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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Apr 21 - Apr 27)

Hey, Torontonians!

I hope you enjoyed the Good Friday! It feels so good to have such a comfy weather with a long weekend! A kind reminder that Sakura is coming in the upcoming few weeks :D 🌸

Anyway, checkout what you can do next Monday (4/21) to Sunday (4/27) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 04/21

🎵 Music
BabyJake @ The Drake - Toronto
BLU 421 X TUF - RARE GROOVES & DUB VS URBAN ELECTRONICA - DAY PARTY @ Handlebar
Open Mic Mondays with Kunle and Special Guests Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Sophie Noel with Lauren Dillen and Mileena @ The Baby G
Sunday Late Night Rock'n'Roll Party with Bandcalledmax at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
The New Toronto Symphony Orchestra Presents: "Reduce / Reuse / Recycle" at the Tranzac @ Tranzac Club

🎉 Entertainment
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Comedy Night at Sneaky Dee's @ Sneaky Dee's
LIVE THRU THIS @ Comedy Bar

Tuesday 04/22

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Dove Plant Milk Gelato Bar @ Toronto Metropolitan University

🎵 Music
Celebrate 4/20 featuring The Beatles - Works by Paul Saltzman @ The Markham Street Gallery
Dave East @ Annabel's - Toronto, 200 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON
Douglas Joyman and Wolves on Tape Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Korine with Johnny Dynamite & The BloodsuckersTransmit Presents @ The Baby G

🎉 Entertainment
Diva!: Valley of the Dolls @ Fox Theatre
FRIENDS Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Game of Thrones Trivia @ Hemingway's
Harry Potter Movie Trivia @ The Pilot
It's Tricky Trivia at Rorschach Brewing Co. @ Rorschach Brewing Co. (Free)
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia
Something Something Trivia Night @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
The Madwoman's Curse - A Premium Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Snakes and Lattes
The Simpsons Trivia! Hosted by Trivia Kings @ Dublin Calling

🎭 Art and Culture
ENTRE LETRAS. CELEBRACION DEL DIA DEL IDIOMA ESPANOL @ Bay Adelaide Centre
POZ @ Native Earth's Aki Studio
Shedding a Skin @ Buddies in Bad Times – Mainspace (12 Alexander St)

Wednesday 04/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
HH Wine Club: Margin x Grape Witches @ Health Hut

🎵 Music
AN EVENING WITH FIFTH ELEMENT AT REID'S DISTILLERY @ Reid's Distillery
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour @ Meridian Hall
Rachel Platten SET ME FREE TOUR @ TD Music Hall - Toronto
Stretch - Neighbourhood Prayer Live @ Burdock Music Hall
Wednesday Night Video Game Anime Music with Dual Unity at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna

🎉 Entertainment
Akshongay @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Pub Trivia @ Hemingway's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's @ Grace O'Malley's
Sauced Improv @ Rivoli

🎭 Art and Culture
A Starry Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Avalon Mott In Conversation with Nabil Azab & Shannon Garden-Smith @ 199 Richmond Street West
Educational session on a working-class response to the crisis in Palestine & imperialism @ Danu Social House
Fahrenheit 451 at Hart House, April 23-26 @ Hart House Theatre
FireWorks Festival 2025 at Alumnae Theatre @ Alumnae Theatre
Mapping Toronto: Bringing History to Life @ Toronto's First Post Office
Ron Terada in conversation with Kitty Scott @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Triangle: an Art Pop-Up @ Dovercourt House
Wax & Relax - Encaustic Painting Workshop @ PH1 Studios

🎡 Family
CFA Society Toronto: 19th Annual Pension Conference @ Arcadian Court
FREE Dance and Confidence Workshop for Girls - Toronto WEST @ Canoe Landing Community Centre (Free)
Life outweighs risk: Maps of memory and resilience in women with cancer risk @ 7th Floor Atrium The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
NatureTO: Introduction to the Urban Forest @ Lillian H. Smith Library

🐾 Pet
Question Everything Trivia Pawty // All Doggo's Allowed! @ Black Lab Brewing

📅 Other Events
La Wednesdays presents CrazyTown @ Bovine Sex Club
Ontario Institute of Health and Innovation's Open House April 2025 @ Ontario Institute of Health and Innovation Campus

Thursday 04/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Cheers to Scarborough @ Centennial College Event Centre, Scarborough
The Common Table Supper Club @ Wade Studio's - Studio 2
The Science of Wine Workshop @ Queen Saulter Library

