CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
Size doesn’t matter at CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival — or maybe it does since it’s the world’s largest short film festival. The event will host over 280 films from 34 different countries ranging from alternative comedy to stop motion animation to classic drama.
June 1-6. Various locations. 416-445-1446.
The Beer and Cocktail Show
Booze buffs will have trouble picking just one poison at the Beer and Cocktail Show this weekend. Enjoy a tipple or two as well as live entertainment and bartending demonstrations.
June 4-6. Downsview Park, 35 Carl Hall Road. 416-954-0544.
Waterfront Blues Festival
You won’t be singing the blues at the sixth annual Waterfront Blues Festival. Local and international musicians including Juno winners Fathead and Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials will show off their chops and bare their souls for Toronto.
June 4-6. Woodbine Park. 416-698-2152.
West Side Story Suite Mixed Program
Choreographer Jerome Robbins shows Toronto what’s at the heart of West Side Story: music, dance and love. He trimmed the original you know and love to create West Side Story Suite, a National Ballet of Canada performance that includes seven song and dance numbers from the Broadway classic.
June 4-13. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West. 416-345-9686.
United Sounds Project
What do you get when you mix flamenco, jazz, soul and poetry? You get a performance unlike any other by the United Sounds Project. This collective of musicians, led by Carnagie Hall veteran Antonitas D’Havila, gives a unique performance every time they take the stage with their unexpected blend of musical styles.
June 5. 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front Street West. 416-872-4255.
