Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 19 - May 25)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 19 - May 25)

Hey Torontonians,

The long weekend is here, and Toronto is buzzing with fireworks, food fests, and fun for all. From beach picnics to night markets, it's the perfect time to get outside and explore!

Fireworks Quick Info -

  •  Ashbridges Bay Park: Fireworks on Monday at 10 p.m.

  • Canada's Wonderland: Fireworks on Sunday at 10 p.m.

  • Niagara Falls: Nightly fireworks starting today at 10 p.m., running every night until Oct. 14

Anyway, checkout what you can do next Monday (5/19) to Sunday (5/25) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 05/19

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Sorauren Farmers' Market OPENING Day! @ Sorauren Park (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Insomnia hosted by QE Trivia @ Insomnia
LIVE THRU THIS @ Comedy Bar
Mood Swing Mondays - A COMEDY SHOW - FREE @ Wenona Lodge (Free)

🏒 Sports
Victoria Day Royal Race @ High Park

🎡 Family
Klassic Kidz: Fantastic Mr. Fox @ Fox Theatre

Tuesday 05/20

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Cabbagetown Farmers Market @ Riverdale Park West, Simpson House
Civil Pours x Reid's Distillery Gin Smash Launch Party @ Reid’s Distillery
Yelp's Hot and New Event Series @ Multiple Venues (Free)

🎵 Music
Jewish Music Week - Abie Rotenberg - One-of-a-kind evening! @ Shaarei Shomayim
Kyle Gordon @ Adelaide Hall

🎉 Entertainment
Homecumming @ The Assembly Theatre, 1479 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6R 1A1
Matteo Lane: Cant Stop Talking Tour @ Meridian Hall
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's @ Grace O'Malley's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Scream Trivia @ The Pilot
Something Something Trivia Night @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
This Discovery of Mine - A Premium Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Snakes and Lattes
TRIVIA FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE WEIRD KIDS: return of the nerds @ Social Capital Theatre

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. San Diego Padres @ Rogers Centre

Wednesday 05/21

🎉 Entertainment
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Blood On the Clocktower @ Canadian Blood Services
Community Movie Night: Beatriz at Dinner @ Soulpepper Theatre (Free)
Kevin Sullivan @ Comedy Bar
Other People's Treasure BINGO @ Drake Underground
Pokemon Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes Annex @ Snakes and Lattes

Thursday 05/22

🍽️ Food and Drinks
COOKING CLASS: Gnocchi from Scratch with Laura Guanti @ The Depanneur

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
A Mykonos Paint Night @ Artbox
CLMBR ARTS MRKT: Hogtown Boulders @ Hogtown Boulders, North York (Free)
Collective H'arts Creative Showcase @ The Sound Garage, Geary Avenue, Toronto
Embroidered Talisman Workshop @ Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch
Late at Night / CHROMALUMES street photography exhibit @ Danu Social House
Paint & Sip - Paint Your Partner - Fresh Paint and Fresh Beer @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Roads Not Taken: The Major International Issues of Our Era, Through Fiction @ Palmerston Library
Spring Blooms @ Toronto Botanical Garden (Free)

🎡 Family
15 Ways to Garden Large in Small Spaces @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library
Board Game Designer Night at The Black Pony in East End Toronto @ Black Pony
National Walk for Safe Places @ Western Financial Group Schomberg

Friday 05/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Night on Earth with The Macallan at Enigma @ Enigma Restaurant
Lucky Lion Night Market @ Assembly Park
Spirit of York Presents: Prohibition @ Spirit of York

🎭 Art and Culture
2025 Asian Heritage Culture Festival @ Bridlewood Mall
A Candle Painting Workshop - Paint with wax on Taper candles @ Artbox
A Glow-in-the-dark Paint Night by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Black Ballerina @ Aki Studio
For Viola // Free Screening: The Encampments @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (Free)
Ghost Night Couples Pottery Workshop @ Noel Yardley Ceramics
Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ plus Film Festival @ TIFF Lightbox
Mayworks Festival: "To Look, And To Look Again" Screening & Discussion @ Bachir Yerex
Moving Forest @ Multiple Venues
MY MOTHERS TONGUE Art Show @ boxcar social (1208 Yonge street) (Free)
Paint Quest - Interactive Painting Adventure - Chapter 2: Unleashing the Dragon Thief @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky: Passing Resemblance @ Susan Hobbs Gallery
Sisters Warehouse Sale @ Southamton ON
The Oldest Profession: A Storytelling Show @ RED Sandcastle Theatre

