Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 26 - Feb 1)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 26 - Feb 1)

Monday 01/26

🍽️ Food and Drinks
KFC X Matty Matheson Pop-Up @ KFC Canada
The Sugo & Pasta Party on Danforth @ 7 Numbers

🎵 Music
Gregory Alan Isakov Live In Concert @ Massey Hall At Allied Music Centre

🎉 Entertainment
Monday Night Laughs - Stand-Up Comedy @ Desi Food Junction
Sherlock Trivia @ Hemingway's
True Stories Told Live Toronto - Returns for 2026 @ Garrison (Free)

🏒 Sports
WWE: Raw @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Collage & Cocktails at W Toronto @ W Toronto
Community Forum on Venezuela: A Caribbean Perspective @ William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks St. Toronto
Documentary Screening - Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere @ Cineplex Yonge-Dundas
The Night Sparrow: Celebrating Unsung Jewish Women Erased From History @ Palmerston Library

Tuesday 01/27

🎵 Music
Fox Stevenson @ Adelaide Hall
FREE RANGE MUSIC SERIES @ The Painted Lady
Music TORONTO - Gryphon Trio with Nordic Voices @ Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

🎉 Entertainment
Bob's Burgers Trivia @ Hemingway's
Question Everything Trivia hosted by QE Trivia @ Tha Phae Tavern @ Tha Phae Tavern
QUESTION EVERYTHING TRIVIA NIGHT @ THE RIVOLI @ The Rivoli
Seinfeld Trivia @ Dublin Calling Hosted by Trivia Kings @ Dublin Calling

🏒 Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs: Darryl Sittler 10-point Night 50th Anniversary @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Night @ Artbox
Art opening: Machine at Gladstone House @ Gladstone House
Harakiri @ The Japan Foundation (Free)
Writers Collective of Canada: Community Writing Workshop @ Palmerston Library

🎡 Family
Who's Hoo: The Wild World of Owl Anatomy and Adaptations @ Humber Arboretum

📅 Other Events
Board Game Night at Bickford Brewing @ Bickford Brewing Co
Improv Class @ Soulpepper @ Soulpepper Theatre

Wednesday 01/28

🎵 Music
Microphone Controller @ The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance
Tamar Ilana and the Ventanas live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna

🎉 Entertainment
Always Sunny Trivia @ The Pint @ The Pint
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Lost Craft Brewery @ Lost Craft Brewery
BIG FACT HUNT TRIVIA @ Tallboys
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co. @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Dual Sound Bath @ Hansa
Funny Pho Show - A Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Dzo Viet Eatery
PAIN! The Musical @ Factory Theatre
Percy Jackson and The Olympians Trivia @ Hemingway's
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia Restaurant @ Insomnia
Vibrations to Close The Month: Sound Bath @ LITE

🏒 Sports
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. New York Knicks @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Curator's Tour : Magnum's First & Chim's Children of Europe @ The Image Centre (Free)
Toronto's Lost Shipwreck @ UofT Scarborough

Thursday 01/29

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Policy Cafe: Housing in Canada @ TBA

🎵 Music
Brazily Dance @ Annex Dance Studios
Day Ones @ El Mocambo
enemies, lovers with Benji Crane & Lucy Ellis @ Burdock Music Hall

🎉 Entertainment
Canadian Cancer Society Toronto Trivia Night @ Revival
Celina Meyers: Hollow @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Cleo From 9 Till Forever @ BSMT 254
Kathy Griffin: New Face, New Tour @ The Elgin Theatre

🏒 Sports
Run It Back: A League of Our Own @ Paradise Theatre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Experience @ Artbox
Art Hive at MOCA @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Design Evenings TO: Designing for Speed and Scale with AI @ BrainStation
Group of Seven artist's historic press restored and unveiled @ The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
Pearls of Memory. Signs of Love. @ Transmission Studios
This is the Feminist Archive: Women Fight the Power - Protest and Resistance in 1990s Toronto @ Vtape

📅 Other Events
QUESTION EVERYTHING TRIVIA @ STACKT MARKET @ STACKT Market
Question Everything Trivia hosted by QE Trivia @ The Fortunate Fox @ The Fortunate Fox
We Love Movie Nights: Little Miss Sunshine @ Typist Studios & Coffee

Friday 01/30

🍽️ Food and Drinks
The World of Charcuterie by Peter Sanagan @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
Colin Asuncion Live at Burdock @ Burdock
Daisy Street live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Divas Of Country Music: A Violin Tribute Concert @ Bata Shoe Museum
Salsa Fridays with Luis Franco's VIP, DJ Trambo & Afrolatino Dance! @ Lula Lounge
The Izzy Flores incident and John Callum Sheehan with Sofia Friesen @ The Painted Lady
The Pharcyde @ The Phoenix
Twilight Symphony at the Castle @ Casa Loma

