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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 26 - Nov 1)

Monday 10/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Data Drinks x MLTO: Hallowe'en Pub Night at The Pilot @ The Pilot
Mondays with Mama Rosa @ 7 Numbers Eglinton

🎉 Entertainment
Bills Trivia Hosted by Almost Jeopardy @ Hemingway's
Mahjong - Learn & Play at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ The Board Games Arboretum
Only Fems - An All Fem Comedy Taping! @ Wenona Lodge
Question Everything Trivia @ CIBC Square @ CIBC Square (Free)

🏒 Sports
AFC Toronto vs. Halifax Tides FC - Fan Appreciation Night @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY Midnight Release Party @ Parkdale Hall
TIFA Presents Ann Cleeves @ 93 Charles St W

Tuesday 10/27

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Free Night of Latin American Flavour: Food and Culture Panel and Fiesta in Toronto @ Rosario's Restaurant (Free)

🎵 Music
Tiana Major9 @ Drake Underground

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic @ The Corner
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number @ Burdock Brewery (Burdock Music Hall), 1184 Bloor St. West
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia Night Halloween Heist Edition @ The Pint
Halloween Horror Trivia & Karaoke - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes & Lattes College
Question Everything Trivia @ Mascot Brewery @ Mascot Brewery
Question Everything Trivia @ Thai Tavern l quizmaxxing on a tuesday bc ynot @ Tha Phae Tavern
Question Everything Trivia @ The Rivoli l six rounds, zero chill, iconic venue @ Rivoli
The Dark Knight Trilogy Trivia @ Hemingway's

🎭 Art and Culture
Drawing Disco @ OCAD University
GHOST Stories Told Live Toronto @ Garrison
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night - TUESDAY DEAL! @ ARTBOX
Lantern Tours at Colborne Lodge: The Unexplained @ Colborne Lodge Museum

🎡 Family
Bump in the Night: Wolf Howl @ Toronto Zoo

Wednesday 10/28

🎵 Music
BROS 10th Anniversary Concert @ Lula Lounge
MORE NOISE PLEASE! PRESENTS: BLOOD AND BLACK LACE @ BSMT 254
The Music Gallery presents Lea Bertucci & Norbert Rodenkirchen, Slow Attack Ensemble @ Church of the Holy Trinity

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Marathon Show @ The Corner
Bad and Boozy Bingo @ Lost Craft Brewery @ Lost Craft Brewery
Blood on the Clocktower - Special Event for Blood Donation Awareness @ Twilight Cafe - Yonge & Bloor
Blood on the Clocktower at Mulock House @ Mulock House, Newmarket
Comedy Night: Hump Day @ Yuk Yuk's
Couples Clownselling @ Rivoli
Its A Numbers Game Trivia Night Pre-Halloween Edition @ Free Times Cafe
Just Pho Laughs - A Dinner & a FREE Comedy Show @ Dzo Viet Eatery (Free)
Movie Trivia Hosted by Almost Jeopardy @ Bar Wellington
Puzzle Social @ Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ The Board Games Arboretum
Question Everything Trivia @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Question Everything Trivia @ STACKT Market @ Courage Cookies at Stackt Market
Scream Trivia @ Hemingway's
Speed Puzzle Competition at Twilight Cafe Midtown Toronto @ Twilight Cafe Midtown
The Haunted Harvest @ Rock 'n' Horse Saloon

🏒 Sports
MLS: Toronto FC vs. D.C. United @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
Opening Reception: Molly Steels: I Am/Was/Always @ The Image Centre (Free)
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
TIFA 2026: Flesh: David Szalay @ 93 Charles St West, Toronto, ON
Toronto International Festival of Authors 2026 @ Victoria University
Under (Re)Construction @ Gallery 1313

🎡 Family
Mirvish Village Pumpkin Alley: Free Pumpkin Giveaway Event @ Honest Ed's Alley, Mirvish Village (Free)

📅 Other Events
Improve yourself - The Greatest Adventure! @ Centre for Social Innovation

Thursday 10/29

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A CENAAAR: An immersive Dia de los Muertos dinner experience @ Foy House
Queer Coking Workshop @ Cucinato Studio

