Friday February 28 from 7:00 pm - to Midnight

Friday March 7 from 7:00 pm - to Midnight

Friday March 14 from 7:00 pm - to Midnight

March 21 @ 7:00 pm -from 7:00 pm - to Midnight

March 28 @ 7:00 pm from 7:00 pm - to Midnight

Country Night at Trail Hub

Yeehaw! Grab your cowboy and cowgirl boots and join us for an incredible evening of country music, dancing, and mouthwatering food at the Trail Hub’s Country Night event.

Enercare Centre

722 Chalk Lake Rd
UXBRIDGE ON

(For more info go to: www.trailhub.ca )

Toronto Spring Camping & RV Show - The Big ONE

The Canadian RV Manufacturers Association (CRVA) has joined with the largest RV dealers in Ontario to offer the best deals on over 450 RVs for sale for every budget!

Come learn about the RV & Camping Lifestyle and talk directly to Manufacturer Representatives about the right Recreation Vehicle for your family and shop for your Camping and RV Accessories in our huge 15,000 sq foot marketplace!

Make sure to mark your calendars for the RV event of the year!

The International Centre

6900 Airport Rd
MISSISSAUGA ON

(For more info go to: www.internationalcentre.com )

Wavelength Winter Festival 2025

Wavelength celebrates 25 years of musical independence with our Winter Festival 2025. In honour of our silver anniversary, we’re ringing in the new year with three incredible nights of programming at St. Anne’s Parish, which is now the home base for our programming.

Winter Fest 2025 is not just a celebration for us, but for long-time supporters and the Toronto music community who have watched us grow from a weekly Sunday night club-show series in 2000 to the non-profit multi-format platform we are today. 25 is a special birthday for us and we can’t wait to have you join us for this year’s festivities.

Featuring returning Wavelength staples and emerging underground talent, each night on this year’s lineup is stacked from head to toe, bringing together diverse underground music genres, from indie and punk to hip-hop and experimental.

We start things off on night one with an evening themed around hip-hop artist/activist pHoenix Pagliacci’s latest album Dichotomy. In addition to a performance from pHoenix, the rest of the lineup will feature sets by artists who guested on the album, including gothic post-punk drone sisters Bonnie Trash, raucous Afro-punk trio The OBGms, and DJ sets from everyone’s favorite “bedroom rapper”/Wavelength favourite Cadence Weapon. The evening will kick off with a cross-cultural improv collaboration from Gurpreet + Truss.

Friday night’s lineup (night two) will feature two floors of amazing guitar bands across a range of 21st century indie music styles. Upstairs will feature swoony dream-pop band Tallies, Montreal indie folk crooner Alex Nicol, and Toronto’s buzzy, jangly indie pop crew Ducks LTD. Downstairs features music from garage punk outlaws Priors, new wave tinged indie-pop project Essie Watts, and the return of Controller. Controller, a band whose infectious dance-punk sound left a mark on the 2000s. All-vinyl DJ sets from the always amazing SadStab.

And finally on night three, we conclude Winter Fest 2025 with two massive lineups both upstairs and downstairs. Upstairs will have music by Montreal shoegazers Bodywash, Anishnaabe indie-rock duo Ombiigizi, and the incomparable musical genius Owen Pallett. Downstairs will feature ambient songstress Erika Angell, funk, synth-pop superstar Jane Inc. and coming all the way from the UK, enchanting electro-pop artist Mui Zyu. DJ sets from queer dancefloor lovers Precious Jewel.

St. Anne's Place

651 Dufferin St
TORONTO ON

(For more info go to: www.wavelengthmusic.ca )

THE CANINE CIRCUS - BONE-DROPPING FUN!

We're taking the circus for a walk! Witness our world-renowned furry four-legged cast members perform tail-wagging feats of courage, bone-dropping grand illusions, and Labrador-able stunts! Watch the miracles and mayhem unfold all around you!

As seen in the 2022 Canada's Got Talent! Featuring acts from African & European Circus, Cirque Du Soleil alumni, and world champion performers! Hosted by international illusionist Aaron Matthews.

*All the dogs that perform in our show are trained using positive methods. They are rewarded with treats, praise, and love. They are the family pets of the trainers and their performance is "playing" with them on stage. The bond between the handlers and their pets is evident and that is the real magic of the show!

Check Out their VIDEO here!

Age Requirement: 2+ *Everyone requires a ticket

Regent Theatre Ontario Tech

50 King St E
OSHAWA ON

(For more info go to: regenttheatre.ca)

February Sip N' Shop

Join us for our second Sip N' Shop, happening on the last Friday of every month. With a curated selection of vendors, delicious treats & drinks, it'll be a night you don't want to miss!

