Toronto Events Weekly Newsletter
Get inspired to explore Toronto

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jun 23 - Jun 29)

Hey Torontonians,

Lots of festivals and events happening next week, to name some - tech week toronto, jazz fest, green space fest, lgbtq fest. It’s soo happening and I’m soo happy that we all get some extra sunshine together, the best part is that some of them are free! :D

Anyway, checkout what you can do next Monday (6/23) to Sunday (6/29) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 06/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
What's Next in Tech? A Dinner Conversation @ Rosa's

🎵 Music
Camille Leon presents Agave: Quinton Barnes and MOMxWYFE @ Burdock Music Hall
MY HOUSE JUNCTION JAZZ FEST 2025 - June 23 to 29, Toronto @ My HOUSE

🎉 Entertainment
Mood Swing Mondays - A FREE Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Wenona Lodge (Free)
Taylor Swift Trivia @ The Pilot
The OC Trivia @ Hemingway's

🏒 Sports
ActiveGirlsTO Workout X Kimpton Saint George Hotel @ Kimpton Saint George Hotel
Recreational Pickleball League @ Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
A Santorini Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery

📅 Other Events
TD Toronto Jazz Festival presents Mavis Staples @ Virtual Event

Tuesday 06/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Meet me on the Patio @ Ultra Toronto, Midtown @ Ultra Restaurant & Supper Club
Summer Premiere at Ritz Carlton by AperoChic @ The Ritz Carlton

🎵 Music
Arooj Aftab @ Koerner Hall
Celebrate Italy @ Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre
Mumford & Sons: 2025 North American Tour @ Budweiser Stage
TIGHTROPE - modern jazz at My House Junction Jazz Fest - Day 2of7 @ My HOUSE

🎉 Entertainment
Pirates of the Caribbean TRILOGY Trivia @ Hemingway's
Something Something Trivia Night @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
Trivia Tuesday at The Second City! @ The Second City

🎭 Art and Culture
A Starry Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Summer Screening AltFF Alternative Film Festival @ Naturlandia - House of Culture (Free)
Sweet Ephemera @ Young People's Theatre

🎡 Family
FREE All Ages Karaoke and Board Game Night at Palmerston Library @ Palmerston Library (Free)
Pride Prom 2025: Gothic Pink Pony Club @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Free)

Wednesday 06/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Mocktails for Pride at IKEA Toronto Downtown! @ IKEA Toronto Downtown (Free)

🎵 Music
AN EVENING WITH FIFTH ELEMENT JAZZ QUINTET AT REID'S DISTILLERY @ Reid's Distillery
HERBIE HANCOCK TRIBUTE feat. Nick Maclean - Junction Jazz Festival @ My House
Mandlephil Presents Toronto Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" @ Roy Thomson Hall
Original People Original Songs with Adrian Sutherland @ Hugh's Room Live
The Storytellers' Club @ The Piston Bar

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Marathon Show @ The Corner
A Wednesday Night Laughs - Standup Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk Legacy (Free)
Disney Animated Classics Trivia & Karaoke @ The Pilot
Gander Social Creator Jam @ Beauchamp Gallery
Green Space Festival @ Barbara Hall Park (Free)
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co. @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's @ Grace O'Malley's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Simpsons Trivia @ Loons Pub feat. Steve Hobbs! @ Loons Pub
Summer House Trivia @ Hemingway's
The Evolution of Tap Dance @ Bata Shoe Museum
The Future is Accessible: Challenging Ableism in Tech @ OneEleven, 325 Front St W, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5V 3S9
TRIVIA NIGHT @ STACKT MARKET @ STACKT MARKET

🏒 Sports
MLS: Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
CodeLaunch Canada @ The El Mocambo
A Sunset Beach Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Collage Night @ Issues Magazine Shop
Happiness - 4K Restoration @ Fox Theatre
Paint Night with Artist Tray Arts at The Real Jerk Restaurant @ 842 Gerrard Street East, Toronto
Shab-e She'r Poetry Night CXII @ Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
Stained glass Creating a geometric suncatcher @ Sharpen Workshops
Thank You for Existing: A Zine Workshop Celebrating You! @ Loohoo
Wax & Relax - Learn Encaustic Painting - A Creative Workshop in Toronto @ PH1 Studios

