Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Apr 27 - May 3)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Apr 27 - May 3)

Monday 04/27

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Favorites Thai Hosts One-Night Winemaker Dinner with Tenuta Santome @ Favorites Thai, Toronto, ON

🎉 Entertainment
90's Trivia @ Hemingway's
A Naan Sense Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ TBA
Musical Theatre Trivia @ The Pilot

🏒 Sports
Blue Jays vs Red Sox Live at Fox on John @ Fox on John
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Myspace @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Investing Basics @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch (Free)

Tuesday 04/28

🎵 Music
Elizabeth Rodriguez: Latin Jazz Explorations @ Lula Lounge
Live in 2026 Tour: St. Paul & The Broken Bones @ The Danforth Music Hall

🎉 Entertainment
Board Game Night at Bickford Brewing in Downtown Toronto @ Bickford Brewing
Comedy Game Showdown: Tales of the City! @ Second City
Harry Potter Books Trivia @ Hemingway's
HOT GIRL $#! KARAOKE @ Insomnia
Social Reading Night @ Wildhearts Cafe
The Roll Players - DND COMEDY SHOW @ Comedy Bar East

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
American Doctor @ TIFF Lightbox
Conservation and Curation - Iron Gall Ink @ Toronto Reference Library - Beeton Hall
Day Of Mourning, Mayworks @ Woodbridge Memorial Arena (Parking Lot)
May Arrival Restorative Yoga @ kaer wellness
MOMents: Stitched Stories @ Ruth Upjohn Gallery - Women's Art Association of Canada
TIFA Presents Eliza Reid and Jann Arden in Conversation @ Isabel Bader Theatre
Toronto Screening: Earth's Greatest Enemy @ Innis Cafe

🎡 Family
Mothers Day Experiences at Hillcrest Mall @ Hillcrest Mall

📅 Other Events
GTApreneurs April 28-2026 Business Networking Event Vaughan - Toronto @ Canadian Blood Services, Donor Centre
April Networking Mixer for GTA Business Owners & Entrepreneurs @ Pizza Rustica

Wednesday 04/29

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Auberge du Pommier x Pearl Morissette Wine Dinner @ Auberge du Pommier

🎵 Music
Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna @ Lula Lounge
Transient Reverie - A Breaking Sound Showcase @ Rivoli
VIVID // A New Indie-Electronic Event Series @ BSMT254 @ BSMT 254

🎉 Entertainment
Momentum Dance Toronto presents MIXTAPE! @ Al Green Theatre
Pub Trivia at Hemingway's @ Hemingway's
Sapphic Blood On the Clocktower @ Twilight Cafe - Midtown
Staff Picks: So I Married an Axe Murderer @ Fox Theatre
Toronto Distillery District Comedy Night @ Spirit of York Distillery (Free)

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
An Amazing Evening with Lloyd Penney @ Toronto Public Library – Lillian H. Smith Branch, Merril Collection Reading Room, 3rd Floor
Open Studio @ Issues Magazine Shop
Sustainably Savvy: How Living Sustainably Can Actually Save You Money @ CSI Spadina
When a Witness Recants @ Multiple Venues

📅 Other Events
The Magnificent Mazowsze @ Meridian Hall

Thursday 04/30

🎵 Music
Alexis Baro Y La Big Band presents Afrokando @ Glenn Gould Studio
ELECTRIC BLUE NOTE Concert -- an INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY event! @ My House
Jazz at the Columbus Centre Series Package @ Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery

🎉 Entertainment
Scarborough's Got Jokes Presents: Pier Pressure @ Bluffers Event Centre
Ariel Kagan live @ Backroom Comedy Club #One night Only @ Backroom Comedy Club
BLOCK PARTY VOL. 10 @ IDK Social Bar
Designing the Movies: His Girl Friday @ Revue Cinema
Interactive: Breaking Dawn Part 2 @ Fox Theatre
Just The Quip! A Stand Up Comedy Show! @ Tallboys
Neurodivergent Nostalgia Comedy Show @ Free Times Cafe
Nimesh Patel: With All Due Disrespect Tour @ Meridian Hall
Pier Pressure @ Bluffers Restaurant and Event Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
CANADIAN PREMIERE of 'CEREMONY' at Hot Docs Festival @ TIFF Lightbox
Ceramic Workshop: Build a Candle Holder or Incense Holder @ Loohoo
Creative Circuits @ ZUI Beer Bar on Bloor
Guerlain Spa Wellness Event @ Guerlain Spa
Madelyn Chung Communicator of the Year Celebration @ TMU Sandbox
NBS Gala 2026: Kaleidoscope @ History Toronto
Real Estate Explained: How to Have a Good Divorce @ The Lobby by Heaps Estrin (Free)

