Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Apr 13 - Apr 19)

April 12, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 21 minutes

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Apr 13 - 19)

Monday 04/13

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Taste of Downtown Yonge: Spring Bites Food Tour @ Multiple Venues

🎵 Music
Brazily Dance - FREE class! @ Casa de Bamba (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
All of Us Are Asian: Comedy Show! @ Comedy Bar
Movie Trivia @ Hemingway's
The Story Collider - Searching @ Burdock

🏒 Sports
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Dallas Stars @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Dragon Egg Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library (Free)
ICFF Youth Film Festival @ Cineplex Cinemas Yorkdale
Opera Atelier presents Pelleas et Melisande @ TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning at Koerner Hall

Tuesday 04/14

🍽️ Food and Drinks
No Vacancy X Cry Baby Gallery Guest Shift @ No Vacancy

🎵 Music
Columbus Concert Band: Sounds of Spring! @ Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre
Departure Discovery Series @ The Painted Lady
Diana Krall Live In Toronto @ Massey Hall At Allied Music Centre
Health & Carpenter Brut - Conflict - Leather 2026 Tour @ History Toronto
JMFEST JYOU: J-POP LIVE IN TORONTO - Featuring MADKID & Zenbu Kimi no Sei da @ TD Music Hall
The JUNOS Celebration Continues @ Union Station - West Wing (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
Blue Mountain Film & Media Festival: Aontas @ Fox Theatre
Modern Family Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Serotonin Comedy @ Tranzac Club
SNL Trivia @ Hemingway's
Spotlight at The Second City @ The Second City
WAY Off Broadway: An improvised musical @ Comedy Bar

🎭 Art and Culture
A Soiree for Curious Minds @ Rosedale United Church
An Embroidery Workshop by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
By the Lake Book Club - Martha Batiz @ Assembly Hall
Senses, Stanzas & Symbols in Poetry for Teens @ Palmerston Library
Wide Angle Presents: Dreaming Is In Season @ St. Matthew's Clubhouse

🎡 Family
Fireside Gala: The Ultimate Camp Reunion @ Arcadia Earth

📅 Other Events
L'Oreal Paris - STAND UP @ Union Station
Toronto Career Fair @ TBA
Toronto Men's Group Open House - Arka Brotherhood @ Arka @ The Carrot Commons

Wednesday 04/15

🎉 Entertainment
90s Themed Trivia @ Hugs and Sarcasm
Board Game Designer Night at Wychwood Pub in Midtown Toronto @ Wychwood Pub
LOL@ Lola Bar in Kensington @ Lola Bar and Restaurant (Free)
National Canadian Film Day 2026: Les Furies @ Fox Theatre (Free)
Performing Arts Lodges Toronto presents Goin' Down the Road @ Performing Arts Centre (Free)
Pub Trivia at Hemingway's @ Hemingway's
Speed Puzzle Night at Twilight Cafe Midtown Toronto @ Twilight Cafe - Midtown
Toronto Public Libraries - Pape / Danforth Branch presents BlackBerry @ Toronto Public Libraries - Pape / Danforth Branch (Free)
TPL - Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Branch presents Uiksaringitara - Wrong Husband @ Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Branch (Toronto Public Library) (Free)
TPL - Lillian H. Smith presents The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz @ Toronto Public Library, Lillian H. Smith Branch (Free)

🎡 Family
Bat and Dark Sky Night Walk at Humber Arboretum @ Humber Arboretum
Gallery Stroll: Baby-friendly Tour @ Koffler301
How to Teach Kids About Money @ TPL Danforth Coxwell Branch

Thursday 04/16

🎉 Entertainment
BLOCK PARTY VOL. 9 @ IDK Social Bar
Laugh Tracks PRO Comedy and Open Deck DJ's @ Geary Avenue Warehouse
NIGHT 1 @ The Great Hall
Question Everything Trivia @ The Castle on Queen @ The Castle on Queen
Sneaky Dee's Gets Ugly @ Sneaky Dee's
Tea4Tea - An All Trans & Nonbinary Comedy Fundraiser @ Tallboys
The Redacted Comedy show @ SoCap Comedy (The Social Capital)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
Annual Fundraiser: York's Grand Affair @ Campbell House Museum
Cafe Collage Night @ Typist Studios & Coffee
Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
DemocracyXChange Summit 2026 @ Multiple Venues
Dufferin / St. Clair Library presents I Like Movies @ Toronto Public Library - Dufferin/St. Clair Branch (Free)
FREE Monthly Movie: A Haunting in Venice @ Palmerston Library (Free)
Hamlet, Sweet Prince @ That Arts Group Rehearsal Hall
In Generous Places - paintings by Amy Montgomery @ Muse Gallery
LEAVE NO TAPE BEHIND - Printmaking & Publications Exhibit @ Gallery 1313
Living Luxe Design Show 2026 @ Toronto Congress Centre – North Building, Halls H & I
The Night Circus Presents: LE CABARET BLEU-Le Jardin des Papillons @ The Painted Lady, Toronto
Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival @ The Royal Cinema
Zinnia Naqvi & Shahana Rajani: Island of Strangers @ Susan Hobbs Gallery

🎡 Family
Inner Mom Social: Spring Fling @ Soul Provisions
LEGO F1 - themed Build the Thrill Event @ LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto
Snacks & Science: Living Well with Chronic Pain @ Dixon Hall (Parish Hall) (Free)