Here's a look at the vendors joining us: Nutrition with Angela, Y&C Creations, Mmm... Good Cookies, Glitter This, Nick Legate, Sweet Knits, Pure Bliss, Ammicala Creations, Earthmother Microgreens, In A Mood, henna by Henna Yasir Art and tarot readings by Mrs. Magick.

62 King Street West
BOWMANVILLE ON

(For more info go to: www.marketsontario.ca )

SUN MAR 2, 2025
(1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.)

Beginner Sourdough - Inclusions Edition

Have you ever wanted to delve into the world of sourdough baking but don’t know where to begin? If so, this is the class for you!
Join Melina, of “Sourdough Simplified” as she teaches you the basics of sourdough baking in a fun and simplified way. In this class, you will also learn how to add inclusions in to your loaves (chocolate chips, walnut cranberry etc) giving you the confidence and knowledge to experiment with different combinations at home.
In this class, you will learn the basics and benefits of sourdough baking as well as feeding and maintaining your very own starter (provided for you)+ receive everything you need to get on your way.
You will take home your very own loaf to bake the next day as well as your choice of inclusions.

What you will receive:

• Ingredients + hands on instruction on how to make your own dough, ready to bake the next day
• Detailed instruction+ recipe booklet
• Ripe organic sourdough starter (125 grams)
•Dehydrated organic sourdough starter
• Hands on instruction how to feed and
maintain your new starter
• Bowl
• Proofing basket
• Scoring blade
•Choice of inclusions - chocolate chip or cranberry/walnut
You will also receive an in-person demonstration on how to add inclusions in to your loaves.
Perfect for beginner and intermediate students alike!
Samples of sourdough bread and focaccia will be provided.
What's included
• Ingredients + hands on instruction on how to make your own dough, ready to bake the next day
• Detailed instruction+ recipe booklet
• Ripe organic sourdough starter (125 grams)
•Dehydrated organic sourdough starter
• Hands on instruction how to feed and
maintain your new starter
• Bowl
• Proofing basket
• Scoring blade
•Choice of inclusions - chocolate chip or cranberry/walnut

 

Parkwood Estate National Historic Site

270 Simcoe Street N
OSHAWA ON

(For more info go to: www.facebook.com )

2025 Oshawa Home Show

Join us for the Oshawa Home Show on March 7, 8, and 9, 2025.

Meet specialists ready to tackle all your home improvement projects and discover exhibitors offering specialized products and services.
 

Be sure to fill out a ballot for your chance to win exciting draw prizes!
 

Admission is FREE, and we will collect donations of non-perishable food items to support Feed the Need in Durham.

For more information, visit durhamtradeshows.ca.

Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa

99 Athol St E
OSHAWA ON

(For more info go to: durhamtradeshows.ca )

The Toronto Home Shows: National Home Show


 

The National Home Show is back in a BIG way! Meet more than 600 home vendors ready to help you make your space, your way. The National Home Show, presented by RE/MAX, is North America’s largest display of innovative products, new ideas & great deals for all things home & garden.

National Home Show is held in Enercare Cenre Toronto on 7 to 16 March 2025 showing the companies news of Canada and internationals related to sectors Home design, Garden, House, Construction

Enercare Centre

100 Princes' Blvd #1,
TORONTO ON

(For more info go to: torontohomeshows.com )

International Women's Day Event

Join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with an amazing pop-up of women owned business. We will also have an amazing selection of swag bags for the first 75 customers to make a purchase over $50+.

Are you interested in being a vendor for this event? Click here to fill out the application

62 King Street West
BOWMANVILLE ON

(For more info go to: www.marketsontario.ca )

Motorama - Custom Car & Motorsports Expo

The Tenth Annual Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo will take place March 7, 8 & 9, 2025 at The International Centre, across from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

Motorama is a celebration of automotive and racing culture. It’s the largest show of its kind, in Canada, and continues a five-decade tradition of bringing car owners, car clubs, racing series, tracks, racing fans and auto enthusiasts together to kick-off Canada’s car show and racing seasons. In fact, the 2025 show marks the 50th anniversary of the first Motion Custom Car Show, at the same venue, on the same weekend!

Motorama will once again feature incredible, first-time shown cars, informative  and entertaining exhibits, celebrities, interesting forums, press conferences, awards presentations and aisle after aisle of vendors.

Motorama is your best opportunity to put your brands, products, messages and/or race schedules in front of passionate automotive and racing enthusiasts at a time when they’re making buying and travel decisions for the upcoming season.

