Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (May 23 - May 25)

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (May 23 - May 25)

Hey Torontonians,

🌿 Experience a powerful, transformational weekend with International Healer and Spiritual Teacher, Master Oh

If you’re looking to have a breakthrough or just want a break from the chaos and busy-ness of daily life, Master Oh’s Recharge and Renew event is just for you!

Through inspiring talks, guided meditations, and by receiving Qi energy, Master Oh will teach you how to connect to this Universal vibration that supports all life. As a result, you will:

• Feel calmer and more uplifted

• Discover a new method of healing various aspects of your life

• Learn how his Ancestor healing program can help clear generational trauma and other inherited patterns.

You’re invited to join us for two transformational days dedicated to recharging your energy and releasing blockages in your body and in your life. This is also an opportunity to nurture and reconnect with yourself. Hope to see you there! 💛✨

Learn more and register here:
👉 https://toronto.masteroh.com/

🗓 When: June 7–8, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
📍 Where: The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto
💵 Price: CA$550

To register or if you have questions:
Contact: Alison.t@sunkyeong.org 
647-688-7877

P.S. Can’t attend the retreat or want to try a Qi session first? Visit our Qi Wellness Centre in Toronto – we’re trained by Master Oh:
🌐 sunkyeongtoronto.ca

Anyway, checkout what you can do this Friday (5/23) to Sunday (5/25) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Friday 05/23

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A Night on Earth with The Macallan at Enigma @ Enigma Restaurant
Lucky Lion Night Market @ Assembly Park
Spirit of York Presents: Prohibition @ Spirit of York

🎵 Music
Toronto Folk Festival Launch Party / Fundraiser @ Cameron House at 8:00 PM
Billy Idol & Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - It's A Nice Day To...Tour Again! @ Budweiser Stage
Curly Strings, The Crosslegs, Les Rats d'Swompe - Estonian Music Week 2025 @ Revival
Fifth Element Jazz Quintet @ Old Mill Toronto
Hot Stacks - Strictly Vinyl - Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae @ BSMT 254
INDIE FRIDAYS Video Dance Party - Launch Event - Hosted by Lana of INDIE88 @ Ground Control
Kassie Krut with Raf Reza @ The Baby G
Slow Rise Music: Where the Eye Meets the Ear @ Toronto
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston

🎉 Entertainment
Comedy Records Live Presents Bria Hiebert @ Comedy Bar
30-Up Goes to Hollywood @ 30-Up Club
Board Game Night @ Left Field Brewery in Liberty Village Toronto @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
Friday Pro Stand Up Comedy @ Chefs Hall Toronto @ Chefs Hall
Interactive Games Night @ The Pint
Laugh Dammit! @ Comedy Bar
RAD: DinoNite @ Royal Ontario Museum
Soft boys presents: IT'S GONNA BE MAY @ BSMT254
Sun/Shade Opening Night Party @ The Bentway
The Zone: Tetsuo: The Iron Man @ Fox Theatre
Tom Hearn & Anna Roisman LIVE @ Comedy Bar East

🎭 Art and Culture
2025 Asian Heritage Culture Festival @ Bridlewood Mall
A Candle Painting Workshop - Paint with wax on Taper candles @ Artbox
A Glow-in-the-dark Paint Night by Artbox @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Black Ballerina @ Aki Studio
For Viola // Free Screening: The Encampments @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (Free)
Ghost Night Couples Pottery Workshop @ Noel Yardley Ceramics
Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ plus Film Festival @ TIFF Lightbox
Mayworks Festival: "To Look, And To Look Again" Screening & Discussion @ Bachir Yerex
Moving Forest @ Multiple Venues
MY MOTHERS TONGUE Art Show @ boxcar social (1208 Yonge street) (Free)
Paint Quest - Interactive Painting Adventure - Chapter 2: Unleashing the Dragon Thief @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky: Passing Resemblance @ Susan Hobbs Gallery
Sisters Warehouse Sale @ Southamton ON
The Oldest Profession: A Storytelling Show @ RED Sandcastle Theatre

🐾 Pet
Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides - Toronto @ High Park

Saturday 05/24

🍽️ Food and Drinks
A GLB "Jazz it Up" Creole Party @ GLB Brewpub
LCBO Cooler Fest @ The Quay
SUPPER CLUB: Indigenous Food Lab by Chef Taylor Parker @ The Depanneur
Weekend Morning RUSH coffee party @ Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont

🎵 Music
ALL 90s . ALL Night - RENAISSANCE w/DJs Neil Armstrong, Agile, Black Reaction, & Mista Jiggz @ Revival
BOOGIE WONDERLAND: Disco Video Dance Party - Authentic Disco Hits @ Ground Control
Estonian Music Week 2025 @ St. Anne's Parish Hall
Evening of Kirtan @ The Yoga Lounge
Jason Aldean - Full Throttle Tour @ Budweiser Stage
Kensington DJ Night @ Supermarket Bar and Variety
MORE NOISE PLEASE PRESENTS: AN EVENING OF RELENTLESS NOISE @ No No Room at Dock Ellis
newchoir: An Anniversary Celebration Concert with special guest Fefe Dobson @ Meridian Arts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall
Nick Maclean's SNAGGLE feat. the ALI BROS -- Award-winning electric jazz @ 2882 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8
Q107 High School Reunion @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

