This week’s list is heavy on plans that are better to know about early: Great Outdoors Comedy Festival Mississauga, Nightingale, and Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival are all in the mix.

There’s also fresh local browsing with Lakeview Artisan Market and Art In The Park, plus new stops at Port Credit and Square One, and a few deals you can use before August wraps.

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📅 Friday, September 11 to Sunday, September 13 | 📍 Erindale Park

The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival brings a 19+ outdoor comedy weekend to Erindale Park, with John Mulaney, Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, Jeff Arcuri, Adam Ray, Matt Mathews, Jordan Jensen, and more across the three-day lineup.

Why save it: It’s a rare big-name comedy weekend in a Mississauga park, and booking early helps if you want a specific headliner, date, or ticket tier.

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📅 Friday, September 4 | 📍 The Living Arts Centre

Maple Arts and the Canadian Arabic Orchestra bring Abdel Halim Hafez’s music to the Living Arts Centre with vocalist Mohammad El Mougi and a full live orchestra. The tribute is performed in English and Arabic, making it easier to bring someone who knows the songs, or someone hearing them for the first time.

Why save it: Abdel Halim’s songs are a major part of Arabic music history, and hearing them with a full orchestra gives this tribute more weight than a standard concert night.

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📅 Friday, September 11 to Sunday, September 13 | 📍 Port Credit Memorial Park & Port Credit Village

Port Credit’s big blues and jazz weekend returns with free stages, a ticketed Visit Mississauga Main Stage, food vendors, and music across the village. This year’s main-stage lineup includes Kim Mitchell on Friday and Blackberry Smoke on Saturday.

Why save it: Main-stage tickets are already on sale, and this is one of the bigger local music weekends to sort out before the last-minute rush.

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📅 Friday, August 28 to Sunday, August 30 | 📍 Square One Parking Lot P3

FAME brings a free outdoor mix of global food vendors, live music, DJs, open mic programming, and a night-market feel to Square One. Friday and Saturday run into the evening, while Sunday leans more family and cultural programming.

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📅 Sunday, August 30 | 📍 The Small Arms Inspection Building

This bi-weekly market runs alongside the Lakeview Farmers’ Market, with more than 30 local vendors selling handmade goods, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, prints, artisanal food items, and other local finds.

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📅 Saturday, September 19 to Sunday, September 20 | 📍 Riverwood

Visual Arts Mississauga’s annual art market returns to Riverwood with original hand-crafted work, local artists, food trucks, live music, and hands-on art workshops. It’s free, rain or shine, and parking is expected to be tight.

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Nani’s Gelato has opened a Port Credit location in the new Brightwater development near Mississauga Road South and Lakeshore Road East.

Why it matters: Brightwater is slowly turning into a real food stop, and this gives the waterfront crowd a new dessert option before summer winds down.

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DAVIDsTEA has opened a new Square One store with loose-leaf teas, signature collections, and a tea bar. It’s part of the brand’s renewed push into physical stores across Canada.

Why it matters: For mall regulars, it brings back a dedicated tea stop for gifts, and quick drinks at Square One.

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MINISO’s limited-run ONE PIECE pop-up is now in Square One’s Centre Court until September 13, with themed plushies, blind boxes, accessories, lifestyle goods, and photo spots.

Why it matters: It’s a time-limited stop for anime fans and an easy one to pair with a mall trip before it disappears.

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📅 Through Monday, August 31 | 📍 2295 Battleford Rd

R Kitchen’s Mississauga location has select August specials for $9.99 all day, including pizza, burgers, wings with waffle fries, and lunch combos. There’s also a Wednesday BBQ special from 2 to 8 PM with $6 BBQ, free ice cream, and drink deals.

Good if: You want a low-cost meal deal in Meadowvale before the August promos wrap up.

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📅 Until Monday, September 7 | 📍 Square One Guest Experience

Mississauga residents can get a $25 Square One gift card when they shop with an out-of-town guest. The guest also gets a Purdys Chocolatier voucher. Both people must be present with valid ID, and the guest must live more than 65 km from Square One.

Good if: You’re hosting family or friends before Labour Day and already plan to take them to the mall.

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📅 Monday–Saturday, 2–6 p.m. | 📍 3015 Argentia Rd

The Canadian Brewhouse Mississauga has a dine-in happy hour with food and drinks starting at $3.99. The menu includes items like birria tacos, chips and queso, poutine, mocktails, highballs, beer and more.

Good if: Good for an after-work stop in Meadowvale when you want a real food-and-drink deal before dinner prices kick in.

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📅 Saturday, September 12 | 📍 J.C. Saddington Park

A free community walk for people living with Parkinson’s, families, care partners, and supporters. Registration is preferred, and donations or fundraising are welcome.

It’s a good fit if you want a low-pressure local cause event with a clear community purpose.

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📅 Saturday, August 29 | 📍 Totoredaca Park

Afro Ire is hosting a full-day community play festival built around Nigerian childhood games from the 70s to today, with tabletop games, DJs, food trucks, family activities, and a vendor area.

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📅 Saturday, August 29 | 📍 Heart Comonos

Heart Comonos is hosting a free swap and exchange event for clean, lightly used clothing, shoes, toys, and games. There will also be a mending table, so you can bring something from home that needs a small fix.

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See you Thursday,

-Will