Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Feb 17 - Feb 23)
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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Feb 17 - Feb 23)
Hello Torontonians,
Happy Valentine’s day, we had a blast yesterday having a nice dinner in downtown and also saw some nice band performance in the Dundas Square :D Hope y’all had a great time as well!
Checkout what you can do next Monday (2/17) to Sunday (2/23) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.
Monday 02/17
🍽️ Food and Drinks
FAMILY DAY - Sorauren Farmers' Market @ Henderson Brewing Co. (Free)
🎵 Music
Family Day Nathaniel Dett Chorale Performance @ Todmorden Mills Heritage Site
Open Mic Mondays w/ Kunle at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Sunday Late Night Party with Doghouse Orchestra at DROM Taberna @ DROM Taberna
🎉 Entertainment
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Insomnia hosted by QE Trivia @ Insomnia
Feedback | An Open Mic Comedy Show @ Backroom Comedy Club @ Backroom Comedy Club
Severance: Improvised @ Comedy Bar
Soft boys presents: Love & Loss @ Tallboys
🏒 Sports
KEEN Winter Pop-Up at Blue Mountain @ Blue Mountain Village
Toronto Marlies vs. Laval Rocket @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
🎭 Art and Culture
Family Day at Colborne Lodge: Write With Us @ Colborne Lodge Museum
Winter Stations 2025 @ Multiple Venues
🎡 Family
Clay Sculpting Workshop - Family Day Edition @ Artbox Studio Gallery (Free)
Family Day at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto @ LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto
Family Day at Ontario's Legislature @ Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Free)
Family Day at the BSM @ Bata Shoe Museum
Family Day in Little Jamaica @ Studio M (Free)
Family Day Magic Show with Michael Conway @ The Rec Room
Heritage Antique Market at Centerpoint Mall - Family Day @ Centerpoint Mall
Kids Free on Family Day at the Hockey Hall of Fame @ Hockey Hall of Fame
Music in the Morning with Ellie @ Left Field Leslieville @ Left Field Brewery
The Diane Kashin Family Adventure Walk in the Forest @ Kortright Centre for Conservation
The Model Railroad Club of Toronto celebrates Family Day! @ 11 Curity Ave
Tuesday 02/18
🎵 Music
ASTRID YOUNG Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
QUEER ALT/POP @ RIVOLI WITH CANDI CARPENTER, ZEE MACHINE, KALIE SHORR, JENNA DEVRIES @ Rivoli
🎉 Entertainment
MANY HAPPY RETURNS - IMMERSIVE SHOW @ Danu Social House
QUESTION EVERYTHING TRIVIA NIGHT @ INSOMNIA @ Insomnia
Something Something Trivia Night @ Liberty Village
What Do You Meme-Prov? @ Comedy Bar
🎭 Art and Culture
Toronto Life's This City Live @ Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus at The University Of Toronto
Wednesday 02/19
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Open Studio: CHOCOLATE Painting @ QUEST XO Chocolate
🎵 Music
Fred Spek's Camp Combo @ Drom Taberna
Quadrants @ Tapestry
🎉 Entertainment
BIG FACT HUNT TRIVIA @ Tallboys
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Destination Wedding: A Comedy Reception @ Collective Arts Brewing
Glee Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes Annex @ Snakes and Lattes
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's @ Grace O'Malley's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Offworld Bar @ Offworld Bar
Saturday Night Live Trivia - Best of SNL! @ Hemingway's
Slumber Party: Sleepless in Seattle @ Fox Theatre
The Wolf in the Voice @ Tarragon Theatre
Tribe Toronto Storytell Socials @ Multiple Venues
Tribe Toronto's February Storytell Social @ Alternity - EARLY BIRD on now @ Alternity
🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Arts Inside featuring Gimaa R. Stacey Laforme @ The Rose Studio (The Rose Brampton)
Cold Process Soap Workshop @ Big Beer Soap Company
FORGOTTEN TRADITIONS @ Women's Art Association of Canada
