It’s that time of year again, when Canadian motorcyclists, fresh off their turkey dinners and days off over Christmas, have months of no riding to look forward to. Luckily for us, we have the motorcycle show circuit instead, and that kicks off this weekend in Toronto, with the return of the Supershow January 3-5.
If you’ve been here before, you know what to expect. The Supershow runs, as always, at the International Centre in Toronto (Entrances 1, 2 and 5). The halls are filled with custom bikes, vintage bike displays, some new-for-2025 models, club displays, and performances on two wheels. This year, the Ives Brothers are at the Supershow with their Wall of Death performance. Nick Apex and Ernie Vigil from Team Empire also perform four times a day, and other stunt acts are also around for the weekend. There’s also live music, and you can watch the Canada Cup custom bike build-off too.
For more details, check out the Supershow site (you can buy tickets there as well, with $3 off your entry fee).
The rest of the show circuit
The MMIC (or whatever they’re calling themselves now) see their show circuit start up in Abbotsford on January 17-19, with the return of the Vancouver Motorcycle Show (details here). From there, it’s off to Alberta on January 31-February 2 for the Calgary Motorcycle Show (more info here). The Edmonton show has been dropped from the schedule this year, so the next show on the MMIC circuit is the Toronto Motorcycle Show (yes, we know the nomenclature gets confusing) on February 14-16 (see here). The MMIC circuit ends with the Montreal show (Quebec City lost its show years ago) on February 28-March 2 (see here).
There are other smaller regional shows (Halifax’s show runs February 28-March 2), but the last big show of the year is the Spring Motorcycle Supershow, running at the International Centre March 29-30 (more details here).
Did anyone else notice how small the show was this year? Entire halls empty and the halls that were in use had large sections closed off by curtains. Bikes were spaced apart further too. I’d estimate that it was under half the size of what it was pre-Covid. Will the show even run next January?