Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Aug 11-17)
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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Aug 11 - Aug 17)
Hey Torontonians,
Swipe Right is a comedy night hosted by Jane Stanton tonight! Jane Stanton is a comedian actor who also featured on shows from Disney+, Amazon Prime, CBC, Crave, and Just For Laughs. Tonight she is going to dive into the awkward, chaotic, and totally relatable world of dating in 2025. Whether you're single, locked in a situationship, or happily taken, you'll probably laugh, wince, and maybe even feel seen.
🎟️ Get Your Tickets
📍 Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor Street W
🗓️ Today, August 9, 2025 – 7PM
If you haven’t planned your night this will be awesome!
Anyway, checkout what you can do next Monday (8/4) to Sunday (8/10) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.
Monday 08/11
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Abrielle Blind Tasting Menu @ Abrielle
C4 Cocktail Hour @ Miller Tavern Bay St.
🎵 Music
Kairos Creature Club, The Royal Family, and Pretty @ The Baby G
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter VI North American Tour @ Budweiser Stage
🎉 Entertainment
All of Us Are Asian: Comedy Show! @ Comedy Bar
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia @ Hemingway's
Discover Dance Class: Intro to Hip Hop @ Bata Shoe Musuem
Seinfeld Trivia @ The Pilot
Trampoline Hall Lectures @ Garrison
🎭 Art and Culture
Backstage Tours at Soulpepper @ Young Centre for the Performing Arts (Free)
🎡 Family
3rd Annual School Supplies Drive! @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
Glen Stewart Ravine Rally @ Glen Stewart Ravine
📅 Other Events
Speak it. Feel it. Live it @ TBA
Tuesday 08/12
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Abrielle Blind Tasting Menu @ Abrielle
🎵 Music
A.R. Rahman - The Wonderment Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
AJR - Somewhere in the Sky Tour @ Budweiser Stage
Beethoven's Secrets @ Palais Royale
KIND Summer Fair @ The Grand Bizarre
🎉 Entertainment
Chris Fleming @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Comedy Game Showdown - Y2K FTW! - 2000s Retrospective @ Second City
New in Town Comedy: Summer Edition @ Comedy Bar
Summer House Trivia 14: Fourth Night @ Hemingway's
🏒 Sports
Toronto Blue Jays Loonie Dogs Night @ Rogers Centre
🎭 Art and Culture
3D Design with Autodesk Fusion @ Palmerston Library
A Clay Sculpting Workshop @ Artbox
Ritual and Reality: Contemporary Japanese Buddhism's female voices and lived practices @ The Japan Foundation (Free)
🎡 Family
HelmON Family Event @ Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto (Free)
Wednesday 08/13
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Whisky business at Ficoa @ Ficoa, Little Italy, Toronto
🎵 Music
DEADLY PRETTY album release party for PaperCapGuns at the Drake Underground @ Drake Underground
Garden Quartet @ Redeemer Lutheran Church (Free)
Styx, Kevin Cronin & Don Felder: Summer 2025 Tour @ Budweiser Stage
🎉 Entertainment
Ghost Almanac Summerween Spectacular @ Fox Theatre
Monster Island: Toronto's BEST Character Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
Pub Trivia @ Hemingway's
What She Left Behind & The Art of Murder Book Launch @ Supermarket Bar and Variety
🏒 Sports
GLOBL JAM 2025 @ Mattamy Athletic Centre
Tokyo Olympiad @ The Japan Foundation (Free)
Toronto Blue Jays Anthony Santander Switch-Hitter Bobblehead Giveaway Night @ Rogers Centre
🎭 Art and Culture
CaribbeanTales International Film Festival - 20th Anniversary @ Multiple Venues
Jason : SummerWorks Festival @ The Theatre Centre
Shrine to Yourself: A Self-Worship Zine Workshop @ Loohoo
Terracotta Pot Painting Workshop @ Artbox
The Sankofa Trilogy by d'bi.young anitafrika - blood.claat, benu & word! sound! powah! - Summerworks Festival @ The Theatre Centre, Franco Boni Theatre
🎡 Family
Digital LEGO Design for Kids @ Palmerston Library
Scrabble Night @ Eastbound Brewing Company
Thursday 08/14
🍽️ Food and Drinks