🎡 Family
The Casorsos La Prima Famiglia @ Columbus Room, Columbus Centre
Workshop: Make Sun Cream with Zinc @ Dufferin Grove Recreation Centre

📅 Other Events
Perfect Your Pitch: Positioning and Branding For Press & Profits Sip & Mix @ Venture X (Etobicoke)
Pitch your single friend @ TBA
World Vitiligo Day Innovation Summit 2025 @ MaRS Waterfront

Thursday 06/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
MASTERCLASS: Discovering Wild Foods by Dyson Forbes @ CSI Spadina

🎵 Music
Before After Party @ Toronto
Behnam Bani @ Meridian Hall
BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO - Junction Jazz Festival @ My House
Jay-Jay Johanson @ TD Music Hall
Jazz & Love @ Super Wonder Gallery
Peach Pit & Briston Maroney - Long Hair, Long Life Tour @ Budweiser Stage
Sam Polley and The Old Tomorrows @ Rivoli
Soul Box record dance party @ Ground Control
The Good Gatsby with Fastsleeper and Main Station Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Union Summer Opening Night Summer Kick-Off with Kardinal Offishall presented by TD @ Union Summer

🎉 Entertainment
All Out Comedy - 30th show @ Comedy Bar
Cillian Me Softly Presents: RED LIGHTS, 2012 @ Eyesore Cinema
Elevate Talks: Elizabeth Stone, Netflix CTO & More @ Design Exchange Event Venue
General Trivia Night @ The Guild House, Midtown Toronto
Giggles Pride Comedy Show @ Yuk Yuk's, Toronto
Kiss the Stormy SKy @ Winchester Street Theatre
Permanent Anxiety - A Standup Comedy Show @ Pregame Social Club (850 Bathurst St)
Recommended Viewing - Toronto Comedy Show @ Tallboys
Sing-Along! Grease @ Fox Theatre
Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Tech Roast @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
The Sunset Social @ Arta Gallery
Trivia Night @ Fortunate Fox
Whose Prom is it Anyway @ Comedy Bar Danforth

🎭 Art and Culture
Best of LGBTQ Shorts Festival @ Carlton Cinemas, downtown Toronto (Free)
Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Clay Sculpting Workshop @ Artbox
Film Screening: "Flavio Belli: A Life in Square Inches" @ Koffler Gallery
Fly Free - Presented by New Story Productions @ Annex Theatre
How the Americans Ruined Dinner Walking Tour @ Fort Rouill\u00e9 Monument
Islamic Art & Architecture Walk @ Multiple Venues
Loose Florals in Ink & Watercolour with Heather Phillips @ ARTiculations Art Supply
Paper Quilling: Fuchsias Workshop @ Toronto Botanical Garden
Still Life Drawing Session Candlelight Edition - Drawing Session in Toronto @ PH1 Studios
The Aesop Queer Library @ Aesop Yorkville

🎡 Family
Community Pride: Native Plant Diversity in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
Hearts, Bows, and Beginner Rows: Crochet Workshop @ Loohoo
Pride Ride With The Neon Riders @ Nathan Phillips Square
Sun, Sand & Innovation - Networking Social/Mixer @ Woodbine Beach
Union Summer Presented by TD @ Union Station (Free)

Friday 06/27

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Dare to 'Re-Treat': Luxurious Self-Care Dinner Party @ Irene
Taste of Asia 2025 @ Kennedy Rd. & Steeles Ave., Markham, ON (Free)

🎵 Music
2000 TIL @ Aera
ARECIBO - latin-jazz at My House Junction Jazz Fest - Day 5of7 @ My HOUSE
BALTHVS @ Adelaide Hall
Carol Pope Live Performance! @ Brunswick Bierworks
James Taylor: 2025 Tour @ Budweiser Stage
Peninsula at Drom Taberna #FourWingsTour2025 @ Drom Taberna
Salsa On Market Street @ Market Street (Front Street E - The Esplanade) (Free)
SANDY RIVERA aka Kings of Tomorrow @ Wiggle Room
Soul Nostalgic LIVE Presents: Harlem Nights @ 214 King St W
TO the Beat' Music Program By Lavazza IncluCity Festival 2025 w AWA's Ngoma Ensemble @ Trinity Theatre - The Distillery District (Free)
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston
We Play Disco - The Final Hit @ The Rivoli, Queen St., Toronto

