Free party in Toronto for Scott Pilgrim Volume 6 release

Tonight on Monday, July 19, the bookstore The Beguiling is hosting a street party in Mirvish Village (Markham Street, a block west of Bathurst & Bloor) to celebrate the release of the 6th and final volume of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World series entitled Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. Series author and former employee of The Beguiling Bryan Lee O’Malley will be on hand at 8pm to sign copies of his books, and after midnight when his new book when it officially becomes available.

The party begins at 9pm and will go until the bars close. Many other stores in Mirvish Village will be having Scott Pilgrim-related contests and events. For example, you can hear indie bands at The Central, enter a costume contest at the former David Mirvish Books, or play 8-bit video games at The Butler's Pantry, hosted by the Toronto Hand-Eye Society starting at 8pm.

The film version of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Michael Cera, was filmed in Toronto including in and around that neighbourhood. The Canadian premiere takes place in Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival and is released on August 13.

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Scott Pilgrim Volume 6 - Midnight Release Party!

Time	Today at 9:00pm - Tomorrow at 12:00am
Location	The Beguiling & Mirvish Village 601 Markham Street Toronto, ON
More Info	UPDATE: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Movie Soundtrack Listening Party! 9PM & 10PM! UPDATE: Win Awesome Scott Pilgrim Tees from Mighty Fine in the costume contest! UPDATE: Bryan Lee O'Malley signing from 8pm-9:30pm, and Midnight onwards! Scott Pilgrim Vol 6 Midnight Release Party ...Featuring Author Bryan Lee O'Malley Monday, July 19th, 9pm-1am @ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada ALL EVENTS FREE TO ATTEND The highly-anticipated FINAL VOLUME of the Epic Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series from Oni Press will be released on Tuesday July 20th... but internationally renown comic book store The Beguiling knows that real fans Just Can't Wait That Long! To celebrate the release of this phenomenal graphic novel, they're going to be throwing A GREAT BIG PARTY ON MONDAY JULY 19TH STARTING AT 9PM, which will culminate in the official release of SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6: SCOTT PILGRIM’S FINEST HOUR at 12:01am--midnight! Best of all, hometown-boy author Bryan Lee O'Malley will be on-hand to sign copies of the book, meet fans, and kick off the whole celebration! And we're thrilled to announce that many of The Beguiling's great neighbours on Markham St. are getting in on the act and there'll be tons of amazing events going on all evening, starting at 9pm! Here's the complete run-down of events happening this evening: AT THE BEGUILING, 601 MARKHAM STREET: Open Until 1am The Beguiling will be selling copies of Scott Pilgrim Volume 1-5, and assorted (and rare!) Scott Pilgrim merchandise -- open until 1am! 8pm-9:30pm: Author Bryan Lee O’Malley will be signing for fans 8pm-1am: Poster artist Michael DeForge will be on hand with copies for sale of the awesome Launch Party Poster, and a special T-Shirt featuring the promo art (seen above)! http://kingtrash.com/ 12:01am: At MIDNIGHT, GET YOUR COPY OF SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6: SCOTT PILGRIM’S FINEST HOUR! Bonus: All people purchasing or picking up copies of Scott Pilgrim at the event will receive, free, a limited edition commemorative 5"x7" print featuring exclusive new Scott Pilgrim art by Bryan Lee O'Malley! 12:01am to Last Call: Bryan Lee O'Malley will be signing copies of Scott Pilgrim Volume 6 for fans. Sorry, we won't be able to accommodate sketch requests this evening. 12:01am: The band SISTER will be giving away copies of their new EP to the first 50 people in line at midnight! AT THE CENTRAL, 603 MARKHAM STREET: 9pm-2am The Central will feature a full-line up of great bands for fans of Scott Pilgrim, starting at 9pm! We've given approximate start times for each of the bands below, but they _are_ approximate so show up a little early... or for the whole show! 9pm: SOFT & WET: http://myspace.com/softwet 9:30pm: HURRY HARD: http://www.myspace.com/hurryhardmusic 10:15pm: SISTER: http://www.myspace.com/sisterband - Lynette and Carla Gillis of the band PLUMTREE have formed a brand new band playing heavy folk-rock. Fun fact: PLUMTREE was responsible for the song SCOTT PILGRIM, which inspired the name of the character in the graphic novel! 11:30pm: CHANG-A-LANG: http://www.myspace.com/changalangband AT ROCCO’S PLUM TOMATO, 585 BLOOR ST. W (at Markham) 8pm-1am The Chill-Out space! Rocco’s will be adding a special menu this evening in addition to their regular awesome food and great patio. A great DJ will be spinning all evening and: 9pm: Universal Music Canada and ABKCO have teamed up with The Beguiling to do a World-Exclusive Premiere Listening Party for SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK. Featuring new music by Beck, Metric, and Broken Social Scene, this is the most hotly-anticipated soundtrack of the year! Listening Party will start at 9PM, and we'll run through the complete soundtrack twice! 10pm: Encore Presentation of the SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Movie Soundtrack. AT (the former) DAVID MIRVISH BOOKS, 596 MARKHAM STREET at 10:30pm COSTUME CONTEST! Come dressed as your favourite Scott Pilgrim character! All participants will receive a prize, and there will be a grand prize for the best costume! To enter, simply register at The Beguiling (601 Markham St) between 6pm and 10pm on the day of the event July 19th. The contest will occur at 10:30pm in front of 596 Markham St. Good news: We've confirmed that we'll be giving away pre-release copies of Mighty Fine's SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD T-Shirts to Costume Contest winners! Also available will be Beguiling and Suspect Video Gift Certificates...! http://www.welovefine.com/shop/SCOTT-PILGRIM/ AT BUTLER’S PANTRY, 591 MARKHAM STREET 8pm-Midnight Chill out and relax on the patio or indoors with some awesome video games and music-from-videogames! 8:00PM & 11:00pm: Check out the WORLD PREMIERE OF AWESOME VIDEO GAME MUSIC by ANAMANAGUCHI! Maybe it's from some sort of Scott Pilgrim related game? Listening parties will happen at 8pm and 11pmhttp://www.anamanaguchi.com/ 8:00PM: Join the fine folks from THE TORONTO HAND-EYE SOCIETY as they demo awesome indy video games free to play for the evening! http://handeyesociety.com/ 8:00PM: Play some classic 8-bit and 16-bit video games to get yourself in the 'mood' for the big event! NES and SNES games and play courtesy of the fine folks at A&C Games, http://www.acgamesonline.com/. 11:00pm: Encore presentation of Anamaguchi's awesome "Video Games" music! Seriously, this will be awesome. -- The events kick off at 9pm but everyone's welcome to visit the street early and have dinner at one of the many great restaurants, or visit some of the excellent shops.