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A couple of years and handfuls of shows can do wonders for a band with the potential that the Great Bloomers were oozing when Torontoist first saw them fill a sweaty Drake basement more than a year ago. Today, the Great Bloomers release their full-length debut, Speak of Trouble, on MapleMusic. A continuation of the danceable indie roots-rock from their self-titled 2007 EP, Speak of Trouble demonstrates a marked musical maturation and an embracing of eras past, complete with narrative lyrical recollections of youthful hope and exploits and an already-classic sound reminiscent of warm AM radio textures.

SPORTS: Mud-slinging mayhem, wheel-style, happens at this weekend’s Ontario Provincial Cyclocross Championships. There’s a good informative video about cyclocross here. Thankfully, there is the option of beer and free coffee for bystanders and cowbell handlers. Note that the race course runs right through the beer tent. Fun times! Riverdale Park (east side), 10 a.m.–2 p.m., $25–$35 to enter, FREE to watch.

ART: Inject some colour into a drab November evening with a Toronto Public Space Committee Art Attack. Bring warm clothes and bright leaves and join in the creation of foliage-based installation art pieces, featuring wheat pasting and hanging leaf mobiles. In front of the University of Toronto Visual Studies building (1 Spadina Crescent), 7 p.m., FREE.