Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 27 - Feb 2)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 27 - Feb 2)

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Anyway, here are what you can do next Monday (1/27) to Sunday (2/2)! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 01/27

🎭 Art and Culture
Art Hive at MOCA @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Art Week at Gladstone House @ Gladstone House
ROM Speaks: Saul Rubinek @ Royal Ontario Museum
Shiatsu for Practitioners @ Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine Academy
True Stories Told Live Toronto @ Garrison (Free)
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
Zine Yourself: Tell Your Story! - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace

🎡 Family
Board Game Designer Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Jr. Forest Explorers: Winter Wonderland @ Downsview Park (Free)
Mindful Monday: Root Chakra Healing with Cherie @ Lite Mind Body Clinic

Tuesday 01/28

🎭 Art and Culture
Conversations with the Body - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace
DUER x DesignTO: Exclusive Artist Reception @ DUER Ossington Store
ROM Speaks: Saul Rubinek @ Royal Ontario Museum
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)

Wednesday 01/29

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Flight Night - Aviation Industry Social @ Nickel 9 Distillery @ Nickel 9 Distillery
Worthy Park Rum Tasting & Art Show with Tray Arts @ The Real Jerk Restaurant

🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
An Evening with Alinka Angelova @ The Heliconian Club - Yorkville
CHAO, TET TO 2025 @ Paradise Theatre
Curators' Talk for "Eye of the Earth" - Textile Museum of Canada @ Textile Museum of Canada
free book reading at Mount Sinai hospital Indigo Spirit @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Lunar New Year Rhinestone Workshop @ Loohoo - Cute Gift Shop
Reimagining Creativity @ Miraki Life Workspace
The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony @ Concourse Event Space, North York Central Library
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)

📅 Other Events
Pruning: An Art? A Science? A Fun Necessity! @ Toronto Botanical Garden
REmarket 12 @ St. Lawrence Market Temporary Tent (Free)
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CVII @ Tranzac Club
The Crystal Gams @ Glad Day Bookshop

Thursday 01/30

🍽️ Food and Drinks
PA Day Chocolate School @ QUEST XO Chocolate

🏒 Sports
GAME ON: STREETFIGHTER TOURNAMENT presented by QE @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
PWHL Watch Party: SAPPHIC Takeover and Jock Mixer @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival. FREE. @ Carlton Cinemas (Free)
In-Studio Paint Night - Glow in the Dark Galaxy Waterfall Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Read Your Tarot for the Year Ahead - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace
Stagedoor Stories: Twin Flames @ The Rose Studio (The Rose Brampton)
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)

Friday 01/31

🍽️ Food and Drinks
CHOCOLATE Making Workshop @ QUEST XO Chocolate
Chocolate Making Workshop @ CSI
Over The Tap 2025 @ Blood Brothers
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Bangarang
Winterlicious @ Multiple Venues

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Art/Wear Sneaker Battle @ Bata Shoe Museum
DesignTO Talks: Net Positive @ Ace Hotel Toronto
In My Own Words: Documentary Premiere and Panel Discussion @ 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education
In-Studio - Paint Your Totes Workshop @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Make a Drawstring Bag Workshop @ Toronto Public Library - S. Walter Stewart Branch
Make a Drawstring Bag Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library
Old School R&B: 90s & 2000s Paint Night Workshop @ The Paint Garden
The Menagerie: Sub Zero @ Super Wonder Gallery
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
Yōkai Netsuke Exhibition @ The Japan Foundation, Toronto
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Living Your Values Workshop - DesignTO @ Miraki Life Workspace
Lunar New Year Pop Up Experience @ Cafe Our Hours (Free)

Saturday 02/01

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Figo
Toronto Tea Festival @ The Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon

🎵 Music
54\u202240 @ The Rose Brampton
60s Soul Dance Party - With It! @ The Piston
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Community Piano Jam w/ Windsor Johnson at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
EBM PARTY - electronic body music, futurepop, electro-industrial with DJ Lazarus @ Ground Control
Jay1 Live in Toronto @ The Axis Club Theatre
Jazz & Reflection with the Ferrport Jazz Ensemble @ Beach United Church
Joy of Music Showcase: Winterberries @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Saturday Night Waltz Dance and Beginner Dance Lessons @ St. Barnabas
Tina Turner Tribute Karen Durrant - Old Mill Toronto Dining & Dancing Series @ Old Mill Toronto
Tribal Bounce night with Manzone and Strong, Junior Lopez @ Wiggle Room
MONKS @ The Theatre Centre

🏒 Sports
Raptors Fan Day @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
1-800-ON-HER-OWN Film @ Hot Docs Theatre
3rd Annual Journey to Black Liberation Symposium and The Black Liberation Ball @ Harbourfront centre
An Overview of 400 Years of Black History In Canada @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch
Linocut Reduction Printmaking Workshop in High Park @ High Park
Loom Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
T.O.: Space, Identity, Memory Exhibition by Max Lamour @ Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
#ExperienceTO: Parkdale Historical Tour @ Toronto Public Library - Parkdale Branch

📅 Other Events
Franchise Canada Show Toronto - Winter 2025 @ The International Centre

Sunday 02/02

🎵 Music
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
La Cueva: Flamenco Underground @ BSMT 254, Toronto

🏒 Sports
Toronto Kickball Winter Classic. Beginners welcome @ Ryerson Community School baseball diamond (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Vision Board Collaging Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Curator Tour with Rui Mateus Amaral @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Paper Quilling: Bleeding Hearts Workshop @ Toronto Botanical Garden
Self-Love CHOCOLATE Paint Meditation @ QUEST XO Chocolate
tiffriff pop up show at Loohoo @ Loohoo
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)

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