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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 12 - Oct 18)

Monday 10/12

🎵 Music
CHROM - Germany LIVE with Gruve Collective Live - DJ Lazarus - Oct 12 @ Ground Control

🎉 Entertainment
A Naan Sense Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ Chakhna
Long Weekend Chill Hammock Sound Bath @ Jungle Flower Wellness
Naan Sense Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ Chakhna (Free)
Question Everything Trivia @ CIBC Square @ CIBC Square (Free)

🏒 Sports
Give Thanks, Go Long @ El Mocambo

🎭 Art and Culture
The High-Low Closet Sale: Vintage, Designer & $5 Finds @ Sunday Creative Loft
Vancouver Film School Info Session in Toronto @ The Westin Harbour Castle

Tuesday 10/13

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Kumiko & Angel Share Guest Shift @ Library Bar

🎵 Music
EMEI - Night at the Opera Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall
Jeff Bernat @ Annabel's
JPEGMAFIA @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Luke Vajsar @ Teddy Beer

🎉 Entertainment
500-Piece Speed Puzzle Competition at Left Field Brewery Liberty Village @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Euchre - Learn & Play at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ The Board Games Arboretum
Mahjong - Learn & Play at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ The Board Games Arboretum
Question Everything Trivia @ Mascot Brewery @ Mascot Brewery
Question Everything Trivia @ Thai Tavern @ Tha Phae Tavern
Question Everything Trivia @ The Rivoli @ Rivoli
Serotonin Comedy At Tranzac! @ Tranzac Club
WAY Off Broadway! @ Comedy Bar Bloor

🏒 Sports
Toronto Inner-City Rugby Community Day @ Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night - TUESDAY DEAL! @ ARTBOX
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance @ Soulpepper Theatre

📅 Other Events
Meditation class at Yonge and Eglinton @ Northern District Library

Wednesday 10/14

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Carb Comeback @ Multiple Venues

🎵 Music
Ghost Grain - X Avant XXI: Memory Mannnnn, Night 1 @ First Unitarian Church

🎉 Entertainment
Comedy Night: Hump Day @ Yuk Yuk's
Harry Potter Trivia Night at The Pint - Hosted by Trivia Kings! @ The Pint
Leah Rudick @ The Great Hall
Pub Trivia Hosted by Almost Jeopardy @ Bar Wellington
Question Everything Trivia @ Insomnia l twice a week because once wasn't enough @ Insomnia
Question Everything Trivia @ STACKT Market l trivia outside, chaos inside @ Courage Cookies at Stackt Market
Sapphic Blood On the Clocktower at Twilight Cafe - Yonge & Bloor @ Twilight Cafe - Yonge & Bloor
Slasher Films Trivia @ Hemingway's
Tales of the Damned: Immersive Theatre Experience @ Campbell House Museum
Think You Know Toronto? Trivia Night Fundraiser @ The Frog: A Firkin Pub

🏒 Sports
MLS: Toronto FC vs. Orlando City SC @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
Curator Talk: Paul Roth on Richard Avedon Immortal @ The Image Centre, 33 Gould Street, Toronto
Heart of the City Speakers Series: An Evening with Jason Kenney @ St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Toronto
Robert Kolker on The Vanishing Family @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Toronto international Street Art Summit 2026 @ Stackt Market

🎡 Family
Infant CPR & First Aid Training @ kāer

📅 Other Events
Hire Canada Job Fair & Training Expo @ Holiday Inn Toronto Airport East
Jason Kenney on what's at stake in Alberta's separation debate @ St Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Thursday 10/15

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Whole Hog Butchery by Peter Sanagan @ Sanagan's Meat Locker

🎵 Music
An Evening of Cocktails and Feel-Good Music with DJ Hangaëlle @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Ancient Circuitry - X Avant XXI: Memory Mannnnn, Night 3 @ First Unitarian Church
Flashback - X Avant XXI: Memory Mannnnn, Night 2 @ First Unitarian Church
Live Music at Bar Mordecai - Takes A Village @ Bar Mordecai (Free)
Noon at Met: Kcenia Koutourjevski @ Metropolitan United Church (Free)
Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook @ Leah Posluns Theatre
Tiana Major9 @ Drake Underground

🎉 Entertainment
BLOCK PARTY VOL. 21 @ IDK Social Bar
Designing the Movies: Burnt Offerings @ Revue Cinema
GAY SH!T - IN THE VILLAGE @ Crews & Tangos
Question Everything Trivia @ Fortunate Fox @ Fortunate Fox
SHACKLED: A Horror Movie Escape Game @ Trivia Escape Rooms

🏒 Sports
ALL AGES: Lucha de los Muertos - Live Pro Wrestling in Toronto! @ Parkdale Hall

