Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 05 - May 12)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (May 05 - May 12)

Hey Torontonians,

Sakura is ready as you receive the email! Go pay them a visit! If you don’t know where to find them, learn more from this blog I wrote last month.

Anyway, checkout what you can do next Monday (5/5) to Sunday (5/12) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Monday 05/05

🎵 Music
ADVOCATS BIG BAND AT THE DUKE TORONTO @ The Duke Toronto
Agave Returns in May!! Agave is an alternative sweetener and every music lover’s new home. @ Burdock Brewery
Japanese Breakfast - The Melancholy TourAfter a decade making the most of improvised recording spaces set in warehouses, trailers and lofts, Japanese Breakfast’s fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), marks the band’s first proper studio release. Produced by Grammy Award winner Blake @ Massey Hall

🎉 Entertainment
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Insomnia hosted by QE Trivia @ Insomnia
Face-Off with VIP Meet & Greet and Q&A with Art Hindle!Hollywood Canteen presents this classic Canadian film featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs! With a special pre-film meet & greet and a post-film Q&A by Canadian star Art Hindle! @ Fox Theatre
Mood Swing Mondays - A COMEDY SHOW - FREE @ Wenona Lodge (Free)
Potluck! An Improvised One Act PlayPotluck is one of the most experimental improv shows in the city! One scene, based in one location, centred around a potluck with real food! What could go right?! With a fun rotating cast of Toronto’s best improvisers, each show is sure to be laugh out loud ri @ The Assembly Theatre
Star Wars Trivia: Revenge of the Fifth @ Hemingway's
That Good Improv Show @ Comedy Bar

🎭 Art and Culture
Documentary Screening - Breakaway Femmes @ Cineplex Yonge-Dundas
Soft as Bones Book Launch Party w/ NDN Girls Book ClubChyana Marie Sage & Kinsale Drake will be in conversation, alongside a reading from SOFT AS BONES. NDN Girls Book Club will be joining this event as their debut in Canada, bringing free books, cute merch, and A SPECIAL GUEST Shayla Stonechild will be the music @ Standard Time (Free)
Talk about Books @ Lillian H. Smith Library
The Trampoline Hall Lectures @ Garrison
Toronto Film Social: Celebrate 5 de Mayo @ Free Times Café

Tuesday 05/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
C4 Cocktail Hour: Toronto Professional Networking Event @ Mademoiselle Raw Bar + Grill
Tha Phae Tuesday @ Tha Phae Tavern

🎵 Music
Departure Festival @ Multiple Venues
Japanese Breakfast - The Melancholy Tour @ Massey Hall

🎉 Entertainment
It's Tricky Trivia at Rorschach Brewing Co. @ Rorshach Brewing Co (Free)
Necomancer's Last Grave - A Premium Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Snakes and Lattes
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia @ Insomnia
Something Something Trivia Night @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
The AFTER SHOW BEATS AND BURLESQUE Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
The Hunger Games Trivia Film Series 22 Second Night @ Hemingway's

🎭 Art and Culture
fulCircle Upcycled Jewelry Workshop @ Bampot House of Tea and Board Games
Mustafa The Poet @ Meridian Hall

🎡 Family
The Peak of Migration: High Park Walks with Mark Peck @ High Park Nature Centre
Understanding Positive Mental Health in Later Life Workshop @ Palmerston Library

📅 Other Events
Gay Professionals Speed Dating - Ages Mid 30s, 40s & early 50s @ Pizza Rustica

Wednesday 05/07

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Motherland @ Scavolini Toronto Showroom (Free)

🎵 Music
Wednesday Night Dinner Middle Eastern Flamenco Fusion with Fiesta Swing at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna

🎉 Entertainment
A Wednesday Night Laughs - Standup Comedy Show @ The Real Jerk Legacy (Free)
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
ICONS @ Al Green Theatre
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Grace O'Malley's
Southern Charm Trivia @ Hemingway's

🏒 Sports
Rainbow Griffins - Try Rugby Day @ Winchester Park (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Author Talk: Dr. Roberta Bondar @ Toronto Public Library - Lillian H. Smith Branch
FireWorks Festival 2025 - The Green House @ Alumnae Theatre
Fleurs de Villes SPRING in Bloor-Yorkville @ Multiple Venues
GradEx 110 @ OCAD University (Free)
Professor Alice Roberts: From Cell to Civilization @ The Elgin Theatre
The Image Centre Spring Season Exhibitions Launch Party @ The Image Centre
Toronto Antique & Vintage Glass Lover's Show & Sale @ Lawrence Park Community Church

