Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 27 - Feb 2)
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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Jan 27 - Feb 2)
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Anyway, here are what you can do next Monday (1/27) to Sunday (2/2)! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.
Monday 01/27
🎵 Music
Monday Night Dinner Indie-Rock with Service Animals at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Open Mic Mondays at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
🎉 Entertainment
Blockchain Horizons: Shaping Tomorrow, Powered by Sui @ TacoTaco
CSI 50th Anniversary Screening Series: Punch-Drunk Love @ Innis Town Hall
Feedback | An Open Mic Comedy Show @ Backroom Comedy Club @ Backroom Comedy Club
Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Trivia 4.2 @ Hemingway's
The Bachelor Premiere Watch Party @ Left Field Liberty Village @ Left Field Liberty Village
🎭 Art and Culture
Art Hive at MOCA @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Art Week at Gladstone House @ Gladstone House
ROM Speaks: Saul Rubinek @ Royal Ontario Museum
Shiatsu for Practitioners @ Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine Academy
True Stories Told Live Toronto @ Garrison (Free)
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
Zine Yourself: Tell Your Story! - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace
🎡 Family
Board Game Designer Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Jr. Forest Explorers: Winter Wonderland @ Downsview Park (Free)
Mindful Monday: Root Chakra Healing with Cherie @ Lite Mind Body Clinic
Tuesday 01/28
🍽️ Food and Drinks
It's Tricky Trivia at Rorschach Brewing Co. @ Rorschach Brewing Co.
Miku Toronto Goes Head-to-Head with Canada's Best Bar in a Gin-uary Showdown @ Miku
🎵 Music
B-Jazzed: Bebop, Ballads and Blues @ The Rose Brampton
FREE RANGE MUSIC SERIES at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Queens of Pop Karaoke Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Sum 41 /w The Interrupters - Tour of the Setting Sum @ Scotiabank Arena
🎉 Entertainment
A Show About Your Ex: Comedy Inspired by Past Relationships @ Comedy Bar
It's Tricky Trivia at Rorschach Brewing Co. @ Rorschach Brewing (Free)
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Seinfeld Trivia @ Hemingway's
Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical @ Randolph Theatre
The Roll Players @ Comedy Bar Danforth
This Discovery of Mine - A Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Snakes and Lattes (Annex)
Tuesday Night Trivia with Jason Agnew @ The Second City
🎭 Art and Culture
Conversations with the Body - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace
DUER x DesignTO: Exclusive Artist Reception @ DUER Ossington Store
ROM Speaks: Saul Rubinek @ Royal Ontario Museum
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
🎡 Family
All Ages Karaoke and Board Games Night at Palmerston Library @ Palmerston Library
Wednesday 01/29
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Flight Night - Aviation Industry Social @ Nickel 9 Distillery @ Nickel 9 Distillery
Worthy Park Rum Tasting & Art Show with Tray Arts @ The Real Jerk Restaurant
🎵 Music
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Wednesday Night Sirenix Soiree at Tapestry @ Tapestry
🎉 Entertainment
10 PM Wednesdays - Pro & Hilarious Stand-up Comedy | Late-Night laughs @ Backroom Comedy Club
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia @ Hemingway's
Drafts & Laughs Standup Comedy Show @ The Draft Room
Freestyle Socials - 90s & 2000s Movie Madness! @ Wenona Lodge
New in Town Comedy with James Roque @ Comedy Bar
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's @ Grace O'Malley's
Rue Morgue Horror Trivia at Storm Crow Manor @ Storm Crow Manor Toronto
🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
An Evening with Alinka Angelova @ The Heliconian Club - Yorkville
CHAO, TET TO 2025 @ Paradise Theatre
Curators' Talk for "Eye of the Earth" - Textile Museum of Canada @ Textile Museum of Canada
free book reading at Mount Sinai hospital Indigo Spirit @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Lunar New Year Rhinestone Workshop @ Loohoo - Cute Gift Shop
Reimagining Creativity @ Miraki Life Workspace
The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony @ Concourse Event Space, North York Central Library
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
🎡 Family
! TORONTO BETTER TOGETHER ! BOARD GAMES & BEYOND ! "CRAFTING CONNECTIONS" FREE: DRINK/FOOD/FUN & HOST @ CSI - Centre for Social Innovation (Spadina) (Free)
