Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Nov 2 - Nov 8)

Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Nov 2- Nov 8)

Monday 11/02

🎵 Music
ADVOCATS BIG BAND FIRST MONDAY AT THE DUKE LIVE! @ The Duke Live
Social Singing for Seniors @ Church of the Messiah, 240 Avenue Road, Toronto ON M5R 2J4
VIOLINS UNBOUND @ Hugh's Room

🎉 Entertainment
A Group Therapy Comedy - Standup Comedy Show @ Chakhna (Free)
Documentary Screening - Between the Mountain and the Sky @ Cineplex Yonge-Dundas
Mahjong - Learn & Play at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ Board Games Arboretum
TFCA Critics' Picks: The Righteous @ Imagine Cinemas Carlton

🎭 Art and Culture
Horror at Home: Fear in Familiar Places @ Toronto Reference Library
Neuberger HEW 2026 Opening Night: Memories of a Good Meal @ Leah Posluns Theatre
Toronto photography exhibit: Mother Water, Mistress Sky @ Toronto Public Library, Agincourt branch

📅 Other Events
FREE Diabetes Testing for Diabetes Awareness Month @ Dynacare Labs + Health Services Centres (Free)

Tuesday 11/03

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Serviette Launch Party: Food is War / Food is Peace @ The Haifa Room

🎵 Music
Lil Peep 30th Birthday Celebration @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Music Toronto - DINUK WIJERATNE & the CANADIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA @ Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

🎉 Entertainment
Blood on the Clocktower at Twilight Cafe - Yonge & Bloor @ Twilight Cafe Yonge & Bloor
Board Game Designer Night at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ Board Games Arboretum
De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail @ Soulpepper Theatre
Firecracker Dept Comedy Cafe @ Social Capital Theatre
The Bit Factory: Behind The Laughs @ Chalkers Pub

🎭 Art and Culture
Macbeth @ Crow's Theatre
Neuberger HEW 2026 In Conversation with Nate Leipciger @ Toronto Holocaust Museum
Our Little Secret: A True New Musical @ Mirvish's CAA Theatre

Wednesday 11/04

🎵 Music
Psychedelic Wednesdays @ BSMT254 (Free)
Psychedelic Wednesdays @ BSMT 254 @ BSMT 254
Rock Legends Journey to Perform at Scotiabank Arena @ Scotiabank Arena
Vince Staples @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Marathon Show @ The Corner
Achillean Blood on the Clocktower at Twilight Cafe - Yonge & Bloor @ Twilight Cafe Yonge & Bloor
Chess For Life: Seniors Social @ Palmerston Library
Comedy Night: Hump Day @ Yuk Yuk's
JUST PHO LAUGHS - A FREE Comedy Night @ Dzo Viet Eatery (Free)
Pour Decisions @ Cassette
Pro Wrestling Trivia Night @ Par-Tee Putt
SNACK TIME COMEDY @ Comedy Bar
Speed Puzzle Pyramid at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ Board Games Arboretum
StopGap Foundation PROMise Party @ CSI Spadina
Unsubculture presents: Samsara @ The Fox Theatre
Voice Male Live: Risk @ Novotel Hotel

🎭 Art and Culture
ADFF: Toronto @ TIFF Lightbox
Dr. Cliff Worldwide Vet & Far and Wild Book Launch! @ Paradise Theatre
Neuberger HEW 2026 The Mad Dog of Europe @ Leah Posluns Theatre
Open Door: Indigenous Highlights @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Photo 101 Course: Core Photography - 4 sessions - 2.5 hours each @ Henry's Camera
PRETTY VACANT SPOTLIGHT Open/Nope Hearts Gary MacLeod @ Gallery 1313
The Kingston Prize: After Hours @ Arta Gallery

🎡 Family
Held & Heard: Rewriting the Perinatal & Postpartum Story @ Burnhamthorpe Community Centre (Free)
Infant CPR & First Aid Training @ kāer

📅 Other Events
Dreams & Obstacles: An Evening of Collective Intelligence @ Content Day Studio
GTApreneurs November 4, 2026 Toronto Business Networking Event @ Vaultra Storage
Product Strategy for Product Managers @ Schulich School of Business
Seat at the Leadership Table @ Bellwoods Brewery

Thursday 11/05

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Pints & Puzzles at Left Field Brewery in Leslieville Toronto @ Left Field Brewery

🎵 Music
A Star Called Sun Symphony Orchestra Tribute @ Winter Garden Theatre
Chai & Jam: Improvised Concert Series @ Multiple Venues
Econoline Crush @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Crokinole - Learn & Play at Board Games Arboretum in West End Toronto @ Board Games Arboretum
FREE COMEDY SHOW! "FOUR COMICS. NO BRAKES" @ Free Times Cafe (Free)
Freely - A Mixed Media Cabaret @ Super Wonder Gallery
Fresh Hot Babes - The All Fem & Queer Comedy Show! @ Tallboys
Learn & Play Dread - A Premium Role Playing Game Experience @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Let's Go Comedy Show @ Wenona Lodge
When You Close Your Eyes @ VideoCabaret - Deanne Taylor Theatre

