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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 20-26)
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
🎵 Music
Laufey: A Matter Of Time Tour/w special guests Suki Waterhouse @ Scotiabank Arena
Neko Case: 2025 North American Tourwith special guest Des Demonas @ Massey Hall
🎉 Entertainment
Ada Nicolle's Vibraslap! Stand-up Comedy @ Comedy Bar
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Tha Phae Tavern hosted by QE Trivia @ Tha Phae Tavern
Board Game League - Fall Season @ Twilight Cafe & Bar
Nerds and Games Night @ The Theatre Centre Café/Bar
Something Something Trivia Night hosted by QE Trivia@Something In The Water @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
🎭 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
🍽️ Food and Drinks
ABURI SUSHI at Waterworks with Chef Ryotaro Matsuzaki @ Waterworks Food Hall Toronto
Creators of Toronto: How Greenhouse Juice Fuels the City @ BrainStation
🎵 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
🎉 Entertainment
After Dark Tours: The Unexplained at Colborne Lodge @ Colborne Lodge Museum
Shadows of the Past: A Haunted History of Toronto with Adam Bunch @ Toronto's First Post Office
Twilight Saga Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Way Off Broadway! @ Comedy Bar
🏒 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
🍽️ Food and Drinks
ABURI SUSHI at Waterworks with Chef Ryotaro Matsuzaki @ Waterworks Food Hall Toronto
Creators of Toronto: How Greenhouse Juice Fuels the City @ BrainStation
🎵 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
🎉 Entertainment
After Dark Tours: The Unexplained at Colborne Lodge @ Colborne Lodge Museum
Shadows of the Past: A Haunted History of Toronto with Adam Bunch @ Toronto's First Post Office
Twilight Saga Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Way Off Broadway! @ Comedy Bar
🏒 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
🎵 Music
Chloe Doucet's 90s Nostalgia Night @ The Garrison
CUREAPALOOZA Volume 7 with BIG WRECK Album Release Show @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Dermot Kennedy - A Promised Return Tour @ History Toronto
Halloween Costume Show at Smokeshow Bar & Grill @ Smokeshow BBQ
KARAOKE NIGHT @ Brunswick Bierworks @ Brunswick Bierworks
LE CABARET BOO BRASS BLUES and BURLESQUE A Haunted Jazz Soiree and Cabaret @ The Painted Lady
Meagan Aversa, Fox Atticus and Mike Legere at Monarch Tavern @ Monarch Tavern
Odeal Official After Party @ Nomad Night Club
ONA Ensemble with Special Guest Filo Machado @ Lula Lounge
Paige Rutledge with Connor Wicklum & Jade Hilton @ Rivoli
Red Dirt Revival @ The Dive Shop
🎉 Entertainment
All Out Comedy @ Comedy Bar
Comedy is Art Festival @ The Theatre Centre
Designing the Movies: Secret Ceremony @ Revue Cinema
Evening Ghost Tour at Ontario's Legislative Building @ Ontario Legislative Building, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In The Pocket Comedy @ Tallboys
Leaders In Product: Building the Future of Financial Products @ BrainStation
Paintings in Crimson - A Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Question Everything Trivia hosted by QE Trivia @ The Fortunate Fox @ The Fortunate Fox
Russell Kane: Hyperactive Tour! @ The Winter Garden Theatre
Sean Reilly@Backroom Comedy Club - Limited Run! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Slightly Spooky Comedy @ Social Capital Theatre
Slumber Party: Practical Magic @ Fox Theatre
🎭 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
🎡 Family
10XTO & Guerlain Spa Wellness Event @ Hotel X Toronto
Board Game Designer Night at The Black Pony in East End Toronto @ Black Pony
Dare to 'Re-Treat' Self Care Experience @ Irene
Night Light Walk A Community Walk to End Domestic Violence @ Night Light Walk | Kew Gardens (Free)
Friday 10/24
