity starts at 2 pm, Sunday, July 1, at Bloor and Church, and heads W to Yonge, S to Gerrard and E on Gerrard to Church. Get ready for massive crowds and lots of theatre. Free. See listing.
Honour Chinese Rail Workers There are many ways to fete Canada Day, Sunday, July 1, but how about commemorating the Chinese workers in Canada who completed our sea-to-sea rail link? The wreath-laying ceremony takes place at 10:30 am, at the Chinese Railroad Workers Monument, at Blue Jays Way and Navy Wharf Court. Free. See listing.
