Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jun 16 - Jun 22)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jun 16 - Jun 22)

Hey Torontonians,

Love live music? Catch soprano Ari Plucinska and guests for an evening of opera and Eastern European folk songs on August 28 in Toronto.
Grab your tickets here

Anyway, checkout what you can do next Monday (6/16) to Sunday (6/22) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 06/16

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Beer Trivia @ Bellwoods Brewery

🎵 Music
Ledisi - love you too, the tour @ Massey Hall

🎉 Entertainment
LIVE THRU THIS @ Comedy Bar
Mood Swing Mondays - A Comedy Show @ Wenona Lodge (Free)
The Good Place Trivia @ Hemingway's
The Office Trivia @ The Pilot

Tuesday 06/17

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Lesson in Pasta - Ripiena @ Oretta King West
Up Close & Personal at Abrielle! @ Abrielle

🎉 Entertainment
Beer Trivia! @ Sidebar
Laugh Scream Comedy! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Pub Trivia @ Hemingway's
Rat Race and Friends @ Comedy Bar
Sauced Improv Comedy Show @ Rivoli
Something Something Trivia Night @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
Toronto Film School Presents...Rochdale @ Papermill Theatre

🎡 Family
Board Game Night presented by The Hobby: Tales From The Tabletop @ Snakes and Lattes College St. (Free)
IGNITE: STEM Networking Night - Toronto @ Sam Ibrahim Centre (SICIEEIL)

Wednesday 06/18

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Dubai Chocolate Class @ Le Dolci Culinary Classroom
Routes and Roots: A Historical Food Tour of Kensington and Chinatown @ Starting Point: Home Again, Home Again Statue

🎵 Music
Fernanda Cunha - The music of Ivan Lins @ Jazz Bistro
Folk Country with Quin & Tom @ DROM Taberna
Mose @ The Opera House, Toronto
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking Tour @ Budweiser Stage

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Marathon Show @ The Corner
Cora Bora @ Soulpepper Theatre (Free)
DOUBLE @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Euchre Night at Grizzly Bar Canadian Kitchen - New & Experienced Gameplay @ Grizzly Bar
Les Femmes Fatales: Secret Sisters @ Buddies in Bad Times
Middlebrow Trivia at Libretto @ Pizzeria Libretto Danforth
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Taylor Swift Trivia @ Hemingway's
TRIVIA NIGHT @ STACKT MARKET @ STACKT MARKET
Wednesday Night Laughs - Standup Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk Legacy (Free)

Thursday 06/19

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Beer Trivia! @ Steadfast Brewing

🏒 Sports
Boom Shaka Lucha @ Parkdale Hall
Love Art & Basketball @ Art Starts TO (Beneath Yorkdale Mall)
Toronto Blue Jays Work From Dome @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Being Black on King Walking Tour @ Inglenook Community School
CLMBR ARTS MRKT @ Boulderz Climbing Centre, Etobicoke (Free)
Express your Creative Soul through Paint @ The Kabbalah Centre, Toronto
Hearts for Ukraine Workshop @ Ukrainian Museum of Canada Ontario Branch
Outlaws and Allies: Cowboys and Queer Culture @ Bata Shoe Museum
Paint & Sip - Paint Night - Van Gogh Inspired: Glow in the Dark Starry Night Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
THE TWO DEATHS OF OPHELIA @ 918 Bathurst
Uptown Pride @ Women's Art Association of Canada
West Queen West Art Crawl @ Multiple Venues
What the Day Owes to the Night @ Bluma Appel Theatre at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Whispers of Nature @ Twist Gallery

📅 Other Events
Tea4Tea - An All Trans & Nonbinary Comedy Show @ Tallboys

Friday 06/20

🏒 Sports
Toronto Blue Jays Pride Night @ Rogers Centre

Saturday 06/21

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Wandering to Withrow: History Bites and Tasty Treats @ Withrow Farmers' Market