Friday 05/01

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Kimjang: Communal kimchi making with Chef Sang Kim @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library

🎵 Music
Amon Amarth, Dethklok - The Amonklok Conquest Tour @ The Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort
COBRAH - TORN TOUR @ The Danforth Music Hall
CTRL ALT BASS - Volume 7 - Toronto's Finest Drum and Bass @ Raven
FIRST FRIDAY @ CONVIVIUM
Global Late Night featuring BRASA @ Lula Lounge
INTERLUDE - Curated by BABYVAYE @ Ace Hotel Toronto
PROM NIGHT with The Lonely Hearts @ Garrison
The Beat Goes On @ Wiggle Room (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
We're the problem comedy tour @ Free Times Cafe
Alex Falcone Live in Toronto @ Comedy Bar East
All My Ex Files - Standup Comedy Show @ Unknown
All Star Comedy in Downtown Toronto @ Yuk Yuk's
Ariel Kagan live @ Backroom Comedy Club #One night Only @ Backroom Comedy Club
Friday Night Live @ Collective Arts @ Collective Arts Toronto
Killer B Cinema Presents: Golden Bat! @ See-Scape
Laugh Now Cry Later: PRO Stand Up Comedy Show @ Free Times Cafe
One Asian After Another @ Second City - John Candybox Theatre

🎭 Art and Culture
12 Litres 8800 Steps @ Factory Theatre
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
An Evening with the Heliconian Club @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Design Craft Quilt Showcase @ Wychwood Barns
CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2026 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION @ Multiple Venues
Homin Choir @ The Winter Garden Theatre
KARMA @ Theatre Passe Muraille
May Day Mayworks Festival Launch @ United Steelworkers Hall

🐾 Pet
A Paint Your Pet Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery

📅 Other Events
Breaking Sound Photography Exhibition @ High Notes Coffee and Vinyl
CJA Toronto Workshops with Branko Deljanin @ George Brown College Casa Loma Campus
Indigenous Fashion Exhibition - Always in Fashion @ Textile Museum of Canada

Saturday 05/02

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Anag's Farm: Small Spaces Garden Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Art of CHOCOLATE Making - Build, Stack, Snack @ QUEST XO
Dos Llaves De Mayo @ Great Lakes Brewery
Traditional Parsi Jamvanu with Niloufer Mavalvala @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
80s & 90s Retro 'GUILTY' Pleasures Video Dance Party w/ PRINCE Spotlight @ Ground Control
A Mothers Day to Remember with Sanchez, Romain Virgo and Nigy Boy @ The Theatre at Great Canadian Toronto
Alex Lakusta Album Release w/ Little Jim @ Burdock
An Evening with Whitney Rose @ Cameron House
CARNIVAL vol. 4 @ Wiggle Room
FIVE WEEKS FOR MILES @ CONTXT By Trane
Gary & Odd Marshall Live @ Tapestry Kensington Market
Ghost Sessions Vol 1 @ Rhythm
HOLLATCHABOI High Vibrations with Kalmplex @ Koffler (Free)
Journey to Spring Concert @ St Luke's Parish
Music Toronto, COSE- Celebration of Small Ensembles: Duo Chromatika & Trio Timia @ Aperture Room
Salseros with Attitude SWA, Oscar Naranjo & DJ Van Gogh! @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Night Swing Dance with The Ben Harvey Combo Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ TBA
Sound / Space @ Runnymede United Church
Spring Fling Irish Set Dance @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 266
THE EMPEROR-Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bach @ George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre
The OverKillers 1 Year Anniversary Show @ Revival
The Romantics @ Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel

🎉 Entertainment
Ashwyn Singh: Wrong Singh to Say @ The Winter Garden Theatre
Detour: Collateral @ Fox Theatre
Femme Fatale Comedy @ Chakna Backroom Bar
It's a F@&#ing Comedy Show for Charity @ SoCap Theatre
Up in Jokes Toronto Comedy Show @ 1350 St Clair Ave West
We Might Need Therapy @ Comedy Bar