🎭 Art and Culture
All The Cows Are Dead @ Soul Provisions
Art Hub of The Great Lakes Show Opening Reception @ Twist Gallery
ArtAttack! @ Buddies in Bad Times
Diaspora Film Festival @ Innis Town Hall
John L. Semple: Look Closer @ Berenson Fine Art
Might As Well Laugh: Art by Stephanie Avery @ Loohoo
Neuberger HEW 2026 The Wanderers @ Miles Nadal JCC
The Art of Lockdown @ Fox Theatre
The Unknowable Landscape @ Bau-Xi Gallery | Dufferin

📅 Other Events
Building Your Future in Canada: Newcomers Networking Event @ Central YMCA
Death Cafe @ Palmerston Library

Friday 11/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Afternoon Tea inspired by Sunday Best @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Great Kitchen Party Winning Dishes Dinner at GEORGE @ George Restaurant
Greek Shabbat by Alissa Kondogiannis @ The Depanneur
Yelp Carb Comeback Board Games and Bites at Twilight Cafe Midtown @ Twilight Cafe & Bar (Midtown)

🎵 Music
Hip-Hop Karaoke @ Revival
Imaginary Expedition @ Burdock Music Hall
Latin Friday with Son Ache & Dreyser Dance! @ Lula Lounge
Louis Yuen "Laugh & Love" Charity Concert @ Auric King Fine Restaurant, Markham
Lula Late Night with Lox Rutz @ Lula Lounge
New Moon in Scorpio Hammock Sound Bath - Sound Healing Meditation @ TBA
Punk Racks & Deevs @ Annabel's
Six60 @ Adelaide Hall
Stephen Stanley & NoElectric with special guest Jennifer Foster @ Hugh's Room
Toronto International Music Video Festival @ Multiple Venues
WR Records LITTLE BAD ASS' Release Party @ Wiggle Room

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
After Hours @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Bad Choices Comedy - Standup Comedy Show About Our Worst Life Choices! @ Chakhna
Bring Your Own Board Game @ Brookfield Place
Didn't know anyone, went anyway @ Track & Field
Imaginal Disk @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Killer B Cinema Presents: Messiah of Evil! @ See-Scape
Roses & Thorns @ Comedy Bar Bloor (945 Bloor St. W)
The Professionals Comedy Show - Toronto's Best Stand-Up Comedy @ Free Times Cafe
Theatre Aurinko Presents Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons @ The Assembly Theatre

🏒 Sports
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair @ Exhibition Place - Enercare Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Art of Crochet and Jazz with Legin Knits @ Art Gallery of Ontario
CELESTIA Toronto @ The Cathedral Church of St. James
Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet @ Bluma Appel Theatre
Jimmy Loves Elvira Art Exhibition @ She Said Gallery (Free)
Kal Mansur: group of one @ Lustre Contemporary
Lit IRL: A Bookish Party @ Drake Hotel
Refrigerator Stories: A Search for Home @ Tranzac Club
Shaken Awake Book Launch @ Indigo Sherway Gardens
The Art of LOFT Exhibition @ FUSE Creates
The King's Grief: The Happenstancers @ Redeemer Lutheran Church

🎡 Family
The Walmart Holiday Event @ 2 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 3S8

📅 Other Events
A Moving Affair: Shelter Movers' 10th Anniversary Gala @ The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto
Alex Wann @ Future Nightclub
LUMINOUS 2026 @ Civil Works
St. Clair West Passport Weekend: Explore Local Businesses & Win Prizes! @ Yellow Gazebo Wellness

Saturday 11/07

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Discovering Thai Classics by Piriya Murrell @ The Depanneur
Intro to Bread Class: Challah & Babka @ Le Dolci Culinary School
Sip the Season with Laline @ Multiple Venues

🎵 Music
14th Annual Madam Wiggles Unicorn Party with NATHAN BARATO @ Wiggle Room
Cigar Club 10 Year Anniversary @ Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto
Emo Night Painted Lady @ Painted Lady
Labyrinth Ensemble with Canan Sezgin Geylan and Yahya Geylan @ Aga Khan Museum
Luke Vajsar Trio @ The Rex
Mykhaylo album launch with Noak, Apercu, and Paria @ Macel studios
PEDROZ @ NOMAD @ NOMAD
Salsa Saturday with Santiago Moa, DJ Van Gogh & Oscar Naranjo! @ Lula Lounge
Samba Reggae Drum Course for Beginners @ Geary Avenue Rehearsal Studios
Scotland the Brave @ PC Ho Theatre, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
The Darcys @ Adelaide Hall
THEHONESTGUY @ Drake Underground

