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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 25 - May 31)

Monday 05/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Bar Battle at Naari @ Naari Thai BBQ
Funds for Families: Phillipines @ Drom Taberna

🎵 Music
Belle and Sebastian - 30th Anniversary 2026 Tour @ Massey Hall
FYI Showcase : Featuring the incredible GAVIN WILLIAMSON @ The Real Jerk Gerrard St.
Mendelssohn & R. Strauss @ Calvin Presbyterian Church

🎉 Entertainment
Whine and Tone @ 1450 Clark avenue west
Comedy Bang! Bang! Live @ The Danforth Music Hall
Moulin Rouge! A 25th Anniversary Screening @ CineCycle on Spadina
Naan Sense Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ Chakhna (Free)
Queer Cinema Trivia @ The Pilot
Startup Standup @ Yuk Yuk's
The Escape Tour - World Cup Mission @ Victoria Memorial Sq.
True Stories Told Live Toronto @ The Garrison, Dundas St West @ Ossington Ave. (Free)

🏒 Sports
FIFA World Cup Trivia @ Hemingway's
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Miami Marlins @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Faith and Fear, Repression and Resilience in Medieval Norwich @ Palmerston Library
FASHION ART TORONTO - The SHOW Room at The Hudson's Bay @ Hudson’s Bay – CF Toronto Eaton Centre
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish @ The Elgin Theatre
Trivia: All Things Ancient Rome @ Bata Shoe Museum
Women Founders and Solopreneurs with Personal Brand Photos & Videos in Toronto @ Premium waterfront location

Tuesday 05/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
The Ultimate Dim Sum Experience at Wok Theory @ Wok Theory, 530 Dundas St W, Toronto

🎵 Music
Annual Jewish Music Week presents - Nani Vazana Sings Ladino @ Beth Tikvah Synagogue
Kid Cudi - Rebel Ragers Tour 2026 @ RBC Amphitheatre
Summer Walker - Still Finally Over It Tour @ Scotiabank Arena

🎉 Entertainment
Whine and Tone @ 1450 Clark avenue west
2026 CSA Nominee Show @ Second City
Board Game Night at Bickford Brewing in Downtown Toronto @ Bickford Brewing
FREE All-Ages Karaoke and Board Game Night @ Palmerston Library (Free)
Primary Trust @ Crow's Theatre
Social Reading Night #10 @ Wildhearts Cafe

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Miami Marlins @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Colours of Calgary at Sankofa Square @ Sankofa Square (Free)
Fashion Art Toronto Open Air @ The Historic Distillery District Runway @ The Historic Distillery District
From the Ground Up: The PATH and Pedestrian Toronto @ Toronto
Hanji: A Thousand Years of Korean Paper Art - Hanji Meets Canada @ Dignam Gallery
TALK - The Past Never Dies: Vampires and The Historical Periods They Inhabit @ Rosedale United Church
The Walrus Talks AccessAbility @ Bram and Bluma Appel Salon

🐾 Pet
Puppy Yoga with Springer Spaniels Toronto @ 539 A Mt Pleasant Rd Toronto, M4S 2M5

📅 Other Events
GTApreneurs May 26-2026 Business Networking Event Vaughan - Toronto @ Improve Canada, 2nd floor auditorium
The Human Edge: A conversation on AI and the future of work @ It's Ok* Studios
The Pitt Trivia @ Hemingway's
Trivia Tuesday May Social Mixer at Pizza Rustica @ Pizza Rustica
Women in Tech, Consulting and Finance: Networking and Leading the Future by Synergi Club @ TBA

Wednesday 05/27

🍽️ Food and Drinks
BECOMING:HER @ Oretta Midtown
Cognac and Conversation Remy Martin Night @ Omni King Edward Hotel
Ficoa x Pompette Group: A French-Latin Culinary Exchange @ Toronto, ON

🎵 Music
Annual Jewish Music Week presents - Music of Survival @ Toronto
Bruno Mars - The Romantic Tour 2026 @ Rogers Stadium At Downsview Airport
Hemingway's 46th Anniversary Party! @ Hemingway's
KOKYM - LIVE IN TORONTO @ Adelaide Hall

🎉 Entertainment
An Evening of Spirits at Storm Crow Manor - A Blood On the Clocktower Event @ Storm Crow Manor Toronto
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Lost Craft Brewery @ Lost Craft Brewery
Board Game Designer Night at Wychwood Pub in Midtown Toronto @ Wychwood Pub
Glee Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes Annex @ Snakes and Lattes
Homecoming @ History Toronto
THE SOVEREIGN GALA: GENESIS @ 1377 The Queensway Unit 101, Toronto, ON M8Z 1T1