🎵 Music
"Jazz-O-Lantern" - Jazz Fusion Halloween Warm Up Party @ Poetry Jazz Cafe
Cureapalooza V8 featuring The Sheepdogs! @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Dia de los Muertos Party with Spurs Night & Baila Safica @ Lula Lounge
Halloween Weekend @ Gibbons Irish Pub
Music in the Afternoon presents Trio Helios @ University of Toronto Walter Hall
Noon at Met: Imre Olah @ Metropolitan United Church (Free)
OPERAMANIA III: Opera meets Pro Wrestling @ Parkdale Hall
Orlando: Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, with Sean Shibe, guitar @ Koerner Hall
Trevor Dunn / Karen Ng / Nick Fraser, Colin Fisher / Will Hunt / Jack Johnston / Cal Adam @ Standard Time

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Blair TheHandy Presents: Highly Inappropriate @ The Boardroom Comedy Club
BLOCK PARTY VOL. 22 @ IDK Social Bar
Crawlsession Toronto Halloween Party 2026 Club Crawl @ Bar Karma
Femme Fatale Comedy Show - The Funniest Women in Comedy @ The Wallflower
Ghouls of Comedy with Ryan Visser & Alex Brovo #One Night Only @ Backroom Comedy Club
Half Ass Whole Stage Comedy @ Social Capital Theatre
Listen to This! "Break Another Leg!" @ Free Times Cafe
Question Everything Trivia @ 10 DEAN - Sloane @ 10 DEAN | Sloane
Question Everything Trivia @ Fortunate Fox l thursdays got a friday glow up @ Fortunate Fox
Rose's Ghost Stories @ Winchester Street Theatre
the bee @ Trinity Common
THE PEOPLE vs PAIN: One Man Courtroom Drama @ Toronto Public Library - Palmerston Branch

🏒 Sports
Zombie Wrestling @ The Great Hall

🎭 Art and Culture
A Creative Sip & Social Experience at Skoom Coffee x Artbox @ Skoom Coffee
American Psycho: A Hitch Theatre Company Production @ The Papermill Theatre
Collage Night @ Typist Studios & Coffee
ConnectHER Film Festival Toronto Showcase @ TIFF Lightbox
lightsweetcrude presents: An Evening of Visual Music @ Tranzac Club
ProArteDanza Returns This Fall @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
TIFA Presents: Contrapposto: Dave Eggers @ 91 Charles St W. Toronto
Together We Name the Shadow @ CONTACT Photobook Lab

Friday 10/30

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Murder At The Table @ Heritage Victorian Mansion
Dublin Crawling @ Dublin Calling Danforth
Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun Halloween Bar Crawl @ Multiple Venues
Halloween Club Crawl on King West - Friday Oct 30 - King Street Club Crawl @ Paris Texas
Pub Crawl Toronto- Halloween Crawl Friday @ Track & Field

🎵 Music
Brazilian Late Night at Lula: Puxadinho Halloween Edition @ Lula Lounge
Damian Lazarus @ Future Nightclub
DAMIEN ROSE PRESENTS: HALLOWEEN AFTER DARK @ Drake Hotel
EXIT POINTS #77 @ TBA
Freakout - Halloween D&B Party @ The Warehouse Venue
GET FREAKY HALLOWEEN with FreQ Nasty, Big League Chu & Dave Saddler @ Wiggle Room
Gila Munster's "Munster Mash Live" album release concert @ Society Clubhouse
GOTH ZOMBIE PROM - Devil's Night Dance Party - DJ Lazarus - Fri Oct 30 @ Ground Control
High School Crush Band live at Cassette @ Cassette
Idioteque's Kid A Mnesia Halloween Costume Party - Radiohead Tribute @ Adelaide Hall
Latin Friday: Tuti Molinares Tribute to Marc Anthony @ Lula Lounge
Major League DJz @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Nosferatu: A String Quartet of Horror! @ Glad Day Lit
Phantoms of the Organ @ Metropolitan United Church
Secret Society Toronto Halloween Party 2026 @ Secret downtown Toronto
SOS - Hallow's Eve @ Ace Hotel Toronto
The Blood Moon Ball Toronto Halloween Party 2026 @ Everyside, 120 Adelaide St W
We Do The Killing @ Lovers & Friends
Welcome to the Bronze with Juliet Landau (Drusilla) @ The Bronze, Toronto
YA TAB TAB - HALLOWEEN EDITION // ARAB POP PARTY @ El Mocambo

