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NEWS
Discover what’s new: weekly arrivals, local gems, and highlights of concerts worth catching.
LOCAL MUSIC features
Celebrate Kingston music with Gary’s reviews and regular highlights of standout artists.
must-seeS
Explore Kingston’s must-try eats, sips, shops, and all the Tragically Hip-inspired spots visitors always ask about.
POSTER ARCHIVE
Explore decades of concert posters from Zap Records front window, featuring some of your favourite festivals and venues. Week by week, this section will be filled with Kingston music memories!
New Arrivals
A quick flip through the latest records to land in the shop. Week of Sunday June 21, 2026.
New Arrivals - Used
A quick flip through the latest used records to land in the shop. Week of Sunday June 21, 2026
Rockin’ The Square
A concert series that sounds like the contents of a Canadian guy’s CD binder floating around the cab of a 2004 Silverado.
BSE Skateboarding + Coffee Bar
BSE Skateboarding + Coffee Bar is about to hit you with the three-hit combo of wheels, tastebud confetti, and the kind of feel-good atmosphere that makes you forget what time it is.
Isabel Bader / Tett Centre
One of Kingston’s great cultural ecosystems, a place where concerts, workshops, exhibitions, readings, and the occasional beautifully designed poster all drift together on the waterfront breeze.
RSD / Special Edition
Your second chance to grab something limited, colourful, weird, collectible, or all four at once before they disappear into someone else’s record shelf.
Wolfe Island Grill
Somewhere where, at any moment, some guy might fly past you into Lake Ontario like a patriotic missile.
The Grand Theatre
The Grand looked into the flaming maw of history and said, “Not today, Satan.”
The Ale House
Artifacts from nights that blur together into something loud, strange, and strangely unforgettable.
Skeleton Park Arts Festival
Come for the art, stay because you accidentally joined a drum circle.
The Toucan & Kirkpatrick’s
Discover The Toucan & Kirkpatrick’s in Kingston: a snug pub buzzing with live music, good drinks, and a long history of hosting bands big and small.