SECOND SUMMER, a brand new independent music festival coming to Toronto’s west end in September 2026, hosts a special launch event featuring British post-punk icons DRY CLEANING, with support from the haunting BRIA SALMENA, the genre-blurring, alt hip-hop/neo-soul of JAYWOOD, and Toronto’s max-voltage and defiant electro-punk duo SLASH NEED, plus a DJ set by the beloved BORN RUFFIANS.

cost: $45 plus fees at Ticketweb

more info: Second Summer