🎉 Entertainment
A Pro Halloween Stand-Up Comedy Show @ 918 Queen St E
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Alone in the Dark: Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres @ Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Cafe Comedy @ Osprey Cafe, Toronto
Carrie: Prom from Hell @ Fox Theatre
Comedians in Costumes @ Free Times Cafe
Crawloween Toronto Halloween Club Crawl 2026 @ Charlie Social House, Toronto
Dark Waters: A Haunted Halloween at the Aquarium @ Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
Fright Night Crawl Toronto Halloween Costume Party 2026 Fri Oct 30 @ Bar Karma (Free)
FRIGHTS & FUNDRAISING: Black Alloy Productions 2026 Halloween Bash @ Casa Focolare (at Bar 24)
Halloween Night at Copa After Dark @ Copacabana Restaurant
Halloween On Church 2026 @ Church Street
JOKES & SCARES - A Standup Comedy Halloween Special @ Chakhna
King Street Club Crawl Toronto Halloween Party 2026 @ Paris Texas
King West Club Crawl Rooftop Toronto Halloween Party 2026 Oct 30 @ Isabelle's
Murder at Comedy Bar - Halloween Edition @ Comedy Bar Danforth
Nightmare on King Street Toronto Halloween Club Crawl 2026 Fri Oct 30 @ Parlay Sports Bar
Queen West Club Crawl Toronto Halloween Costume Party 2026 Oct 30 @ Apt 200
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show - Friday October 30 @ Liberty Village Market and Cafe
The Necromancer's Tower - A Premium Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Halloween Extravaganza @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Toronto Halloween Boat Party - October 30, 2026 @ Jubilee Queen Cruises
Toronto Halloween Party 2026 Downtown Club Crawl Fri, Oct 30 @ Charlie Social House

🏒 Sports
Zombie Wrestling @ The Great Hall

🎭 Art and Culture
A Bob Ross Paint Night! @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies
A CLAY SCULPTING WORKSHOP @ ARTBOX
Art Toronto 2026 @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Back to Pompeii @ YZD
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Muslim International Film Festival 2026 @ Multiple Venues
Older & Reckless @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Paint Night - Spooky Season Ghost Campfire Acrylic Painting Workshop in Toronto @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe
ROM After Dark: All Hallow's Eve @ Royal Ontario Museum
The Exorcist! A New Musical Comedy! @ Miles Nadal JCC

🎡 Family
Pokeween Halloween Toronto @ Anime Otaku Hobby, 627 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5A 1R6 (Free)

Saturday 10/31

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Anga's Farm: Halloween Sugar Cookie Decorating Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Gothic Victoria Tea @ Pickering Museum Village
Heaven N Hell @ OBJX
Pub Crawl Toronto- Halloween Crawl @ Track & Field
Roots & Underworlds: A Tea Ceremony @ Helen + Hildegard

🎵 Music
10 pm - 6am WIGGLEWEEN 2026 @ Wiggle Room
Ace of Spades Halloween Dance Party @ Ace of Spades Lounge
Afterlife @ Future Nightclub
ALL BLACK PUSSYCAT @ Boogie
Blue October - Foiled 20th Anniversary World Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall
Brownman's HALLOWEEN THRILLER - Michael Jackson electric-jazz Halloween Party! @ My House
Club Hell Toronto Halloween Party 2026 Secret Venue Sat Oct 31 @ Secret Venue (revealed the night before)
Cortisa Star @ Drake Underground
Disco Inferno @ Granite Brewery
Flip Mode on Halloween Day @ Ace Hotel Toronto
GAME OVER: Halloween Costume Party at Portland Square @ Portland Square
Halloween at Henderson @ Henderson Brewing Co
Haunted Disco at The Broadview Rooftop @ The Rooftop at the Broadview Hotel
LOVEU4EVER CHURCH HALLOWEEN PARTY @ Church of the Holy Trinity
Ride to the Other Side: Espolòn Tequila Takes Over the 505 Dundas Streetcar for Halloween @ Multiple Venues
Salsa Halloween with Etiqueta Negra, DJ Van Gogh & Teria Morada @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Night Swing Halloween Dance ft Alisha Oliver Quintet @ 175 Hampton Ave
Scaryoke! Halloween-themed karaoke night at Cassette @ Cassette
THAT'S HOT & RITMO DELIRIO presents: Halloween Night at The Spare Room @ The Spare Room
The Haunting of King West Toronto Halloween Party 2026 @ Hunters Landing
The Monsters' Ball @ The Rec Room Toronto Roundhouse
Toronto Halloween Boat Party @ Stella Borealis
Trash Panda Brass x Silver Thread's Big Halloween Bash @ Hugh's Room

