By Stuart Oakes                                                                                Cover Photo via Babely Shades
An (incomplete) cool list of stuff in Toronto this week! Have fun be safe go somewhere you wouldn’t normally go!

Wednesday, May 25th

• Meow Meow (A Queer Social)
  – “This isn’t a loud dance party. It’s a change of pace, and a chance to converse. Bring your partners, bring your pals, meet old friends and make new ones.”
  – Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W) All Ages
  – 8pm, free
  – Facebook!
  

Thursday, May 26th

• Babely Shades Presents Black Bitch Supremacy: Mars Celina/777/Babylawn/Lovecraft
  – @ Unit 2 (163 Sterling Rd)
  – 8pm, $12
  – Facebook!
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• Pup/Jeff Rosenstock
  – @ Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne St) All Ages
  – 7pm, Sold Out
  – Facebook!
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• Union Suit/Property/Fake Humans
  – @ Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W)
  – 7:30pm, PWYC
  – Facebook!
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• Ischemic/Unbowed/Sovereign
  – @ Coalition: T.O. (282 Agusta Ave) 19+
  – 8pm, $8
  – Facebook!
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• Lil’ Uzi Vert/Cyber69/Ruedebois
  – @ The Opera House (735 Queen St E) All Ages
  – 9pm, Sold Out
  – Facebook!
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• Emergents IV: Kiri Koto Ensemble/Boomwhackers
  – @ The Music Gallery (197 John St)
  – 8pm, $12
  – Facebook!
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• Architextures Forth: Kris Wadsworth/Sergio Levels/CL/Hadi
  – @ Round Venue 152a Augusta Ave)
  – 10pm, $5/$10
  – Facebook!

Friday, May 27th

• Mutual Benefit
  – @ The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St W) 19+
  – 8pm, $13.5
  – Facebook!
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• The Lifts “Everyday EP” Release Party w/ Good Kid
  – @ CineCycle (129 Spadina Ave)
  – 9:30pm, $10, RVSP on Event (Private Party)
  – Facebook!

• F e m i n i s t r y  w/  DJs Cam Lee/Max Mohenu/Laura McCoy
  – **Queer Femmes 2 The Front**
  – @ Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W)
  – 10:30pm, $5 before 12/$10 after, PWYC
  – Facebook!
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• Ryan Hemsworth/Harrison
  – @ The Hoxton (69 Bathurst St) 19+
  – 10pm, $15
  – Facebook!
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• Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh/Doc Dunn/DJ Tim Perlich
  – @ Velvet Underground (508 Queen St W) 19+
  – 9pm, $22.5
  – Facebook!
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• Ought/Palm/The Lonely Parade
  – @ Horseshoe Tavern (370 Queen St W) 19+
  – 9pm, $13
  – Facebook! 
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• Tiny Moving Parts/Prawn/Free Throw/Growing Fins
  – @ Sneaky Dee’s (431 College St W) All Ages
  – 6pm, $15
  – Facebook!
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• Intrepid Bookings Presents: The Algorithm/Modern Day Babylon/Ev0lution/Sinthetik/Behaviour
  – @ Coalition: T.O. (282 Augusta Ave)
  – 7:30pm, ??? at the door
  – Facebook!

Saturday, May 28th

• ♀Wimmin♀
  – “A raging queer dance party, playing music from all and only female rock goddesses.”
  – @ Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W)
  – 10pm, $5, PWYC
  – Facebook!
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• BRB: Shifra/Chippy Nonstop/Tona/Latex Mansion
  – @ 8-11 (233 Spadina Ave)
  – 10pm, $5
  – Facebook!
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• High Power Ep. 2: Nino Brown/Dre Ngozi/Killa Kels
  – “Hip Hop. Dance Hall. Soca. Afrobeats. Reggae. Souls kissing. Floors cracking. Rum not running out this time. ”
  – @ 974 Bloor St W 19+
  – 10pm, $5 before 11/$10 after
  – Facebook! 
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• Love Below: Andrew Ross/Brandon X Oliver
  – “subterranean atmospheres in the grotto.”
  – @ Bambi’s (1265 Dundas St W)
  – 10pm, $5
  – Facebook!
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• Big Easy Nights Presents: Night Time Sounds w/  Mune/Moonwood/Bicyclops
  – @ Duffy’s Tavern (1238 Bloor St W)
  – 8:30pm, $10
  – Facebook!
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• National Drone Day: Drone Therapy Session and Performance
  – @ The Music Gallery (197 John St)
  – 3pm, $5
  – Facebook!

Monday, May 30th

• Courtney Barnett
  – @ The Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth Ave) 19+
  – 7pm, Sold Out
  – Facebook!
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• King Pin/Gold Finch/Monarch/Generally Recognized As Safe
  – @ D-Beatstro (1292 Bloor St W) All Ages
  – 7pm, $10, PWYC
  – Facebook!

Tuesday, May 31th

• Lou Cannon/Stefanie McCarrol
  – @ Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W)
  – 8:30pm, $10
  – Facebook!

• The Body/Völur/Intensive Care
  – @ Soybomb (Bathurst) All Ages
  – 8pm, $10 adv
  – Facebook!
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• Save Face/Shrines/Henoheno/Small Rooms
  – @ D-Beatstro (1292 Bloor St W) All Ages
  – 7pm, $10
  – Facebook!