🎡 Family
The Peak of Migration:High Park Walks with Mark Peck @ High Park Nature Centre
Trans Panel & Market: Navigating Healthcare for Trans Youth @ George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre (Free)
Typed with Love: Mother's Day Event @ Toronto's First Post Office

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

📅 Other Events
GTApreneurs Toronto Business Networking Event @ Artful Dodger Pub
WE BILD TORONTO: Women's Networking Meet-up About AI @ DARNA Kitchen

Thursday 05/08

🎵 Music
Josh Taerk's Toronto Residecny @ C'est What, The Esplanade and Farquhars Lane (Free)
May Music Series at The Well @ The Well (Free)
Music in the Afternoon presents tenor Asitha Tennekoon @ Walter Hall
Thom Yorke & Mark Pritchard's TALL TALES: A Global Listening Event @ Fox Theatre
Thursday Night Curations with DROM'S Sidestage : May @ Drom Taberna

🎉 Entertainment
20-20 Perspective Comedy Show @ Backroom Comedy Club
Dinosaur Improv @ The Second City, Toronto
Interactive Games Night @ Snakes and Lattes College St., Toronto
Leslie Liao LIVE in Toronto! @ Comedy Bar East
New Arrivals: A Departure Solo Sketch Showcase @ The Second City
RPG Homebrew Writing Workshop at The Golden Pigeon in Cabbagetown Toronto @ Golden Pigeon Beer Hall
Stand-Up Comedy Showcase - Don't Tell Comedy @ Secret Location in Midtown Toronto
Trevor Wallace - The Alpha Beta Male Tour @ Meridian Hall
What The Fox?! Trivia Night @ Fortunate Fox
XP Exchange Tech, Gaming, and Esports Community Networking @ Gatherings Restobar
Yee-Ha! Comedy @ Comedy Bar
Yes, Games! Interactive Games Night - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.

🎭 Art and Culture
Artist Project @ Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
Born In - The Year of the Snake: Ted Fullerton's Symbolic Journey Through Myth and Metaphor in Newest Exhibition @ Bau-Xi Gallery | Dufferin
Emotion Potion: Janna Watson's New Exhibition Channels the Heart Through Nature, Solitude, and the Sublime @ Bau-Xi Gallery, Dufferin
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Japanese Tea Ceremony @ Toronto Public Library - S. Walter Stewart Branch
Midnight in Paris - An Immersive Art Experience @ Super Wonder Gallery
Tall Tales: Special Screening Event @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
The Threepenny Opera @ VideoCabaret

🎡 Family
City of the Dead: The History of Toronto's Early Cemeteries @ Dufferin/St. Clair Library
Paint & Sip - Mommy and Me Tote Bag Painting - Workshop @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
The Journey Out of Debt @ Toronto Reference Library

📅 Other Events
Peak of Migration: High Park Walks with Mark Peck @ High Park Nature Centre

Friday 05/09

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Mother's Day Chocolate Making Workshop @ Centre for Social Innovation
Wine Fest Toronto 2025 @ Exhibition Place — Heritage Court

🎵 Music
Amoney & The Lady Konswallow Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Bria Salmena - Big Dog Tour @ The Great Hall
Cherry Garcia Band wsg/ Molecular & Hermetic Light Show @ Monarch Tavern
Drom Taberna Electronic Music Party @ Drom Taberna
Etobicoke Philharmonic presents: Jubilations of Spring @ Martingrove Collegiate Institute
Mark Fewer Plays Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin @ St. Thomas's Anglican Church
Revel in Ravel @ Little Trinity Anglican Church
Rising Stars of Country Music @ Rivoli
RUN IT BACK: Honouring Toronto Dancehall and Hip Hop Dance in the 2000s @ 918 Bathurst
SOUL A GO-GO @ The Baby G
Symply Skynyrd Live at The Pilot @ The Pilot
Throwback Dance Party with Dirt Dragon @ Annex Social
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco @ The Piston

