Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Jan 30 - Feb 1)

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Jan 30 - Feb 1)

Friday 01/30

🍽️ Food and Drinks
The World of Charcuterie by Peter Sanagan @ The Depanneur

🎵 Music
Colin Asuncion Live at Burdock @ Burdock
Daisy Street live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Divas Of Country Music: A Violin Tribute Concert @ Bata Shoe Museum
Salsa Fridays with Luis Franco's VIP, DJ Trambo & Afrolatino Dance! @ Lula Lounge
The Izzy Flores incident and John Callum Sheehan with Sofia Friesen @ The Painted Lady
The Pharcyde @ The Phoenix
Twilight Symphony at the Castle @ Casa Loma

🎉 Entertainment
A Bad Choice - Standup Comedy Show @ Desi Food Junction
A Geographic Roast Battle @ Yuk Yuk's
All of Us Are Naughty: Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Downtown Toronto Comedy Showcase - Free admission! @ Catacombs Cabaret (Free)
Home and Backyard Show @ The International Centre
Slow Burn Comedy: Pro Stand-Up Comedy in Parkdale @ Osprey Cafe
The Breaking Bad Roast @ Comedy Bar
The Garden Comedy Show @ Ollie Quinn
The Liberty Laughs Comedy Show @ Liberty Village Market and Cafe
Tommy Marshall live # Backroom Comedy Club - Limited Edition show @ Backroom Comedy Club

🏒 Sports
Toronto Golf & Travel Show @ International Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Art Hangs @ Art Gallery of Ontario (Free)
Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu: Enshittification and Extraction @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Dance for Non-Dancers @ Soulpepper @ Soulpepper Theatre
Fashion Wars VIII - Heavy Metal Edition @ The Super Wonder Gallery
Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ ARTBOX
Open House at The Arts and Letters Club - Design Week 2026 @ The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
Visit the Birthplace of Canadian Design @ Arts and Letters Club

📅 Other Events
Sequins & Shenanigans @ Church St. Garage (Free)
Spelling Bee-4-E Fundraiser @ Left Field Brewery

Saturday 01/31

🍽️ Food and Drinks
2026 Toronto Tea Festival @ Toronto Reference Library
Cooking Class: Seriously Delicious Comfort Foods @ Animal Liberation Kitchen
Noodlebox Etobicoke Grand Opening @ Noodlebox Bloor Royal York

🎵 Music
80s/90s Video Dance Party w/ THE CURE Spotlight @ Ground Control
Distant Worlds - Music from Final Fantasy @ Meridian Hall
DUTTY - featuring Choppa Chop, Paul E Lopes & Channel 9 @ BSMT254
Ghost - Skeletour 2026 World Tour @ Scotiabank Arena
HECTOR ROMERO from NYC @ Wiggle Room
I Love Euro Night on St. Clair West @ The Cat's Cradle (Free)
Music Trivia @ Hemingway's
Ryan Naismith Band and Brock Mattsson Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Tacamis Trio Album Launch Concert @ Arts & Letters Club
The Arsenals live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
The Devil and Daniel Johnston @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Writers Round with Hayden Ryann, Mackenzie Leigh Meyer, Kendra Gabrielle @ Burdock Music Hall

🎉 Entertainment
APRES SKI - ROUND 1 @ The Pint Public House
Made in Canada - Standup Comedy Show @ Free Times Cafe
SKETCH PARTY @ Comedy Bar
Snow Angels: A Dirty Late Night Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar Bloor
WonderPhil the Magician @ 76 Wychwood Ave. Studio 176, Toronto, ON. M6G 4C7

🏒 Sports
Meet 3-Time Olympic Medalist - Sami Jo Small @ Yorkgate Mall (Free)
Royal Rumble Toronto Watch Party @ National - The Well
Toronto Marlies: Indigenous Celebration Game @ Coca-Cola Coliseum

🎭 Art and Culture
Being and Becoming: Annual Public Philosophy Social @ Centre for Social Innovation (192 Spadina)
Canvas Connection: A Date Night Paint Night @ Artbox
Collective States: Worlds of Photography Book Launch @ Stephen Bulger Gallery
Curator-Led Tours at The Power Plant @ The Power Plant
Fashion Wars VIII - Glitter & Glam Edition @ The Super Wonder Gallery
K.O.I.: Keepers Of Identity Exhibition by Segun Caezar @ Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
Studio 311 Creative Open House @ Studio 311
Toronto market @ Yonge Eglinton Centre
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Community Festival, year of the Horse 2026 @ Venu Event Space
You, Always @ Berkeley Street Theatre

🎡 Family
Lula Community Salsa Class @ Lula Lounge (Free)
MEGA Book Swap @ Glad Day Lit

📅 Other Events
Middle Eastern Mezze by Rahaf Alakbani @ The Depanneur
PALS FOR PALESTINE @ Danu Social House

Sunday 02/01

🎵 Music
Chameleon Project live at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Hymns To Freedom @ Humber Valley United Church
Jimmy Cliff Tribute Concert with Jay Douglas and the All Stars @ The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
Model Railroad Club of Toronto February Shows @ Model Railroad Club of Toronto
Sunday Service Hospitality & Entertainment Industry Social @ Wiggle Room (Free)
The Python Hunt @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
Fundementals of Archery Training in East York @ 401 Donlands Avenue
NBA: Toronto Raptors vs. Utah Jazz @ Scotiabank Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Model Railroad Club of Toronto February Show @ 11 Curity Avenue
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Anga's Farm: Kokedama Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
French Zine Workshop & Lunch - LE LABO ART @ Le Labo, centre d'arts médiatiques francophone de Toronto
Intuitive Depth: Snow Moon Circle @ Inner Arts Collective
KUUMBA Festival 2026 @ Multiple Venues
Maria Serrano "Las Voces de Mi Vida" @ Palmerston Library Theatre
Through the Eyes of God by Anusree Roy @ Theatre Passe Muraille

🎡 Family
Groundhog Day: Rodents in High Park @ HPNC Cottage

📅 Other Events
Chocolate Masterclass Level 2 @ Le Dolci Culinary School
Jamaican Patties & Coconut Drops by Avery Billy @ The Depanneur

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