🎉 Entertainment
Bride of Frankenstein @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
FREE - Halloween Horror in Corso Italia @ The Cat's Cradle (Free)
Fright Night Crawl Toronto Halloween Costume Party 2026 Sat Oct 31 @ Bar Karma
Halloween Boat Party Toronto @ Jubilee Queen Cruises
Halloween: Most Offensive Costume Contest @ Backroom Comedy Club
Haunted Rooftop 2026 @ Drake Sky Yard
Haunted Walk: Beneath the Tower @ CN Tower
King Street Club Crawl Toronto Halloween Party 2026 Sat, Oct 31 @ Paris Texas
Nightmare on Distillery @ East Maple House
Nightmare on King Street Toronto Halloween Club Crawl 2026 Sat Oct 31 @ Parlay Sports Bar, Petty Cash, DND Toronto and SPIN Toronto
Queen West Club Crawl Toronto Halloween Costume Party 2026 Oct 31 @ Apt 200
ROM After Dark: Trick or Treat @ Royal Ontario Museum
Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
TIK TOK BOOM Presents: TIK TOK BOO @ Comedy Bar East
Toronto Halloween Party 2026 Downtown Club Crawl Sat, Oct 31 @ Charlie Social House
Toronto Halloween Party 2026 King West Club Crawl Sat, Oct 31 @ Belfast Love

🏒 Sports
BOLD Pilates @ Stackt Market

🎭 Art and Culture
Bayview Art Tour @ The William Lea Room, Leaside Memorial Gardens (Free)
Belly of the Beast @ Hotel Victoria
Dia de Muertos, Day of the Dead Dance Festival 2026 @ Daniels Spectrum
Geoffrey James: Ancient and Modern, Selected Panoramas @ Stephen Bulger Gallery
Paint Night - Enchanted Pumpkins Acrylic Painting Workshop in Toronto @ Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe
Pumpkin Pillow Workshop @ ARTBOX
Romeo and Juliet @ Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Spooky Sweater Swap @ St. Matthew's Clubhouse

🎡 Family
5th Annual Halloween HauntUP! @ Uptown Yonge BIA
A GLB Halloween @ Great Lakes Brewery
Halloween Fun is Here! @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
Halloween Spooktacular @ Sankofa Square
Mad Magic: The Funniest Mad Scientist Magician @ Wychwood Theatre
Not Just Circle Time: Halloween Edition @ Fort York + Bathurst
Tricks & Treats @ Bridlewood Mall

🐾 Pet
A Paint Your Pet Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
French Bulldog Puppy Yoga in Toronto @ 539 A Mt Pleasant Rd Toronto, M4S 2M5
Halloween Pup Up @ The Alley @ The Alley

📅 Other Events
Discover the Power of Mantra Recitation @ Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada

Sunday 11/01

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Nihoncha Matsuri -Japanese Tea Festival- 2026 @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Small Changes, Big Impact: A Food & Futures Fest by VegTO and ArtHubs Events @ Wychwood Barns

🎵 Music
4th Annual OldsGhoul 90's Day Party @ Mrs. Robinson
2026 Worlds Collide Tour - Disney Descendants & Zombies @ Scotiabank Arena
Cosmic Groove @ Well Played
Good Songs for Good Neighbours @ Society Clubhouse
Sunday SerVice with ADDY and Manzone n Strong @ Wiggle Room
The Dresden Dolls @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
Halloween Club Crawl Toronto - Sunday Nov 1 - King Street Club Crawl @ Petty Cash
Once Upon a Time in Harlem @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
Halloween Kickball @ Alexandra Park @ Alexandra Park (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
Benefit for Writers Still Under Siege in Gaza @ Gallery 44
Buy Canadian Book Market @ Matty Eckler Rec Centre (Free)
Motanka Dolls Workshop @ Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch
Satanella: An Open Opera Experience @ Arts and Letters Club
The October-ish Halloween Hangover Comic Jam @ The Cameron House
The Tao of Chinese Calligraphy @ Centre for Social Innovation

🎡 Family
Halloween at the BSM @ Bata Shoe Museum

🐾 Pet
Cannes Dogs @ The Paradise Cinema

📅 Other Events
Breathe, Intend, Create: A Gemstone Mala & breathwork Journey @ Alternity
Feminine Embodiment Workshop @ Inner Arts Collective

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