Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 20-26)

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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 20 - Oct 26)

Not drafting a paragraph here as we are preparing for our wedding tmr >< sorry everyone! But here’s the upcoming week’s schedule.

Monday 10/20

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Black & Blue Toronto Sommelier Showdown Dinner @ Black + Blue Toronto

🎭 Art and Culture
The Immigrant Paradox: Documentary screening @ Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas and VIP
Third Tuesday Night Free at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum (Free)

Tuesday 10/21

🎵 Music
An Evening With David Byrne - Who is the Sky Tour @ Massey Hall
Andy Bell of Erasure - Ten Crowns Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
CURRENT FANTASY Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Music TORONTO - Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff/Doerken Trio @ Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Parcels @ Coca Cola Coliseum

🏒 Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Intimate Pairings @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival @ Paradise Theatre

🎡 Family
Looking for Anne of Green Gables Book Launch @ 415 Yonge Street, 18th Floor, Suite 1802
Scotties Ultra Soft @ Multiple Venues (Free)

🐾 Pet
Build Your Own Haunted Doggie House @ Old Flame Brewery Co

Wednesday 10/22

🎵 Music
An Evening With David Byrne - Who is the Sky Tour @ Massey Hall
Andy Bell - Ten Crowns Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
CURRENT FANTASY Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Music TORONTO - Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff/Doerken Trio @ Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Parcels @ Coca Cola Coliseum

🏒 Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Intimate Pairings @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival @ Paradise Theatre

🎡 Family
Looking for Anne of Green Gables Book Launch @ 415 Yonge Street, 18th Floor, Suite 1802
Scotties Ultra Soft @ Multiple Venues (Free)

🐾 Pet
Build Your Own Haunted Doggie House @ Old Flame Brewery Co

Thursday 10/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Alsace Rocks! Wine Week @ Multiple Venues
Enoch Turner on Tap @ Enoch Turner Schoolhouse
Kombucha by Rebekka Hutton @ The Depanneur
Little Italy Cocktail Crawl @ Suite 115

🎭 Art and Culture
2025 Gairdner Laureate Lectures @ MaRS Discovery District (Free)
Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Creative Circuits @ Zui Beer Bar (K-Town)
Hot Rocks and Host Stars: revelations of rocky exoplanets in the era of the James Webb @ Earth Science Centre at University of Toronto St. George Campus, Room ES1050 (Free)
Linocut Workshop: Shoe Themed Tote Bag @ Bata Shoe Museum
One Voice United Gala @ Palais Royale
skoden @ CAMH Auditorium

Friday 10/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Gala of Cocktails @ Waterworks Food Hall Toronto

🎉 Entertainment
A Very 80s Glamoween by Symposia POP! @ Symposia POP!
Black Sheep Comedy @ Rorschach Featuring NILE SEGUIN @ Rorshach Brewing Co
Canadian Board Game Designer Showcase at Junction Craft Brewery @ Junction Craft Brewery
Cillian Me Softly presents 2007's SUNSHING @ Eyesore Cinema
David Lynch's Seinfeld @ Second City
GRAVE RAVE - Women-Only Alcohol-Free Halloween Dance Party @ Church of the Holy Trinity (Free)
HASAN HATES RONNY RONNY HATES HASAN @ Roy Thomson Hall
Haunted Escape @ Bridlewood Mall (Free)
Latin Comedy Fest 2025 @ JCC Prosserman
Laugh Dammit! @ Comedy Bar
Laura Peek @ Comedy Bar East
Phantoms of the Organ @ Metropolitan United Church
ROCKY HORROR 70s Glam Rock Video Dance Party plus Sing-A-Long - Costume Contest @ Ground Control
Spooky Rave @ Dopamine Lounge
The Exorcist: An Operetta @ Canadian Music Centre
Totally 80s Halloween Costume Party 10th Anniversary @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
ZOMBIE WRESTLING OCTOBER 24th, 2025 @ Superkick'd Studios

🎭 Art and Culture
Art Toronto 2025 @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre
CAMH Engage Gala @ Windsor Arms Hotel
Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Love, Harold @ CAMH Auditorium
RBC Emerging Playwright Nominee Play Readings @ Toronto Reference Library - Beeton Hall
The Art of Home by Silk & Snow @ 938 Queen Street West

🎡 Family
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village

📅 Other Events
Twilight: A Very Inaccurate Burlesque @ Super Wonder Gallery

Saturday 10/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Invitation to an Iraqi Home by Abbas Wadi @ The Depanneur
Kedai Indonesia Fall 2025 @ Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia

🎵 Music
GUNSLINGERS-An Immersive Tribute To Guns N' Roses @ Design Exchange
First Biennial Toronto Bandura Festival @ Knox Presbyterian Church
1 night for an all ORANGE and BLACK attire affair @ Wiggle Room
Abbamania @ Old Mill Toronto
East End Music Fest 2025 @ Sanctury.TO @ The East End Food Hub
Enchanted Baroque: Magick, Myth & Music @ Multiple Venues
Giddy Up! with Nick Holder, Jason Skilz, Marc Gleeson, and Dylan & Dylan @ Embassy Bar, 223 Augusta Ave, Toronto (Free)
Immersive live tribute to Guns N' Roses @ Design Exchange
John Michael Lind and Spank Williams Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
RUSKO 1 Man Army 2025 Tour @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Sean Nicholas Savage @ The Baby G
Sonic Sancocho Edicion Guiso Fantasmal @ Drom Taberna
Toronto Contra Dance on the Danforth on Oct 25! @ St. Barnabas Church Hall, 175 Hampton Ave, Toronto

🎭 Art and Culture
Careers in the Arts Panel Talk @ Parkdale Library
Confidential Musical Theatre Project @ Christ Church Deer Park
Date Night Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Exhibition "Not All Who Wander" by Amanda Christina @ Riverdale Hub
Glad Day's Queer Art and Zine Market @ Glad Day Book Shop, 32 Lisgar (Free)
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES IN CONTEMPORARY ART: A PANEL PRESENTED BY TURKISH AIRLINES @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building
Halloween Temporary Tattoo Workshop @ Chef's Hall
Here Now or Never A Choreographic Lab with Melanie Demers @ Meridian Arts Centre
Kate HIlliard: Story Creatures @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Mixed Media Watercolour Class! @ Hot Pizza Studio
Neurographica Workshop for Happiness @ Peach Berserk
Queer Art Club: Cyanotype Print Workshop @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
Shadowbox @ CAMH Auditorium
Signs and Seers: Mystic Arts Fair @ The Plant Mystic (Free)
The Earth I Know @ Grace Church on-the-Hill
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson @ Noonan's Pub
Writing Math: Perspectives from Authors and Educators @ The Fields Institute

🎡 Family
Bats, Rats, and Moths, Oh My! A Not So Spooky Nature Walk in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
CF Shops at Don Mills Boo Bash @ CF Shops at Don Mills
Finances & Funding for Newcomer Entrepreneurs @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch
Franchise Canada Show Toronto - Fall 2025 @ Toronto Congress Centre
Halloween FUN FREE Event! @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
Halloween HauntUP 2025 @ Uptown Yonge BIA
HallowOnesie Scooter Rally @ Propeller Coffee
Junction Farmers Market Halloween Fest 2025 @ Baird Park
Monster Bash: Find Your Inner Calm @ Ripple Effect Services
Sharks at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
Songs of the Forest with Toronto Children's Chorus @ Metropolitan United Church
Youth Dance Class Ages 11 to 16 @ Lula Lounge

📅 Other Events
A Spooky Drag Brunch @ Church Street Garage @ Church St. Garage (Free)
Beneath the Surface: A Women's Health Forum @ Arcadia Earth
CANADAS NATIONAL ELECTION @ Shangri-La Hotel Toronto
The Rocky Horror Picture Show w/Shadowcast @ Fox Theatre

Sunday 10/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Neapolitan Flavours by Erica Foffi @ The Depanneur
Queen & Ossington Cocktail Crawl @ Mother Cocktail Bar
TCF Closing Cocktail-Paired Brunch @ Reign
The Matcha Lounge Popup Workshops Waterworks @ Waterworks Food Hall Toronto

🎉 Entertainment
A Halloween DRAG BINGO BRUNCH @ Sneaky Dee's @ Sneaky Dee's
Frenchy: Live in Canada @ Comedy Bar East
GUIDED DRUM MEDITATION @ WELL BYND @ WELL BYND studio
The Improvised Talk Show @ Comedy Bar

🏒 Sports
Fall 5K Run with HNDSM & Bather @ 450 Dufferin St

🎡 Family
ATFK presents: Halloweekend Kids Karaoke! @ East End
Bloorcourt Halloween Block Party @ Concord Ave & Bloor St W
Disco Descendants Halloween Family Rave @ The Piston
Free sofa & sofa bed info session at IKEA Toronto Downtown @ IKEA Toronto Downtown (Free)
Oneness Gathering @ The Melt Urban Ashram
Plus Size Fall Market @ Cecil Community Centre

🐾 Pet
Howl-O-Ween Unleashed 2025 @ Dogsview Park (Dog Park)

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