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner Comedy Club
Beth Stelling LIVE in Toronto! @ Comedy Bar East
Comedy Popping Up This June in Leslieville! @ Multiple Venues
GOOD FRIDAY TRIVIA NIGHT @ GRETA @ Greta Bar Toronto
Jared Nathan & Kansei Yasuda live - Backroom Comedy Club - One Night Only @ Backroom Comedy Club
Laugh Dammit! @ Comedy Bar
Michael Balazo: International Lover @ Tranzac Club
Play Along! The Mystery Game Show @ The John Candy Box Theatre
Small Town Pride @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
SUPERCOLLIDER: TORONTO TECH WEEK AFTERPARTY @ GRETA BAR YYZ
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show - Friday June 27, 2025 @ Liberty Village Market & Cafe
The Zone: The Running Man @ Fox Theatre

🏒 Sports
Superkick'd Pro Wrestling Rock Show @ The Great Hall

🎭 Art and Culture
A Night With State Goods @ Knife Toronto
At Home in Toronto @ The Market Gallery
Julie Nesrallah Celebrates Italy at the McMichael @ McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Lavazza IncluCity @ Distillery District (Free)
MOTIVE CRIME & MYSTERY FESTIVAL @ Victoria University at the University of Toronto
Pride In Colour Art Show @ 183 Gallery
Titanic: The Official Exhibition @ YZD Hangar Bay 129
Vision Board Wellness Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery

🎡 Family
Etobicoke Strategy Annual Prayer Breakfast @ Woodbine Banquet Hall
Harmonic Connections: Summer Solstice Soundbath & Yoga @ Master Sha Wellness Centre
Healing through Hypno Meditation and Mediumship @ The Village at Black Creek
Violence & Scandal in Muddy York: Summer Walking Tour Series @ St. James Cathedral

Saturday 06/28

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Toronto’s Social Night Out – Cocktails & New Connections for 20s & 30s @ 2415 Yonge Street
Fish Fry Fundraiser at Break Free Family Centre @ Break Free Family Centre
Spring Into Spice Food & Wine Festival 2025 @ Steam Whistle Biergarten
Toronto Social Mixer: Meet New People Over Cocktails @ Dopamine Lounge

🎵 Music
Cherry Hustle Funky Disco Dance Party @ The Little Jerry
EVERLASTINGNESS - Micah Schroeder, Stephane Mayer and Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh Live at the Tranzac @ Multiple Venues
FRANK SINATRA TRIBUTE - vocal jazz at My House Junction Jazz Fest - Day 6of7 @ My HOUSE
Harris Jayaraj Live In Canada @ Scotiabank Arena
HYBRID // JUNE025 :: Alternative Club Night @ TacoTaco Moonlight Lounge
LOCALS ONLY AT NOMAD B2B EDITION @ NOMAD
PANIC: 80s/90s Video Dance Party w/ Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Spotlight @ Ground Control
Saturday Night Rockers - LIVE REGGAE feat. Ammoye, Carl Henry & The Dub Chronicles @ BSMT254
The Internets Deep Fake at Ace Hotel @ Ace Hotel Toronto
TO the Beat' Music Program By Lavazza IncluCity Festival 2025 @ Trinity Theatre - The Distillery District (Free)
Tommy Tone, Deuce Dads, Toller @ Bampot House of Tea and Board Games

🎉 Entertainment
7th annual Wiggly and Proud with Dekoze PRIDE AFTERPARTY 10pm to 7am @ Wiggle Room, Toronto
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
DESI ROAST BATTLE @ Desi Food Junction
Good Company Comedy Show - Lumpia Edition @ The Piston Bar
Honey @ Buddies in Bad Times
Hutch & Friends Pride Edition @ The Burdock
Just FOUR Laughs @ Comedy Bar
Run: A Short Film - First Look @ Revue Cinema (Free)
Saturday Night Swing Dance with Fat Quarter Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ 175 Hampton Ave
Showstoppers: Nashville @ Fox Theatre
The Prideful Sinners @ Pride Toronto - OLG Central Stage
Toronto Mandem Comedy Jam @ Real Jerk Legacy
Underground Pride: Toronto Edition @ Drake Underground
Waffles and a Movie presents: Pride 2014 @ Eyesore Cinema