🎵 Music
1st Anniversary - SOUL BOX dance party @ Ground Control
Afro-Carib Fest Boat Cruise 2025 @ Stella Borealis
Bi-Panic at the Disco @ BSMT254
Dobet Gnahore & Okavango African Orchestra @ George Weston Recital Hall
Laurel @ Adelaide Hall - Toronto
Metallica - M72 World Tour @ Rogers Centre
STARK NAKED AND THE FLESHTONES 45th Anniversary Show! @ Horseshoe Tavern

🎉 Entertainment
20-20 Perspective Comedy Show @ Backroom Comedy Club
Deeper Connections: Entrepreneur & Professional Networking with a Twist @ The Pilot
DESI COMEDY SHOW: A Stand-Up Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk - Legacy
DESI COMEDY SHOWCASE: HARV & F.R.I.E.N.D.S @ GULLY Indian Contemporary Cocktail Bar
Family Feuding - A Premium Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Fight Back and Laugh: A Fundraiser Comedy Knockout for Parkinson's @ Comedy Bar
Permanent Anxiety - A Standup Comedy Show @ Pregame Social Club
Recommended Viewing Toronto Comedy Show @ Tallboys on Bloor, Toronto
SerotoininHaha: The Feel Good Comedy Show @ Tranzac Club
Sing-a-long Karaoke w/ Svetty Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
7 Teachings and 7 Generations @ Lillian H Smith Library Branch
A Clay Sculpting Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
A Taste of Vienna - An Evening of Elegance with Anton Yeretsky @ Old Mill Toronto
Draughts & Crafts : Book Bedazzling At Left Field Leslieville @ Left Field Brewery
Free Toronto Festival: FEMALE Directors Fest. Thur. April 24th. 7pm Carlton @ Carlton Cinemas (Free)
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2025 @ Multiple Venues
In-Studio - The Colours of You - Creative Wellness Workshop A Soulful Poetry & Art Experience @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
The Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival @ The Royal Cinema

🎡 Family
April Networking Mixer for Toronto Business Owners at Chic Rooftop Bar @ Lavelle
Board Game Designer Night at The Black Pony in East End Toronto @ Black Pony, Toronto
Garden Club of Toronto - OPEN HOUSE @ Toronto Botanical Garden (Free)
Intro to D&D for Teens: New Adventures @ S. Walter Stewart Library
SPOTLIGHT @ The Great Hall
Wine, Women & Wealth @ Toronto

Friday 04/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
#CampMilkUP @ The Bentway (Free)

🎵 Music
To the Moon & Back: Frauen-Liebe und Leben and other songs of celestial love @ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
JABIG DANCE DEEPLY - FRIDAY APRIL 25TH, 2025 @ SOUND MACHINE! @ Sound Machine
Josh Taerk's Toronto Residecny @ C'est What (Free)
Lenny Graf & Friends Present a Tribute to Legendary Toronto Bandleader Eddie Graf @ Trinity Presbyterian Church (Free)
London Elektricity - 3 Hour Set @ Nomad
LOVELESS: Shoegaze & Dreampop Video Dance Party @ Ground Control (Free)
Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling Tour @ Massey Hall
No Frills "Sad Clown" album release with Martian Crisis Unit and Elrichman @ St. Anne's Parish
Shapes ft Big Smoke Brass @ The Starlight Room at EL MOCAMBO - 464 Spadina St.
Soul Nostalgic LIVE Presents: RNB TAKEOFF @ Runway 06
THE FRESH BEATS SERIES. BACK IN THE DAY - 90s & 00s HIP HOP & R&B CREATIVE SOULS - PORTRAITS OF CULTURE @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
UK Calling - Nothing But New Wave @ The Great Hall
Weekend Takeover with Metallica & Rage Against The Machine @ Hard Luck Bar
WHYGO and In Your Walls Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
WR Records Jewel Kid Takin ft Marjan live @ Wiggle Room

🎉 Entertainment
Volcano: A Science Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Black Sheep Comedy @ Rorschach Brewing Co. Featuring ALISTAIR OGDEN @ Rorschach Brewing
Detour: UHF @ Fox Theatre
Glow in the Dark DJ Paint Party @ Paint Cabin - Liberty Village
Joke Rehab - A Standup Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk Legacy
Liar Liar 2.0 - An Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre @ The Dopamine Lounge
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest In Concert - Film With Live Orchestra @ Meridian Hall
Smashed! Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
STACKT UP COMEDY SHOW @ Stackt Market
Tease. Earl Grey. HotSpace. The final frontease. @ Buddies in Bad Times
The King of All Birds @ Ontario Heritage Centre
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show - Friday April 25, 2025 @ Liberty Village Market & Cafe
tinglesbar ASMR Spa - Grand Opening & Housewarming Party @ tinglesbar ASMR Spa
Toronto Climate Comedy Show - Standup for Climate @ Free Times Cafe (Free)
Toronto Swing Dance Society Dance on Friday April 25th with West Coast Swing Lesson @ Beverley Hall
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston
You're Going to Hell: A Comedy Showcase @ Toronto's West End