🏒 Sports
Etobicoke lawn Bowling OPEN HOUSE @ Etobicoke Lawn Bowling Club
Let's Move, Willowdale: Move-a-thon & BBQ @ Hendon Park
MLS: Toronto FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
A Creative Paint Party - Paint & Sip Experience @ Paint Cabin
Betting on Yourself - An Innerkind Retreat @ Roof Garden
Breaking Sound Photography Exhibition Opening Reception @ High Notes Coffee + Vinyl
CONTACT Photography Festival: "The Water Between Us" by Meaghan Ogilvie @ Riverdale Hub
Cultural Fermentation & Other Messy Practices of Illegibility @ Onsite Gallery
Elena Henderson: Elegance Begins with the Gesture @ Beauchamp Art Gallery
Flower Arranging Workshop at the SPRING MARKET @ St. Volodymyr Institute
Glow-in-the-Dark Painting @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Indicators - A Photography Exhibition by Benjamin Gibson @ 180 Dundas St. W. - The 22nd Floor
Kahaani Cafe: Table#7 @ Paradise Theatre
Kensington Flea Market 2026 @ 216 Augusta Ave
Literacy Love - Bloorcourt Jane's Walk @ Bloor St W and Dufferin St at the King Pigeon Mural (Free)
Operations, Mayworks @ Whippersnapper Gallery
Optimistic Writing Workshop @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch (Free)
Spring Market at SVI @ St.Volodymyr Institute
Spring Market at The Kimpton Saint George @ Kimpton Saint George
The Oldest Person in the World @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Toronto Film School Showcase - Behind the Screens @ Steam Whistle's Locomotive Hall
Toronto Toy Riot @ Tranzac Club
Toronto Vintage Costume Jewellery Show and Sale @ Leaside Gardens, William Lea Room
Unleash Your Inner Artist: A Butterfly Drawing Workshop @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies

🎡 Family
Communi-Tea @ Scarborough
Free Guided Tour at Rouge National Urban Park - Pollination Fascination! @ Bob Hunter Memorial Park (Free)
Grief Rest Stop plus @ 257 Danforth Ave, The Plant Mystic
RECESS 2026 Season Kickoff @ Christie Pits Park (Free)
Save Soil Walkathon @ HTO Park
Spring Swap @ Sorauren Park, Town Hall Square
Toronto Zoo - Spring Wildlife Festival @ Toronto Zoo

📅 Other Events
Introduction to Beekeeping Course @ Kortright Centre for Conservation
MAYWORKS: Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights @ Charles Street Video
Toronto Fabric Swap @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
WWF CN Tower Climb for Nature @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Sunday 05/03

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Special Collab: Typewriters & Tapas, Round 2 @ Gezellig Studios
Cannoli from Scratch with Erica Foffi @ The Depanneur
Portuguese Natas (Custard Tarts) Tour @ Golden Wheat Bakery Cafe

🎵 Music
BELONG...A Sing-a-Long @ Humber Valley United Church
Dr. Mike Daley Presents: The ABBA Story @ Church of the Redeemer, Toronto
Informal 2 @ Junction Underground

🏒 Sports
AFC Toronto Home Opener @ BMO Field
Coffee, Pints and Prem: Liverpool vs Manchester United Watch Party @ Loons Pub (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Resin Jewellery Making Experience @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Art of the Pivot with Shantelle Bisson @ Kimpton Saint George
INKspire Book Launch @ Ben McNally Books
Kerson Leong, violin @ Walter Hall, UofT
National Ballet of Canada: New Work by Jera Wolfe & Emma Bovary @ Four Seasons Centre
The Bazaar of the Bizarre - Circus Side Show @ Parkdale Hall
Tristan und Isolde @ Humbercrest United Church

🎡 Family
2026 Spring Market @ Wychwood Barn
Free Guided Walk at Rouge National Urban Park - Learn-to hike: Getting started! @ Rouge National Urban Park (Free)
Journey East, a concert by Toronto Children's Chorus @ George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre
Mothers Day Leadership Experience for Kids @ Leadership Hub

📅 Other Events
Anga's Farm: Bonsai Workshop for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Hands-On Pour-over Coffee Workshop - The Art of Flavor for the Home Barista @ The Second Floor of Midori Ramen - North York
Shoot for the Moon at Three Dollar Bill: a Free Pop-Up Photo Experience @ Three Dollar Bill (Free)
SoulCare Sunday May 3 - Mat Pilates - Guided Meditation - Community Healing @ Private Downtown Loft in the Junction Neighbourhood

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