🎉 Entertainment
Board Game Night at Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Friday Features @ Comedy Bar East
Heat Wave Comedy Show @ The Comedy Lab (Free)
Mental HELLth - Standup Comedy In Support of the Canadian Mental Health Association @ Cake Cabaret
Queer Collective Farside Takeover @ Farside Toronto (Free)
TSDS monthly dance social and class @ Beverly Hall
Tyler Fischer Stand-Up @ The Royal Theatre
Vibrations of Renewal Sound Bath with The SoundBody Collective @ Grateful Den

🎭 Art and Culture
Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Inspirations Studio Spring Market & Open House @ Inspirations Studio
OCAD U GradEx: Creative Writing x Onsite Gallery @ 199 Richmond Street West
Paint & Sip - Paint Night - Girl's Night Out Glow in the Dark Neon Northern Lights @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Paint and Sip: Spring Craving @ My Inner Child Paint Bar
Sanctuary Song @ Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre
Tattooed Clay Pots Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library
Vanya: National Theatre Live @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Introduction to birding @ Discovery Centre
Outside Looking In @ Chrysalis
Toronto Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale 2025 @ Toronto Botanical Garden

📅 Other Events
Meditative Tea Ceremony: Sip, Slow Down, Truly Connect @ Laya Yoga and Spa
Mel Robbins: Let Them The Tour @ Meridian Hall

Saturday 05/10

🍽️ Food and Drinks
COOKING CLASS: Full-Day Croissants & Viennoiserie Intensive by Leo Baduria @ Centre for Social Innovation Spadina
Mother's Day Buffet at Old Mill Toronto @ Old Mill Toronto
Mother's Day Food Tour @ Multiple Venues

🎵 Music
1 night with ANTHONY ATTALLA from Chicago @ Wiggle Room
AND THE WAY BACK IS BACK AT THE DUKE TORONTO! @ The Duke Toronto
BRITANNIA: Britpop - Madchester - UKindie Video Dance Party with BLUR Spotlight @ Ground Control
Cold Specks Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra: Jubilations of Spring MATINEE @ Humber College Cultural Hub
Get On Up - 90s R&b And Hip Hop - MAY 10th 2025 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Jenner Presents Darkest Hour @ Private Loft in Stockyards Toronto
Link Music Lab Label Release Party @ Cafeteria
LOCALS ONLY - BASS EDITION @ NOMADNEXT SATURDAY! May 10th 2025! @ NOMAD
Music Trivia - Name That Tune @ Hemingway's
RITUALS EP Release with Torrent and Forming @ The Baby G
Solid Garage 27 Year Anniversary Party @ Revival Bar
Spring Party: Donde las Conexiones y el Buen Clima se Encuentran @ Black Lab Brewing
Tanya Wills Quartet at DROM !!! @ Drom Taberna
Timeless : 80s, 90s, 2000s R&B Vibes @ National (at The Well), Toronto

🎉 Entertainment
2SLGBTQIA Board Games Extravaganza @ Centre for Social Innovation
A Therapy Joke - Standup Comedy Show @ Pizza Rustica
Come Play Werewolf! @ Wellington Market food hall at The Well
Double Down: A Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
Fantoma & Friends 3 - a Comedy Threeunion! @ The Assembly Theatre
Life after Life: Mothers Day Group Mediumship Reading @ East Commons Room, Hart House, U of T
Movie Magic by Greater TORONTO PHILHARMONIC Orchestra @ Isabel Bader Theater
Nikki Glaser: Alive And Unwell Tour @ Meridian Hall
Retro Bingo at Epochal Imp @ The Epochal Imp
Saturday Night Swing Dance Ft Shannon Butcher and The Choice Cuts Plus Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ St. Weceslaus Church
Scarborough's A Joke presents: Asian Uncensored All Star Comedy Event @ Rama Gaming House
THE MOTHER OF ALL MOTHERS' DAY COMEDY SHOW: The good, the bad, the ugly of Motherhood @ Comedy Bar East
Waffles and a Movie presents: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada @ Eyesore Cinema
We Might Need Therapy - Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ 8/10PM @ Real Jerk Legacy