Nia Centre Artist Social @ Nia Centre for the Arts
Yarn Dyeing with Kool-Aid @ PH1 Studios
🐾 Pet
Question Everything Trivia Pawty // All Doggo's Allowed! @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
Thursday 02/20
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Black History Month: BLACK GRAPES Wine Tasting @ STACKT market
Free Spirit : Science of Mocktails @ Offworld Bar
Pitch & Dine @ Redwood Theatre
🎵 Music
Burdock Presents: PACKS, Triples, and Romeo Romeo @ Monarch Tavern
Jacqueline @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
Live Lounge, Featuring the Jerome Tucker Band @ Novotel Toronto North York
Queer Emo Nite TO V.9 @ Drom Taberna
Sage Serenades: FREE Open Mic @ The Icon Cuisine & Lounge (Free)
Young Scones, Spiral Palace, and Rich Freed at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
🎉 Entertainment
20-20 Perspective Comedy Show @ Backroom Comedy Club
America's Next Top Model @ The Pilot
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Leslieville Toronto @ Left Field Brewery
Free Monthly Movie at Palmerston Library: The Fugitive @ Toronto Public Library - Palmerston Branch
Intro to D&D for Teens: New Adventures @ Toronto Public Library - S. Walter Stewart Branch
Morningside movie red carpet and cast Q&A at Scarborough Town Centre @ Scarborough Town Centre
Networking Event for Professionals - Feb 20th @ Mademoiselle Raw Bar + Grill
Podcast and Chill @ Black Sheep Cocktail lounge
Sit Down Comedy Show @ The Theatre Centre
Star Trek Trivia at The Guild House in Midtown Toronto @ The Guild House
Swing Dance Classes @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258
What The Fox?! Trivia Night @ Fortunate Fox
🏒 Sports
All Ages: Plancha Tendencies @ Parkdale Hall
🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Are You Calling Me a Racist? Author talk @ Dufferin/St. Clair Library
Disrupting the Tides @ Vaughan Studios & Event Space
NiaFlix: Shorts @ Nia Centre for the Arts
Tulipa, a solo exhibition by Richard Storms @ United Contemporary
Yōkai Netsuke Exhibition @ The Japan Foundation, Toronto
🎡 Family
Be Your Own Valentine: Floral Workshop & Intentional Evening @ Summerhill Event Boutique
Dinner Dialogues @ Mossop's Social House: Dine and Connect with Strangers @ Mossop's Social House
Friday 02/21
🍽️ Food and Drinks
SUPPER CLUB: Gut Shabbos by Alissa Kondogiannis @ The Depanneur
🎵 Music
Black History Month Showcase @ City of Toronto Archives
Choir! Choir! Choir! We Will CHOIR! You: An Epic Queen Sing-Along @ The Rose Brampton
Corktown Chamber Orchestra presents Butterfly Lovers violin concerto and more @ Little Trinity Church
DJ Shai & The Lady Konswallow Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Father John Misty @ Massey Hall
Hot Pockets, with Blumarelo Live at The Pilot19+ @ The Pilot, Toronto
Live at Mossop's Social House: Evan Denley, Rachel Hickey & Mitch Szitas @ Mossop's Social House, Hotel Victoria, 56 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5E 1G5
TogetherButDifferent: 2v2 Hip-Hop Dance Battle @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston
🎉 Entertainment
3 Little Birds Comedy Show @ The Wicket
All of Us Are Asian: Comedy Show! @ SoCap Comedy (The Social Capital)
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Come Play Werewolf @ 489 Front St W
Community Fridays at Crews @ Church St
KARAOKE NIGHT AT STEADFAST BREWING! @ Steadfast Brewing Company
Nish Kumar - Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe Tour @ Adelaide Hall, Toronto
Original Haunted Walk of Toronto @ 10 Front Street West, Toronto
Phil Hanley - Spellbound Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Toronto's Hottest Networking Event For Young Professionals @ Lavelle
Truth and Dare: DIG! XX @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
🏒 Sports
Outdoor Adventure Show @ International Centre
🎭 Art and Culture