Hero Tea Lunar New Year Celebration - Free Drink @ Multiple Venues (Free)
🐾 Pet
Question Everything Trivia Pawty // All Doggo's Allowed! @ Black Lab Brewing
📅 Other Events
Pruning: An Art? A Science? A Fun Necessity! @ Toronto Botanical Garden
REmarket 12 @ St. Lawrence Market Temporary Tent (Free)
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CVII @ Tranzac Club
The Crystal Gams @ Glad Day Bookshop
Thursday 01/30
🍽️ Food and Drinks
PA Day Chocolate School @ QUEST XO Chocolate
🎵 Music
FLAMENCO at The Monarch @ Monarch Tavern
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Live Lounge, Featuring the Groovy Turtles Band @ Novotel Toronto North York
Music Bingo - Retro Edition @ Rorschach Brewing
Music Toronto - JACK Quartet @ Jane Mallett Theatre
Sum 41 /w The Interrupters - Tour of the Setting Sum @ Scotiabank Arena
The Last Round-Up - Concert for Classrooms with Barney Bentall & The Cariboo Express @ Glenn Gould Studio
🎉 Entertainment
Board Game Night @ Left Field Brewery in Leslieville Toronto @ Left Field Brewery (Leslieville)
Fight Club Movie Night - Snakes & Lattes - The Well @ The Wellington Event Venue
Harold Night @ Teddy Beer
Mental HELLth - Standup Comedy In Support Of CAMH @ The Rivoli
Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood - a pantomime @ Tranzac Club
Taylor Tomlinson: The Save Me Tour @ Meridian Hall
The Best Comedy Show in Toronto in 80 Years @ Comedy Bar
What The Fox?! Trivia Night @ Fortunate Fox
WOC: Women Of Comedy @ SoCap Comedy (The Social Capital)
🏒 Sports
GAME ON: STREETFIGHTER TOURNAMENT presented by QE @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
PWHL Watch Party: SAPPHIC Takeover and Jock Mixer @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival. FREE. @ Carlton Cinemas (Free)
In-Studio Paint Night - Glow in the Dark Galaxy Waterfall Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Read Your Tarot for the Year Ahead - DesignTO Festival @ Miraki Life Workspace
Stagedoor Stories: Twin Flames @ The Rose Studio (The Rose Brampton)
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
🎡 Family
Creativity Academy Event at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto @ LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto
PA Day Chocolate School for High Schoolers @ QUEST XO
Singing Mamas with Kate in The Annex @ Multiple Venues
Friday 01/31
🍽️ Food and Drinks
CHOCOLATE Making Workshop @ QUEST XO Chocolate
Chocolate Making Workshop @ CSI
Over The Tap 2025 @ Blood Brothers
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Bangarang
Winterlicious @ Multiple Venues
🎵 Music
Brilliant Baroque @ Trinity St-Paul's United Church
Cold Specks at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
DJ Blush LIVE at SPIN @ SPIN Toronto
Generator Party Presents Lollapalooza 1991-1996 Live at The Pilot @ The Pilot
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
K-pop LVRS Dance Party! @ The Rec Room
OLIVIER GIACOMOTTO @ Wiggle Room
Prophecy at Swan Dive @ Swan Dive
Propter Hawk Single Release Show @ Rivoli
Triple Espresso: Bach, Handel & Fasch @ Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre
VPS x Bar St Lo @ Bar St Lo
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston
🎉 Entertainment
#3 You're Going to Hell: A Comedy Showcase @ Osprey Cafe
1-800-ON-HER-OWN @ Hot Docs Theatre
A Stackt Up Comedy Show @ Stackt Market
Asian Comedy Night - An Asian Standup Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk Legacy
Disco on Ice @ The Well Toronto
Friday Night Standup Comedy - One Drink Included @ SoCap Comedy
JaJaJa's in the Junction - A Standup Comedy Showcase with After Party @ Rosario's
Laugh Dammit! @ Comedy Bar
Laura Faritos Presents: Haunted Comedians @ Comedy Lab
New Year Reset: Sound Bath & Meditation with Acupuncture @ Lite Mind Body Clinic
Spirits of the Distillery District @ 55 Mill Street
Tales from the Joke Keepers @ The Rose Studio (The Rose Brampton)
Taylor Tomlinson: The Save Me Tour @ Meridian Hall
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show @ Liberty Village Market & Cafe
🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Art/Wear Sneaker Battle @ Bata Shoe Museum
DesignTO Talks: Net Positive @ Ace Hotel Toronto
In My Own Words: Documentary Premiere and Panel Discussion @ 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education
In-Studio - Paint Your Totes Workshop @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Make a Drawstring Bag Workshop @ Toronto Public Library - S. Walter Stewart Branch
Make a Drawstring Bag Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library
Old School R&B: 90s & 2000s Paint Night Workshop @ The Paint Garden