DQ Canada 23rd Annual Miracle Treat Day in store event @ Your local DQ (Free)
🎵 Music
DAYDREAM: Toronto's Wellness & Music Festival @ Hotel X Toronto
Little Big Town - Summer 2025 Tour @ Budweiser Stage
tinglesbar x Yansi Alexavier: ASMR Hangout ft. Live Music @ tinglesbar ASMR Spa
Trash Panda Brass Presents: Hot Summer Gaze @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
🎉 Entertainment
COMEDY Shorts Festival @ Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto (Free)
Galen's Grocer @ Comedy Bar Danforth
Laugh My Tuchus Off ft. Liz Glazer and Raanan Hershberg @ Leah Posluns Theatre
One Board Man @ Sweet Action Theatre
Ricky Gervais - MORTALITY World Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
The Office Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Yee-Ha! Comedy @ Comedy Bar
🏒 Sports
Toronto Blue Jays Work From Dome @ Rogers Centre
🎭 Art and Culture
3D Design with Blender @ Palmerston Library
A Glow Paint Pour Session - Paint fluid bears and more @ Artbox Studio Gallery
African Diaspora Film & Media Brunch @ First Unitarian Centre, 473 Oakwood Avenue, Little Jamaica, Toronto
Flow & Fortune: Sturgeon Moon Essential Oil Roller Workshop @ Trinity Bellwoods Park
Paint & Sip - Paint Night - Gold Leaf Paint Pouring Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
The Crane Project Exhibition @ SuperWonder Gallery (Free)
Tiff'ny of Athens @ Withrow Park
🎡 Family
The Community Safety Forum - Downtown Toronto @ Downtown Toronto
Friday 08/15
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Lucky Lion Night Market @ Seneca Polytechnic College Markham Campus
🎵 Music
Abi & Alan Tour - Erykah Badu & The Alchemist @ History Toronto
Cuban Friday with Timba N Talla aka TNT, DJ Trambo & Sarita Leyva @ Lula Lounge, Toronto
Expressions of the Vine - Free Live DJ Performance @ STACKT - West Lawn (Free)
NEW FRIENDS DIY: Emma Goldman with Saton, Sundowner, Lice @ The Baby G
Stevie Nicks: 2025 North American Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
🎉 Entertainment
All of Us Have Secrets @ Social Capital Theatre
Between the Grooves @ Sweet Action Theatre
Breezy Night Party @ A Loft Experience
Detour: Starship Troopers @ Fox Theatre, Toronto
Easy A - 15th Anniversary @ Hot Docs Cinema, Toronto
I Will Say THIS Though - LIVE TAPING @ Comedy Bar
India vs Pakistan: A Desi Comedy Show @ Desi Food Junction - Indian Restaurant
Mike Hammock@ Backroom Comedy Club - Limited Run! @ Backroom Comedy Club
RATS! Another Musical @ The Assembly Theatre
🏒 Sports
2025 Beach Nationals @ Ashbridges Bay (Free)
LVBL x Fairgrounds: Toronto Takeover @ Multiple Venues
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers @ Rogers Centre
🎭 Art and Culture
Canvas Bear Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Photo Editing and Workflow with Adobe Lightroom Classic @ Palmerston Library
SlowPitchSound presents: Within Touch @ 125 Bathurst Street
🎡 Family
38thScavenger Hunt @ Regent Park Athletic Grounds
Canadian National Exhibition 2025 @ Exhibition Place, Toronto
Immersive Wellness Experience @ Lite Mind Body Clinic
Saturday 08/16
🍽️ Food and Drinks
KMCLT Walking Tour: Food Futures: Taste the Markets Resistance @ Super Serve
Monkey Magic: A Fundraiser for Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary @ GLB Brewpub
Poshmark Pop-Up: Coffee Club @ Milky's Coffee (Free)
TASTE OF MANILA 2025 @ Bathurst & Wilson, Toronto, ON
🎵 Music
Culture Fusion: Summer Dance Party @ Bar Dem
EDEN - Beatwave Edition @ Gibraltar Point Beach
Iranian Music Trio - Modal Music in the Parks @ RV Burgess Park
Jazz - Waleed Kush Afro-Jazz Experience @ The Pilot
Joe Perry Project LIVE @ History Toronto
R&B Nights @ Last Call Cocktail Club
Salsa Saturday with Ricky Franco, DJ Van Gogh & Teria Morada! @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Night Swing Dance ft Shannon Butcher & The Choice Cuts Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ St. Barnabas
Sorguinazia with Nachtlich and Arktheos @ The Garrison
Summer Salsa Fiesta with Groove Marmalade @ Old Mill Toronto
Synchro System @ 131 McCormack St.
