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Toronto Tipsheet: Iggy Pop, Sarah Neufeld, Jane Goodall and more

The High Road Summer Tour Come together with Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Gates, Jhene Aiko, Casey Veggies and DJ Drama at the Molson Amphitheatre. 7 pm, all ages. $28.-$125. On sale Friday (April 8). ticketmaster.ca. July 29. See listing.

Toronto Women in Music The local collective throws a show at Adelaide Hall with Etiquette, For Esme, Repartee and Hush Pup. 8 pm. $10-$12. ticketfly.com. See listing.

Cycling town hall Gord Perks, Cheri DiNovo and Arif Virani want your ideas on how to improve cycling on Roncesvalles. 6 pm. Free. Parkdale Library. fb.com/groups/w14cycle. See listing.

Demolition (NNNN) Jean-Marc Vallee’s new film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a banker who’s lost his wife in a car crash, opens today. See out our interview with Vallee here. See listing.

Iggy Pop Since rumours are flying that Post Pop Depression might be Iggy Pop’s last album, it would follow that his current world tour may be some of his last shows. And if you haven’t yet seen the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (along with the Stooges) live, you’re missing out. Plus, the tunes on his 17th album, a collab with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, are caustic, gloomily decadent and as theatrical as the man himself. Sony Centre, Doors 7 pm, all ages. $75-$125. ticketmaster.ca. See listing.

Vincent Doyle The author of Making Out In The Mainstream talks with NOW’s Susan G. Cole about the LGBTQ+ move toward respectability. Hart House Debates Room. 10 am. $10-$20. spurfestival.ca. Check out our preview.

Sarah Neufeld The Arcade Fire violinist brings her new solo album, The Ridge, to the Rivoli. 8 pm. $15. ticketfly.com. See listing.

Junior Boys The Canadian electro-pop group play at the Phoenix with Jessy Lanza. 8 pm. $18. See listing. Check out our interview with the duo here.

Julie Doucet The graphic novelist launches Carpet Sweeper Tales, her collection of collaged photo comics, at Type Books on Queen. 7 pm. Free. 416-366-8973. See listing.

Line 9 problems Marilyn Eriksen discusses Enbridge’s pipeline plans from a public health perspective at Don Heights Unitarian Congregation. 10:30 am. Free. donheights.ca. See listing.

Ry Cooder The American slide guitarist plays his first show in Toronto in 24 years, with Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White. Massey Hall. 8 pm. $60-$95. masseyhall.com. See listing.

Shayne Koyczan The unique and outspoken poet plays the Winter Garden. 8 pm. $19.50-$49.50. roythomson.com. See listing.

Jane Goodall The primate researcher talks up youth-led enviro action. Sony Centre. 8 pm. $50-$150, proceeds to conservation efforts. sonycentre.ca. See listing.

Matt & Ben Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers’s comedy about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s bromance runs at the Imperial Pub to April 9. $15. 8 pm. brownpapertickets.com. See listing.

Steve Reich At 80 The father of minimalism and fellow musicians play three signature Reich compositions in celebration of his 80th birthday. Massey Hall. 8 pm. $22-$67.50. masseyhall.com. April 14. See listing.

Bob Hunter Memorial lecture John Bennett and Dan McDermott ponder the future of the eco movement at U of T’s Earth Sciences Library (where else?), 4 pm. Free. April 14. See listing.

Daniel Caesar Local ones-to-watch soul singer headlines the Mod Club. 8 pm. $10. universe.com. April 15. See listing.

Chester Brown The graphic novelist talks about his controversial new book, Mary Wept Over The Feet Of Jesus, at Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields Church. 7 pm. Free. beguilingbooksandart.com. April 20. See listing.

If/Then The Broadway musical about a woman living her life and an alternate version continues at the Princess of Wales. 8 pm, some 2 pm. $35-$130. 416-872-1212. Till May 8. See listing.

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