🎭 Art and Culture
Tango & Tempests: A night of Strings and Song @ York Woods Library Theater
Garden of Vanished Pleasures @ Berkeley Street Theatre
Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Literature Matters: Nahlah Ayed, Billy-Ray Belcourt, and Kyo Maclear @ Isabel Bader Theatre
Living Luxe Design Show @ Toronto Congress Centre (North Building)
Premiere of Rennie Taylor's Phonetic Philmmaking @ CineCycle
The Heintzman House 2025 Art Show and Sale @ Heintzman House

🎡 Family
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Songs of the Seasons @ Young People's Theatre

Saturday 04/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Baked and Brews' at Brunswick Bierworks Taproom @ Brunswick Bierworks (Free)
Caramel CHOCOLATE Charcuterie Workshop @ QUEST XO
SUPPER CLUB: Laalima - Dinner at My Nani Ghar by Rashmi Singh @ The Depanneur
The Conscious Coffee Party @ CSI Spadina

🎵 Music
80s/90s Video Dance Party with BLONDIE Spotlight - PANIC - New Wave Fun @ Ground Control
An Evening of Musical Mantras Kirtan @ Old's Cool General Store
Ave Choir Toronto - Once upon a Spring @ Lillian H Smith Library Branch
Community Piano Jam with Meher Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Forever Young - 80s Dance Party - Celebrating 3 Years at The Vatican Gift Shop @ Vatican Gift Shop
FUAT TUAC/ERIC ST-LAURENT/TANIA GILL/JORDAN O'CONNOR @ KENSINGTON SOUND @ Kensington Sound
Garden of Sound @ 660 Caledonia, Toronto
Gloin @ The Dance Cave
Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling Tour @ Massey Hall
Metallica - M72 World Tour @ Rogers Centre
Music in the Morning with Ellie @ Left Field Leslieville @ 36 Wagstaff Drive
Music Trivia - Name That Tune @ Hemingway's
Original People Original Songs with Mimi O'Bonsawin @ Hugh's Room Live
Saturday Night Rockers - LIVE REGGAE - feat. Toronto Legends THE ARSENALS @ BSMT 254
Saturday Night Swing Dance Ft Nat Beja and His Continental Jazz Band Plus Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ Dovercourt House
TOKYO GIANTS AT THE DUKE TORONTOR & B @ The Duke Toronto
Toronto All-Star Big Band - Old Mill Toronto Dining & Dancing Series @ Old Mill Toronto
Toronto Metropolitan University Concert Choir presents Love Songs and Dances For Spring @ Grace Church on the Hill

🎉 Entertainment
Twisted Words, Twisted Hobbies - A Prop Comedy Spectacle @ The Alumnae Theatre
The JaJaJa Show - LOL Latinos Out Loud Edition @ The Comedy Lab
A Pay-What-You-Can Storytelling Workshop @ Balzac's Powerhouse (Free)
Asian Comedy All-Stars with Ron Josol @ Rivoli
Black Sheep Comedy @ JointCraft Featuring TAMARA SHEVON @ JointCraft
ESCape - A Horror Themed Aerial Circus Show @ The Circus Fix
Euchre Night - New & Experienced - at Red Tape Brewery in East End Toronto @ Red Tape Brewery
Hollywood Party 2025 @ Access Ballroom Studio
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest In Concert - Film With Live Orchestra @ Meridian Hall
Rhythms of Renewal: A Belly Dance Workshop for Women @ Loohoo - 1380 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M6K 1L7 Canada
Showstoppers: Tommy @ Fox Theatre
The Rundown: The Best Of Comedy Bar @ Comedy Bar
The Tonight Show Presents: The Witching Hour @ Tallboys
Toronto Mandem Comedy Jam @ The Real Jerk Legacy