The International Centre

6900 Airport Rd
MISSISSAUGA ON

(For more info go to: www.motoramashow.com )

TORONTO BICYCLE SHOW AND E-BIKE EXPO

The International Centre, Hall 5

6900 Airport Rd
MISSISSAUGA ON

(For more info go to: bicycleshowtoronto.com )

BAD TO THE BONE & BOOTLEG CREEDENCE

BAD TO THE BONE is North America's One and Only tribute to George Thorogood! The band was formed in the summer of 1993 by Gator James and has been going strong ever since. Based out of Oshawa, ON, this band is the only authentic tribute to George Thorogood to date and continues to wow audiences from coast to coast. The band has shared stages with many recording artists over the years and some several times over, EG: April Wine, Kim Mitchell, David Wilcox, Georgia Satellites, Sass Jordan, Goddo, and many others.

BOOTLEG CREEDENCE features four seasoned, well-respected musicians who have been making music in various combinations and styles, for over twenty-five years. It is only fitting that they should come together to form Bootleg Creedence, and pay homage to a group that dominated the charts during the band members’ formative years, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Bootleg Creedence takes its audience on a rockin’ ride down to the bayou. Authentic-sounding, Bootleg Creedence leaves no stone unturned keeping true to the sound of CCR and John Fogerty.
 

Regent Theatre Ontario Tech

50 King St E
OSHAWA ON

(For more info go to: regenttheatre.ca)

IWD Toronto – International Women's Day Toronto

IWD Toronto Rally & March will take place on Saturday, March 8!

OISE Auditorium

252 Bloor St. W.
TORONTO ON

(For more info go to: /iwdtoronto.ca)

THINGS TO DO

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(For more info go to: durhamregion.com)

PANCAKE DAY!

Shrove Tuesday, colloquially known as Pancake Day, celebrates a day of indulgence before the fasting and abstinence that characterizes Lent. In many cultures, including Canada, this indulgence manifests in the making and eating of pancakes. This happens due to the common practice of using up rich foods like eggs, milk, and sugar before the onset of the Lenten period.

Shrove Tuesday's roots date back to medieval times in Europe, and it came with British settlers to Canada. Its association with pancakes draws from the tradition of using up surplus ingredients before Lent. This observance's significance in Canada is multifaceted. It is a time for religious reflection for many, particularly adherents to the Christian faith. Moreover, it has a cultural significance as it provides an opportunity for culinary traditions to be passed down, and celebrations to be held within communities and families nationwide.

In Canada, various local customs accompany Shrove Tuesday. Some communities host pancake breakfasts or dinners at local schools, community centres, or churches. These events often serve as fundraisers or food drives for charitable organizations. Each year Canadians look forward to indulging in their homemade pancakes, marking the eve before Lent begins, and celebrating a tradition that carries both cultural and religious significance. This observance varies year by year as Shrove Tuesday's date depends on the date of Easter; however, it typically falls between February 3rd and March 9th.

ASH WEDNESDAY!

As the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday awakens us to Jesus’ entry into the desert preceding his death. Before Easter, however, we must prepare our hearts for his Resurrection.

We begin our season of preparing our hearts for Easter by recognizing our brokenness and need for conversion, a turning of our hearts to God.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME (CLOCKS SPRING FORWARD)

Mar 9, 2025 - Daylight Saving Time Starts.
 

When local standard time is about to reach
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 02:00:00 clocks are turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 03:00:00 local daylight time instead.
 

Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on 9 Mar 2025 than the day before. There will be more light in the evening and less light in the morning.
 

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

RAMADAN

Celebrating Ramadan in Canada involves observing the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Muslims in Canada fast from dawn until sunset, refraining from food, drink, and other physical needs. The month is marked by increased worship, prayer (especially the Taraweeh prayers), and giving to charity. Iftar (the meal to break the fast) is often shared with family and friends, and special events may be held at mosques and community centers. Muslims also celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan with prayers, feasts, and festivities.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!

International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8th each year, is a global event recognizing the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It also serves as a call to action for gender equality and women's rights. The day is marked by various events, including rallies, discussions, and performances, highlighting women's contributions and advocating for progress in gender equality worldwide. Each year, International Women's Day is centered around a specific theme to raise awareness and drive change.

MARCH BREAK

In Ontario, Canada, School March Break (often referred to as Spring Break) is a scheduled one-week break during the month of March. It is a holiday for elementary and secondary school students, typically taking place in the middle of the month. This break provides students and staff a short respite from schoolwork and classes, and it is a time for families to go on vacation, relax, or engage in leisure activities.

The dates for the March Break vary slightly each year depending on the school board, but it usually falls around the second or third week of March. During this time, many families in Ontario take advantage of the break to travel, enjoy winter or early spring activities, or spend time together.

It’s important to note that some school boards may have different schedules, so it’s always a good idea to check with the local school or district to confirm specific dates.