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Gala of Cocktails @ Waterworks Food Hall Toronto
🎵 Music
2025 Berlin.Butterfly.Brazil Concert by Canadian Violinist Angel Wang @ Meridian Arts Centre
Boo Radley Project at the Cameron House @ Cameron House
Cuban Friday with Marta Elena, DJ Trambo & Yordan & Maya! @ Lula Lounge
Funk-O-Ween Make It Funky's 20 Anniversary Halloween Party @ Wiggle Room
Hilario Duran Trio @ Old Mill Toronto
JAKE SHORE Inside FUTURE @ Future Nightclub
Midnight Til Morning @ Annabel's
Noah Malcolm with Olivia Borkosky and Stefan Weiner @ The Painted Lady
Surf HatTransmit Presents @ The Garrison
THE FRESH BEATS SERIES: BACK IN THE DAY - 90s & 00s HIP HOP & R&B CREATIVE SOULS - PORTRAITS OF CULTURE @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston
🎉 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
🏒 Sports
Toronto International Snowmobile, ATV and Powersports Show @ International Centre
Toronto Raptors vs. Milwaukee Bucks @ Scotiabank Arena
Toronto Ski and Snowboard Show 2025 @ Better Living Centre
Toronto Wrestling Club: Fantasy Fight Night @ Henderson Brewing
🎭 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
🎉 Entertainment
Asian Comedy All-Stars - Happy Halloween with Leonard Chan @ Rivoli
Connor Wood - Fibs & Friends @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Dave Merheje Backyard Pop Up Show @ A BACKYARD
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck @ 525 Bloor Street East
Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng @ Roy Thomson Hall
Just FOUR Laughs @ Comedy Bar
LIPSYNCED: An Improv & Drag Show @ TBA
Macabre - An evening of Magic with Phil DaCosta 18 and up @ Club 52 Live
Moe Ismail Live Comedy Special Recording @ Universal Music Canada
PANIC HALLOWEEN 80s/90s Video Dance Party @ Ground Control
Saturday Night Swing Dance with Ben Harvey Combo Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ St. Wenceslaus Hall
Sauced Improv Comedy @ Imperial Pub
ZOMBIE WRESTLING @ Superkick'd Studios
🏒 Sports
2025 Canadian Women's Squash Open @ Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres @ Scotiabank Arena
Toronto Army Reserves to Conduct Large Scale Amphibious Training on Citys Waterfront @ Keating Channel, 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
🎵 Music
Ambient Afternoon: An Ambient Music Showcase by Imaginary North at Sounds Good Toronto - October @ Sounds Good Toronto
Back to My Roots Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
CTRL ALT BASS @ Bar Dem
HIGH NOTES SIP and SPIN SESSIONS PRESENTS JAZZ JONES SESSIONS FEAT. HAJILE BLACK LOTUS @ HIGH NOTES COFFEE + VINYL
Jess Moskaluke at The Phoenix - Oct 26 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Listening Sessions with Sewa @ Lula Lounge
Percussiano3 @ Kingston Road United Church
Sunday SerVice with JUDE and FRANK from Italy @ Wiggle Room
Suzie Ungerleider Album Release @ Hugh's Room
The ToxhardsMODO-LIVE, presents... THE TOXHARDS w/ Special Guests @ Drake Underground Toronto, ON
Vybz Kartel Live In TorontoVybz Kartel will perform live at Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 26-30, 2025. @ Scotiabank Arena
🎉 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
🎭 Art and Culture
2025 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards: Winners Gala @ Miles Nadal JCC - Al Green Theatre
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Cover to Cover: A Mini Magazine Conference @ East Room
Drawing Skulls with Alan Li in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
Finding the Mystic Within: A Sacred Hypnotic Circle @ Toronto
Halloween Vengeance Indie Market @ Youthful Vengeance
The Devil Smokes @ CAMH Auditorium
The Halloween Edition of The Toronto Comic Jam @ The Cameron House
🎡 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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