🏒 Sports
International Axe Throwing Federation @ Multiple Venues
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Miami Marlins @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
An Evening With Eckhart Tolle @ Meridian Hall
Bellow @ Corleck
Change Leadership Conference 2026: The Art and Science of Leading Change @ Westin Harbour Castle
FASHION WEEK TORONTO - Courtside on the Danforth with AB.0 project @ 310 Danforth Ave
Floral Design Class at Style in Liberty @ Style in Liberty
Selling Canada: New work by Christopher Rouleau @ The Red Head Gallery (Free)
Special Tour, Scotiabank Photography Award: Dawit L. Petros @ The Image Centre (Free)
World On Fire @ The Assembly Theatre

Thursday 05/28

🍽️ Food and Drinks
North York Farmers' Market @ Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, M2N 5V7
Steeped in Craft: An Evening with Chef Eva Chin x Chatime @ Yan Dining Room

🎵 Music
Back to Where it All Started: Manic Boys and Girls Club @ TBA
Bruno Mars - The Romantic Tour 2026 @ Rogers Stadium At Downsview Airport
CAKE in Toronto @ RBC Amphitheatre
More Noise Please Presents Static Dissonance Rhythm Eruption @ BSMT 254
Noon at Met : Jonathan Oldengarm, organ @ Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East (Free)
Riki Rose in Concert @ Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda

🎉 Entertainment
Amigos Stand-Up Comedy: The Sci-Fi Edition @ The Copper Boot
Best Seat in Canada @ Sankofa Square (Free)
BLOCK PARTY VOL. 12 @ IDK Social Bar
JUST THE QUIP! @ Tallboys
LAUGH TRACKS! PRO Comedy 8-10pm and Open Deck DJ's 11pm - 2am @ Geary Avenue Warehouse (Free)
Naomi Watanabe - From Tokyo 2026 Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall
Screen Life: A Free Digital Balance Workshop @ Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, University of Toronto (Free)
Tech Week Social - Connections After Dark Cocktail Party @ Parc Ave
The Breakroom @ The Second City
The Great Gay Bake-Off @ Woody's on Church
The Sensory Reset: A Sound Bath Experience @ tinglesbar ASMR Spa
Third Spaces Event: Toronto Trivia Night Edition @ Youngplace
WTF: Work Time Fun - a Comedy X Storytelling show @ Free Times Cafe
Wychwood Pub Trivia hosted by Changeling Gaming @ Wychwood Pub

🎭 Art and Culture
2nd Pride Asian Film Festival @ Cineplex Cinema Empress Walk
Behind Five Willows: Book Launch and Korean Heritage Celebration @ Auditorium, North York Central Library
Confronting the Resurgent Right, Mayworks @ Tranzac Club
Ella Gonzales and Derek Sullivan at Susan Hobbs Gallery @ Susan Hobbs Gallery
EXHIBITION: "Et sa pulpe!" by Jean-Pierre Mot @ Le Laboratoire d'art - Le Labo Inc. (Free)
FASHION ART TORONTO FASHION WEEK - MAIN HUB AT T3 BAYSIDE @ T3 Bayside
Freestyle Glow-in-the-Dark Painting: Self-Guided Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Gallery Tour: Allegra Charleston on Glorious Catastrophe @ Koffler Gallery
International Ceramic Art Fair @ Gardiner Museum
Plant Science 2026 @ Hotel Pineta Palace- Rome, Italy
Spring Blooms Hosted by The Garden Club of Toronto @ Toronto Botanical Garden (Free)
The Future of Fashion & Defence @ TMU Sandbox

📅 Other Events
Annual Warehouse Sale @ Paper E. Clips Warehouse
Drag Bingo AFTER DARK @ The Lodge Mansion on Queen
Free job fair at the Riverdale Hub @ Riverdale Hub (Free)
Transit and Towers: Transit-Oriented Development in Toronto @ Union Station Great Hall

