Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Oct 24-26)

October 23, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Oct 24 - Oct 26)

We are so happy to share a good news with you - we just get married! and we are going to Japan for our honeymoon this week. Of course, we still remember curating the list of exciting events in Toronto, here’s the this weekend ’s events.

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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