The Aggrolites @ Adelaide Hall
The Devil's Lettuce with Soup and Trippin' Sundays LIVE @ BSMT 2546
Wasabi Collective w/Shapes, DJ JChameleon @ Rivoli
Willow Avalon @ The Opera House
🎉 Entertainment
A Paint and Trivia Night by Artbox @ Artbox
ARCTICA all white affair @ Wiggle Room Toronto
ASIAN Comedy Night: PRO Stand Up Comedy @ Real Jerk Legacy
Cara Connors: Born to Suck! Live at Comedy Bar @ Comedy Bar
Comedy Nuggets Stand-Up Showcase @ Social Capital Theatre
Desi Comedy Tour: Toronto 9PM @ Desi Food Junction, Toronto
Golden Age: Shanghai Express @ Fox Theatre
The Paris Texas Clubhouse Party @ Woodbine Racetrack
🏒 Sports
Hogtown Roller Derby Season Closer DOUBLEHEADER! FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON! This is it- our Home Closer is here! Join us for one last night of full-contact derby action in the city! @ Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena, 340 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers @ Rogers Centre
MLS: Toronto FC vs. Columbus Crew @ BMO Field
🎭 Art and Culture
38Exhbit - 38Voices, Stories Untold @ Bevy Cafe
Craft Market Fundraiser @ 186 St. Helens Ave. (Free)
Ghibli Summer Market @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Glow Paint Pour Session - Paint fluid bears and more @ Artbox studio gallery
Goth Beach Party Market @ Ground Control
It's Ok World @ Trillium Park (Free)
MadeInTO @ STACKT market
Paint and Sip: Tropical Dreams @ My Inner Child Paint Bar
Poetry Cut-Up Workshop with Murgatroyd Monaghan and Marion Lougheed @ Tranzac Club
Poetry Open Mic @ Multiple Venues
Queer Art Club: Printmaking Workshop @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
Toronto Linocut Printing Workshop ; Hands-On Printmaking Workshop @ PH1 Studios
Wardrobe Sale @ Young Centre for the Performing Arts
🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Houseplants Seminar for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery (Free)
Bloor West Village: Tastes, Tales and Treasure @ Bloor West Village
Disney's Descendants & Zombies: Worlds Collide @ Scotiabank Arena
Kiki's Delivery Service @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
NYCCC Summar Carnival 2025 @ North York Christian Community Church (Free)
Plant Sale at Hideaway Studios @ Hideaway Studios
The 104th Anniversary Warriors' Day Parade @ CNE
The Big Toddle 2025 @ Trinity Bellwoods Park
The Little Circus that Could @ Wychwood Theatre
Wheels on the Danforth @ Crossroads of the Danforth
🐾 Pet
Paws in the Park @ Toronto Humane Society
📅 Other Events
Civic Spark @ Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Sunday 08/17
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Conscious Coffee Party - Round 2 @ CSI Spadina (Free)
Matcha & Mindfulness Workshop in the Park Journaling & Matcha Making @ Trinity Bellwoods Park
🎵 Music
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Love Earth World Tour @ Budweiser Stage
Sunday SerVice with Manzone and Strong @ Wiggle Room
🎉 Entertainment
1950s Dance Party ft The Pepper Shakers Plus a Beginner 50s Rock and Roll Dance Lesson @ La Plaza
A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE IN @ Comedy Bar
Blood On the Clocktower - Beginner-Friendly - at CSI Annex in Downtown TO @ Centre for Social Innovation
DETOUR: TOP GUN @ Fox Theatre
Don't Lie...You Were Thinking It Too! @ Comedy Bar East
Laughs Without Borders - Standup Comedy Show @ Hotel Victoria
Sinners @ Hot Docs Cinema
🏒 Sports
Beginner Friendly Kundalini Yoga @ Society Clubhouse (Free)
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers @ Rogers Centre
🎭 Art and Culture
1918 Anti-Greek Riots Walking Tour @ White City Café
Resin Art Workshop at Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Toronto Pan Afrikan Film & Media Brunch @ Toronto
🎡 Family
AFRASPEKTION @ Riverside Common Park
🐾 Pet
Toronto Dog Moms x Riverside Paws & Art Walk @ Riverside BIA
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