Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 27- Nov 2)
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Toronto Festivals & Events for Next Week (Oct 27 - Nov 2)
Not drafting a paragraph here as we are jumping back to Toronto today >< sorry everyone! But here’s the upcoming week’s schedule. Hope you enjoy the halloween -
Monday 10/27
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Bar Battle at Lyla: No Vacancy Nick Hurd faces Harbour Sixty Orion Berge in a Spirited Showdown @ Lyla
🎵 Music
Giveon - Dear Beloved, The Tour 2025 @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
The Voice: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra @ Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre
Vybz Kartel Live In Toronto @ Scotiabank Arena
🎉 Entertainment
GHOST Stories Told Live Toronto @ The Garrison
Haunted House Party At The Baby G @ The Baby G
The Comedy Collective: A New Comedy Night in Town @ Collective Arts Toronto Taproom
🏒 Sports
Blue Jays World Series Game 3 Watch Party @ Reid's Distillery
🎭 Art and Culture
Bag Charm WorkshopBeat the Monday blues with a cozy, creative night out doing crafts at Creeds. @ Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont
Collage Night @ Typist Studios & Coffee
Dine and PaintEat, drink and socialize as you paint your own masterpiece you get to take home! Artist Tonii will guide you step by step! Chef Pike will be serving Jamaican fusion cuisine to delight your tastebuds! @ Scotthill Caribbean Cuisine
🎡 Family
How to Write a Business Plan for Newcomers @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch
NatureTO: Introduction to the Urban Forest @ Palmerston Library
📅 Other Events
Question Everything Trivia hosted by QE Trivia @ Tha Phae Tavern @ Tha Phae Tavern
Something Something Trivia Night hosted by QE Trivia@Something In The Water @ Something in the Water Brewing Co.
Tuesday 10/28
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Beer & Cheese Tasting @ Decoy Bar
🎵 Music
A Musical Autumn @ Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre
Crossroads: A Toronto Artist Showcase @ BSMT 254
FREE RANGE MUSIC SERIES Alexa Artzy, SDSP, Maywater at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady (Free)
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade 2025 Tour @ History Toronto
Tei Shi @ Adelaide Hall
🎉 Entertainment
Bingo 101 @ Delta Bingo & Gaming
Board Game Night at Bickford Brewing in Downtown Toronto @ Downtown Toronto
Frames Per Second x Breakthroughs Film Festival @ Small World Theatre
Live at the Second City: Killy Willy @ The Second City
New in Town Comedy with James Roque @ Comedy Bar
Staff Picks: Final Destination @ Fox Theatre
Twisted Little Freaks- a stand up comedy show @ Tallboys
🏒 Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Calgary Flames @ Scotiabank Arena
🎭 Art and Culture
DesignTO Tours: Riverside House @ Swansea neighbourhood
Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Holodomor Commemorative Exhibit @ St. Volodymyr Institute
Soundstreams TD Encounters Empire Etrange The Death of Louis Riel @ Hugh’s Room (Free)
The Walrus Talks Sovereign Canada @ Isabel Bader Theatre
Toronto Halloween Paint Night in Toronto: Sip, Sculpt & Create! @ Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont
🐾 Pet
Fur-night Night at The Well @ The Well
Wednesday 10/29
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Big Slice Trivia Night @ Ambassador Pizza Co. hosted by QE Trivia @ Ambassador Pizza Co.