🎉 Entertainment
1-Day Joke Writing 101 Seminar @ Society Clubhouse
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Asian Comedy All-Stars: Comedy Magic! @ Rivoli
Music Trivia! Name That Tune - 3rd night @ Hemingway's
Run Terry Run @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
The Alternative All-Gender Clothing Swap @ Ground Control
The Devil's Hunt - A Premium Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot Experience @ Twilight Cafe - North York
The Potluck Comedy Tour Live in New Market @ The Lounge by The George
The Professionals Comedy Show - Toronto's Best Stand-Up Comedy @ Free Times Cafe
Toronto 2SLGBTQIA Board Games Extravaganza @ Cake Cabaret
Toronto Game Expo @ Exhibition Place

🏒 Sports
2026 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Celebration @ Hockey Hall of Fame
Free Community Yoga @ SpeakEasy Location @ Speak Easy Location (Free)
Hammock Sound Bath for Overthinkers - Breathwork & Sound Healing @ Jungle Flower Wellness

🎭 Art and Culture
A Spore on Its Journey - Solo Exhibition by Huan Chen @ Ascent Gallery at Etobicoke Civic Centre
Anga's Farm: Classic Winter Urn Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Art Guild of Scarborough's Fall Art Show and Sale @ Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough
Christmas Market @ St Barnabas Anglican Church
Corpus Christi Parish Craft Fair 2026 @ Corpus Christi Parish
DIY Carved Sketchbook Stamps @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies
Doubles: A Panel Talk About the Film, Diversity & Indo-Caribbean Voices @ Palmerston Library
Indigenous Beading Workshop: Poppy @ Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor St. W.
International Inuit Day Celebration @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Premiere Dance Presentations featuring KINAJ & Atri Nundy @ Assembly Hall
Roncesvalles United Annual Christmas Arts & Crafts Market @ Roncesvalles United Church
Skaken Awake Book Launch @ Indigo at The Well Toronto
Toronto Art Crawl Christmas Market @ The Bentway (Free)
Toronto Vintage Costume Jewellery Club Holiday Show and Sale @ Leaside Gardens in the William Lea Room
Wetworlds Two: The Murmuration @ St Annes Parish Hall 651 Dufferin st Toronto (Free)

🎡 Family
The Happily Ever After Actors @ Wychwood Theatre

🐾 Pet
Holiday Pet Pics @ Toronto Humane Society

📅 Other Events
Breast Screening and Awareness Day for Black Communities @ SHN General Hospital - Northpine DI Department (basement floor)

Sunday 11/08

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Abibiman 6th Year Anniversary Dinner @ Cucinato Studio
Hand-Shaped Pastas of Southern Italy with Anthony Sestito @ The Depanneur
Rooks to Cooks Holiday Bow-Tie Pasta Workhop @ STAKT Market
Tiramisu Masterclass @ Le Dolci Culinary School

🎵 Music
CAMP a play written and composed by Naomi Tessler @ Sweet Action Theatre
Hip Hop and R&B Bingo with Tom Swoope - Evening Edition @ Lula Lounge
Sunday SerVice with MANZONE n STRONG @ Wiggle Room (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Board Game Brunch at Twilight Cafe Midtown Toronto @ Twilight Cafe Midtown
Goodfellas @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Jaime French at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club in Toronto on 11/8 @ Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club
Joanne McNally @ Elgin Theatre
Mahjong - Learn & Play at Left Field Brewery in Leslieville Toronto @ Left Field Brewery
Stand Up Night in Canada - Toronto Comedy with Dan Galea @ Comedy Bar West
Trivia at Long Branch Legion @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10 (Free)

🎭 Art and Culture
A Collage Workshop with Japanese Papers @ Gwartzman's Art Supplies
A Toronto Old Book and Paper Expo @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Anga's Farm: Woodland Winter Urn Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Beaded Poppy Workshop with Marissa Magneson at Fort York @ Fort York National Historic Site
Buttercream & Brushstrokes Cake Night @ Tempo Dance Collective
Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame @ Palais Royale
Future Nostalgia @ World Building Lab
Immersion Festival @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
Indie Fusion BookCon @ Holiday inn international Center (Free)
Indigenous Veterans Day Ceremony @ Spirit Garden, Nathan Phillips Square
Rogers v. Rogers @ Berkeley Street Theatre
The Addams Family Christmas Bazaar @ Seescape Bar
Viet Expo 2026 @ Oasis Convention Centre
Writer's Sound Bath - Writing Workshop - Sound Healing Meditation for Relaxation @ Jungle Flower Wellness

🎡 Family
Fall EcoFair Toronto 2026 @ Wychwood Barns (Free)
Maker Festival 2026 @ Daniels Spectrum

📅 Other Events
The Hi-Lo Closet Sale: Vintage, Designer & $5 Finds @ Sunday Creative Loft
The November Exhale - Restorative Yoga By Candlelight @ kaer

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