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated @ Fox Theatre
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Against All Odds @ York Woods Library Theatre
Black History Month: Poetry Slam @ Neilson Park Creative Centre
Book Launch - Paying For It: The Film Edition, by Chester Brown @ Toronto Public Library - Lillian H Smith branch
Paper Quilling Workshop - Owl Family @ Studio Mooi
The Wolf in the Voice @ Tarragon Theatre
🎡 Family
Fired-Up Gala in Support of SickKids’ Burn & Plastics Unit @ The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto
SQ1 BLACK HISTORY MONTH POP UP MARKET @ Square One Shopping Centre
Saturday 02/22
🍽️ Food and Drinks
CHOCOLATE Lovers' Tasting Experience @ QUEST XO Chocolate
Drag Brunch @ Church Street Garage @ Church St. Garage (Free)
Mead Making Workshop @ The Bee Shop
Roundhouse Winter Craft Beer Festival @ Steam Whistle Brewing Roundhouse Toronto
SUPPER CLUB: Paella Mixta by Jose Arato @ The Depanneur
🎵 Music
80s & 90s Video Dance Party with THE SMITHS Spotlight - DJ Lazarus - PANIC -Living On Video @ Ground Control
AND THE WAY BACK IS BACK AT THE DUKE TORONTO! @ The Duke Toronto
Delta Heavy @ NOMAD
DIRT FARMER and James Clark Institute Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Evening of Kirtan / Musical Mantras @ The Yoga Lounge
Free Pop Punk Cover Band Show - Eyes Like Static @ The Antler Room (Free)
HYBRID // Febrocity :: Alternative Club Night @ TacoTaco Moonlight Lounge, Toronto
Hybrid // Febrocity Alternative Dance Club Night @ TacoTaco
I WILL BE KING @ the Linsmore tavern @ Linsmore Tavern
Music Bingo at Epochal Imp @ The Epochal Imp
Music Trivia - Name That Tune 16.0 @ Hemingway's
Play and Sing! @ Islington United Church
Saturday Night Rockers ft. KAIRO MCLEAN - Live at BSMT254! @ BSMT 254
Serata @ Revival Event Venue
Still Rock'n'Roll Billy Joel Tribute - Old Mill Toronto Dining & Dancing Series @ Old Mill Toronto
Stonebwoy - UP & RUNNIN6 TOURRAPSEASON Presents: STONEBWOY Up & Running Tour @ Adelaide Hall
Toronto Community Band Festival @ Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
Toronto Concert Orchestra: Taylor Swift Eras Encore @ Eglinton Grand
Winter Party - Liberemos el Estres @ Black Lab Brewing
🎉 Entertainment
\DEJA-VU REVUE - BACK IN TIME" - TRIANGLE D'OR CABARET" @ The Redwood Theatre
10PM Saturdays Pro & Hilarious Stand-up Comedy | Unleash the laughter @ Backroom Comedy Club
2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action @ Fox Theatre
Black History Month Celebration & Fundraiser @ Famous PEOPLE Players
Black Physicians' Association of Ontario - BPAO - 16th Annual Health Symposium @ Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building, University of Toronto's downtown campus
Blood On the Clocktower at The Grand Order of Divine Sweets in West End TO @ The Grand Order of Divine Sweets
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW @ Free Times Cafe, Toronto
Phil Hanley - Spellbound Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Saturday Night Swing Dance PLUS Beginner Swing Dance Lesson. Featuring Music from Moonshine Revival @ Dovercourt House
Stitches & Scenes: Funny Face @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Toronto Contra Dance Saturday February 22 @ St. Barnabas Anglican Church Hall
Toronto Mandem Comedy Jam @ The Real Jerk Legacy
🏒 Sports
MOCA Movement: Pilates in the Museum @ MOCA Toronto
Toronto Contra Dance Saturday @ St. Barnabas on the Danforth Anglican Church Hall
🎭 Art and Culture
2025 ARTbus Tour @ Multiple Venues
Beginner-Friendly Visible Garment Mending Workshop @ High Park Nature Centre
Coil Basket Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Hypothetical Baby @ Factory Theatre, Toronto
In Conversation with Natalie Wood at Spadina Museum @ Spadina Museum, Toronto
Journees Artistiques de la Jeunesse Afro-descendante - JAJA @ Université de l’Ontario Français