Saturday 05/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A GLB "Jazz it Up" Creole Party @ GLB Brewpub
LCBO Cooler Fest @ The Quay
SUPPER CLUB: Indigenous Food Lab by Chef Taylor Parker @ The Depanneur
Weekend Morning RUSH coffee party @ Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont

🎉 Entertainment
Asian Comedy Sensations: Asian Heritage Month Show @ Yuk Yuk's
asses.masses @ The Theatre Centre
Backwards Broadway Cabaret @ The Heliconian Club
Glass Cannon Live! @ The Royal Theatre
Paint and Sip: My Dear Gus @ My Inner Child Paint Bar
RAN 4K Restoration @ Fox Theatre
Scott Thompson @ Annabel's
Subway Reading Party @ Line 1
Turning Red @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Up in Jokes Comedy Show @ The Boardroom
Urzila Carlson @ The Winter Garden Theatre
Yaw Attuah - Stand-Up Comedy Album Recording @ Comedy Bar

🎭 Art and Culture
A Mixed Media Workshop : Art Fusion @ Artbox
Adult Crafternoon: Collage Art @ Lillian H. Smith Library
Canadian Inspirations Gala @ Rosedale Golf Club
Central Connection Art Show 2025 @ Withrow Park Clubhouse (Free)
Doors Open Toronto - Free Button-Making with PH1 Studios @ PH1 Studios (Free)
Doors Open Toronto at MOCA @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Doors Open Toronto" Artisan Market @ Riverdale Hub" @ Riverdale Hub
Fashion Art Toronto x GotStyle 20 Year Anniversary & 1664 Fashion Week Opening Party @ The Distillery District (Free)
Film Screening: "Inay/Mama" with Director Thea Loo @ Revue Cinema
Immersion: The Sensory Experience @ The Exchange TO
Linocut Reduction Printmaking Workshop in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
Macrame Pendant Light Workshop @ The Wright Spot
Mayworks Festival: Banging on the Walls of the Tank: Dispatches from Gaza @ United Steelworkers Hall
Paint & Sip Workshop - Gem & Geode Night - Abstract Acrylic Paint Pouring @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Reception Opening: In Search of Light @ Ascent Gallery
Scented Candle Making Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Spring Into Art: A Danforth CTI Art Show @ Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
The Libravian @ Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
TSA Open Studio, as part of Doors Open Toronto @ Multiple Venues
Youngplace Art Fair 2025 @ Youngplace

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Summer Planter Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Doors Open at the Church of the Holy Trinity @ The Church of the Holy Trinity
Jam-walk, 5km walk and brunch @ Palais Royale, Courtyard Patio
Plant Fair 2025 @ Roncesvalles United Church (Free)
Roots Green Park @ Green P Lot at Ossington & Queen
The Great Kids Stuff Sale @ Eglinton St George’s United Church
TSA Paper City, as part of Doors Open Toronto @ Toronto City Hall

🐾 Pet
Party 4 Paws Pet Fair @ Trinity Bellwoods Park

Sunday 05/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Asian Heritage Month Popup Market @ DZO - FREE ENTRY @ Dzo Viet Eatery (Free)

🎵 Music
bomba estereo & rawayana @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
i25 - iDRUM SilVER @ Sound Machine
Jewish Music Week - Mameh-Loshen: A Yiddish Love Story @ 901 Lawrence Ave W
Opera Revue at Granite Brewery @ Granite Brewery
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Dastgamachine: Wavelength @ St. Anne's Parish Hall
Sunday SerVice with Manzone Strong and guest SHERA @ Wiggle Room (Free)
Vox Clamantis - Estonian Music Week 2025 @ Trinity - St. Paul's Church
Wintergarten Orchestra LIVE at The Duke @ The Duke
Wychwood Clarinet Choir with Harpist Deborah Braun @ St. Michael and All Angels Church

🎉 Entertainment
bad & boozey bingo @ Shakey's
EVIL WOMEN presents COFFY @ Paradise Theatre
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW! @ Freetimes Cafe
Take It Offline: Naughty Sunday @ Studio Homme

🏒 Sports
ActiveGirlsTO Workout X Kimpton Saint George Hotel @ Kimpton Saint George

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