Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 20 - Jan 26)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 20 - Jan 26)

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Anyway, here are what you can do next Monday (1/20) to Sunday (1/26)! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 01/20

🎵 Music
Blue Monday: Mamma Mia! Sing-Along @ Fox Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
Annex Social Game Night - Play Board Games & Make Friends! @ Snakes & Lattes Annex
Arrested Development Trivia @ Hemingway's
Dumpster Fire!! @ Comedy Bar
Feedback | An Open Mic Comedy Show @ Backroom Comedy Club @ Backroom Comedy Club
Soft boys presents: Monday Blues! A stand up comedy show. @ Tallboys

🏒 Sports
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
CSI 50th Anniversary Screening Series: Arturo A Los 30 @ Innis Town Hall
Onyx Storm Midnight Release Party - Hosted by Hopeless Romantic Books @ Pennies Bar

🎡 Family
Mindful Monday: Scaral Chakra Healing with Cherie @ Lite Mind Body Clinic

📅 Other Events
Toronto International Boat Show @ Enercare Centre
Vancouver Film School - Info Session | Toronto, ON @ Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel

Tuesday 01/21

🧑‍💼 Business
Craft Your LinkedIn Personal Brand @ Virtual (Free)

🎵 Music
Tuesday Night Swing Dance and Jam at Drom Taberna @ DROM Taberna

🎉 Entertainment
General Trivia at Snakes & Lattes Annex, Toronto @ Snakes and Lattes
It's Tricky Trivia at Epochal Imp @ Epochal Imp (Free)
Pub Trivia @ Hemingway's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Sound Therapy at the Garden @ Toronto Botanical Garden

🏒 Sports
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Orlando Magic @ Scotiabank Arena
Toronto International Boat Show @ Enercare Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Last Landscape @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH Presents: All The Little Monsters @ CAMH - The Arrell Family Foundation Auditorium
Tech Workshop for Seniors: Mastering Gmail - A Beginner's Course @ 123 La Rose Ave
The Speakers Annex: An Exciting New Speakers Series! @ The Al Green Theatre at the Miles Nadal JCC
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
Yōkai Netsuke Exhibition @ The Japan Foundation, Toronto

🎡 Family
Campus Clothing Swap @ University of Toronto (Free)

Wednesday 01/22

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Open Studio: CHOCOLATE Painting @ QUEST XO Chocolate
Trivia Night at St. Louis Bar & Grill @ St Louis Bar & Grill (Free)

🎵 Music
AN EVENING WITH FIFTH ELEMENT JAZZ QUINTET AT REID'S DISTILLERY @ Reid's Distillery
Happy Hour WINESDAY! at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
John Baker: Wreck In Progress Album Release @ 915 Dupont
Sons Of Silver's Runaway Emotions out on January 10/Art of Letting Go Tour with Myles Kennedy and Tim Montana @ The Concert Hall

🎉 Entertainment
|BOARD GAMES & BEYOND| TRAVEL/LANGUAGE EXCHANGE & CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS @ CSI Spadina
A Trivia Night at Danu Social House: Round #24 @ Danu Social House
Baddies Only Musical Bingo Hosted by QE Trivia @ Granite Brewery
BIG FACT HUNT TRIVIA @ Tallboys
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Blood On the Clocktower at The Black Pony in East End Toronto @ The Black Pony
Chess Night Drop In - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Futurama Trivia @ Hemingway's
Now & Lately - A Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Teddy Beer
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's @ Grace O'Malley's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Offworld Bar @ Offworld Bar
Shrek Movie Trivia Night at Red Tape Brewery in East End Toronto @ Red Tape Brewery
Toronto International Boat Show @ Enercare Centre
WERE NOT REALLY STRANGERS"~ CONVERSATION GAME ~FREE: DRINK/FOOD/FUN & HOST @ CSI - Centre for Social Innovation (Spadina)

🏒 Sports
Candlelight Calm: Restorative Yoga @ Yoga Mamas

🎭 Art and Culture
Art Battle Toronto @ The Great Hall
Clay Sculpting Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Coffee With Creatives -- A Networking Event for Solopreneurs, Freelancers, Side-Hustlers & Artists @ The Sunday Creative Loft
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz @ Alumnae Theatre
The Image Centre Winter Exhibitions Opening Reception @ The Image Centre (Free)
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
Write Here, Write Now! @ On Task Studio Toronto