🏒 Sports
MLS: Toronto FC vs. D.C. United @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
A Scented Candle Making Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Amal El-Mohtar: The River Has Roots @ Toronto Public Library – Lillian H. Smith Branch
Asian Heritage Month Celebration at Mel Lastman Square @ Mel Lastman Square
Bouquet Workshop with HER Market @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Curiosity in Session @ Toronto Public Library Gladstone Branch
Exhibition Opening of AACT Interwoven Identities: Healing in Community @ STACKT market North Hall Gallery
ExperienceTO: Swansea Historical Tour @ Swansea Town Hall
Faded Reverie @ Gallery 1888
Kensington Flea @ Kensington Flea, Toronto
Mayworks Festival: "I'm Still Here" Screening @ Innis Town Hall Theatre
Mother's Day Curatorial Tours @ Museum of Toronto
Paint and Sip: Happy Mother's Day @ My Inner Child Paint Bar
Relax & Create Mother's Day Kits @ Studio Mooi
Roncy Flea @ Roncesvalles United Church
Toronto Flower Market @ CAMH
Toronto Tulip Day @ Nathan Phillips Square

🎡 Family
Rogers Road Flower Market @ 500 Rogers Rd (Free)
A Whole New World: The Magical World of Alan Menken @ Leah Posluns Theatre
Anga's Farm: A Mother's Day Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Beginner Car Maintenance Workshop @ Davenport Perth Neighbourhood & Community Health Centre
Brushes and Blooms @ Istar
Celebrate Mother's Day at Arcadia Earth @ Arcadia Earth
Celebrate Mother's Day! @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
HeadshotsTO Pop-Up Headshot Event @ Studio 311
Holy Angels Church Garage Sale @ Holy Angels Church Hall, Toronto
Matilda: Mother's Day Craft-Along @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Meagan's Walk & HUG @ Hotel X Toronto
Mother's Day Decorative Candle Making Workshop @ PH1 Studios
Mother's Day MRKT in Mimico Square @ Mimico Square (Free)
Paint & Sip Workshop - Family Time Paint Pouring @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Snow-White and Rose-Red @ Full of Beans Café
Timeless VoicesStrength in Unity: Fundraiser for orphaned kids in Africa. @ East End United
Toronto Police Children's Games @ Variety Village

📅 Other Events
Be a Fab Femdom Intensive - Toronto @ The Kneeling Room, Cabbagetown
SEE YOURSELF: A Makeup Experience with 19/99 Beauty @ Health Hut

Sunday 05/11

🎵 Music
Iranian Music Concert @ Grace Church on-the-Hill
Mother's Day Brunch with Lotus Wright @ The Pilot
Rema - HEIS Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
Sing -A-Long with Svetty Karaoke at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Sunday Night Dinner Arabic Egyptian & Folk Music with Al Qahwa at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Sunday Service I Raved With My Mom Special Mother's Day Edition @ Wiggle Room
The Ophelias with fanclubwallet @ The Baby G
The Sundown Sessions x Departure @ Rivoli
Theo Vandenhoff LP Release with Fauxcils @ Monarch Tavern

🎉 Entertainment
Asian Heritage Month: Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
BAD & BOOZEY BINGO @ Shakey's
Caroline Rhea LIVE in Toronto! @ Comedy Bar East
Drag Brunch Bingo Mother's Day @ Storm Crow Manor Toronto
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again Sing-Along @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Mommy Issues: Mother's Day Comedy in Bloordale @ Wenona Lodge
My Funny Mom - A Mother's Day Comedy Show @ The Rec Room Toronto
Nikki Glaser: Alive And Unwell Tour @ Meridian Hall
The Toronto Film Society Presents: Easy Living and Holiday @ Paradise Theatre

🏒 Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Home Opener @ Dominico Field at Christie Pits (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
Mayworks Festival: The Struggle Continues - Walking Tour with the Canadian Union Postal Workers @ Fairmont Royal York
Mother's Day Paint and Sip @ My Inner Child Paint Bar
Mother's Day Paint Party Celebration at Paint Cabin @ Paint Cabin Liberty Village
Near-miss Neighbours - Bologne and Mozart @ Heliconian Club
Silk Embroidery Workshop - Lotus Kit @ 18 Harrison Garden Blvd.
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Toronto Artisan Market @ Trinity Bellwoods Park

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Kid's Workshop for Mother's Day @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Mother's Day Brunch Cruise in Toronto Harbour @ City Cruises Toronto
Mother's Day Event - Baby Dance Club & Kid & Mom Yoga @ Generations Performing Arts Centre
Mother's Day Family Event - Connecting Canvas & Gelato @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Mother's Day High Tea @ Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
Mother's Day Succulent Workshop - Morning Session @ Toronto Botanical Garden
Motherless Day @ Waterworks Food Hall
Sip & Arrange Mother's Day Floral Workshop - Hosted by Grow Wild Wines @ The Anndore House

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