Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 4 - May 10)

May 02, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 4 - May 10)

Monday 05/04

🍽️ Food and Drinks
First Outdoor Sorauren Farmers' Market @ Sorauren Park

🎭 Art and Culture
Departure 2026 @ Multiple Venues
WORLD PLAY- Chapter 6: Freedom @ Small World Centre

Tuesday 05/05

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Cinco de Mayo at The Porch @ The Porch Toronto

🎭 Art and Culture
Author Discussion: Radical Antiquity with Christopher Zeichmann @ Toronto Reference Library, Jack Robinovitch Reading Room (4th floor)
Design Evenings TO: How AI is Redefining Apparel eCommerce @ BrainStation
DOMO TO GO - Contact Photo Festival @ TBA
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Go At Your Own Pace Sewing @ Creative Reuse Toronto
RGD's In-House Design Conference @ Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library

📅 Other Events
Yoga & Acupuncture - spring renewal @ Kula Yoga Studio

Wednesday 05/06

🎵 Music
An Evening With Michael Jackson @ Elias Bar & Grill, 3310 Keele St, North York, Toronto (Free)
Big Shiny Band @ Bevy Dundas
Choir! Choir! Choir! with Sarah McLachlan @ Massey Hall At Allied Music Centre
Departure Festival @ The Painted Lady
Elio Mei Presents: Tomato! Tomato! Tomato! The Tour @ Opera House
Live Music Awards at Departure Festival 2026 @ Bluma Appel Theatre
Logan Staats at the Horseshoe Tavern @ Horseshoe Tavern
Tommy Genesis at The Great Hall @ The Great Hall
What Is: noncompliance Night 1: You cannot delete yourself @ The Music Gallery

🎭 Art and Culture
A Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
GradEx 111 @ OCAD University's 100 McCaul St. (Free)
La Rosee Joins Flora by Fleurs de Ville in the Heart of Bloor Yorkville @ Bloor Yorkville
Larry Fink: Social Graces & Runway @ The Image Centre
Spectra, Gallery 44 Members' Exhibition @ 918 Bathurst
take rimbaud @ Buddies in Bad Times
Toronto Antique & Vintage Glass Lovers Show & Sale @ Lawrence Park Community Church
Traces & Echoes : CONTACT Photography Festival @ Beaver Hall Gallery, 29 McCaul St. Toronto, ON

📅 Other Events
Dine with Chef Akira Back at TONO @ TONO by Akira Back
<a href=""https://gtapreneurs.com/networking-events-toronto"" style="color:rgb(50, 167, 202);text-decoration:none;">GTApreneurs May 6-2026 Downtown Toronto Business Networking Event @ Office Evolution
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT screening of short films @ Don Mills Public Library

Thursday 05/07

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Meet Me for a Madri @ Bymark

🎉 Entertainment
A Comedy Night in Toronto @ Bickford Brewing
Let's Go Comedy Show @ Wenona Lodge
Wychwood Pub Trivia hosted by Changeling Gaming @ Wychwood Pub

🏒 Sports
The Rally -80s Edition- Liveball Pickleball, Movement & Live DJ @ Fairgrounds Leaside
Yoga For Sports @ Breathe Yoga Studio

🎭 Art and Culture
'Photo Diary' Exhibition - Karolina Kuras & Ted Belton @ Album Studios
19th Annual Art Gems @ Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex – Governors Room, Toronto
A Freestyle Glow-in-the-Dark Painting: Self-Guided Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Artist Talk: Dawit L. Petros @ The Image Centre
Before Borders @ Twist Gallery
Design Evenings TO: The Power of Play in Design @ BrainStation
Finally Seen: From Diagnosis to Daily Life @ Arrell Family Foundation Auditorium at the Centre For Addiction and Mental Health
Floral Arrangement Workshop with Sweetpea and Rose @ Campbell House Museum
Operations, Mayworks @ CineCycle
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life in support of Studio 180 Theatre @ Hugh's Room Live
Unearthing Vindolanda, Footwear from the Edge of the Roman Empire at Bata Shoe Museum @ Bata Shoe Museum

Friday 05/08

🎭 Art and Culture
2000 Meters to Andriivka @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
2026 OCAD U GradEx: Creative Writing x Onsite Gallery @ Onsite Gallery
ACCES Spring Marketplace @ ACCES Toronto – Suite 100, 489 College Street (College & Bathurst) (Free)
Armonia @ Lyric Theatre - Meridian Arts Centre
Carabao, Mayworks @ Tarragon Theatre
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring on Bears & Canvas @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Like a Mirror, Like a Mother, Like a Memory @ Kikospace
Miniature Polymer Clay 101 - Vegetables @ TMU Classroom DCC208
Pingle's Tulip Days @ Pingle's Farm Market
The Ordinary Markup Marche Pop Up @ TBA
True North, 2025, Mayworks @ United Steelworkers Hall
Women in PR North America WorkWell Conference 2026 @ Hart House Toronto

