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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Feb 2 - Feb 8)

Monday 02/02

🎵 Music
ADVOCATS BIG BAND AT THE DUKE TORONTO @ The Duke Toronto
Open Mic Mondays w Kunle at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady

🎉 Entertainment
Family Feuding - A Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Snakes and Lattes
Monday Night Laughs - A FREE Standup Comedy Night @ Desi Food Junction (Free)
New Girl Trivia @ The Pilot
Seinfeld Trivia @ Hemingway's
This is Not the Show/Trampoline Hall Party @ Garrison

🏒 Sports
Fight Inspired Interval Training: Hybrid Boxing/Kickboxing @ FIIT co
Free Mini Putt Mondays @ Reid's Distillery (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
AFROFUTURISM @ OCAD University
Marble Magnets Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library (Free)
WORLD PLAY: Reading Toronto's Many Languages , Chapter 4 @ Koffler

Tuesday 02/03

🎵 Music
The After Show Bar Top and Beats @ The Painted Lady (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
CHERRY DISCO NIGHT'S PRESENTS: QUEER COLLAGE CLUB VALENTINE'S EDITION @ Three Dollar Bill
Product Evenings TO: AI Integration for Product Builders @ BrainStation
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Trivia @ Hemingway's

🏒 Sports
Hands In: Levelling the Playing Field In Sports, JF&CS Greater Toronto Community Conversation @ Midtown Toronto
King & Bay presents a rare NFL x Breitling display @ King & Bay Custom Clothing Inc.

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
By the Lake Book Club - Maggie Helwig @ Assembly Hall
Summer and Smoke @ Crow's Theatre

🎡 Family
Antarctica Information Event @ Toronto Public Library - Fairview, Meeting room 401

Wednesday 02/04

🍽️ Food and Drinks
CHOCOLATE Painting - Snackable Art Workshop @ QUEST XO
Peaks and Brews: Morning Coffee and Bird Walk @ Humber Arboretum

🎉 Entertainment
Almost Jeopardy? Trivia Night @ Hemingway's
Danu's Power Point Presentation Party XXXII @ Danu Social House
Euchre Night at Something in the Water Toronto - New & Experienced Gameplay @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
Funny Pho Show - A Hilarious Night of Stand-Up Comedy - FREE @ Dzo Viet Eatery (Free)
Hump Day Comedy @ Comedy Bar
Meet Cute: Moonstruck @ Fox Theatre
Sapphic Blood On the Clocktower @ Twilight Cafe Midtown Toronto
The Lord Of The Rings Trivia Night @ Snakes and Lattes

🏒 Sports
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
A History of English Portrait Miniatures Told Through the Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Author Talk: E. Lockhart on We Fell Apart @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Celebrating Black History @ Gallery 1313
City Of Echoes; Voices Through Art @ Ascent Gallery- Etobicoke Civic Centre
Mastering the Art of Effective Meetings @ RBC WaterPark Place Auditorium
Rhubarb! 47 Festival @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
STEM Expo 2026 @ Highland Hall, University of Toronto Scarboroguh (Free)

🎡 Family
Sickle Cell Black History Month Donation Drive @ Canadian Blood Services downtown Toronto donation centre
WE BILD Toronto - Women's Networking Group @ DARNA Roncesvalles, Toronto

📅 Other Events
GTApreneurs February 4 Downtown Toronto Business Networking Event @ Firkin on Yonge
Leaders in Product Marketing: Driving Growth Through Product Marketing @ BrainStation

Thursday 02/05

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Beer & Cheese Flight Night @ Left Field Brewery
World Nutella Day Dinner @ Culinarium

🎵 Music
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio @ Lula Lounge
MORE NOISE PLEASE! PRESENTS: AN EVENING OF DECONSTRUCTED SOUNDS & EARSPLITTING HARSH NOISE @ BSMT 254
Tractor Beam, Sno Daze, Minutia, Enobini, Live at the Horseshow Tavern @ Horseshoe Tavern
Zachariah Porter: Big Back Behavior Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall

🎉 Entertainment
A Comedy Night in Toronto @ Bickford Brewing
Designing the Movies: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?60th anniversary screening @ Revue Cinema
It's A Numbers Game! - Trivia Night @ Free Times Cafe
Let's Go Comedy Show - includes FREE hot dog! @ Wenona Lodge (Free)
RENT the Musical at Hart House Theatre @ Hart House Theatre
Scent of Stillness: A Guided Scent & Sound Experience @ Ratelier
Thirsty Thursdays Comedy at Henderson Brewing @ Henderson Brewing