Friday 04/17

🍽️ Food and Drinks
TO Food and Drink Fest @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre

🎉 Entertainment
A Bad Choice Comedy Show @ Desi Food Junction
All of Us Are Naughty: Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Artistic Intent Album Release Show @ Tallboys
Blood On the Clocktower at The Grand Order of Divine Sweets in West End TO @ The Grand Order of Divine Sweets
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Chaotic Good @ Comedy Bar
Free Screening // Citizen Minutes: Series 1 & 2 @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (Free)
SCREAMY TODD: An Improvised Revenge Musical @ Comedy Bar Danforth
Sea Star Ball @ Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
Sean McLoughlin @ Annabel's
The Assembly @ Weston Common
West Side Story In Concert @ Meridian Hall

📅 Other Events
Startup Fashion Week Runway Show @ Illuminarium Toronto
Stepping into Motherhood with Petit Lem @ Olivia's Garden

Saturday 04/18

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Eat Well Live Well Expo @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Laalima, The In-Between Supper @ The Depanneur
Munchiez @ The Annex Hotel

🎵 Music
10 Years of Purple Tears - Remembering Prince @ St. Clair West just off Dufferin (Free)
Alam Khan & Salar Nader @ Aga Khan Museum
Dancin' Bones Grateful Dead Tribute @ Axis Club
Forever Young - 80s Dance Party @ Vatican Gift Shop
Full Day of Music Magic @ Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (Free)
Giddy Up! with Adam Khan, Dick Diamonds, Marc Glesson, Dylan Van Nostrand @ Embassy Bar (Free)
Gotta Take a Chance Music Video Premiere @ Lynx Music
Music Performance: The Jay Blues Trio @ Koffler
Music Trivia @ Hemingway's
R&B Nights @ Last Call Cocktail Bar
Roots Of House w/ Kenny Glasgow, Rudee Nik & DJ YOGI @ Revival
Salsa Saturday w Latin Swing, DJ Van Gogh & Teria Morada! @ Lula Lounge
SPELLBOUND: Goth Darkwave Post-Punk Video Dance Party w/ She Past Away Spotlight @ Ground Control
The Eightes - Nineties Show Presents Just 60 @ Acqua Supper Club
West Side Story In Concert @ Meridian Hall
WR Records Release Party - David Herrero @ Wiggle Room

🎭 Art and Culture
A Period Piece: Workshop Production @ Theatre Passe Muraille
Anga's Farm: Terrarium Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Book Launch: updn: 88 Spins with Bill Pechet by Leslie Van Duzer @ Swipe Design | Books + Objects, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto
Cone 6: a pottery pop-up sale! @ Remote Gallery
Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
Earth Day Globe Walk @ Multiple Venues
F FOR FRONTERA- ALCHEMY @ Randolph Theatre
Fashion Illustration 101 @ Bata Shoe Museum
Gothic Garden Market @ Ground Control, 1279 Queen Street West
Hotel Confidential at The Royal Hotel @ The Royal Hotel
In Generous Places: new paintings by landscape artist Amy Montgomery @ Muse Gallery
Loohoo Stoner Girl Culture Market @ Loohoo
Maker Bean Spring Maker Market @ The Maker Bean Cafe (Free)
Nostalgia Fest - Trading Cards & Collectibles Show @ Chateau Le Jardin
Paint Your Pet Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Poetry Open Mic @ Buddies in Bad Times
Somewhere Along The Way Film and Concert @ Fox Theatre
Welfare @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Working With Procrastination @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch

📅 Other Events
Loom Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
Toronto Indie Author Conference 2026 @ Toronto Reference Library
Toronto Knife Show @ Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport

Sunday 04/19

🍽️ Food and Drinks
BARKADA MRKT SPRING MARKET @ STACKT MARKET
Greek Wine Week @ Multiple Venues
Sicilian Festa by Erica Foffi @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
Bach to Bop @ Heliconian Club
Pardon Our French! Music from Ravel & Gershwin @ George Weston Recital Hall, inside the Meridian Arts Centre
Roll Over Beethoven @ Trinity-St. Paul's Centre
The Green Room Cabaret @ The Dot @ The Moonlight Lounge
The Toronto Arab Orchestra - Diwan An Ode to Sufism @ 918 Bathurst
Viva Voce Gala Fundraiser @ Donalda Club

🎉 Entertainment
A Tribe Called Love @ Fox Theatre
Desi Roast Battle @ Comedy Bar
Drunk Clue @ The Baby G
The Funktion Live Band Burlesque Prom @ Dinas Tavern

🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Art Salon & Hanji Fan Painting: A Mindful Sunday Morning in Downtown @ CHÉRIE
ARTSY - Toronto Fashion Party 2026 @ Jump - 18 Wellington St. W.
F FOR FAMILIA @ Randolph Theatre Annex
Fairy Creek @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Plus Size Spring Market - Toronto @ Cecil Community Centre
Pottery Cafe with Alamar Club x TigerBaby @ Studio Homme
ReMode, Toronto's Circular Fashion Festival @ Evergreen Brick Works
The Beatles Never Went Out of Fashion @ Art Gallery of Ontario

🎡 Family
All in the Family with Mountsberg Raptor Centre @ High Park Forest School
Foundations of You: A Guided Holistic Reset and Reconnection Experience @ Summerhill Event Boutique
Free Exercise Teaching @ Northern District Library Room 224 (Free)
Seeds and Scoops Spring Party @ Ever After Studios

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