MONTREAL
Now in its fourth year, this groundbreaking festival features music, art and films about bikes. This year the program features The King of the Ice, a documentary about Toronto’s notorious outdoor bicycle race on an ice rink, Rockville, a film about a tiny Italian town that gets converted into a giant race course once a year, and Sister Session, a documentary about the women’s BMX community. Sounds good – and there’s free bike valet parking at each screening. Perfect.
The alternative frosh week at McGill (run by QPIRG) is hosting its first-ever book and zine fair, featuring local zinesters, zine distros, micropublishers, radical organizations and worker-run and collectively owned publishers.
Featuring Kerplebedeb, PM Press, Radical Montreal, Platypus, School Schmool, Anarchist Writer’s Bloc and many others.
Queeriot is now in its 3rd year of glittery, accessible, consensual anti-capitalist fun. The purpose of this event is to help infuse queer community organization with anti-capitalist ideology and “queer” various spaces in Toronto. Friday evening will include a radical queer tour of the Church and Wellesley area, and Saturday will feature workshops and a number of tablers, including Pansy Twist distro and twelveohtwo zine distro. The weekend will conclude with a queer dance party on Sunday. Keep an eye on the Facebook event page for more updates.
HALIFAX
Thursday August 30, 9pm, Halifax Slam Team: Sex Poetry Fundraiser, Gus’ Pub and Grill, 2605 Agricola
The sexy slam poets will be unleashing some onomatopoetic bump n’ grind upon your asses and the unsuspecting VLT players at Gus’ Pub. Proceeds from this event will help send the team to Saskatoon for the National Poetry Slam.
VANCOUVER
A night of burlesque in tribute to the Muppets. Oh yes. Featuring Trixie Hobbitses, Lace Cadet, Precious Metal, Sherry Hymen and Donna Jazz. $12 at the door ($10 if you’re in costume) and there will be trivia prizes and loads of other hilarious things happening too, we imagine. I have to say the words one more time: MUPPETS BURLESQUE. My God.