🎵 Music
21 June TRIBAL and BOUNCE @ Wiggle Room
Big Apples Celebration of Life @ Acqua Supper Club
Daniel Lanois In-Store Performance and Meet & Greet @ High Notes Coffee and Vinyl
ELEV8 Rooftop Dance Party w/ MAADCASSO at Ace Hotel @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Farida Amadou & Karen Ng, chik white, Naomi McCarroll-Butler @ Collective Arts Brewing
Fortune Stellar Records & Friends Tranzac Residency 2025 @ Tranzac Club
Giddy Up! @ Embassy (Free)
HumbirdTransmit Presents @ Blood Brothers
Jeremy Dutcher & Summer Solstice Party with your Toronto Symphony Orchestra @ Roy Thomson Hall
KANINE at NOMAD @ Nomad
Keith Urban - High and Alive World Tour @ Budweiser Stage
Saturday Night Swing Dance with Shraddha and the Prismaticks Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ 175 Hampton Ave
Show Love Scarborough Festival 2025 @ Global Kingdom Ministries
TCC Chamber Choir presents Can You Feel It? @ Eglinton St George's United Church
The Roots - Live in Concert @ Rebel
Theo x Travis: JAZZ IS DEAD @ Meridian Arts Centre, Studio Theatre
TO Jazz Fest and Shakura S'Aida present: On Their Shoulders - A Celebration of Toronto's Musical History @ Koerner Hall
Winter Begins @ CAPSUL Studio

🎭 Art and Culture
Creative Open House @ Todmorden Mills Heritage Site
Cyanotype Printmaking Workshop @ High Park Nature Centre
JUNCTION GEMS: A CRAFT & ART ADVENTURE @ Petti Fine Foods
Na-Me-Res Pow Wow in Toronto, June 21st celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day @ Fort York (Free)
Off-Loom Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
PASTED @ Family Ties Gallery
Pride Paint Night @ Tray Art Studio
The Feel Good Market @ EVNT by LAUFT
The Stand @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Bonsai Basics: A Hands-On Workshop for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Creating Toronto Walking Tour @ South-end of Market Lane Park
Flying with Billy Bishop Walking Tour @ Southwest corner of Queens Quay West and Eireann Quay
Lemonade for Love #kidshelpingkids @ Fairfield Park (Free)
National Indigenous People Day at Beaches Sandbox @ Beaches Sandbox (Free)
Summer Playdate @ New Hope Fellowship - Toronto Campus (Free)
The Girlhood Project Issue #1 Launch @ OCAD U Waterfront Campus

🐾 Pet
Old Town BIA: Paws & Art Walk @ Old Town BIA

Sunday 06/22

🍽️ Food and Drinks
CHOCOLATE Kintsugi Workshop @ QUEST XO

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Come Play Werewolf @ Madison Avenue Pub
FIERCELY FUNNY! A Pride Fundraiser at The Second City Toronto @ The Second City
HERA Socials: Summer Sunday Session, June 22 @ Kalyug Lounge
Next Level Pro Comedy @ Wenona Lodge
PSWRD COMEDY- Kensington/Bellwoods @ Multiple Venues
Wildhood @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
Clothing & Sports Gear Swap @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Toronto Blue Jays Jr. Jays Sundays @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Toronto Workshops @ Sharpen – CSI Spadina
Dance on Yonge 2025 - Free Youth Workshop Signup @ Exact address will be shared upon registration (Free)
Feeling Blue @ The Coffee Tree Roastery
FOFS 2025 Presents: Masterclass with Lawrence Sher, ASC @ Paradise Theatre Toronto
Learn how to repair your clothes @ Sharpen Workshops
Visualizing the Junction Triangle: Our Corner of the World @ Perth Square Park

🎡 Family
MOVE FOR SIGHT Toronto @ Earl Bales Park
Queer Healing Collective: Picnic in the Park @ Riverdale Park West

📅 Other Events
Slumber Party: Fast Times at Ridgemont High @ Fox Theatre
SOUL CONNECTION FLOW AT SOLUNA @ Soluna
Sound Bath and Cacao Ceremony for Groups @ McGregor Community Centre
To Palestine With Love @ Buddies in Bad Times

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