🏒 Sports
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Chicago Bulls @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
A Candle Making Experience by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
Conservation and Curation - Iron Gall Ink @ Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall
FOOT34: Encountering the Threshold @ University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
Niimi iwe Dance Double Bill @ Aki Studio
Premier of Day of My Death Doc in person at BLM's Wildseed Center @ Black Live's Matter Wildseed Center
SASH-WEAVING WORKSHOP @ Shevchenko Museum
Shaping Public Architecture a talk and book reading with Andrew Frontini @ Toronto Reference Library
Shutter Space Opening Reception @ Twist Gallery
Without Instructions @ Miller Tavern Uptown

🎡 Family
FREE Training- Focusing on Microaggression and Harassment in the Workplace February 2026 @ Heritage Skills Development Centre (Free)

📅 Other Events
Product After-Hours TO: Winter 2026 @ BrainStation

Friday 02/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Hong Shing's Lunar New Year Tuna Party @ Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant
KIYOMI Whisky Tasting - 2nd Edition @ KIYOMI
Shabbat as Soul Food by Alissa Kondogiannis @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
A Celebration of Bob Marley: One Love @ GLB Brewpub
ALL CATS ARE GREY @ Swan Dive
Bob Marley Birthday Celebration with House of David Gang @ Smokeshow BBQ
CCO x AGO Friday Night Series @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Classic Country Dance Party - Saddle Up Feb 6th @ The Owls Club
ENJOY YOURSELF: Ska / Two-Tone / Rocksteady from Jamaica to England @ Ground Control
Friday noontime recitals at St. Andrew's Church @ St. Andrew's Church, Toronto (Free)
KUUMBA 365: Sounds of Blackness @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre
Music Industry Gala @ El Mocambo
Salsa Fridays with TNT, DJ Suave & Dreyser Dance! @ Lula Lounge
Tak Arikushi live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
THE FRESH BEATS SERIES - BACK IN THE DAY - 90s & 00s HIP HOP & R&B IN TORONTO @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East

🎉 Entertainment
Absolutely Incorrect - A Standup Comedy Show @ Desi Food Junction
All Of Us Are Minorities: Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Behind The Scenes: A Show About A Show @ Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts
Culturally Inappropriate - STAND UP COMEDY TOUR in 2025 @ Society Clubhouse
Jokes and Nostalgia Comedy Show @ Free Times Cafe
Killer B Cinema Presents: Terror Creatures From The Grave! @ See-Scape
Michael Longfellow LIVE in Toronto @ Comedy Bar East
Sandro Veri live @ Backroom Comedy Club - One Night ONLY! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Tom Papa - Grateful Bread 2026 Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Yee-Ha! Comedy @ Comedy Bar

🏒 Sports
Tao Field Yoga: Rejuvenate Your Five Elements @ Master Sha Wellness Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
Becoming in the light of the miracle Curatorial Tour with Farah Yusuf @ Onsite Gallery
Candy Sculpture Art: Workshop for Younger Adults @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library
The King of Color @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Blood Drive at your Toronto Zoo @ Toronto Zoo (Free)
LivingWorks safeTALK @ Lillian H. Smith Library

📅 Other Events
Find Your Valentine @ Steam Whistle Tap Room

Saturday 02/07

🍽️ Food and Drinks
CAKE DECORATING: JellyCat Amuseables Heart Cake @ Le Dolci Culinary School
Enak Enak - Indonesian Classics by Elita Rocka @ The Depanneur
The Winter Chocolate Show 2026 @ The Toronto Reference Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon

🎵 Music
1 night with Canadian legend KENNY GLASGOW @ Wiggle Room
80s/90s Retro GUILTY Pleasures Video Dance Party w/ Milli Vanilli vs Rick Astley Spotlight @ Ground Control
M S O P O P S - QUARTETTO GELATO TRAVELS THE WORLD @ Living Arts Centre
Motown Gold @ John Elliott Theatre
Music Trivia: Name That Tune 3rd Night @ Hemingway's
National Arts Centre Orchestra's Eroica @ Roy Thomson Hall
Recognize Game: A Hip-Hop and R&B Sample Trivia Night @ High Notes Coffee + Vinyl
Salsa Saturday w Yani Borrell, DJ Van Gogh & Oscar Naranjo! @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Night Swing Dance with Taylor Maslin Band Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ Swing Toronto
Stardust Jazz Trio live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Xenia Concerts and TO Live present: The Eybler Quartet @ 1 Front Street East

