July 15th-Aug 1st
One For Sorrow, Two For Joy @ The Midpoint, 1180 Queen St. W. This cool theatrical performance explores the character’s romantic lives through fairytales, and features music from the likes of Stephen Sondheim and Danny Elfman. The coolest part? The play takes place in the bar-the characters are patrons and employees and the action happens all around you. For tickets and showtimes: www.magpietheatrecompany.com $10, $15 at the door.

July 21-25
Toronto Burlesque Festival 2010: Metopolis @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W.
The Burlesque Fest is an always sexy, sometimes crazy celebration of everything Burleqsue. Beautiful twirling girls, muscly guys, fetish burlesque, and more! http://www.torontoburlesquefestival.com/

July 23-25
Human Rights Docfest @ NFB Mediatheque.
Support media making a difference. www.hrdocfest.com for more info.

July 23-25
Love, Saskatchewan @ Harbourfront Centre.
A whole bunch of events celebrating prairie country, from music and food to storytelling and more! http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldroutes/festivals.cfm?festival_id=58

July 23-26
Press Fest 2010 @ The Press Club, 850 Dundas St. W.
23 bands come together in what they’re calling a “fury of booze and passion.” Plus…BBQ!

THURSDAY
6 pm An Outback BBQ @ 99 Sudbury Patio & Loft. iYellow Wine Club presents over 30 Aussie wines, Outback BBQ canapes, and local beats. Tickets $35: http://iyellowwineclub.com/upcoming-events-tours/an-outback-bbq

7 pm The Pleasure Is Back by Adam Medley: Product Line & Website Launch@ Art Metropole, 788 King St. W. 2nd Floor. The product line created from the long-running consumer satire project.

8 pm Cancer Can’t Dance Like This @ Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts. A one-man comedy show by cancer survivor Daniel Stolfi. The show has sold out before in Montreal, Toronto, and Guelph, and is poised to do so again. For tickets: http://www.stlc.com/index.php?id=732

8 pm Boobalicious & Toronto Burlesque Festival Present Bras for a Cause @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. Beautiful Burlesque bras are auctioned off to help the fight against breast cancer. Always a celebratory, wonderful event, and the bras are seriously cool.

9 pm Unit’s 4th Birthday @ Unit Bar, 1198 Queen St. W. Resident DJs will help them celebrate 4 signless years.

10 pm Lockedown @ Margret, 2952 Dundas St. W. DJ Lockedown, the mashup king, is back! He takes requests. Pabby hour from 8-10 with $2.50 PBRs.

Carnaval Noir @ Fly Nightclub, 8 Gloucester St. An evening with burlesque, magic, aerial performances, and carnival games to support the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Tickets are on sale now, $15 in advance, or $20 at the door. Email carnaval.noir@yahoo.ca or http://www.eventsbot.com/events/eb192047922. Help support this fantastic cause!

FRIDAY
6: 30 pm The Block Party @ Everyone Is An Artist, 289 Queen St. E. No cover, cash bar, delicious food.

8 pm David Dondero w/ Barzin @ The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. An evening of intimate folk melodies loved by NPR. $5.

9 pm TIME Festival @ The Sound Academy, 11 Polson St. Diplo, Skream, Benga, Milano, Azari & III, Damian Lazarus, Adultnapper, Konrad Black, Kingdom, Meech, Tapedeckbros, and more. Tickets at Rotate This, Soundscapes, Play de Record.

10 pm Cottage Wattage @ Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College St. Rock out to 106.9 FM The Loon, Cottage Country’s best fictional radio station. Rock hits of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. $5.

10 pm Tropicalism @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. Nigeria special, Ghana soundz, Brazilian tropicalia, new Cuban beats, 80’s and 90’s dancehall. $5.

10 pm FLEX: Funk, Love, Etc. @ Margret, 2952 Dundas St. W. Shit La Merde and Cozmic Cat bring funk, soul, indie, breaks and hip hop and house.

11 pm Edumacation @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. This month with Stylistik Endeavours. 3 DJs, 4 turntables. $5.

Women’s Arm Wrestling @ 751, 751 Queen St. W. Twist some wrists for Red Door Family Shelter! It’s $2 to wrestle, $3 to watch, and sign up is open, so anyone can get in the game. They’re also accepting donations at the door, and there will be a live performance from Toronto’s DENTATA.

SATURDAY
1 pm The New Bloor Festival @ Landsdowne to Dufferin on Bloor. The street will be closed to vehicles, and filled with art and more! http://newbloorfestival.com/

10 pm Rapture @ Blondie’s, 1378 Queen St. W. With residents Silvermayne and Paul Revered. Soulful dance music.

10 pm Grum, The Jackals, Tapedeckbros @ Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. Dance dance dance.

10 pm Nadastrom and Nautiluss @ The Social, 1100 Queen St. W. Switch is a fan of these two. Tickets: http://www.wantickets.com/

SUNDAY

10 am Furniture & Garage Sale @ 104A Northcote Ave. Purging possessions to raise money for Seventh Stage.

1 pm Deli Duel @ The Green Barn, 601 Christie St, Barn 4. The battle for Toronto smoked meat supremacy. Caplansky’s, Goldin’s and The Stockyards are going brisket-to-brisket to raise funds for The Stop Community Food Centre. $3 sandwiches available for purchase, $3 lemonade and iced tea, $5 Steamwhistle and Mill St.