Arcade Fire
Every step of Arcade Fires rollout campaign for their fifth album, Everything Now from band-created fake news to eye-rolling dress codes at their release show has gained them the wrong kind of headlines. Thats why theyve (mostly) cast off their ill-fitting irony and smirking media critique in favour of re-emphasizing how they blew up from Montreal indie cult band into arena rockers in the first place: the music. Theyve been playing in the round for most of their Infinite Content tour, fostering a sense of yearning, big-room intimacy and connection like only they can. Bonus: local heroes Broken Social Scene open.
Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Friday & Saturday (November 3 & 4) Doors 6:30 pm. $25-$95. ticketmaster.ca.
Sobey Art Award Exhibition
Canada’s buzziest young artists, including 2017 Sobey winner Ursula Johnson, exhibit work at U of T Art Centre. Read an interview with Johnson here.
Free. Runs to December 9. gallery.ca/sobey
Unsound: Halloween Hangover
Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (aka S U R V I V E) headline electronic music fest alongside Kompakt Records’s head Wolfgang Voight (aka GAS) and Poland’s Ksiezyc. See preview.
November 3. Bluma Appel Theatre. 8 pm. $35-$85. ticketmaster.ca.
Rendezvous With Madness
Mental-health-themed film fest marks 25 years. Check out a guide to the fest here.
November 3 to 11. Workman Arts. rendezvouswithmadness.ca.
CN Tower Climb
Annual stair climb benefits United Way.
November 4. CN Tower. 6-10 am. $10-$20 plus minimum pledges. Pre-register at unitedwaytyr.com/climb.
My Name Is Asher Lev
Jonas Chernick stars in this adaptation of Chaim Potoks acclaimed novel about art, family and religion.
November 4 to 26 at Toronto Centre for the Arts. 8 pm. $15-$90. hgjewishtheatre.com.
Pink Flamingos
Cult actor Mink Stole attends a screening of John Waterss trash classic.
November 5. Royal Cinema. Doors 7 pm. $12. universe.com.
Day Of The Dead
Evergreen Brick Works 7th annual family-friendly celebration of Latin American culture.
November 5. 10 am-3 pm. Free. evergreen.ca.