🎡 Family
Pixar Films Trivia Night - Snakes & Lattes Annex @ Snakes and Lattes

🐾 Pet
Question Everything Trivia Pawty // All Doggo's Allowed! @ Black Lab Brewing

Thursday 01/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Beer & Oyster Flight Night @ Left Field Leslieville @ Left Field
The Anndore House - House Salon V: Agora Constantine @ AGORA CONSTANTINE
Trivia Night at Rainhard Brewing Co. @ Rainhard Brewing (Free)

🎵 Music
Kygo: World Tour Part Two @ Scotiabank Arena
L'Imperatrice w/ Night Tapes @ Rebel
LIVE MUSIC at Decoy Bar - Lunchmeat, EqualGreaterThan, DJ BassKase @ Decoy Bar
Paint N Vibe: 90's/00's R&B N Hiphop @ Real Jerk Legacy
Thursday Night Party With Lewdline For Booty2Booty @ DROM Taberna

🎉 Entertainment
All Out Comedy @ Comedy Bar
Blood on the Clocktower - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Board Game Designer Night at The Black Pony in East End Toronto @ The Black Pony
Gay AF Comedy: HOMO SAY WHAT? @ Glad Day Bookshop Church
Goth Bingo @ Ground Control
Match My Wave: Professional Networking Event @ Kissa
Other People's Treasure Bingo @ The Drake Hotel
What The Fox?! Trivia Night @ Fortunate Fox

🎭 Art and Culture
A Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Annual Speaker Series: Historical Curiosities with Richard Fiennes-Clinton @ Toronto's First Post Office Museum
Artist in Conversation: Michael Benson with Ann Thomas & Paul Roth @ The Image Centre
How To Make Body Butter Lip Balms and Solid Lotion Bars @ Big Beer Soap Company
In-Studio Paint Night - Tropical Breeze Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Interior Design Show 2025 @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre
tick, tick...Boom! by SMC Troubadours @ Toronto Public Library - Palmerston Branch

🎡 Family
Generation Women Canada @ The Lounge at Live Nation
Ravensburger Puzzle Competition - Snakes & Lattes - Wellington Event Venue @ Wellington Market food hall at The Well

Friday 01/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Dinner Dialogues: with Strangers edition @ Abrielle - menu by Chef Andres Jaramillo @ Abrielle
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Bangarang

🎵 Music
Ben Barnes - Where the Light Gets In @ The Danforth Music Hall
DANCE WITH JADE'S HIP-HOP ACADEMY @ Art Gallery of Ontario
DEPTH STAR @ SOUND MACHINE
Friday Night JENNARIE Single Release Concert at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
It's All Gonna Break Featuring Broken Social Scene Canadian Premiere @ Hot Docs Cinema
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco @ The Piston

🎉 Entertainment
Black Sheep Comedy @ Rorschach Brewing Co. Featuring SEAN CULLEN @ Rorschach Brewing
Board Game Night @ Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery (Liberty Village)
Chad and JT @ Annabels
FILMharmonic Orchestra: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King In Concert @ Meridian Hall
Friday Pro Stand Up Comedy @ Chefs Hall Toronto @ Chef's Hall Toronto
Gavin Coscarella @ Backroom Comedy Club - Comedy Album Run Through @ Backroom Comedy Club
Laugh it Off with Andrew Packer @ Comedy Bar, Toronto
Queer Sober Mixer @ Zero Bar @ Zero Cocktail Bar
The Laugh Track - A Standup Comedy Showcase @ The Real Jerk Legacy
Three Little Birds Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk - Legacy, 647 College St, Toronto

🎭 Art and Culture
A RENDEZVOUS FOR TWO - Watercolour Workshop with Tamara Harutyunyan @ Shevchenko Museum
A Sunset Beach Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Deconstructing TOC @ The Bakery
DesignTO Festival @ Multiple Venues
Discover a Hidden Gem: the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto @ Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
Interior Design Show - Art Curation Panel @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre
LEOLEO @ The Bridge
Neo Soul Paint Night Workshop @ The Paint Garden
Paint Quest - Interactive Painting Adventure - Chapter 1: Journey to Mystery Mountain @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Permission to Celebrate Exhibition - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace

🎡 Family
Lunar New Year Paper Cutting Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library (Free)

Saturday 01/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Brunch Club @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Night Markets of Southeast Asia: Street Food Pop-Up @ Now & Later