🎉 Entertainment
A Bad Choice - Standup Comedy Show @ Desi Food Junction
A Geographic Roast Battle @ Yuk Yuk's
All of Us Are Naughty: Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Downtown Toronto Comedy Showcase - Free admission! @ Catacombs Cabaret (Free)
Home and Backyard Show @ The International Centre
Slow Burn Comedy: Pro Stand-Up Comedy in Parkdale @ Osprey Cafe
The Breaking Bad Roast @ Comedy Bar
The Garden Comedy Show @ Ollie Quinn
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show @ Liberty Village Market and Cafe
Tommy Marshall live # Backroom Comedy Club - Limited Edition show @ Backroom Comedy Club

🏒 Sports
Toronto Golf & Travel Show @ International Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Art Hangs @ Art Gallery of Ontario (Free)
Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Dance for Non-Dancers @ Soulpepper @ Soulpepper Theatre
Fashion Wars VIII - Heavy Metal Edition @ The Super Wonder Gallery
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ ARTBOX
Open House at The Arts and Letters Club - Design Week 2026 @ The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
Visit the Birthplace of Canadian Design @ Arts and Letters Club

📅 Other Events
Sequins & Shenanigans @ Church St. Garage (Free)
Spelling Bee-4-E Fundraiser @ Left Field Brewery

Saturday 01/31

🍽️ Food and Drinks
2026 Toronto Tea Festival @ Toronto Reference Library
Cooking Class: Seriously Delicious Comfort Foods @ Animal Liberation Kitchen
Noodlebox Etobicoke Grand Opening @ Noodlebox Bloor Royal York

🎵 Music
80s/90s Video Dance Party w/ THE CURE Spotlight @ Ground Control
Distant Worlds - Music from Final Fantasy @ Meridian Hall
DUTTY - featuring Choppa Chop, Paul E Lopes & Channel 9 @ BSMT254
Ghost - Skeletour 2026 World Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
HECTOR ROMERO from NYC @ Wiggle Room
I Love Euro Night on St. Clair West @ The Cat's Cradle (Free)
Music Trivia @ Hemingway's
Ryan Naismith Band and Brock Mattsson Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Tacamis Trio Album Launch Concert @ Arts & Letters Club
The Arsenals live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
The Devil and Daniel Johnston @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Writers Round with Hayden Ryann, Mackenzie Leigh Meyer, Kendra Gabrielle @ Burdock Music Hall

🎉 Entertainment
APRES SKI - ROUND 1 @ The Pint Public House
Made in Canada - Standup Comedy Show @ Free Times Cafe
SKETCH PARTY @ Comedy Bar
Snow Angels: A Dirty Late Night Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar Bloor
WonderPhil the Magician @ 76 Wychwood Ave. Studio 176, Toronto, ON. M6G 4C7

🏒 Sports
Meet 3-Time Olympic Medalist - Sami Jo Small @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
Royal Rumble Toronto Watch Party @ National - The Well
Toronto Marlies: Indigenous Celebration Game @ Coca-Cola Coliseum

🎭 Art and Culture
Being and Becoming: Annual Public Philosophy Social @ Centre for Social Innovation (192 Spadina)
Canvas Connection: A Date Night Paint Night @ Artbox
Collective States: Worlds of Photography Book Launch @ Stephen Bulger Gallery
Curator-Led Tours at The Power Plant @ The Power Plant
Fashion Wars VIII - Glitter & Glam Edition @ The Super Wonder Gallery
K.O.I.: Keepers Of Identity Exhibition by Segun Caezar @ Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
Studio 311 Creative Open House @ Studio 311
Toronto market @ Yonge Eglinton Centre
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Community Festival, year of the Horse 2026 @ Venu Event Space
You, Always @ Berkeley Street Theatre

🎡 Family
Lula Community Salsa Class @ Lula Lounge (Free)
MEGA Book Swap @ Glad Day Lit

📅 Other Events
Middle Eastern Mezze by Rahaf Alakbani @ The Depanneur
PALS FOR PALESTINE @ Danu Social House

Sunday 02/01

🎵 Music
Chameleon Project live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Hymns To Freedom @ Humber Valley United Church
Jimmy Cliff Tribute Concert with Jay Douglas and the All Stars @ The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
Model Railroad Club of Toronto February Shows @ Model Railroad Club of Toronto
Sunday Service Hospitality & Entertainment Industry Social @ Wiggle Room (Free)
The Python Hunt @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
Fundementals of Archery Training in East York @ 401 Donlands Avenue
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Utah Jazz @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Model Railroad Club of Toronto February Show @ 11 Curity Avenue
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Anga's Farm: Kokedama Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
French Zine Workshop & Lunch - LE LABO ART @ Le Labo, centre d'arts médiatiques francophone de Toronto
Intuitive Depth: Snow Moon Circle @ Inner Arts Collective
KUUMBA Festival 2026 @ Multiple Venues
Maria Serrano "Las Voces de Mi Vida" @ Palmerston Library Theatre
Through the Eyes of God by Anusree Roy @ Theatre Passe Muraille

🎡 Family
Groundhog Day: Rodents in High Park @ HPNC Cottage

📅 Other Events
Chocolate Masterclass Level 2 @ Le Dolci Culinary School
Jamaican Patties & Coconut Drops by Avery Billy @ The Depanneur

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