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The Canadian Cancer Society is hosting such concerts across the country, in aid of the Gord Downie Fund, including one in Ontario’s BobCaygeon.

The Arboretum Festival hits its stride this week with some delicious food, beer garden, night bazaar and kids’ playzone at a new hub among the club venues, brunch and BBQ and some amazing workshops and panels on timely topics.

But let’s discuss how to navigate the fantastic musical lineups with our picks:

• Thursday we recommend the Babely Shades Block Party, to catch an arty-electro lineup including Toronto’s activist rap trio Above Top Secret and headliner, Colombian sound and song creator Lido Pimienta, who are utterly fascinating and have yet to play here: House of Common. Though this is tough, because there’s a post-punk show with early grunge sound from Dilly Dally, and fave Toronto duo, Twist, offering fuzzy, less naïf songs with their latest releases: Babylon.

• Friday it’s a no brainer: Sloan play the entirety of their album, One Chord to Another, on its 20th anniversary (what!) and awesome grunge punk band METZ, with its roots in the murk of our city, close out the night.

• Saturday: catch the brunch or BBQ, then nap (as instructed), to catch laid back goth rockers Frigs at 7:15 p.m., some of electric NYC rapper Junglepussy (7:45 p.m.), then be schooled by performance artist Mykki Blanco 8:45 p.m), to end with some dancing to new wave, 80s electro-informed, quirky tunes from Montreal’s Operators (10 p.m.): Concert Village.

• Sunday: cool down with some synth bliss at an all-ages show at Daïmon, from noon.

• Bar Robo each night for DJ after-parties; It’s where that cute band member will probably be.