🎡 Family
Brothers Brunch Toronto @ BDC Square (CIBC Square)
Cup for Cup 2026 @ The Old Spaghetti Factory, downtown Toronto
Mother's Day Paint Your Partner Workshop - Family Edition Paint Night in Toronto @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe

Saturday 05/09

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Discovering Romanian Cuisine by Maria Colonescu @ The Depanneur
Gardenerette Grand Opening @ Gardenerette
Gluten Free Bazaar 2026 @ Oakville Place, 240 Leighland Ave, Oakville, ON L6H 3H6
Mother's Day at OpenTable @ The Dorset
Mother's Day Food Tour 2026 @ Multiple Venues
Mother's Day Tea @ Pickering Museum Village
Mothers Day Afternoon Tea @ Omni King Edward Hotel
Mothers Day Chocolate Express by Tasty Tours Toronto @ Toronto Railway Museum
Popsicle Season Launch Party @ Soul Provisions Flagship

🏒 Sports
3K Walk for AYA @ Kew Beach in Toronto's Beaches neighbourhood
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Angels @ Rogers Centre
MLS: Toronto FC vs. Inter Miami CF @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
Artist Talk & Neighbourhood Walk at the Bentway @ The Bentway Studio
Asian Heritage Market at Mel Lastman Square 2026 @ Mel Lastman Square
Beading Workshop with Coralia Canada @ Campbell House Museum
Canvas for a cause: A Mother's Day Paint and Sip event @ Ralph Thornton Community Centre
Carbon Confessions Toronto @ Urbanspace Gallery
CHOCOLATE Painting Art Workshop @ QUEST XO
Clay Sculpting @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Drawn In: Perfect Blue @ Fox Theatre
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Goodbye To The People I Used To Be @ New Systems
Modern Sound Collective presents: Power Dynamics @ Eglinton St. George's United Church
Mother's Day Special: Paul McCartney Afternoon Tea @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Mothers Day at Arcadia Earth @ Arcadia Earth
Mothers Day Baby Art Workshop in Toronto @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe
Play Mas: A Portrait of Carnival @ Gallery 1888
Sketching Spring Ephemerals with Alan Li @ High Park Forest School

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Mother's Day Workshop Event @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Curious GeorgeLIVE! at the WYCHWOOD THEATRE: Curious George and the Golden Meatball @ Wychwood Theatre
GLOWMODE x Solis Movement: Celebrate Mother's Day with "Mom & Me" Pilates @ Multiple Venues
Meagan's Walk & Hug @ TBA
Mother's Day Breast Health Screening Pop-up @ SHN General Hospital - CIBC Breast Health Clinic (Northpine DI Department, basement floor) (Free)
Science Rendezvous - University of Guelph-Humber @ University of Guelph-Humber (Free)
SheFighter Mother's Day @ SheFighter Studio
The Great GreekTown Scavenger Hunt @ Alexander the Great Parkette (Free)
Toronto Island Community 2026 Yard Sale & Scavenge @ Multiple Venues

🐾 Pet
Bunny Yoga by Yoga Kawa Markham @ Sunrise Montessori - 180 Amber St, Markham
Dog Mom Day Dog-Friendly Yoga Experience @ Sheraton Centre Toronto
Mother's Day Pug Pawty in the Park @ Ramsden Dog Park
Puppy Yoga by Yoga Kawa Toronto Dachshunds @ 539a Mount Pleasant

📅 Other Events
HUGE Indoor Thrift Sale @ Lawrence Park Collegiate
May Birding Walk @ High Park Nature Centre
Mother's Day Little Me Experience @ Little Canada

Sunday 05/10

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Mother's Day Workshop for Kids @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Free Mothers Day Prenatal Pilates @ kaer wellness (Free)
Kids & Family Glow Paint Pouring @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Mother's Day Market in the Beaches @ Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St E
Motherless Day @ East Room
Sunday Service: Bring Your Kids to the Rave @ Wiggle Room

🐾 Pet
Kitten Yoga by Yoga Kawa @ Toronto
Puppy Yoga by Yoga Kawa @ 539a Mount Pleasant
Puppy Yoga by Yoga Kawa Toronto Dachshunds @ 539a Mount Pleasant

📅 Other Events
Mother's Day Succulent Arrangement Workshop Morning Session @ Toronto Botanical Garden

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