🎉 Entertainment
Astronomy in Action Planetarium Tour @ Knox Presbyterian Church
Casual Comedy! A Funny Valentines Show! @ SoCap Theatre
Comedy For The Exhausted @ The Desi Food Junction
Franchise Canada Show Toronto - Winter 2026 @ The International Centre
Galentines Day Sip And Shop Market @ Society Clubhouse
Monkey Magic: A Fundraiser for Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary @ GLB Brewpub
motionball Toronto Gala's 25th Anniversary @ Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
SMASHED Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar Bloor
Staff Picks: They Live @ Fox Theatre
Toronto Business Kick-Off 2026 @ The Carlu, Toronto
Up in Jokes Toronto Comedy Show @ The Boardroom Comedy Club

🏒 Sports
Team Canada FanFest @ Nathan Phillips Square (Free)
Women Take Centre Ice: Sceptres Watch Party @ Left Field Brewery (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
Black History month literary celebration: Marching North @ Blackhurst Cultural Centre
Fashion Illustration 101 @ Bata Shoe Museum
Galentine's Paint and Sip @ Toronto
NO LABEL on INSPIRATION' @ Legacy House Studio
Photographic Soft Sculpture Workshop with Hannah Doucet @ MOCA Toronto
Pressure Print Valentines Workshop @ Big River Bindery
Romeo and Juliet @ Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
Sculpting Class by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Shokkan: Japanese Art through the Sense of Touch at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
Valentine's Artisan Market @ Riverdale Hub @ Riverdale Hub

🎡 Family
Celebrate Lunar New Year 2026 with Bayview Village! @ Bayview Village Shopping Centre
Community Lunar New Year celebration at Hillcrest Mall @ Hillcrest Mall
Free sofa & sofa bed info session at IKEA Toronto Downtown @ IKEA Toronto Downtown (Free)
How can I improve myself and the world around us? Try Practical Philosophy! @ Centre for Social Innovation
Love Local Valentine Market Featuring BIPOC Founders @ St Matthew's Untied Church
Lunar New Year Celebration @ Scarborough Town Centre
Onesie On Ice at The Bentway @ The Bentway, Toronto
Toronto Zoo - Hibernation Party with Reverse the Red @ Toronto Zoo
You're a Good Man Charlie BrownLIVE! at the Wychwood Theatre: You\u2019re a Good Man Charlie Brown @ 76 Wychwood Ave. Studio 176 Toronto, ON. M6G 4C7

Sunday 02/08

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Inside the Remedy: A Traditional Chinese Soup & Tea Tasting Experience @ tinglesbar ASMR Spa
Las Pupusas Salvadorenses by Ivan Wadgymar @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
4 AM LAST CALL for Sunday SerVice FREE before 10pm with RSVPThank Goodness It's Sunday :) @ Wiggle Room (Free)
A Very Laufey Valentine: A Laufey Tribute Concert @ Bampot House
Champion Sound - A Tribute To Jay Dilla @ 915 Dupont
Music TORONTO - "What Makes It Great?" with Rob Kapilow @ Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Neon Schoolgirl release show - Teagan Johnston, Vallens and DJ Kate Killet @ Dina's Tavern
Saima Kashif- Canadian Tour -Tribute Evening in Remembrance of Lata Ji @ IKON Event Space
Wychwood Clarinet Choir Concert: Cartoons and Adventure! @ St. Michael and All Angels Church

🎉 Entertainment
BAD MOVIES WITH BAD PEOPLE - Hosted by Comedians Rush Kazi and Jezy Belle @ The Wych
Heated Rivalry Improvised @ Comedy Bar East
Nerd Market 6 @ Hart House, Great Hall (Free)

🏒 Sports
King Taps Super Bowl Tailgate & Watch Parties @ Multiple Venues
Super Bowl on St. Clair West @ The Cat's Cradle (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring on Bears & CanvasGo outside the box at Artbox\u2019s Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Girls Night Silk Scarf Painting Workshop Toronto - Paint Night at Fresh Paint Studio @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe
Sketches of Frank Gehry @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Valentine's Craft Market & Funny Face @ Fox Theatre

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Basics: A Hands-On Bonsai Workshop for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Casa Loma Open House 2026 @ Casa Loma
Free Meditation Class @ Community Centre 55 (Free)
Lunar New Year @ Bata Shoe Museum
Mating & Matchsticks: A Valentine's Day Nature Event in High Park @ High Park Forest School
TD Community Sunday @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
The Wedding Show - Sunday Feb 8, 2026, inside Hyatt Regency Toronto @ Hyatt Regency Toronto

📅 Other Events
ICONS HALF-TIME SHOW DRAG BRUNCH - SUPERBOWL SUNDAY @ The Parlour Toronto

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