Open Studio DIY Chocolate Painting @ QUEST XO
WINE WINESDAYS with Ori Dagan on Piano @ The Painted Lady
🎵 Music
Loohoo Witching Hour: A Musical Spectacle @ Loohoo
🎉 Entertainment
Blood On the Clocktower at Canadian Blood Services in Downtown TO @ Canadian Blood Services
Bullet Train @ Innis Town Hall (Free)
QUESTION EVERYTHING TRIVIA @ STACKT MARKET @ Courage Cookies at Stackt Market
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia Restaurant @ Insomnia
TV PARTY - Wednesday & The Addams Family @ The Wych @ The Wych, 1150 Davenport Road
🏒 Sports
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Houston Rockets @ Scotiabank Arena
🎭 Art and Culture
A Canvas & Bear Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
All Hallow's Eve Paint Night @ Super Wonder Gallery
Amour, acide et noix @ Ada Slaight Hall @ Daniels Spectrum
Dimensions Gallery Presents: Betty White "Moss, Time Made Visible" @ Dimensions Gallery
Metis Scrip Lecture with William Benoit @ Onsite Gallery
Paul @ Tranzac Club
Seamus O'Regan and Alexa Greist on the Impact of David Blackwood's Art @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Shab-e She'r Poetry Night CXV @ Living Room, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
Sinai Health Presents The pARTy - A Night Where Art Meets Impact @ Hennick Bridgepoint Administrative Building (Formerly the Don Jail)
Toronto International Festival of Authors @ Victoria College at The University of Toronto
White Witch Affair @ Lite Mind Body Clinic
🎡 Family
Toronto Zoo - Lemurs and Lagers @ Toronto Zoo
Thursday 10/30
🎵 Music
MONSTER MANIA! A Lady Gaga Themed Halloween Dance Party @ Supermarket
Pete & Bas @ Lee's Palace
Pete & Bas with Delivery @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
StarDust Jazz Trio @ Old Mill Toronto
Vybz Kartel Live In Toronto @ Scotiabank Arena
York Street Thought Process @ The Pilot
🎉 Entertainment
6ix Screams International Horror Film Festival @ House of Culture - Naturlandia (Free)
Change the Channel: Halloween Special @ Comedy Bar
Come Play Werewolf @ Granite Brewery -3- @ Granite Brewery
Comedy Game Showdown - Halloween Special! @ Second City
Debra DiGiovanni @ The Rec Room
DEVILISH: ONE YEAR AT THE WYCH - A Sinfully Good Anniversary Celebration @ The Wych
Eternally Yours the Musical @ Annex Theatre
FREE HORROR Film Festival @ Carlton Cinemas (Free)
General Trivia Night at The Guild House in Midtown Toronto @ The Guild House
Halloween Extravaganza Trivia & Karaoke - Snakes & Lattes College @ Snakes and Lattes College St.
Listen to This! Break a Leg @ Free Times Cafe
Lucha Libre Horror Show - Lucha de los Muertos @ Parkdale Hall, Toronto
Memento Mori: Halloween Party at Soulpepper @ Soulpepper Theatre
Question Everything Trivia hosted by QE Trivia @ The Fortunate Fox @ Fortunate Fox
Rock Hard Party - Special Halloween Edition @ The Greenwood Cafe & Bar
Soul in Flames Screening with Dark Ambient Live on Devils Night Party @ The Painted Lady
SPURS Night Halloween Hootenanny @ Lula Lounge
The Comeuppance @ Michael Young Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts
The Talent Show- A Halloween Variety Show @ Wenona Lodge
The YukYuk's Halloween Party @ Yuk Yuk's
Twilight Improvised: The Musical @ Comedy Bar East
We Love movie nights: Nightmare on Elm Street @ Typist Studios & Coffee
What We Dune in the Shadows @ Comedy Bar Danforth
🎭 Art and Culture
BEING THERE: Portraits from the Toronto Art Community, Dimitri Levanoff @ 180 Shaw St, #301
Hausu @ Fox Theatre
If You Ask Me @ Tranzac Club
So You Think You Can't Draw Workshop @ Twist Gallery
SODA presents: Played Out @ Sweet Action Theatre
The Victorian Cult of Mourning @ Beeton Hall, 1st floor, Toronto Reference Library
Victorian Cult of Mourning @ Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall
🎡 Family
Halloween Cartoons Night at Loohoo @ Loohoo
Marketing Evenings TO: Mattel's Playbook for Multi-Generational Marketing @ BrainStation
🐾 Pet
A Paint-Your-Pet Paint Night @ ARTBOX STUDIO GALLERY
📅 Other Events
Goth Bingo Night @ Ground Control
Friday 10/31
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Take Flight with Spirited Halloween Cocktails at Ficoa @ Ficoa
Trick-or-Treat: A Halloween Rum & Chocolate Tasting @ The Depanneur
🎵 Music
