Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Apr 4 - Apr 6)

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Apr 4 - Apr 6)

Ciao from Italy, Torontonians!

We're currently soaking up the sun, pasta, and beautiful sights on a little vacation in Italy! 🇮🇹 Even though we're away, we couldn’t miss the chance to drop in and wish you a wonderful weekend too. Hope you get to enjoy some fun, rest, or adventure - wherever you are!

Anyway, checkout what you can do this Friday (4/4) to Sunday (4/6) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Friday 04/04

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A GLB Son of a Beach Party @ Great Lakes Brewery
A Sunny Day Lu'au at GLB Brewpub @ GLB Brewpub
GLB SUNNY DAY! @ Multiple Venues
Sunny Nights GLB Pop-Up: FRIDAY @ 789 Dundas St W
Zero Cocktail Bar - Cocktail Making Classes @ Zero Cocktail Bar

🎵 Music
1 night with CRISTI:ANA Reno Bravo Luis F @ Wiggle Room
A Night of Heavyweight ROOTS, ROCKERS & STEPPERS Reggae @ BSMT 254
Brit Pop Dance Party @ Rivoli
Cherry Hustle Funky Disco Dance Party @ Handlebar
Garlic Jr., Body Butter, Tommy Tone, Battle Milk @ Low Bar
Propter Hawk Sorry! Party with The Commoners, Cold Weather Captains, and Delyn Grey @ Horseshoe Tavern
Saddle Up! April 4th 2025 @ Owls Club
Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio with The Titillators @ Tranzac Club
Vices and whoeveryoudlike Live @ The Painted Lady
Zack Keim with Fighting Chance @ The Baby G

🎉 Entertainment
70s/80s YACHT ROCK Video Dance Party - Biggest Yacht Rock Event in Toronto! @ Ground Control
All Of Us Are Minorities: Comedy Show! @ Social Capital Theatre
Blood On the Clocktower at The Grand Order of Divine Sweets in West End TO @ The Grand Order of Divine Sweets
Board Game Night at Junction Craft Brewery in the Junction @ Junction Craft Brewing
Eric DAlessandro - Live In Toronto @ Comedy Bar East
Hassan Phills presents Eidiot Mubarak @ The Winter Garden Theatre
Jimmy O. Yang: Big & Tall Tour @ Meridian Hall
Theatresports: Warriors @ Comedy Bar
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
BOW'T TRAIL Retrospek @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre
F for Feria @ The Parkdale Hall
For Viola // Free Screening: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (Free)
Ophis: An immersive theatrical retelling of Medusa @ The Great Hall
Paint and Sip Class: Mother Earth @ My Inner Child Paint Bar

🎡 Family
Take It Offline - Pitch Your Single Friends to Other Singles @ Café Our Hours

📅 Other Events
Detour: The Royal Tenenbaums @ Fox Theatre

Saturday 04/05

🍽️ Food and Drinks
DoughNation Day: A Tasty Partnership with COBS Bread Rutherford Marketplace & ANIDA @ COBS Bread Rutherford Marketplace
Motley Cru Day 2025 @ Bellwoods Brewery
SUPPER CLUB: Filipino Kamayan with Maria Polotan @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
"Sounding Bombe: Enigmatic Music" Electro Mechanical Computation to Electro Acoustic Composition @ ArrayMusic Space 155 Walnut Ave
60s Soul Dance Party - With It! @ The Piston
BAD BOY BILL @ Wiggle Room Toronto
Barbara Lynch - Album Release Show @ Tranzac Club
Beyonce - Renaissance Dance Party @ Rivoli
Community Piano Jam w/ Windsor Johnson Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Etobicoke Centennial Choir Spring Concert. Mass in Blue: A Choral Jazz Program @ Runnymede United Church
F for Flamenca @ The Parkdale Hall
KQE & AO PRESENT: NOTD - ELECTRIC APRES @ THE CONCERT HALL @ The Concert Hall
Mars Hotel with special guests Zuffalo - a Grateful Dead Party @ Axis Club
Prince Tribute - Old Mill Toronto Dining & Dancing Series @ Old Mill Toronto
Saturday Night Swing Dance Ft Weatherbird Quartet Plus Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ Dovercourt House
Stereo Ferment Album Launch w/ Coy Haste, Dacou and Oreku @ The Baby G
Tara Clerkin Trio, Slow Attack Ensemble, Potions @ Toronto
The Wall In Concert @ Meridian Hall

