LIDO PIMIENTA
The Colombian-Canadian musician has been on a serious hot streak that doesn’t seem to want to stop burning. Still, it’s safe to assume this hot ticket two-nighter at the Drake is going to be your last chance to see Pimienta’s powerful firebrand live show for a while – she’s performing while pregnant and also has a follow-up album to her Polaris Prize-winning La Papessa to finish. If anyone can play through all that, it’s Pimienta, so you never know. At the very least, the next one won’t be at a venue this intimate. You can trust us on that.
Friday-Saturday (February 16-17). Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen West. Doors 8 pm. $15. ticketweb.ca.
Come From Away
Wildly popular and heartfelt musical returns to Toronto with a new all-Canadian cast.
February 16. Royal Alexandra Theatre. $69-$200. mirvish.com. To September 2.
Wavelength Winter Festival
M.I. Blue and Bossie play indie music fest’s first night.
February 16-18. The Garrison. 7:30 pm. $10-$20, pass $33.33. ticketfly.com, rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com.
Toronto Black Film Festival
Edith + Eddie and Watu Wote (All Of Us) are film critic Norman Wilner’s weekend picks for the fifth annual fest.
To February 19. Multiple venues. torontoblackfilm.com.
Cottagers And Indians
NOW contributor Drew Hayden Taylor’s two-hander about the conflicts between cottage owners and Indigenous water usage is in previews all weekend ahead of its February 21 opening.
To March 25. Tarragon Extraspace. $22-$60. 416-531-1827.
Tyler, the Creator & Vince Staples
West Coast hip-hop innovators’ joint tour hits Ricoh Coliseum.
February 17. Doors 6 pm, all ages. $29.50-$49.50. ticketmaster.ca.
The Trinity Bellwoods Flea
Winter market takes over the Great Hall’s lower level on Family Day Sunday.
February 18. 10 am-5 pm. Free. trinitybellwoodsflea.com.
Family Day @ The Bentway
Free skating lessons, DJs, giveaways and more at the city’s newest skating trail.
February 19. 11 am-9 pm. Free. Under the Gardiner, east of Strachan. thebentway.ca.