The Menagerie: Sub Zero @ Super Wonder Gallery
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
Yōkai Netsuke Exhibition @ The Japan Foundation, Toronto
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
🎡 Family
Living Your Values Workshop - DesignTO @ Miraki Life Workspace
Lunar New Year Pop Up Experience @ Cafe Our Hours (Free)
Saturday 02/01
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Figo
Toronto Tea Festival @ The Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon
🎵 Music
54\u202240 @ The Rose Brampton
60s Soul Dance Party - With It! @ The Piston
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Community Piano Jam w/ Windsor Johnson at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
EBM PARTY - electronic body music, futurepop, electro-industrial with DJ Lazarus @ Ground Control
Jay1 Live in Toronto @ The Axis Club Theatre
Jazz & Reflection with the Ferrport Jazz Ensemble @ Beach United Church
Joy of Music Showcase: Winterberries @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Saturday Night Waltz Dance and Beginner Dance Lessons @ St. Barnabas
Tina Turner Tribute Karen Durrant - Old Mill Toronto Dining & Dancing Series @ Old Mill Toronto
Tribal Bounce night with Manzone and Strong, Junior Lopez @ Wiggle Room
MONKS @ The Theatre Centre
🎉 Entertainment
Casual Comedy: Groundhog Day @ SoCap Theatre
Colored Only Comedy Show @ BSMT 254
HISS HISS B*TCH @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Laughs At The Legion @ Toronto
Retro Bingo at Epochal Imp @ The Epochal Imp
Taylor Tomlinson: The Save Me Tour @ Meridian Hall
White Out Bar Crawl @ Multiple Venues
Witching Hour: Manifestation Workshop I Create the Life YOU DESERVE in 2025 @ Tranzac Club
🏒 Sports
Raptors Fan Day @ Scotiabank Arena
🎭 Art and Culture
1-800-ON-HER-OWN Film @ Hot Docs Theatre
3rd Annual Journey to Black Liberation Symposium and The Black Liberation Ball @ Harbourfront centre
An Overview of 400 Years of Black History In Canada @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch
Linocut Reduction Printmaking Workshop in High Park @ High Park
Loom Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
T.O.: Space, Identity, Memory Exhibition by Max Lamour @ Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
#ExperienceTO: Parkdale Historical Tour @ Toronto Public Library - Parkdale Branch
🎡 Family
Anga's Farm Workshop: DIY Open Terrarium Creation @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Chartwell Shopping Centre Lunar New Year Celebration 2025 @ Chartwell Shopping Centre (Free)
Family Experiences at Kortright: Mapping and Orienteering @ Kortright Centre for Conservation
February Community Weekend @ MOCA Toronto
LooHoonar New Year Tarot Pop-Up @ Loohoo Shop
Toronto Chinatown Lunar New Year Festival @ Chinatown (Free)
Play and Sing! @ Islington United Church
📅 Other Events
Franchise Canada Show Toronto - Winter 2025 @ The International Centre
Sunday 02/02
🎵 Music
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
La Cueva: Flamenco Underground @ BSMT 254, Toronto
🎉 Entertainment
10PM Industry Nights @ Hilarious comedy show for Industry Folk in Toronto @ Backroom Comedy Club
Bollywood Dance Classes by The Peacock Dance Academy @ Creative Children’s Center
Groundhog Day @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story @ Fox Theatre
MONKS @ The Theatre Centre
Nurse John - The Short Staffed Tour: Shift's Getting Real @ Meridian Hall
Weird & Wacky Euchre Tournament @ Left Filed Liberty Village @ Left Field Liberty Village
🏒 Sports
Toronto Kickball Winter Classic. Beginners welcome @ Ryerson Community School baseball diamond (Free)
🎭 Art and Culture
A Vision Board Collaging Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Curator Tour with Rui Mateus Amaral @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Paper Quilling: Bleeding Hearts Workshop @ Toronto Botanical Garden
Self-Love CHOCOLATE Paint Meditation @ QUEST XO Chocolate
tiffriff pop up show at Loohoo @ Loohoo
Winter Solstice @ Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)
🎡 Family
Anga's Workshops: Herb Planting & Painting Fun for Kids @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Disney's The Little Mermaid @ Wychwood Theatre
Kids Storytelling with Music - Brazilian Folklore - in PORTUGUESE @ Underscore Projects
Lunar New Year Celebrations @ CF Toronto Eaton Centre (Free)
📅 Other Events
Pearle Weddings Show @ Whistle Bear Golf Club
Speaker Series: United Against Hate–Racism, Religion & Conflict in the Middle East & at Home @ Islington United Church
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