Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Mar 6 - Mar 8)

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Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Mar 6 - Mar 8)

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Friday 03/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Classic Cassoulet by Peter Sanagan @ The Depanneur
Friday Night Spa & Dinner at Elmwood Spa @ Elmwood Spa

🎵 Music
Bad Omens Live in Toronto - Do You Feel Love Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
CTRL ALT BASS - Volume 5 @ The Copper Boot
Kailee Duggan duo live at DROM Taberna @ DROM Taberna
Lula Global Late Night: Forro Edition featuring Maria & Friends @ Lula Lounge
Mariah the Scientist - Hearts Sold Separately 2026 Tour @ History Toronto
MORE NOISE PLEASE PRESENTS MORE WOMEN IN NOISE PLEASE @ BSMT 254
Music of the Night: The Concert Tour @ Multiple Venues
SBL2026 Featuring Tweet, Leila Dey & amaka. Live in Concert! @ Revival
WR Records LBA DEXY EP Release Party @ Wiggle Room

🎉 Entertainment
All-Star Comedy at a legendary venue @ Yuk Yuk's
Comedy Melting Pot @ Yuk Yuk's
Double Down - A Stand-Up Comedy Show - Special Late Night Edition! @ Comedy Bar
Killer B Cinema Presents: Hanuman vs The Seven Ultramen! @ See-Scape
Sandra Battaglini at Backroom Comedy Club #One Night ONLY! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Seussical the Musical @ St. Matthew's United Church
Sex T-Rex presents Crime After Crime @ The Theatre Centre
The North Toronto Players Presents: Starship Pinafore, or, the Lass That Loved a Trekkie @ Papermill Theatre and Gallery

🏒 Sports
Alegro Cycles Opening Weekend @ Alegro Cycles

🎭 Art and Culture
CCO x AGO Friday Night Series @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
National Ballet of Canada: Flight Pattern/Suite en Blanc @ Four Seasons Centre
NeoNova Decor Showcase at the National Home Show @ Enercare Centre
OPENING RECEPTION - Sound/Unsound: Internet Songlines @ Tangled Art + Disability
Women At Plays 8 @ VideoCabaret

🎡 Family
Alice in Wonderland @ The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre
North York Women's Centre International Women's Day 2026 @ North York Women's Centre (Free)

Saturday 03/07

🎵 Music
80s/90s Retro GUILTY Pleasures Video Dance Party w/ NKOTB vs Backstreet Boys Spotlight @ Ground Control
COME AS YOU ARE - GOBS with Special Guest 666PASTEL @ The Wych @ The Wych (Free)
Emily King @ TD Music Hall
La La Land In Concert @ Meridian Hall
lil Gnar @ Lee's Palace
Maggie Lindemann @ Annabel's
Nezqwik live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Perpetual Mojo at Midtown TO @ Smokeshow BBQ & Brew
Salsa Saturday: Salsotika, DJ Van Gogh & Oscar Naranjo! @ Lula Lounge
Sole Jamz, An R&B Only Vibe @ Drake Hotel
SOUL A GO-GO @ Hail Mary (Free)
The Tallis Choir presents: Songs of Sorrow @ St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Tribal n Bounce with SAEED YOUNAN @ Wiggle Room

🎉 Entertainment
Premier Screening of New Series Rogue Psychology @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (Free)
City of Toronto’s 192nd Anniversary Festival @ Nathan Phillips Square (Free)
Come Play Werewolf @ Wellington Market food hall at The Well
Euchre for Queer Strangers @ Glad Day Lit
Funny in Translation - Immigrant Standup Comedy Show @ Free Times Cafe
Pat Gourdeau - Gaylulu Part II @ Comedy Bar
Queen Maeve @ Tarragon Theatre
Small Town Famous @ The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival @ Theatre Centre Cafe
Spring Cleaning: A Comedy Show @ SoCap Theatre
The Zone: Dark City : The Director's Cut @ Fox Theatre

🏒 Sports
Locker Room: Heated Rivalry x Challengers Club Night @ Buddies in Bad Times
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @ Scotiabank Arena
UCW: Into The 3rd Dimension @ Etobicoke, Ontario
Variety Village Community Event Kicks Off Paralympic Winter Games @ Variety Village

🎭 Art and Culture
Anga's Farm: Spring Quilling Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery in Toronto
Cocktail Candle Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Geary Art Crawl 2026 @ Geary Ave (Free)
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Smartphone Photography Workshop with Andrea Rees @ MOCA Toronto
Spicy Balkan x Clay Painting Pottery Workshop for International Women's Day @ Clay with Me Pottery Studio
Three dead ex's @ Heart of the Junction

🎡 Family
2nd Annual Her Construct Innovation Parlor Gala: Pillars Of Progress @ Centura Tile Showroom
5TH ANNUAL RAMADAN INTERFAITH DINNER- ELBOWS UP! @ Emerald Banquet Hall
Breast Screening Pop Up for International Women's Day @ SHN General Hospital, Northpine DI Department (basement floor)
Enchanted Wonders @ Randolph Theatre
Intrigue at the Museum: A Mystery Scavenger Hunt at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
Puppy Yoga by Yoga Kawa Toronto Sheltie Puppies @ 539A Mt Pleasant Road
Seedy Saturday: Toronto's spring gardening festival! @ Evergreen Brick Works (Free)
Xenia Concerts and TO Live present: Trio Carnaval @ 5040 Yonge Street

🐾 Pet
Picasso Pups: An Artful Dog Day at CityPlace and Fort York BIA @ The Bentway Studio

📅 Other Events
UK University Fair 2026 @ Hyatt Regency

Sunday 03/08

🍽️ Food and Drinks
International Women's Day Dinner at The Dorset @ The Dorset
Restaurants Canada Show 2026 @ The International Centre
The Dinner Party @ Redwood and Nellie's shelter

🎵 Music
Cues for a Cause @ Rivoli Toronto
Dr. Mike Daley Presents: The Story Of The Doors - a lecture-concert @ Church of the Redeemer
Mammoth - The End 2026 Tour @ History Toronto

🎉 Entertainment
4 AM LAST CALL for Sunday SerVice opens at 8pm FREE b4 10pm with RSVP @ Wiggle Room (Free)
Big Chick Energy Presents: 5 B.C.E @ Theatre Centre Cafe
Broadway Melody of 1984: An Orwellian Musical Romp @ Canadian Music Centre
International Women's Day Trivia Night @ Granite Brewery
Spectacle: Days of Heaven @ Fox Theatre
Whistle @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
Derby & Drip: AC Milan vs Inter Milan Watch Party & Kit Market @ Pizza Rustica
International Women's Day Martial Arts Seminar @ Kingdom Muay Thai
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Rogers Centre
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Dallas Mavericks @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Meet the Author Vivek Verma, Mahatma Among the Revolutionaries @ Indigo at The Well Toronto
Sol Sisters - A Women's Day Event @ Junto Studio
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Women's Day Paint Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery

🎡 Family
Forest Feminism: Rethinking Nature on International Women's Day in High Park @ High Park
International Women's Day Wellness Event @ Old Mill Toronto
PRIME presented by The Wellness Club @ The Symes
Queer Self Defense Workshop @ Buddies in Bad Times
TD Community Sunday @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Weird Duck Time Nature Walk in High Park @ High Park Forest School

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