Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Feb 7 - Feb 9)

Toronto Events Weekly
February 6, 2025

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Feb 7 - Feb 9)

Hello Torontonians,

We’ve rounded up some great local events for you to check out this weekend! From comedy shows and live music to food markets, there’s something for everyone. Let’s get out, support local, and enjoy what our city has to offer! 🇨🇦

Checkout what you can do this Friday (2/7) to Sunday (2/9) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.


Friday 02/07

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Pub Crawl Toronto @ Bangarang, Toronto

🎵 Music
A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop Social @ Art Gallery of Ontario
BANG YOUR HEAD - Hair Metal & Retro Rock Video Dance Party - NO COVER @ Ground Control
Come Together in Song | Three Choir Showcase @ Calvin Presbyterian Church
JAZZ! Hot & Cool @ 183 Gallery
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Late Night: A Jamaica Mi Come From! @ Lakeside Terrace
Phantasia, Redhed, and THE BRGHTLGHTS @ The Painted Lady, Vaughan, Ontario
Roulette Intermedium x Music Gallery @ Music Gallery, Toronto
UK Calling Live in Toronto @ The Great Hall
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston, Toronto

🎉 Entertainment
Contemporary Dance Show: everything I wanted to tell you @ Citadel & Compagnie
10PM Friday |Pro & Hilarious Late-Night Comedy Laugh | Guaranteed Hilarity @ Backroom Comedy Club
All Of Our Parents Are Immigrants: Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Board Game Night at Junction Craft Brewery in the Junction @ Junction Craft Brewing
DANCE DEEPLY @ SOUND MACHINE
For Viola // Free Screening: No Other Land @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto (Free)
Friday Night Standup Comedy - One Drink Included @ Social Capital Theatre, Toronto
Friday West Coast Swing social with a Lesson! @ Parish Hall of St Olave’s Anglican Church, Toronto
Funny AF Fridays - Standup Comedy Showcase @ The Real Jerk Legacy
Hershawn Arora LIVE! - Toronto's Best Stand-Up Comedy @ Free Times Café
Killer B Cinema Presents: Castle of Blood! @ See-Scape
Laser Jukebox @ Fox Theatre
motionball Toronto Gala @ Liberty Grand
Networking Event for Professionals - Feb 7th @ Lavelle
Oink Out Loud: Free Friday Night Comedy! @ Evnt 202 (Free)
Untitled/Unmastered: A Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar

🏒 Sports
\Stretch & Strength" (Beginner) Fitness Classes For 55+" @ 123 La Rose Ave
APIK Mississauga Winter Action Sports Fest - Celebration Square - February 7-9 @ Mississauga Celebration Square (Free)
motionball Toronto Gala @ Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
Toronto Marlies vs. Laval Rocket @ Coca-Cola Coliseum

🎭 Art and Culture
A Bob Marley Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Beaded Bracelet Workshop @ S. Walter Stewart Library, Toronto Public Library (Free)
DANCE WORKSHOP African rhythms and melodies in action a bodily experience with Aly Keita @ Meridian Arts Centre
Drawing. Drinks. Social. @ Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Fortitude:Fragile Curatorial Tour with Magda Gonzalez-Mora @ Onsite Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto
Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Paint and Sip: Spring Craving @ My Inner Child Paint Bar Studio
STC BLACK HISTORY MONTH - POP UP MARKET @ Scarborough Town Centre, Toronto
The Wolf in the Voice @ Tarragon Theatre
Yokai Netsuke Exhibition @ The Japan Foundation, Toronto

🎡 Family
A Breathing - A gathering for Black folks @ Lakeshore Arts
LEGO Group Le Florist Flower Truck Activation @ Wellington Square, The Well
The Toronto Book of Love: A Valentine's Presentation with Adam Bunch @ Toronto's First Post Office


Saturday 02/08

🍽️ Food and Drinks
2025 Butter Tart Market @ Oakville Place (Free)
The Winter Chocolate Show @ Toronto Reference Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
Willowdale celebrates Lunar New Year @ North York Centre - Atrium

🎵 Music
6 Year Anniversary for RnR with HARRY ROMERO @ Wiggle Room, Toronto
80s & 90s Retro GUILTY Pleasures Video Dance Party with WHAM! & George Michael Spotlight @ Ground Control, Toronto
Abbamania - Old Mill Toronto Dining & Dancing Series @ Old Mill Toronto
Absolute Silence and Cane Corso Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Baroque & Folk: Purcell to Poland @ Trinity- St. Paul's United Church
Coup de Cœur, World Music Live Concert @ Spadina Theatre
FETE GALA @ Grand Cinnamon Banquet & Convention
Forever Young - 80s Dance Party @ Vatican Gift Shop
Global Marley @ The Redwood Theatre
Groovin' Together w/ DJs Jason Palma, Paul E Lopes, DJ YOGI, Iced Misto & Pedro Hotstepper @ Revival
IREMEMBER @ The Real Jerk Legacy
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
KALEIDOSCOPIC SENTIMENTS @ Flato Markham Theatre
Kelsea Ballerini: Live On Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
Music Bingo at Epochal Imp @ The Epochal Imp
Play and Sing! @ Islington United Church
Spanish Nights, Presented by the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra @ P.C. Ho Theatre Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
The Rose Orchestra: Too Darn Hot @ The Rose Brampton
Toronto's Longest Running Bob Marley Birthday Tribute at Lee's Palace @ Lee's Palace