🎭 Art and Culture
A PAINT NIGHT BY ARTBOX- OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP @ ARTBOX
Abstract Mark Making on Japanese Paper @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies
League of Letters 2026 @ The Combine
Night Shift @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Overture: new work by Canadian artist Stev'nn Hall @ Muse Gallery
SOMERS SONATA PENTAD: Toronto Premiere @ Walter Hall, University of Toronto Faculty of Music
TIFA Presents Bonnie Garmus @ 506 Bloor St. West
Trung Hoang - Lately. Opening Reception & Book Launch @ Black Rabbit Gallery

📅 Other Events
AI Product Summit Toronto, presented by BrainStation @ BrainStation at The Well
Community-Led Marketing Summit @ Toronto Reference Library
Material science 2026 @ Singapore

Friday 10/16

🍽️ Food and Drinks
20th Annual Cask Days Beer Festival @ Clock Factory Building
Coffee Culture Festival @ Design Exchange, Toronto (Free)
Roots and Vines - An Elevated Jamaican Harvest Dinner @ Rily Kitchen

🎵 Music
Dillon Francis @ Future Nightclub
Dwayne Gretzky Live In Concert @ Massey Hall
Eros Ramazzotti - UNA HISTORIA IMPORTANTE Tour @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
Latin Fridays w 9 del Barrio & Sarita Levya! @ Lula Lounge
The Nostalgia Club @ Ace Hotel Toronto
TOOTARD - LIVE IN TORONTO - ARABIC DISCO POP @ Drake Underground
Toronto Audiofest @ Sheraton Toronto Airport
Velvet Underground Reunion - 31st Anniversary Dance Party with 8 Original VU DJ's @ Ground Control

🎉 Entertainment
Alex Handy Live Comedy Album Recording @ TBA
Alone in the Dark: Exhibition Place @ Stanley Barracks, 115 Princes' Blvd.
Blazed & Confused @ Sweet Action Theatre
Canadian Famous Comedy Night @ Second City
Daddy Issues Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ Chakhna
How to Train Your Dragon 2 In Concert @ Meridian Hall
Jimmy Carr - Laughs Funny 2026 Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
Question Everything Trivia @ GRETA l a better weekend pre does not exist @ Greta Bar Toronto
The Sandbox - Special Screening and Q & A with Director Kenya-Jade Pinto @ TBA

🏒 Sports
motionball x Daniel Nestor Pickleball Social @ Fairgrounds Racket Club - Leaside
The Rugby Rematch Tour, presented by Canadian Tire @ BMO Field
Toronto Wrestling Club: All Hell Breaks Loose @ Henderson Brewing

🎭 Art and Culture
"ARTIVISM" - Day 1 of We Create Our Futures @ Centre for Social Innovation
A Cocktail Candle Making Experience by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
CHOCOLATE Painting Open Studio: A Low-Pressure Creative Meetup @ QUEST XO
Convening: An Arrival By Water - Day 1 @ Native Canadian Centre
Harry Potter: Visions of Magic @ YZD
We Create Our Futures 2026 @ Centre for Social Innovation

🐾 Pet
Halloween Pet Pics @ Toronto Humane Society

📅 Other Events
$5/lb Vintage MRKT @ It's Ok* Studios

Saturday 10/17

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Elevated Apple Pie by Adelaide Page @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
ADVOCATS BIG BAND AT OLD MILL TORONTO @ Old Mill Toronto
Big Vinyl Record Swap @ Glad Day Lit (Free)
Bruce Cockburn Live In Concert @ Massey Hall
CFNY Video Roadshow Dance Party with Ivar Hamilton & Scot Turner - 5pm-930pm @ Ground Control
DJ HEATHER b2b COLETTE @ Wiggle Room
East End Music Fest 2026 @ East End Food Hub
Guitar Society of Toronto presents: Oliver Manning Classical Guitar @ St Andrew’s Church
Harmony of the World @ Meridian Arts Centre
I Will Be King @ Linsmore Tavern
Karaoke Night @ Cassette l your Saturday night alter ego is waiting @ Cassette
Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri @ CONTXT by Trane
Monica Freire @ Spadina Theatre
Salsa Saturday w Cali Salsa Power, DJ Van Gogh & Baila Boogaloo! @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Afternoon Waltz Dance and Beginner Lessons @ St. Barnabas
SPELLBOUND: Goth Darkwave Post-Punk Video Dance Party with Bauhaus Spotlight @ Ground Control
The Buena Vista Orchestra @ The Danforth Music Hall
The Worldwide Ride with DJ Hedspin @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Thiante: Spiritual Senegal @ Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts

🎉 Entertainment
1 Comedy Event - An Evening of Improvised Comedy with The Monkey Toast Players @ Comedy Bar
CE-5 Meditation @ Biidaasige Park
DRUNK OBSESSION @ The Rivoli
How to Train Your Dragon 2 In Concert @ Meridian Hall
Kanan Gill Live! @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Kari Johnson Live Comedy Album Recording @ Burdock Brewery & Music Hall
Sal Vulcano Everything's Fine Tour @ Elgin Theatre
The Commons Problem - Playtest 1 @ Metropolitan United Church
Toronto Mandem Comedy Jam @ Comedy Bar
Viral comedian Drew Behm - The Eh List @ Yuk Yuk's

🎭 Art and Culture
A CLAY SCULPTING WORKSHOP @ ARTBOX
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Autumn MEGA Book Swap @ Glad Day Lit
Bruno Capolongo's opening night "DoubleVision" exhibition @ Berenson Fine Art
CONNECTION - Day 2 of We Create Our Futures @ Centre for Social Innovation
Convening: A Grounding - Day 2 @ Scarborough Gurdwara
From Walnut to Ink: A Traditional Drawing Workshop @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies
from, SCRATCH @ full of beans Coffee House & Roastery
Human Rights for Everyone! A Discussion of Democracy, Freedoms, & Protections in Toronto @ North York Central Library
Junction Arts Crawl @ Multiple Venues
Lodestar Poetry Evening with Laboni Islam and Lisa Hirmer @ Lassonde Art Trail
Pumpkin Pillow Workshop @ ARTBOX
Shoe Design 101 @ Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor St. W.
T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets - with Sophie Fiennes @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
The 47th annual MET Show & Sale of Dollhouse Miniatures @ The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
The Alley Bazaar: Artisan & Vintage Pop-Up Market @ Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Alley)
TSA Walking Tour: Towers @ TBA
Vintage Market in the Annex @ Typist Studios & Coffee
What If: Using the 6 Senses to Launch Your Memoir @ Richview Library
Woodworker's Apprentice Workshop: Porch Sign Painting @ Pickering Museum Village

🎡 Family
Bayview Leaside BIA Apple Fest Event @ Multiple Venues
BooFest @ Cloverdale
East End Adventure @ Monarch Park
Halloween Circle Time @ Ralph Thornton Centre
Infant CPR & First Aid Training @ kāer
Jordan @ Young People's Theatre
MapMission Day 2026 - Toronto @ St. James Park
Queen's Park Fall Festival 2026 @ Ontario Legislative Building (Free)
Taking Care of Maman Free Community Preview Performance at Roseneath Theatre @ Roseneath Theatre (Free)

🐾 Pet
Paint Your Pet Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Special Pet Adoption Event at Pet Valu Morningside @ Pet Valu Morningside Crossing

📅 Other Events
Toronto Municipal Election - Chinatown All-Candidates Meeting @ Cecil Community Centre

Sunday 10/18

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Cocktail-Paired Brunch @ Casa Madera
Toronto Cocktail Festival @ Multiple Venues

🎵 Music
Sunday SerVice with Sander Kleinenberg @ Wiggle Room
Swiftie Session @ Trivia Escape rooms
Toronto Early Music Players Organization Workshop @ The Bishop Strachan School

🎉 Entertainment
Jarlath Regan @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Question Everything Trivia @ Insomnia @ Insomnia

🏒 Sports
AFC Toronto vs. Calgary Wild FC @ BMO Field
Art In Motion 10K/5K/2K @ Boyd Conservation Area, 8739 Islington Ave, Vaughan, L4L 1A6
Pickleball for Wishes @ The Jar Pickleball Club
Toronto Chess Rapid 2026 - $3,000 Rapid Chess Tournament @ Holy Trinity Armenian Church - M. Artinian Hall

🎭 Art and Culture
"ALLIGNED ACTION" - Day 3 of We Create Our Futures @ Centre for Social Innovation (Free)
A Fall Tree - Paper Quilling Workshop @ Toronto Botanical Garden
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring on Bears & Canvas @ Artbox Studio Gallery
An Evening With Zadie Smith @ Massey Hall
Art Cafe @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies
Convening: A Departure - Day 3 @ Toronto Black Farmers and Food Growers Collective Farm, Downsview Park
Glad Day Lit October Artist Market @ Glad Day Lit (Free)
Sound Bath for Writers @ Jungle Flower Wellness
The Art of Snail Mail - Martina Calvi x HobbyHub @ Society Clubhouse
The Theft @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
The Witching Hour Tarot 101: Create the Life You Desire @ Helen + Hildegard

🎡 Family
Infant CPR & First Aid Training @ kāer

🐾 Pet
Fur Ball 2026 @ St James Park

📅 Other Events
Attune - Nervous System Retreat @ Well Played
Home Resilience Hub: Get Your Home Climate-Ready @ Centre for Social Innovation
Nanotechnology World Conference 2026 @ Bangkok, Thailand

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