Friday 05/29

🎵 Music
An Evening with Fifth Element in the Jazz Lounge @ Old Mill Toronto
BAMMY FRIDAYS: THE LIVE BAND X DJ EXPERIENCE @ Adelaide Hall
Beethoven Eroica & Bologne: The Winds of Change @ Koerner Hall
DECA with Les Swashbuckling Napoleons & Luke Warmth @ Blk Space Studios
Diva Dance Party: Dua Lipa Edition @ Handlebar
Exit Points #72 @ Arraymusic
Future Resonance Festival: The New Canon @ The Studio at STACKT Market
Great North Beatbox Battle @ The Rec Room
Martin Garrix - Garrix Show Experience Americas Tour 2026 @ RBC Amphitheatre
Rodolfo Roger & The Acoustic Hearts @ The Painted Lady
The Blind Couple From Mali @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎉 Entertainment
#23 Slow Burn Comedy @ Osprey Cafe
Bad Choices Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ The Laugh House
Hutch's Storytime @ Burdock
Jesse Singh @ Backroom Comedy Club # One Night Only! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Laughs & Magic @ Second City Toronto
Learn & Play Vampire the Masquerade - A Premium RPG Experience @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
NOT ANOTHER COMEDY SHOW! Comedy. Conversation. Community. @ Catacombs Cabaret
Pro Stand-Up Comedy Show - May Edition @ Ollie Quinn
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show - Friday May 29, 2026 @ Liberty Village Market and Cafe
the mini: a tiny comedy show, with headliner: Courtney Gilmour @ 1115 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1J1
Think Fast: Improv Lab for Builders. Founders, Investors & Leaders @ Toronto Tech Week
Top Gun: Maverick In Concert @ Meridian Hall
Toronto Spotlights @ Comedy Bar
Toronto Tech Week CloseOut Afterparty @ The Pearl Events Toronto

🏒 Sports
Shoot 360 Brings the Future of Basketball Training to Oakville - Grand Opening @ Shoot 360

🎭 Art and Culture
Art in the Beach @ 140 Wineva Ave. in The Beach
Community Mixer and Design Hackathon @ Java House
First Spin: Pottery Wheel Intro @ Studio Ceramica
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
material disobedience @ The Lost & Found Project Space
May, We Speak: Slam Poetry Competition @ Eye Dot Studio
National Ballet of Canada: New Work by Jera Wolfe & Emma Bovary @ Four Seasons Centre
Urban Garden Day Retreat @ Be Still Yoga Garden

🎡 Family
12th Annual Toronto Newcomer Day @ Nathan Phillips Square

🐾 Pet
Pet Valu Walk For Dog Guides @ High Park

📅 Other Events
Camp Widow @ Delta Hotels Toronto Airport and Conference Centre
Camp Widow Toronto @ Delta Hotels Toronto Airport & Conference Centre
Re.Stance Collective @ Multiple Venues

Saturday 05/30

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Anga's Farm: Free Gardening Q&A with Garden Daddy @ Anga's Farm & Nursery (Free)
Plot to Plate-Heirloom Edition @ Pickering Museum Village
Spring in Thessaloniki with Andania Greek Goods @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
2026 Honey Jam Live Auditions @ Live Nation Lounge
2026 Taking It Back Tour - The Guess Who @ Scotiabank Arena
A Taylor Swift VIDEO tribute night @ The Cat's Cradle (Free)
Audrey Hobert - The Staircase to Stardom Tour @ Massey Hall
AVANT MUTEK @ MOOI Space
Bruno Mars - The Romantic Tour 2026 @ Rogers Stadium At Downsview Airport
Capella Regalis concert: Sea Songs and Sacred Anthems @ Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Future Resonance Festival: The Swara Sutras Ensemble in Concert @ St.George's Grange Park
House Music Legend Derrick Carter at Groovin' In The Park Launch Party @ Sound Machine
KLEZMER JAM & YIDDISH DANCE! @ TacoTaco (Kensington Market) - 319 Augusta Ave., Toronto
Martin Garrix - Garrix Show Experience Americas Tour 2026 @ RBC Amphitheatre
Music Toronto - COSE: Joanne Yesol Choi with Chris Au & Dior Quartet @ Aperture Room
Our Music Festival @ The Mod Club
Pastorale: music of peace and celebration @ Birchcliff Bluffs United Church
Q107 HIgh School Reunion Prom Edition featuring a live performance by NEON NOSTALGIC @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Tangent - Classic Rock Hits Through the Decades at Smokeshow BBQ & Brew @ Smokeshow BBQ
VENUS FESTIVAL AND MORE NOISE PLEASE PRESENT DRONE DAY @ It's OK* Studios

🎉 Entertainment
Great North Beatbox Battle @ The Rec Room
Asian Comedy All-Stars @ Rivoli
Best Damn Stand-Up Comedy Show in Toronto @ Social Capital Theatre
Goat Yoga by Yoga Kawa Toronto @ 539 A Mt Pleasant Rd Toronto, M4S 2M5
Jokes to Stories @ Comedy Bar
Other People's Treasure BINGO @ The Rhino
Top Gun: Maverick In Concert @ Meridian Hall
Toronto Comedy All Stars @ Yuk Yuk's
Up in Jokes Toronto Comedy Show @ Toronto