🎉 Entertainment
80s/90s Retro GUILTY Pleasures Video Dance Party w/ Kylie Minogue Spotlight - WIN Kylie Concet Tickets @ Ground Control
Comedy Album Recording @ Assembly Theatre
HeadshotsTO Pop-Up Headshot Event @ Studio 311
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW @ Freetimes Cafe
Live Enigma Code Decryption! "Sounding Bombe: Enigmatic Music" Electro Mechanical Computing to Electro Acoustic Composition @ ArrayMusic Space
Pillow Fight Toronto 2025 @ Nathan Phillips Square
Sunny Nights GLB Pop-Up: SATURDAY @ 789 Dundas St W
The Umbilical Brothers - The Distraction @ Jane Mallett Theatre
Toronto Comedy All Stars at The Dopamine Lounge @ The Dopamine Lounge
Yahtzee Tournament @ Left Field Leslieville @ Left Field Brewery
Zainab Johnson - Live in Toronto @ Comedy Bar East

🏒 Sports
JumpUp at The Well @ The Well
Mini Masters Tournament @ Par-Tee Putt
Toronto Dingos Football Club: Open try outs @ David A Balfour Park
Toronto Marlies vs. Syracuse Crunch @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
Valley Uprising @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎭 Art and Culture
A PLACE :: A SPACE - Intro to Altar Assembly of Various Types @ Community Out Witch
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Akin Niagara Pop-Up Exhibition @ Akin Niagara
Circular Loom Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
ExperienceTO: Dufferin Grove Historical Tour @ Toronto Public Library - Bloor/Gladstone Branch
Exploring Watercolour Landscapes - A Beginner's Workshop @ PH1 Studios
Lineage: a tender sound @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
McMichael Slow Art Day @ McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Renowned Ikebana artist Aya Sugino leads a floral workshop this Spring at Minami Toronto @ Minami Toronto
Slow Art Day @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Studio Tour King Art Show & Sale @ Multiple Venues
The Art Guild of Scarborough's Spring Art Show and Sale @ Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough
Toronto Vintage Show @ Queen Elizabeth at Exhibition Place
Whispers of the Timeless: An Exhibition by Sungmi Kong @ Riverdale Hub

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Create a Spring Outdoor Planter @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Community Chess Hub at Palmerston Library @ Palmerston Library
Embody: Beauty in Motion @ International Palace of Joy
Hands-on Introduction to Fossils @ Toronto Public Library - Richview Branch - Room A
In Full Bloom @ Bayview Village Shopping Centre
Journey of a Rain Drop Nature Walk In High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
Klassic Kidz: The Last Unicorn @ Fox Theatre
Magic Arts Festival - Feel The Magic In Every Moment! @ Chinese Cultural Centre Of Greater Toronto

🐾 Pet
Dandylion Bubble Express Pop-Up - For Dogs & Their Parents @ Stackt Market

Sunday 04/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
COOKING CLASS: Syrian Brunch by Rahaf Alakabani @ The Depanneur
Sunny Nights - A GLB Pop-Up - SUNDAY @ 789 Dundas St W

🎵 Music
8 pm open for Sunday Service with NATHAN BARATO @ Wiggle Room
DEPARTURE DISCOVERY SERIES Priyana, Victoria Staff Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Jazz Rising: Fundraiser and Live Music Showcase @ Monarch Tavern
Michael Arnowitt - George Koller Jazz Duo @ Sellers and Newel Books
The Music of Hans Zimmer & Others @ Meridian Hall
Theatrical Operatic Fusion @ Meridian Arts Centre

🎉 Entertainment
A Laugh Without Borders - Immigrant Standup Comedy Show @ Hotel Victoria
Late Night Comedy @ Bar Cathedral
Square Dance Social #2: A Joyful Challenge Returns @ St. Barnabas Upper Hall
The Funktion: Under the Big Top @ Track & Field
Toronto Film Society Presents an Alfred Hitchcock Double Feature @ Paradise Theater
Toronto Jewish Comedy Festival Presents: Funny Jews @ Miles Nadal JCC
UNLTD TASTE cinema presents: Prince's Sign O' The Times @ Space Unltd

🎭 Art and Culture
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
April Story @ Innis Town Hall (Free)
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN Making Soviet Fashion in Ukraine 1945 - 1991 @ St.Volodymyr Institute
CHOCOLATE Paint Meditation @ QUEST XO
F for Familia @ Rivoli
Poetry Jam - featuring CBC Poetry Prize winner Rachel Robb @ Sky Blue Studio
Spring Florals Workshop @ Brewery

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Create a Spring Outdoor Planter Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Earth Month at Evergreen Brick Works @ Evergreen Brick Works

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