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

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

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Anyway, checkout what you can do this Friday (7/4) to Sunday (7/6) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Friday 07/04

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Taste of Lawrence 2025 @ Lawrence Avenue East
Taste of the Middle East Toronto Festival @ Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto (Free)

🎵 Music
a EP Release Party by WR Records for CHRIS CAMPOS @ Wiggle Room
Absolutely You with Mike Legere and Group Therapy @ Handlebar
FANTASY FRIDAYS at Ace Hotel @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Thursday Late Night Jazz with PS5 at DROM TabernaSunfest at DROM Taberna! @ DROM Taberna
TO the Beat' Music Program By Lavazza IncluCity Festival 2025 @ Trinity Theatre - The Distillery District (Free)
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco @ The Piston

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Best Damn Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Deep Blue Sea @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Immigrants disaster & Bonggun Kim - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Jack Goes to Therapy: A Somewhat Romantic Comedy @ Alumnae Theatre
Killer B Cinema Presents: 8-Man The Movie! @ See-Scape
Kimchi Daddy & Friends - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW @ Society Clubhouse
Redd Kross Redux: THE SPIRIT OF '76, 1990 @ Eyesore Cinema
SHRIMP DADDY COMEDY @ Comedy Bar

🏒 Sports
Toronto Blue Jays City Connect Fridays @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Drawn In: Millennium Actress @ Fox Theatre
Glow in the Dark Paint Night @ Artbox Studio Gallery
In the Diving Bell @ A Space Gallery
Ink the 6ix Toronto Tattoo Expo @ Enercare Centre, Hall C
Lavazza Inclucity Festival - "Oh, Hi!" @ The Distillery District - Trinity Theatre
Lavazza Inclucity Festival - "The Frikis - Los Frikis" @ The Distillery District - Birra Moretti Theatre

🎡 Family
FREE Family Movie: Charlotte's Web @ Palmerston Library (Free)

Saturday 07/05

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Funkytown Beer Fest by GLB @ GLB Brewpub (Free)
Creeds Coffee Party @ Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont
July at STACKT Market: More Food, Fun & Friends Than Ever Before! @ STACKT Market

🎵 Music
60s Soul Dance Party - With It! @ The Piston
A Night In The Sky at Ace Hotel @ Ace Hotel Toronto
Cherry Hustle Funky Disco Dance Party @ Handlebar
Friday Late Night Colombian Rhythms with Killabeatmaker at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
Groove Culture @ The Bottom Line
GUDFELLA @ NOMAD @ NOMAD
James Arthur - The Pisces World Tour @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
Kylie Weber and Jairo Jimenez Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Salsa on St Clair Festival @ St.Clair Avenue West (Free)
Sophisticated Soul - Denise Williams' Afrocentric Classics @ Blackhurst Cultural Centre - Adbcc
SummerSeries in Trillium Park at Ontario Place @ Trillium Park (Free)
TO the Beat Music Program By Lavazza IncluCity Festival 2025 w AWA's Festa Popolare @ Trinity Theatre - The Distillery District (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner Comedy Club
Casual Comedy! Hottest Show of the Summer! @ SoCap Theatre
Come Play Werewolf @ The Well @ Wellington Market food hall at The Well
Dirty Science Comedy @ Tallboys
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW @ Freetimes Cafe
Suprema: The Opera for Aficionadoughs @ TD Music Hall
The Hobby @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Angels @ Rogers Centre
The Fresh and The Furious 2025 @ Ted Reeve Arena

🎭 Art and Culture
Arts in the Parks: The African Circus @ Prairie Drive Park
Celebrate Canadian Green Beauty at The Detox Market! @ The Detox Market (Spadina & Summerhill locations) (Free)
Exhibition "All Around Her" by Kristy Blackwell @ Riverdale Hub
Open Canvas Music & Arts Festival @ Trillium Park – Ontario Place (Free)
Restoration: In the Mood for Love @ Fox Theatre
T-Shirt Printing Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
The Barns Art Market - BAM! In the Summer @ Wychwood Barns
Yonge & St. Clair: Reflections of Beauty Walking Tour @ David Balfour Park Trail Entrance

🎡 Family
Board Game Night at Red Tape Brewery in East End Toronto @ Red Tape Brewery
Creative Festival @ Neilson Park Creative Centre (Free)
Intrigue at the Museum: A Mystery Scavenger Hunt at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
Scarborough Rise 2025 Community Fair @ Masaryk Memorial Institute Inc
VegTO 80th Anniversary Movie Day and Fundraiser @ CSI Spadina

🐾 Pet
MuttBalls Dog Market @ 60 Millwick Drive Toronto

Sunday 07/06

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Eclairs, Choux Pastry & Cream Puff Masterclass @ Le Dolci Culinary Classroom
Wholesome Dinner for FoodshareTO @ Care/Of Experiences

🎵 Music
PSYCHIC Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Saturday Late Night Psychedelic Latin Fusion with Empanadas Ilegales @ DROM Taberna
TO the Beat' Music Program By Lavazza IncluCity Festival 2025 w PCMFFs Shekaina @ Trinity Theatre - The Distillery District (Free)

🎉 Entertainment
A Stand Up Comedy Showcase @ The Corner
Blood On the Clocktower - Intermediate - at Bampot House in Downtown TO @ Downtown TO
Josie and the Pussycats @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

🏒 Sports
Toronto Blue Jays Jr. Jays Sundays @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Bold Colour with Procion MX Dyes @ Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op
Fancy Poodle - Paper Quilling @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Mako Art Market @ Cecil Community Centre (Free)
Matcha & Tattoos - Temporary Tattoo Workshop @ Carbonic Coffee
Shadowlands: Drawing, Darkness & the City @ Taylor Creek Park (Free)
Temporary Tattoo Workshop - Make your own Painfree Tattoo @ Carbonic Coffee Cafe
Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Workshop: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart on Shooting Self-Portraits on a Tripod @ Koffler Gallery

🎡 Family
Big Stories in Little India Community Event @ Leslieville Farmers' Market (Free)

📅 Other Events
Queer Self Defense TO @ Tallulah's Cabaret

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