🏒 Sports
MLS: Toronto FC vs. Portland Timbers @ BMO Field
Resilience HYROX League - Partners / Doubles HYROX Simulation Event @ Resilience Fitness - East York
Toronto Wrestling Club: Pride & Glory @ Henderson Brewing

🎭 Art and Culture
A Tote Bag Painting & Pressing Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Basketry Making a fruit basket @ Sharpen - Workshops
Celebrate Pride! My Place is Here Screening Night @ Distillery District
Clay Sculpting Workshop @ Artbox
Cross-Sensory Interaction Design & Korean Visual Culture VR Expo 2025 @ OCAD University
Curatorial Tours: In Her Own Words @ Museum of Toronto
Enter the Gorshey @ Amos Waites Park
Lavazza IncluCity Opening Night: An Evening of Romance, Culture, and Celebration! @ Distillery District (Trinity Theatre)
Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks @ Royal Ontario Museum
Spill the Tea & Poetry @ W Hotel Toronto
Stories We Tell @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Core for A Cause @ The Good Core
Family Pride Queer Life Drawing @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
Kids' Fairy Garden Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Pride Dance Picnic at Christy Pits Park, Toronto @ Christie Pits Park
The Amazing Museum Race @ Pickering Museum Village
Toronto Waterfront Festival @ Sugar Beach, 11 Dockside Drive
True North, Strong and Sea @ Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

🐾 Pet
Pup Your Pride @ Ramsden Park Dog Park

Sunday 06/29

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Kreate Market - Stackt Market @ STACKT Market (Free)
Matcha & Mindfulness Workshop @ Youthful Vengeance @ Youthful Vengeance - Cafe & Gallery
Sunday Sugo Cooking Class @ 7 numbers Eglinton
Toronto Sea Moss Festival @ Jamaican Canadian Association

🎵 Music
1950s Rockabilly Dance Party ft The Swingin' Blackjacks Plus a Rock 'n' Roll Beginner Dance Lesson @ Dovercourt House
Bangers in Parkdale @ T.O. Lounge
J.P. Mortier live at Tranzac Southern Cross @ Tranzac Southern Cross (Free)
Junction Jazz Festival @ My House
Meet Singer-songwriter Janis Ian in Film and on Zoom @ Revue Cinema
The Lady Oiye's Tea Dance @ Buddies in Bad Times
TO the Beat' Music Program By Lavazza IncluCity Festival 2025 @ Trinity Theatre - The Distillery District (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner Comedy Club
JEFF HOBBS [LIVE STANDUP COMEDY SPECIAL TAPING] @ Comedy Bar East
Late Night Comedy: Canada Day Long Weekend Edition @ Bar Cathedral
Lavazza Inclucity Festival - "The Ballad of Wallis Island" @ Distillery District
LEEL FAIR: Toronto's First and Only Musical Comedy Festival @ Comedy Bar
The F Word @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎭 Art and Culture
A Candle Making Class by Artbox @ Artbox
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Curatorial Talk: Morrice in Venice @ McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Halau Hula O Walea's 23rd Annual Ho'ike Lili'u @ Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
Know Your Place - Debut Feature by Zia Mohajerjasbi @ Fox Theatre
Sound Healing and Painting Workshop for Groups @ McGregor Park Community Centre

🎡 Family
HIKE: In High Park @ High Park
Toronto Pride Parade @ Multiple Venues
Yoga x Brunch - King West - Sun. June 29, 2025 - Beginner Friendly @ Studio 580

Thank you to our community for your support—it makes creating this newsletter a joy! If you enjoy our content, consider fuelling our efforts with Timmy’s Ice Caps in the below link 🧊☕️ -

Fact-based news without bias awaits. Make 1440 your choice today.

Overwhelmed by biased news? Cut through the clutter and get straight facts with your daily 1440 digest. From politics to sports, join millions who start their day informed.

Sign up now!

We welcome your suggestions and feedback—just hit “reply” to connect with us (We read every email and look forward to hearing from you). Thanks for being awesome! 🌟

And click here if you prefer to receive this newsletter via SMS or enjoy an ad-free experience!

Hope you enjoy your weekend ❤️

Zoe
Chief Fun Officer @ Toronto Events Weekly