CATS, the show that revolutionized musical theatre around the world is making its return to Toronto.
CONCERTS
Rush July 6 . Copps Coliseum, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
Bruno Mars July 6. Molson Amphitheatre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
Afrofest July 6 and 7. Woodbine Park, afrofest.ca.
Toronto Urban Roots Fest To July 7. Fort York, ticketfly.com.
Cody Simpson July 8. Massey Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com.
Phish July 9. Molson Amphitheatre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
Animal Collective July 9 Danforth Music Hall, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
One Direction July 9 and 10. Air Canada Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
Barenaked Ladies and Ben Folds Five July 11, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
CLUBS
Lemon Bucket Orkestra and Fanfare Ciocarlia July 5. Opera House, brownpapertickets.com.
Wanda Jackson July 5 and 6. Cadillac Lounge, 416 536-7717 or ticketfly.com.
Brad Turner Quintet July 5 and 6. Rex Hotel, therex.ca.
Toronto Urban Roots Fest: Club Series July 5 to 7. Horseshoe Tavern and Lee's Palace, torontourbanrootsfest.com.
Molly Ringwald July 7 and 8. Hugh's Room, 416-531-6604 or hughsroom.com .
Clayton Bellamy July 11. Dakota Tavern, 416-850-4579 or ticketfly.com.
THEATRE
The Toronto Fringe To July 14. 416-966-1062 or fringetoronto.com.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane July 17 to Aug. 17 (previews begin July 5). Young Centre, 416-866-8666 or soulpepper.ca.
Great Expectations July 16 to Aug. 17 (previews begin July 6). Young Centre, 416-866-8666 or soulpepper.ca.
Cats To July 28. Panasonic Theatre, 416-872-1212 or mirvish.com .
Avenue Q To Aug. 3. Lower Ossington Theatre, 416-915-6747 or lowerossingtontheatre.com .
Shakespeare in High Park To Sept. 1. High Park Amphitheatre, 416-368-3110 or canadianstage.com .
The Wizard of Oz Ed Mirvish Theatre, 416-872-1212 or mirvish.com .
COMEDY
Mark Lewis Hypnosis Show July 6. Lower Ossington Theatre, 416-915-6747 or lowerossingtontheatre.com .
The Second City: Slap Shot Live! To July 14. Second City, 416-343-0011 or secondcity.com .
Sunday Night Live July 7. Comedy Bar, 416-551-6540 or comedybar.ca .
Altdot Comedy Lounge July 8. Rivoli, rivoli.ca.
FILM Italian Contemporary Film Festival To July 6. Toronto and Vaughan, Ont., icff.ca.
Christie Pits Film Festival: That Thing You Do! July 7. Christie Pits, christiepitsff.com.
Bitter/Sweet: The Joyous Cinema of Jacques Demy To July 20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, tiff.net.
A Century of Chinese Cinema To Aug. 11. TIFF Bell Lightbox, tiff.net.
LITERARY & LECTURE
1001 Nights of Storytelling July 5 (every Friday). Innis Town Hall, 1001fridays.org.
ROMwalks Plus: Wychwood Park July 7. rom.on.ca.
Trampoline Hall July 8. The Garrison, trampolinehall.net.
EVENTS Corso Italia July 5 to 7. corsoitaliafestivaltoronto.com.
Cultura Festival July 5, 12, 19 and 26. Mel Lastman Square, culturafestival.ca.
Ritmo Y Color July 5 to 7. Harbourfront Centre, 416-973-4000 or harbourfrontcentre.com.
Toronto Rush July 7. Varsity Stadium, torontorush.com.
Spadina Museum: Toronto's Downton Abbey July 11 and 18. Spadina Museum, 416-392-6910 or toronto.ca.
FAMILY Weekend Family Fun Saturdays and Sundays. Bata Shoe Museum, 416-979-7799 or batashoemuseum.ca.
It's A Kid's Life Saturdays. Spadina Museum, 416-392-6910 or toronto.ca.
