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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Aug 31 - Sep 6)

Monday 08/31

🎉 Entertainment
Love Island Reunion Trivia & Watch Party @ Greta @ Greta Bar Toronto
Question Everything Trivia @ CIBC Square @ CIBC Square (Free)
QUESTIONABLE INTENTIONS: Murder on the Dancefloor @ Insomnia

🎭 Art and Culture
Creating Suspense in Crime and Mystery Fiction @ Palmerston Library
NYX PMU's Smushy SOS Truck Comes to Toronto @ Multiple Venues

🎡 Family
Storytime with Scaredy Squirrel @ Yorkgate Mall

Tuesday 09/01

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Vending Machine Powered by Stomach Grumbles @ Union Station (Free)

🎵 Music
Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show @ Rogers Stadium At Downsview Airport
Jim Cuddy Trio @ The Grove Theatre
Kiku Vinyl Listening Sessions: Trip Hop @ 915 Dupont
Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye @ Lula Lounge
Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson - Freaks on Parade Tour 2026 @ RBC Amphitheatre
Tiny Concert Series: Aline Morales & JER @ The Theatre Centre

🎉 Entertainment
Ilana Glazer Live! @ Elgin Theatre

🎭 Art and Culture
Glow-in-the-dark Paint Night @ Artbox

Wednesday 09/02

🎵 Music
Black Milk @ The Drake Underground
Grunge at the Grange: A Speakeasy @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Plantasia in the Gardens @ Allan Gardens
Psychedelic Wednesdays @ Super Wonder Gallery (Free)
TLC, Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue - It's Iconic Tour @ RBC Amphitheatre

🎉 Entertainment
FREE Intro to Square Dancing @ The 519 Community Centre (Free)
Just Joshin' Comedy @ Free times cafe
Seinfeld Trivia Night at Dublin Calling Danforth Hosted by Trivia Kings @ Dublin Calling Danforth

🎭 Art and Culture
4-Week Pottery Wheel Foundations @ Studio Ceramica
A Resin Jewellery Making Experience @ ARTBOX
Fall 2026 Exhibitions at Onsite Gallery @ Onsite Gallery
Practising the Lost Art of Friendly Disagreement with Dr. Fiona MacDonald @ Ralph Thornton Community Centre

🎡 Family
Dinosaur & Exotic Animal Show @ Yorkgate Mall
PA Day Camps @ Le Dolci Culinary School

Thursday 09/03

🍽️ Food and Drinks
CHOCOLATE Illusions Workshop: Pizza Edition @ QUEST XO

🎵 Music
Humari Kahani: The Last Show @ The Great Hall
K-pop Takedown @ Yonge Eglinton Centre (Free)
St. James Park Selections @ St. James Park (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
BLOCK PARTY VOL. 18 @ IDK Social Bar

🎭 Art and Culture
A PAINT NIGHT BY ARTBOX- OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP @ Artbox
Botanical @ Worth Gallery
CrafTAY Market @ Toronto Public Library – Lilian H. Smith Branch
Ian Brown on Seventy @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Threads of Connection and Conversation Exhibition Reception @ Assembly Hall
TRANSHUMANCE ITALIAN EXHIBITION @ Gallery 1313
UnCovering Memory - Personal Reinterpretations in the Polaris Cover Sessions @ Remote Gallery

Friday 09/04

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Taste of Italy - Pasta Party! @ Le Dolci Culinary School

🎵 Music
Arlo Parks - Desire Tour @ History Toronto
Forget Me Not @ The Drake Hotel
Humari Kahani: The Last Show @ The Great Hall
Latin Friday: Marzos & Mateo & Dreyser Dance! @ Lula Lounge
T.U. JAZZ FEST 2026 @ Mel Lastman Square (Free)
West Coast Tribal Electro-Funk & Reggae Band The Wassabi Collective at BSMT254 @ BSMT 254
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - 4K Restoration @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎉 Entertainment
A Bad Choices Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ Chakhna
Killer B Cinema Presents: Lady Battle Cop! @ See-Scape
Risas sin visas - Comedia en Spanish @ Tallboys
The Audition @ Comedy Bar Bloor (945 Bloor St. W)
The Midnight Snacks Featured in Spotlight @ The Second City
Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy @ Woodbine Park

🎭 Art and Culture
2026 Toronto Dragon Festival @ Nathan Phillips Square
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring on Figurines & Canvas @ ARTBOX
Workshop - DIY Create Your Own Book Bags & Charms in Toronto @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe

Saturday 09/05

🍽️ Food and Drinks
The Art of Sushi Making: Maki, Nigiri & California Rolls @ TBA
Toronto Zoo - Brew at the Zoo @ Toronto Zoo

🎵 Music
Loi Nhan So 1 Vietnamese Student Acoustic Music Concert @ Small World Centre
PEST: Ep Release Show @ Horseshoe Tavern
Pitbull - Im Back Tour 2026 @ RBC Amphitheatre
Rufus Du Sol - North American Tour 2026 @ Rogers Centre
WR Records: TAKiN ft Santouri Live @ Wiggle Room

🎉 Entertainment
1-Day Joke Writing 101 Seminar @ Society Clubhouse
2026 Canadian International Air Show @ Marilyn Bell Park
The Sky Lounge Experience at Hotel X Toronto - Snowbirds Farewell Edition @ Hotel X Toronto
Toronto Glow Boat Party - Sept 5- Labour Day Weekend @ Jubilee Queen Cruises
Up in Jokes Toronto Comedy Show @ The Boardroom Comedy Club
Worlds Collide Improv Comedy @ The Second City

🏒 Sports
MLS: Toronto FC vs. Chicago Fire FC @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
Canadian Opera Company Open House @ Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Free)
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox
Rednersville Road Art Tour @ Rednersville Road Art Tour - Belleville ON
REWILDING TORONTO: Urban Ink-Making Workshop @ Gallery 1065
Scarborough Community Multicultural Festival 2026 @ Thomson Memorial Park
Sketch and Walk: Reading Plants Through Sketching with Julie Ourceau @ Lassonde Art Trail
SOFT SPACE @ Samara Contemporary Gallery
True Stories - 40th Anniversary @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Watercolour - Paint Night - Daisies and Bees @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe

🎡 Family
Saturday S'mores: Magic at the Museum @ Pickering Museum Village

🐾 Pet
A Whisker Wonderland: 2026 TICA Annual Award Show @ The International Centre

Sunday 09/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Freedom Cookout Party @ Afrobeat Kitchen
The Birra Moretti Sunday Social @ Lake Inez

🎵 Music
Salsa dura with Montreal guests MARZOS & MATEO @ Division 88
Swag Surfin' Throwback 2000s Boat Party @ Empress of Canada

🎉 Entertainment
Sunday SerVice Long Weekend FAM JAM @ Wiggle Room

🏒 Sports
AFC Toronto vs. Calgary Wild FC @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
Labour of Love Labour Day Market @ The Parkdale Hall
Live Experience Summit @ Carrot Commons
Resin Art Workshop @ ARTBOX
Secrets & Lies - 30th Anniversary @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

📅 Other Events
Miku Toronto: Labour Day Japanese Buffet @ Miku Toronto

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