🎵 Music
80s & 90s Video Dance Party with THE CURE Spotlight - DJ Lazarus - PANIC @ Ground Control
ALL 90s . ALL Night - RENAISSANCE w/Jester, Agile, & Mista Jiggz @ REVIVAL
An Evening of Musical Mantras @ Music Therapy Centre
ASH - LIVE IN TORONTO @ History Toronto
Couch and Tustroy at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Flashback - The Throwback Party @ Mascot Brewery Etobicoke
House of the North @ University of Toronto
Hybrid // Nineties Alternative Club Night @ TacoTaco Moonlight Lounge - 319 Augusta Avenue - Toronto
Music Bingo at Epochal Imp @ Epochal Imp (Free)
Open Mic - Hosted by Golden Dung Creative @ Steadfast Brewing
Saturday Night Swing Dance PLUS Beginner Swing Dance Lesson. Featuring Music from Shraddha Pai & the Prismaticks @ Dovercourt House

🎉 Entertainment
Cannabis Comedy Festival Presents: Lit Comedy @ Lit Research
DG SPECIAL PRESENTS... JORDANNE BROWN @ The Cave, Toronto
Evil Men LIVE! @ Comedy Bar
Glow & Flow Party - Ladies Night @ Half Note 416
Magic MelLIVE! at the Wychwood Theatre: Magic Mel - January 25th, 2025 @ 76 Wychwood Ave. Unit 176, Toronto, ON
Martin Amini @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Figo
Toronto Mandem Comedy Jam @ Real Jerk Legacy
Worlds Collide @ The John Candy Box Theatre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Bonsai Seminar: A Beginner’s Introduction to Care and Techniquesa @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Brunch Club @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Circular Loom Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
FILMharmonic Orchestra: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King In Concert @ Meridian Hall
Free Art Tour on Dundas West - Little Portugal Toronto @ Little Portugal Toronto BIA (Free)
In-Studio Paint Night - Rainbow Moon over the Water Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
KOTATSU 2025: Japanese Cinema at Innis Town Hall @ Innis College (Free)
Life, Death & Legacy: A Visionary Symposium @ Friendship House
Permission to Celebrate Yourself Workshop - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace
Tafelmusik at the Garden: In Stile Moderno @ Toronto Botanical Garden
TechnoSalon x DesignTO @ Belgian Moon at Stackt
Winter Trees and Watercolour in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm - Kid's Open Terarrium Underwater Replica @ Anga's Farm
BGMC Presents: GlowFlow Yoga @ Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism
January FUN Events @ Yorkgate Mall
Relaxed Screening: Kedi @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
VALENTINES PHOTOSHOOT ON GEARY @ The Manor Loft

Sunday 01/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Australia Day at Hemingway's! @ Hemingway's
ZUMONSTUDIO & FRIENDS CLOSET SALE @ IT'S OK STUDIO

🎵 Music
1950's Rock'n' Roll Beach, Island, Tiki Party Featuring The Pepper Shakers PLUS 1950s Dance Lesson @ La Plaza
Dark Retro Soiree w/ Saigon Sundays! @ The Piston
FLAMENCO PURO - January Tablao 2024 @ Rivoli
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Opera Revue at Granite Brewery @ Granite Brewery
Souls Sunday @ the painted lady
The Great Sing-Off @ Humber Valley United Church
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King In Concert @ Meridian Hall

🎉 Entertainment
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO hosted by QE Trivia @ Shakey's
GONE GIRL @ Paradise Theatre
La Cotorrisa @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
The Snatch Game! @ Comedy Bar East
Werewolf at CSI Annex in Downtown Toronto @ Centre for Social Innovation

🏒 Sports
Cribbage Tournament @ Left Field Leslieville @ Left Field Brewery

🎭 Art and Culture
Awakening Breathwork Experience @ Toronto Botanical Garden
Bath Bomb Workshop @ Big Beer Soap Company
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
IHRD at the THM @ Toronto Holocaust Museum
In-Studio Watercolour Paint Night - Abstract Geode @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Nature Connection: Winter Forest Art @ Downsview Park
The Queen of Versailles @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Tranquil Transformation - Restorative Yoga and Sound Bath @ Downward Dog Yoga Centre

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm Seminar/Workshop - The Buzz on Bees, Honey & Pollinator's! @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
BenTastic @ Wychwood Theatre
Nature Through a Lens: A Deep Dive Into High Park's Wildlife @ High Park Nature Centre
The Wedding Show @ Hyatt Regency Toronto
Year of the Snake Celebration at the BSM @ Bata Shoe Museum (Free)

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