A Groovin' in the Dark Halloween ft. Jason Palma, DJ YOGI, Paul E Lopes, Iced Misto & Jay NuFunk @ Sound Machine
Annie-Claude Deschenes & Absolute Treat & Precious Jewel & Uncle Chayne : Wavelength @ Wavelength @ St. Anne's
Cherry Hustle Disco Halloween Dance Party @ Little Jerry
Forever Young - 80s Dance Party - Halloween Edition @ The Vatican Gift Shop
Freakout - A Halloween Rave! @ The Concert Hall
Genevieve Marentette @ Old Mill Toronto
Inertia/Neurotic Heavy Metal Halloween Ball @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Salsa Halloween with Cafe Cubano, DJ Suave and Afro Latino Dance! @ Lula Lounge
SWM Incubator Showcase Series Finale - Featuring Emad Saedi x AaleemRM @ Small World Centre
The Devils Lettuce Halloween Bash @ Baby G
Wax Candy Disco Halloween Party @ The Piston
🎉 Entertainment
A Halloween Comedy Night - Standup Comedy Halloween Special @ Desi Food Junction
BOO-HAHA Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
Comedy Nuggets Stand-Up Showcase: Halloween Edition @ Social Capital Theatre
Dublin Calling Presents: Dublin Crawling @ Dublin Calling
Feeding Frenzy Toronto Halloween Crawl @ Petty Cash, Toronto
GOOD FRIDAY TRIVIA NIGHT @ GRETA @ Greta Bar Toronto
Halloween @ Fox Theatre
Halloween Comedy @ 1051 Lounge & Bar
Halloween Game Night Mixer at FreePlay Toronto @ FreePlay Toronto
Haunted Heights: A Rooftop Halloween Soiree @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Night at the Haunted Museum at Arcadia Earth @ Arcadia Earth
NIGHTMARE ON KING ST: Toronto Halloween Club Crawl @ Paris Texas
PRO COMEDY SHOW - OCT 31 - HALLOWEEN NIGHT!The Garden Comedy Show: Halloween Night in Leslieville @ Ollie Quinn
Pull Up Halloween w Adverb and 9teen90 and Dancer Paige Turner at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
QUEEN ST. WEST TORONTO HALLOWEEN CLUB CRAWL @ Apt 200
Rave From the Grave: Halloween Party @ Cassette @ Cassette at Gladstone House
Rock N Horse Presents: Haunted Carnival @ Rock 'N' Horse Saloon
THE BREAKFAST CLUB - HALLOWEEN EDITION A Night Of All Things 80s @ Revival
Toronto Halloween Boat Party - Oct 31, 2025 @ Jubilee Queen Cruises
Toronto Halloween Club Crawl @ Par-Tee Putt
Toronto is getting an epic Halloween soiree: Arianna at Harbour Sixty launches Grand Masquerade Ball @ Harbour Sixty Steakhouse
Witching Hour: Halloween Party @ The Broadview Rooftop @ The Broadview Hotel
🎭 Art and Culture
Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
How To Be Normal & The Oddness Of The Other World @ Tranzac Club
Immortal Spirits @ CSI Annex
Made By: Group Art Show @ 938 Queen Street West
Paint & Sip - Paint Night - Spooky Season Ghost Campfire Acrylic Painting @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Pumpkin Pillow Making Experience @ ARTBOX
🎡 Family
Celebrate Halloween at Scarborough Town Centre's Trick-or-Treat Trails @ Scarborough Town Centre
Dark Waters: A Haunted Halloween at the Aquarium @ Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
Halloween Trick or Treat & Mystifying Magic Show @ Bridlewood Mall (Free)
Parkdalien Hallowe'en Night Market @ Outdoor--Elm Grove and Queen West
Saturday 11/01
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Mindanawan Kamayan Feast by Maria Polotan @ The Depanneur
Xoloveza - In Celebration of Day of the Dead @ Bellwoods Brewery Hafis
🎵 Music
Avera - Live Music & DJ Party Series - Halloween Special @ Pogue Mahone
Crossroads @ Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel
Disco-Pop Night at the Cameron House @ Cameron House
GHOST: Rite Here Rite Now @ Los Angeles' Kia Forum
Jory Nash Album Release Show @ Hugh's Room
Lola Young @ History Toronto
NEXT WAVE JAZZ SERIES feat. PANGEA SOUND COLLECTIVE @ BSMT 254
Salsa Saturday: Salseros with Attitude, Oscar Naranjo & DJ Van Gogh! @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Night Swing Dance with Continenza Jazz Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ St. Barnabas
These Evil Eyes, Hot Apollo, Nervcast Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
TLALLI FESTIVAL @ TD Music Hall
🎉 Entertainment
Big Trouble in Little China @ Fox Theatre
Bodacious Curves Halloween Party @ Fox & Fiddle danforth
Canadian Film Premiere: Virgins by Choice @ Innis Town Hall
Casual Comedy Presents: Free Candy! @ SoCap Theatre
Dallas In Wonderland a Queer Halloween Bash @ 163 Queen St. E.
