Where: Multiple venues
Genre: Festival
Why you should go: Canada’s leading annual new music festival, NXNE spotlights essential emerging artists from across Canada and around the world with five-act showcase concerts at 23 Toronto live music venues. NXNE has helped launch then-unknowns like Billy Talent, Lizzo, Arkells, Knann, Lumineers, Killer Mike and thousands more. This year’s lineup includes NEXT cover stars Pony Girl (Fri., June 14, Garrison), Alex Porat (Sat., June 15, Queen W. Day Party), Chinese Medicine (Thurs., June 13, Ground Control) with 275 total acts.