What's Hot in Canada: Nov 5 to 11, 2026

Both CFL division finals land on Saturday, and the Grey Cup party starts Wednesday in Calgary. Here's Thursday to Wednesday outside Ontario. Event times are local.

On sale this week

• Presale Tue Nov 10, 12 pm ET Noah Kahan at Parc Jean-Drapeau Show is Jun 15, 2027, his only Canadian date on The Last of the Bugs World Tour. Presale sign-up closes Thursday at 11:59 pm ET. The public sale is Thu Nov 12 at noon ET.

West Coast

• Thu Nov 5 The Smashing Pumpkins at Rogers Arena, Vancouver. The Rats In A Cage Tour, on a Thursday that wants to be a Friday.
• Fri Nov 6 Teddy Swims at Rogers Arena, Vancouver. The UGLY Tour, with Allen Stone and MarcLo opening. Same building, second night in a row.

Prairies

• Thu Nov 5, 7 pm Jonathan Van Ness at MacEwan Hall, Calgary. The Queer Eye star's Hot and Healed Comedy Tour. Doors at 6, and it's 18+.
• Sat Nov 7, 5:30 pm Elks vs BC Lions at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton. The Western Final, and the first playoff game at Commonwealth since 2015. The winner plays for the Grey Cup.
• Sat Nov 7, 9 pm Canucks at Oilers at Rogers Place, Edmonton. The second half of Edmonton's Saturday, after the Western Final. Sportsnet if you're staying in.
• Wed Nov 11, 4:30 pm Grey Cup Festival Kick-Off Party at the Big Four Roadhouse, Stampede Park, Calgary. The Trews play, and tickets are $45 before fees. The free Suncor Street Festival opens at 4:30 too.

Quebec

• Sat Nov 7, 3 pm Blue Bombers at Alouettes at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, Montreal. The Eastern Final. The West kicks off later the same day, so Saturday is a football day.
• Sun Nov 8 Alan Cavé at Place Bell, Laval. The Haitian kompa singer, 30 years into his career. All ages.

East Coast

• Thu Nov 5, 7 pm Regiment vs Wildcats at Mary Brown's Centre, St. John's. Baby Leafs Throwback Night, with the Regiment in the St. John's Baby Leafs' 2001 to 2005 jerseys as the building turns 25.
• Fri Nov 6, 7:30 pm Men of the Deeps at the Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton. Cape Breton's coal miners' chorus, 60 years in. Tickets are $50.50 plus tax.

Pick of the week

• Sat Nov 7, 7 pm Mooseheads vs Sea Dogs at Scotiabank Centre, Halifax. Junior hockey that the team has billed as Wiener Dog Race night. That's the whole pitch.

Ontario gets its own list at noon ET. Send this one to the friend who moved away.