Giant Pandas Toronto Zoo, 416-392-5929 or torontozoo.com .
Flight of the Butterflies Ontario Science Centre, 416-696-1000 or ontariosciencecentre.ca .
Stanley's Game Seven Hockey Hall of Fame, 416-360-7735 or hhof.com.
Game On 2.0: An Exhibition To Sept. 2. Ontario Science Centre, 416-696-1000 or ontariosciencecentre.ca .
FREE
Heritage Toronto Walk: Where Art Meets Nature July 6. Guild Park, heritagetoronto.org.
Chamber of Horrors July 6. Camera, 416-530-0011 or camerabar.ca.
Heritage Toronto Walk: Between The Bridge And The Brewery July 7 Trinity Bellwoods Park, heritagetoronto.org.
ROMwalks : Along the Front July 10. rom.on.ca..
TIFF in the Park: Moonstruck July 10. David Pecaut Square, tiff.net.
Tom Bombadil's Kitchen July 11 Toronto Music Garden, 416-973-4000 or harbourfrontcentre.com.
ART and MUSEUMS
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition To July 7. Nathan Phillips Square, torontooutdoorart.org .
Patti Smith: Camera Solo To July 14. Art Gallery of Ontario, 416-979-6648 or ago.net .
Douglas Coupland To July 27. Daniel Faria Gallery, 416-538-1880 or danielfariagallery.com .
Playing Favourites (Part I: Light and Sound) To July 28. Design Exchange, dx.org.
Lost in the Memory Palace To Aug. 18. Art Gallery of Ontario, 416-979-6648 or ago.net .
Sebastião Salgado: Genesis To Sept. 2. Royal Ontario Museum, 416-586-8000 or rom.on.ca .
Postscript: Writing After Conceptual Art To Sept. 2. The Power Plant, thepowerplant.org.
Kathy Venter: Life To Sept 15. Gardiner Museum, 416-586-8080 or gardinermuseum.on.ca.
Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World Royal Ontario Museum, 416-586-8000 or rom.on.ca .
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions To Sept. 15. Harbourfront Centre, 416-973-4000 or harbourfrontcentre.com .
Queen West Walking Art Tour Saturdays, noon. Gladstone Hotel, gladstonehotel.com .
Ancestry and Artistry: Maya Textiles from Guatemala To Oct. 13. Textile Museum of Canada, 416-599-5321 or textilemuseum.ca.
The Spectacle of Play To Jan. 12, 2014. Art Gallery of Hamilton, artgalleryofhamilton.com.
The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1-888-213-1121 or mcmichael.com .
Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture To March 30, 2014. Bata Shoe Museum, 416-979-7799 or batashoemuseum.ca .
Nine Rivers City: Toronto's Extraordinary Waterways To June, 2014. Harbourfront Centre, 416-973-4000 or harbourfrontcentre.com .
BOOKING AHEAD
Toronto's Festival of Beer July 26 to 28. Bandshell Park, beerfestival.ca.
Carlos Delgado/Extra Bases Training Day July 22. Rogers Centre, 416-341-2500 or bluejays.com/delgado.
Edgefest July 31. Downsview Park, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
The Grove Music Festival (with Phoenix) Aug. 3. Fort York Garrison Common, thegrovefest.com .
Pat Benatar Aug. 9. Massey Hall, 416-872-4255 or roythomson.com .
Roundhouse Craft Beer Festival August 10 to 11. Roundhouse Park, steamwhistle.ca.
Black Sabbath Aug. 14. Air Canada Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
Toronto Beer Week Sept. 13 to 2. torontobeerweek.com.
Just For Laughs Sept. 19 to 28. jfl42.com David Bowie is Sept. 25 to Nov. 27. Art Gallery of Ontario, 416-979-6648 or ago.net .
Les Misérables Sept. 27 to Dec. 22. Princess of Wales, 416-872-1212 or mirvish.com.
Eagles Nov. 6 (on sale, July 6). Air Canada Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca .
bwheeler@globeandmail.com
Brad Wheeler