🏒 Sports
Intro to Acro Yoga Workshop @ Fred Hamilton Park
MLS: Toronto FC vs. New York City FC @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
\Black 2 the Future" AR Exhibit Reimagines Black Legacy Through Immersive Technology in Toronto" @ 1110 Dufferin Street
Bonsai Basics: A Hands-On Workshop for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Curatorial Talk: Women of the St. Lawrence @ McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Indigenous Monthly Market @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
Linocut Printing Workshop - Hands-On Printmaking Workshop in Toronto @ PH1 Studios
Lore & Letters - A storybook-inspired writing workshop on vintage typewriters @ W Toronto Hotel
Macrame Wall Shelf Workshop @ The Wright Spot
Paint & Sip - Glow in the Dark Starry Night - Fresh Paint & Fresh Beer @ Goldenfield Brewery
Paint & Sip - The Art Brunch - Freestyle Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Public repair day by Fashion Revolution @ 1033 College St
Sketching Spring Ephemerals with Alan Li in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
Spring Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale @ Neilson Park Creative Centre
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Toronto Frocktails @ The STORYS building
Vintage & Thrift Pop Up - Curated by GRAND RISKO @ Youthful Vengeance - Cafe & Gallery

🎡 Family
Bentastic Fantastic Magic @ Wychwood Theatre
Earth Month Cleanup on the York Beltline Trail @ York Beltline Trail
For the Necessities of Life @ Allan Gardens
Infant CPR Training @ Yoga Mamas
Multicultural Children Festival by TKFD @ St Clement Of Ohrid Macedonian Banquet Hall (Free)
Spring Celebration at Ontario's Legislative Building @ Ontario Legislative Building, Queen's Park (Free)

📅 Other Events
Inflatable Dinosaur Rampage @ Union Station

Sunday 04/27

🍽️ Food and Drinks
BARKADA MARKETBARKADA MRKT. is BACK! @ STACKT Market
COOKING CLASS: Full-Day Croissants & Viennoiserie Intensive by Leo Baduria @ The Depanneur
Italian Wine Essentials @ The Wine Academy
Shifting Gears & Drinking Beers - Networking Social/Mixer @ Multiple Venues

🎵 Music
Ambient Afternoon: A Free Ambient Music Showcase by Imaginary North at Standard Time - April 27th, 2025 @ Standard Time (Free)
Brazilian music legend PAULO MIKLOS - Voice & Guitar @ Isabel Badder Theatre
JUNKO DAYDREAM, JENAFUR, POLLUTED & FALSTAFF LIVE @ JUNCTION UNDERGROUND @ Junction Underground
Soundscapes by Alessandro Martire @ Aga Khan Museum
Tiny's ZUZU Session Afterparty by Uncles of Toronto @ Café ZUZU

🎉 Entertainment
1950s Rock N Roll Dance Party Ft the Pepper Shakers Plus a Beginner 1950s Dance Lesson @ La Plaza at Dovercourt House
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Shakey's hosted by QE Trivia @ Shakey's
Blood On the Clocktower - Beginner-Friendly - at CSI Annex in Downtown TO @ Centre for Social Innovation
Golden Age: A Night at the Opera @ Fox Theatre
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW @ Freetimes Cafe
Soul Sunday w/DJ NV & Rubie Magnitude at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)

🏒 Sports
ActiveGirlsTO Workout X Kimpton Saint George Hotel @ Kimpton Saint George Hotel
Backs In Motion @ East Don Parkland
CMCCs 42nd Annual Backs in Motion 10km Run And 5km Run or Walk @ East Don Parklands in Toronto
Fitness and Curls: Step with Club Enhergy @ Club Enhergy
Move, Breathe, Nourish - Pilates in the Park @ Fred Hamilton Park

🎭 Art and Culture
A Vision Board Wellness Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Battle of York Day at Fort York @ Fort York National Historic Site
Introducing BEREHYNYA, a mural by John Kuna @ Shevchenko Museum
Paint & Sip - Paint Night - Gold Leaf Paint Pouring Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Reflections on Elana Herzog: Roda Medhat @ Koffler Gallery
The Art of Celebration - Paintings by Barbara Muir @ Heliconian Club, 35 Hazelton Ave. (Free)

🎡 Family
Alternative All-Gender Clothing Swap @ Ground Control
Birds of Prey in High 'Park' Places! @ High Park Nature Centre
Free Dance and Confidence WORKSHOP for girls - Toronto East @ Fayez 1 Dance Academy (Free)
HERSpace Presents HERLight Day Retreat: Watch HER Bloom! @ Children's Peace Theatre
Lite Mind Body Clinic Wellness Fair @ Lite Mind Body Clinic
The Good Swap's Clothing and Craft Swap @ CSI Annex

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