One Millionth In the Sense of Yesterday @ Preston Gallery 77 brock st west Uxbridge, Ontario
Rite, La Otra Rilla - Flamenco Dance Performance @ Spadina Theatre
TAIBU Black History Month Celebration @ Malvern Town Centre
The 20/20 Poster Show @ Underscore Projects
The RBC Black Diamond Ball 2025 @ Fairmont Royal York
Toronto Silent Film Festival: Flesh and the Devil @ Paradise Theatre
Wiggly Froot Art Show @ MZSON Tailors
🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Kokedama Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Coldest Night of the Year Fundraising Walk @ St. Barnabas Church (Free)
Family Experiences at Kortright: Survival Skills @ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Get the Jump on Spring 2025 @ Toronto Botanical Garden (Free)
LATIN ARTS & CRAFTS FOR KIDS @ Spanish4You Canada - Spanish School
Modern Bride Wedding Show @ The International Centre
Rally for Ontario Science Centre @ Thorncliffe Park Public School Toronto
Sickle Cell Disease Town Hall @ Scarborough Health Network - Centenary Hospital
The Model Railroad Club of Toronto celebrates Family Day! @ 11 Curity Ave
Sunday 02/23
🍽️ Food and Drinks
COOKING CLASS: Maple Time Maple Butter Tarts & Scones by Alan Zelcovitch @ The Depanneur
Hoppy Cupcake Workshop @ Brunswick Bierworks
WINTER WONDERLAND FESTIVAL @ HOLY ROSARY PARISH HALL
🎵 Music
Ambient Afternoon: A Free Ambient Music Showcase by Imaginary North at Standard Time - Feb 23rd, 2025 @ Standard Time (Free)
CANADIAN SONGBOOK Concert Series at REC ROOM, with THE BAD APPLES @ The Rec Room
Esprit Orchestra: RUNNER @ Koerner Hall
In The Starlight: with T. Thomason, Baby O, CJ Wiley, and Max Bornstein @ Burdock Music Hall
MUSICALS Concert with Wychwood Clarinet Choir @ St. Michael and All Angels Church
Orchestra Toronto: Virtuosic Journeys @ Meridian Arts Centre
Pedro Capo @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Samba Touré: Songhoy Music of Mali @ Aga Khan Museum
SOUL Sunday w/ DJ NV & Rubie Magnitude Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Sunday SerVice with HATIRAS and Manzone Strong @ Wiggle Room (Free)
🎉 Entertainment
A New Year, Same Me - Stand-up Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar East
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Shakey's hosted by QE Trivia @ Shakey's
Brampton Concert Band & The Jazz Mechanics Featuring Lee Siegel @ The Rose Brampton
Golden Age: An Affair to Remember @ Fox Theatre
Left Field Trivia League @ Liberty Village @ Left Field Brewery
Samay Raina - Unfiltered: North America Tour 2025 @ Meridian Hall
The Toronto Comedy Showcase - free admission @ The Rec Room Toronto (Free)
TOP TORONTO COMEDIANS in BLOORDALE @ Wenona Lodge
Toronto Film Society presents a Double Feature: Devil's Doorway and Sapphire @ Paradise Theatre
Waiting for GuffmanMockumentary @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
🏒 Sports
ActiveGirlsTO Workout X Kimpton Saint George Hotel @ 280 Bloor St W
Toronto Marlies vs. Manitoba Moose @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Anga's Farm: Terrarium of Blooms Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. - Before Hours Tour @ Royal Ontario Museum
Cinema Kabuki 2025 Toronto @ TIFF Lightbox
Cold Process Soap Workshop @ Big Beer Soap Workshop
Expressive Arts Workshop for Groups: Sand Mandalas @ McGregor Park Community Centre
The Urban Exhibit by Toronto Art Crawl @ The Great Hall (Free)
The Wolf in the Voice @ Tarragon Theatre
Toronto Postcard Club Annual Show @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
🎡 Family
Music & Truffles KIDS host Andrew Wan, violina & Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano @ Walter Hall, UofT
Nature Connection: Animals in Winter @ Downsview Park
Nerd Market 5 @ Hart House, Great Hall (Free)
Warming Toronto - Knitting Hats and Scarves for Toronto's Unhoused @ The Imperial Pub & Library
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