🎉 Entertainment
Contemporary Dance Show: everything I wanted to tell you @ Citadel & Compagnie
#1 Stand-up Comedy Showcase: The Tonight Show! @ Tallboys Craft Beer House, Toronto
10PM Saturdays Pro & Hilarious Stand-up Comedy | Unleash the laughter @ Backroom Comedy Club
All Out Comedy - Headliners Edition @ Free Times Cafe (Free)
APRES SKI PARTY @ The Pint Public House
Asian Comedy All-Stars with Ernie Vicente @ Rivoli
Board Game Night at Red Tape Brewery in East End Toronto @ Red Tape Brewery
Illustrated Chaos @ The Assembly Theatre
Kumail Nanjiani - Doing This Again @ Winter Garden Theatre
Saturday Night Fomo @ Comedy Bar
Saturday Standup Comedy at Tallboys - The Tonight Show! @ Tallboys
Second Saturday Soiree @ The Wych
Troy Bond @ The Royal
Waffles and a Movie Presents: Bang Bang Baby @ Eyesore Cinema
Worlds Collide @ The John Candy Box Theatre

🏒 Sports
Toronto Marlies vs. Laval Rocket @ Coca-Cola Coliseum

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow in the Dark Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox @ Artbox Studio & Gallery
A Yoga & Watercolour Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Art Exhibition Opening: Tresses in the Tide, by eva birhanu @ The Textile Museum of Canada
Djata: Conversation of the Manden dance performance & artist talk with Aly Keita @ Meridian Arts Centre- the Studio Theatre
DRAZEN a film by Danilo Serbedzija FEB 8 in TORONTO @ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON
Exhibition Reception: The Fragility of Identity @ Etobicoke Civic Centre, Ascent Gallery
Lunar New Year Pipa Solo Concert: Painting The Seasons @ Toronto Public Library - Steeles Branch
Macrame Wall Shelf Workshop @ The Wright Spot
My Bloody Valentine Market @ Ground Control
No Woman, No Cry: Paint Night Workshop @ The Paint Garden
Paint Night: Waiting @ My Inner Child Paint Bar Studio
Pint & Print: Letterpress Pressure Print Valentines @ Big River Bindery
The Cowboy and the Queen @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🎡 Family
Self-Care and Kind Teen and Pre-teen Workshop @ Mula Yoga
Anga's Farm Valentine Arrangement Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
BE SEEN - Awaken the Woman Within @ 18 Yonge St
CML Village Business Improvement Area Launch and Winter Zoo @ Cedarbrae, Markham Road, Lawrence Avenue and Painted Post area (Free)
Klassic Kidz: Emperor's New Groove @ Fox Theatre
Love/Seed Bombing High Park with the Nature Centre @ High Park Nature Centre
Natural Foot Scrub Making Workshop @ Bata Shoe Museum
Valentine's FUN FREE Events! @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
Yonge Street Mission's Winter Walk for Neighbours in Need @ St Paul's Bloor Street


Sunday 02/09

🍽️ Food and Drinks
#1 The Basics of Home Brewing :Home Brewing Class by Momiji @ The 2nd floor of Midori Ramen North York
Nature Connection: Bonfire Program - food around the fire @ Downsview Park

🎵 Music
aespa Cupsleeve Event - Snakes & Lattes Annex @ Snakes and Lattes
Jeff Bird, of Cowboy Junkies, Plays Hildegarde Von Bingen on Harmonica! @ Arraymusic
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical @ Ed Mirvish Theatre
Piaf and Poulenc @ Trinity-St. Paul's Centre

🎉 Entertainment
Contemporary Dance Show: everything I wanted to tell you @ Citadel & Compagnie
Blood On the Clocktower - Intermediate - at CSI Annex in Downtown TO @ Centre for Social Innovation
Immigrants disaster | STAND UP COMEDY SHOW! @ Backroom Comedy Club

🏒 Sports
Final Football Sunday Viewing Party @ National at The Well
King Taps First Canadian Place Super Bowl Party @ King Taps First Canadian Place
King Taps King West Super Bowl Party @ King Taps King West
Super Bowl LIX Watch Party at Fox on John! @ Fox on John
Super Bowl Sunday at Sportsnet Grill @ Downtown Toronto
SUPER BOWL WATCH PARTY at @ Brazen Head
SUPER BOWL WATCH PARTY at @ Pogue Mahone Kitchen and Pub
SUPER BOWL WATCH PARTY at @ The Goodman Pub & Kitchen
Superbowl in Corso Italia @ Cat's Cradle Sports and Spirits
The Rec Room's Big Game Sunday @ The Rec Room

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox
Hungry for Love: Toronto's ONLY Carnivorous Plant Sale @ Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory
Studio Sillage: Fragrance Swap and Share @ Untitled by Flaunt Boutique
The Wolf in the Voice @ Tarragon Theatre
Tresses in the Tide @ The Textile Museum of Canada
UKRAINIAN CHURCHES: Standing Tall in the Struggle @ Shevchenko Museum

🎡 Family
Family Screening: Akeelah and the Bee @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Queer Self Defense TO @ Buddies in Bad Times
Sound Bath with Cacao Ceremony for Couples or Pairs @ McGregor Park Community Centre


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