FRIGHT NIGHT: Toronto Halloween Bar Crawl @ Toronto
Halloween Part II at The Fifth Social Club @ The Fifth Social Club
Halloween Party with Groove Marmalade @ Old Mill Toronto
Halloween Social Dance Party @ Access Ballroom - Leslieville
Pub Crawl Toronto- Post Halloween Party Edition @ Dublin Calling
Ron Josol @ Comedy Bar East
Surviving the Season: The Last Laugh @ Imperial Pub
Toronto Halloween Fright Night @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Two Asians One Cup - STAND UP COMEDY TOUR @ Freetimes cafe
YA TAB TAB NIGHT - HALLOWEEN EDITION @ Geary Avenue Warehouse
🏒 Sports
UCW 2: We're Back For Seconds @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 101
🎭 Art and Culture
12th Annual Arts & Crafts Sale @ Danforth Multifaith Commons (Eastminster) (Free)
2025 Fall Toronto Stationery Show @ The Parkdale Hall (Free)
A Candle Making Experience @ ARTBOX
Anga's Farm: A Floral Paint Class Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Build & Brand Your Online Shop: WordPress for Women Entrepreneurs - Nov 1 @ Palmerston Library
CHOCOLATE Painting: Day Of The Dead Edition Saturday Workshop @ Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont
Echoes of the Avant-Garde @ Heliconian Hall
Glow-in-the-dark Paint Pouring Session @ ARTBOX STUDIO GALLERY
Good Mourning Festival at Evergreen Brick Works @ Evergreen Brick Works (Free)
Hand Eye Society 2025 Ball And Exhibition @ Cecil Community Centre
Jake Bowen "Everything" Solo Exhibition @ The Burdock Garage
National Ballet of Canada: Procession @ Four Seasons Centre
Poetic Proclamations @ Tranzac Club
Procession @ Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Toronto Art Crawl Christmas Market @ The Bentway (Free)
🎡 Family
#ExperienceTO: Runnymede Historical Tour @ St John's Pantry
Clowns Read Shakespeare @ Wychwood Theatre, Toronto, ON
Day of the Dead at Beaches Sandbox @ Beaches Sandbox (Free)
Family Screening: Coco @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Post Halloween Pumpkin Parade In Old Town Toronto @ Berczy Park
Qigong: Practical Wisdom for Modern Living @ Tai JI Men Toronto
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs @ Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books - Lillian H. Smith library (4th floor)
📅 Other Events
King West Halloween Club Crawl Toronto @ King Street West, Toronto
Sunday 11/02
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Nihoncha Matsuri - Japanese Tea Festival - 2025 @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Seeds For Solidarity Fundraiser with Chef Doris Fin @ The Depanneur
🎵 Music
A Portrait in Song: The Music of Eleanor Daley @ Eglinton St. George's United Church
Busch Trio @ Walter Hall, UofT
Junction Steel Wheels Record Fair @ Rainhard Brewing
Lola Young @ History Toronto
Resonant Threads Collective presents AIR/MOTION @ Arraymusic
Sunday Halloween Finale - Josh Keenan Band, Ted Axe, KnightsGate @ The Painted Lady
Sunday SerVice with ADDY and Manzone Strong @ Wiggle Room
🎉 Entertainment
Coexistence, My Ass! @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Friends of Roxy - A Queer Comedy Fundraiser! @ Pegasus Bar
Next Level Stand-Up Comedy @ Wenona Lodge
Restoration: Misery @ Fox Theatre
Space Cadet by Varun Thakur @ Comedy Bar East
🏒 Sports
Toronto Raptors vs. Memphis Grizzlies @ Scotiabank Arena
🎭 Art and Culture
4-Week Flamenco Fundamentals: Unlock Your Rhythm & Power @ Charb Arts Studios
A TEXTURED ART WORKSHOP @ ARTBOX STUDIO GALLERY
Anga's Farm: Bonsai Workshop for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
CONTOURS presents Hour of the Wolf @ Paradise Theatre
IBA Annual Conference 2025, 2-7 November 2025, Toronto, Canada @ Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) South Building
In Conversation: Artist Dimitri Levanoff and Curator David Liss on BEING THERE @ 180 Shaw St., 3rd floor, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
LA CUEVA: Flamenco Underground @ BSMT 254
National Ballet of Canada: Procession @ Four Seasons Centre
TinyART and Book Sale at TSA @ Toronto School of Art
🎡 Family
Art of Lighting a Fire with Water: Survival Workshop @ Downsview Park
Creative Reuse Toronto at Ecofair 2025 @ Whychwood Barns @ Wychwood Barns
DiapsonRana @ CAMH Auditorium
Queer Self Defense Workshop @ Buddies in Bad Times (Free)
📅 Other Events
Beginner Friendly Kundalini Yoga @ Society Clubhouse
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