🏒 Sports
Jam-walk, 5km Brunch & Walk @ Palais Royale
Tech Rally: Play & Connect @ Fairgrounds Public Racket Club - Leaside
Toronto Tempo vs. Seattle Storm @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
UCL Final Watch Party: PSG vs Arsenal @ Bloor Street (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
Central Connection 33rd Annual Art Show @ Withrow Park Clubhouse
Clay Sculpting @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Creative Sprint / Design Hackathon @ Ace Hotel Toronto
History and Architecture of Queen Street East @ Toronto's First Post Office
Instagram Poetry Workshop @ Malvern Branch - Toronto Public Library
Lets make Polymer Clay Figurine! @ Belgian Moon at Stackt
Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony @ Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
NBS Block Party 2026 @ Canada's National Ballet School (Free)
Next To Normal @ Native Earth's Aki Studio
Roncy REmarket @ Roncesvalles United Church (Free)
Sambizanga, 1972, Mayworks @ Alliance Francaise Toronto
Women & Flowers: Transplanted Exhibition @ Cedar Ridge Creative Centre

🎡 Family
Acton Childrens Business Fair @ Birchmount Community Centre
Junior Academy Fun Fest @ CBC Broadcast Centre - Atrium
Kids' Marketplace Toronto @ Beaches Recreation Centre
Toronto Tempo - Youth Jam @ Coca Cola Coliseum
We Walk UHNITED Presented by Rogers @ Toronto General Hospital (outdoor parking lot) 201 Elizabeth St.

🐾 Pet
Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Pet Spa @ Rchive (Free)
PET NATION'S 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE @ PET NATION
Puppy Yoga by Yoga Kawa Markham English Bulldogs @ Sunrise Montessori Markham 180 Amber St, Markham, L3R 3J8

📅 Other Events
Delta Authors On Tour @ TMU - Ted Rogers School of Management
Giant Junction Jumble Sale @ Multiple Venues
How to Volunteer and Give Back to the Community @ Palmerston Library
Mardi Gras Party @ Fox & Fiddle Danforth, 535 Danforth Avenue

Sunday 05/31

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Gluten Free Garage @ Wychwood Barns
High Ambience Tea Social @ Avir
Plant-Based Moroccan Cooking by Salma Boudina @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
Angela Verbrugge & The Ray Gallon Trio @ Jazz Bistro
ASAP Rocky - Dont Be Dumb World Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
Diljit Dosanjh - Aura Tour @ Rogers Centre
Martin Garrix - Garrix Show Experience Americas Tour 2026 @ RBC Amphitheatre
More Gefilte Fish and Chips starring Daniel Cainer @ Columbus Centre

🎉 Entertainment
Great North Beatbox Battle @ The Rec Room
Board Game Night at Red Tape Brewery in East End Toronto @ Red Tape Brewery
Desi Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
Lip Sync with Pride Performance @ Assembly Hall
Some Like It Hot @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Sunday SerVice @ Wiggle Room (Free)
The Great Whisky Heist: A Mystery Scavenger Hunt @ Distillery District
The Sunday Serve @ Well Played

🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
FASHION WEEK TORONTO - Siyawareva at One King West @ One King West Hotel & Residence
HER SPACE-Your ultimate girls day out @ OBJXS Studio
Hot Girl Portraits Pt.2 @ Loohoo, 1380 Queen St W, Toronto
In Full Bloom: Multisensory Relaxation Therapy Workshop @ Grateful Den
Kensington Market's Paint & Sip on the Patio @ KOS Restaurant Kensington
Regal Heights Flower Market and Recycling Event @ Santa Chiara Parkette
Rock & Roll Life Drawing @ El Mocambo

🎡 Family
2026 Toronto MS Walk @ The Village at Black Creek
Little Sprouts @ Pickering Museum Village (Free)
Toronto Moms and Pregnant Women Meetup & Mindfulness Walk @ Toronto Downtown
World Partnership Walk @ Downsview Park

🐾 Pet
BYOD Yoga @ Drake Underground
Puppy Yoga by Yoga Kawa Mississauga English Bulldogs @ We Before Me Studio (Back Entrance)
Shih Tzu Meetup @ TBA

📅 Other Events
Connect & Release: Blue Moon Circle @ Inner Arts Collective
National Ballet of Canada: New Work by Jera Wolfe & Emma Bovary @ Four Seasons Centre

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