🎉 Entertainment
Asian Comedy Sensations: Asian Heritage Month Show @ Yuk Yuk's
asses.masses @ The Theatre Centre
Backwards Broadway Cabaret @ The Heliconian Club
Glass Cannon Live! @ The Royal Theatre
Paint and Sip: My Dear Gus @ My Inner Child Paint Bar
RAN 4K Restoration @ Fox Theatre
Scott Thompson @ Annabel's
Subway Reading Party @ Line 1
Turning Red @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Up in Jokes Comedy Show @ The Boardroom
Urzila Carlson @ The Winter Garden Theatre
Yaw Attuah - Stand-Up Comedy Album Recording @ Comedy Bar

🏒 Sports
3rd Annual Summer Movember Pub Olympics @ The Dock Ellis
JumpUp - May 2025 @ Underpass Park
MLS: Toronto FC vs. Nashville SC @ BMO Field
Motionball Marathon of Sport Toronto in Support of Special Olympics Canada @ York University Keele Campus, Toronto

🎭 Art and Culture
A Mixed Media Workshop : Art Fusion @ Artbox
Adult Crafternoon: Collage Art @ Lillian H. Smith Library
Canadian Inspirations Gala @ Rosedale Golf Club
Central Connection Art Show 2025 @ Withrow Park Clubhouse (Free)
Doors Open Toronto - Free Button-Making with PH1 Studios @ PH1 Studios (Free)
Doors Open Toronto at MOCA @ MOCA Toronto (Free)
Doors Open Toronto" Artisan Market @ Riverdale Hub" @ Riverdale Hub
Fashion Art Toronto x GotStyle 20 Year Anniversary & 1664 Fashion Week Opening Party @ The Distillery District (Free)
Film Screening: "Inay/Mama" with Director Thea Loo @ Revue Cinema
Immersion: The Sensory Experience @ The Exchange TO
Linocut Reduction Printmaking Workshop in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
Macrame Pendant Light Workshop @ The Wright Spot
Mayworks Festival: Banging on the Walls of the Tank: Dispatches from Gaza @ United Steelworkers Hall
Paint & Sip Workshop - Gem & Geode Night - Abstract Acrylic Paint Pouring @ Fresh Paint Studio Danforth East
Reception Opening: In Search of Light @ Ascent Gallery
Scented Candle Making Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Spring Into Art: A Danforth CTI Art Show @ Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
The Libravian @ Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
TSA Open Studio, as part of Doors Open Toronto @ Multiple Venues
Youngplace Art Fair 2025 @ Youngplace

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: Summer Planter Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Doors Open at the Church of the Holy Trinity @ The Church of the Holy Trinity
Jam-walk, 5km walk and brunch @ Palais Royale, Courtyard Patio
Plant Fair 2025 @ Roncesvalles United Church (Free)
Roots Green Park @ Green P Lot at Ossington & Queen
The Great Kids Stuff Sale @ Eglinton St George’s United Church
TSA Paper City, as part of Doors Open Toronto @ Toronto City Hall

🐾 Pet
Party 4 Paws Pet Fair @ Trinity Bellwoods Park

Sunday 05/25

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Asian Heritage Month Popup Market @ DZO - FREE ENTRY @ Dzo Viet Eatery (Free)

🎵 Music
bomba estereo & rawayana @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
i25 - iDRUM SilVER @ Sound Machine
Jewish Music Week - Mameh-Loshen: A Yiddish Love Story @ 901 Lawrence Ave W
Opera Revue at Granite Brewery @ Granite Brewery
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Dastgamachine: Wavelength @ St. Anne's Parish Hall
Sunday SerVice with Manzone Strong and guest SHERA @ Wiggle Room (Free)
Vox Clamantis - Estonian Music Week 2025 @ Trinity - St. Paul's Church
Wintergarten Orchestra LIVE at The Duke @ The Duke
Wychwood Clarinet Choir with Harpist Deborah Braun @ St. Michael and All Angels Church

🎉 Entertainment
bad & boozey bingo @ Shakey's
EVIL WOMEN presents COFFY @ Paradise Theatre
Immigrants disaster - STAND UP COMEDY SHOW! @ Freetimes Cafe
Take It Offline: Naughty Sunday @ Studio Homme

🏒 Sports
ActiveGirlsTO Workout X Kimpton Saint George Hotel @ Kimpton Saint George

🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-dark Paint Pouring Workshop @ Artbox
doors open toronto at the canadian film centre @ Windfields Estate
Flick the Switch Open Studio @ Flick the Switch
Menagerie Market: Pop-Up at Kensington Market @ Kensington Studios
Sober Salon: An evening of Music, Art and Conversation without Alcohol @ International Palace of Joy
The Birds @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
The Slow Sunday Club - self-led creativity sessions @ Plural Projects
tote bag painting & pressing workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery

🎡 Family
Anag's Farm: Summer Planter Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
caffeine club - east toronto coffee co. @ East Toronto Coffee Co.
Gems By You @ Dean Davidson Toronto Boutique
Kids Storytelling with Music - Welcoming Summer - PORTUGUESE session @ Underscore Projects
Mighty Mom Charity Stroller Walk @ Wilket Creek Park
TSA Architects Talk: Spaces For Play, as part of Doors Open Toronto @ Daniels Building
Walk to Make Cystic Fibrosis History 2025 @ Multiple Venues

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