Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Nov 7 - Nov 9)
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Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (Nov 7 - Nov 9)
Hey Torontonians!
A little drizzle won’t slow us down! Whether you’re dodging raindrops with a latte in hand or looking for something fun indoors, the city’s got plenty going on. Here’s what to check out this week!
Friday 11/07
🎵 Music
A Free Pop Punk Cover Band Show - Eyes Like Static @ The Antler Room (Free)
Boris Pink 20th Anniversary Tour 2025 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Cuban Friday with Son Ache, DJ Trambo and Abanico Dance @ Lula Lounge
Emery - 20th Anniversary of The Question @ Adelaide Hall
Living Hour @ The Baby G
MORE NOISE PLEASE! PRESENTS: NIGHTMARE IN NOVEMBER: SPINE-TINGLING PERFORMANCES & NOISE @ BSMT 254
Raoul and The Big Time @ Old Mill Toronto
Rhythm x Rectangle Triangle Weekender @ Rhythm
Service Animals and Chapel of Ease Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
The Aces - Gold Star Baby Tour @ Axis Club, Toronto
Toronto International Music Video Festival @ Multiple Venues
🎉 Entertainment
Asian Comedy Night: PRO Stand Up Comedy @ Society Clubhouse
Ava: The Secret Conversations - The Play @ TBA
Jay Baldani@Backroom Comedy Club - Limited Run! @ Backroom Comedy Club
Killer B Cinema Presents: The Curse of the Living Corpse @ See-Scape
Noel Miller Live @ The Elgin Theatre
Shrimp Daddy Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar
SMASHED Comedy Show @ Comedy Bar Bloor
SUITE LIFE AFTER DARK - Disney Channel-Inspired 2000s Dance Party Toronto @ El Mocambo, Toronto
TESTING: ATTENTION PLEASE! Toronto's Friendliest Comedy Competition @ 123 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
tick, tick..BOOM! @ Alumnae Theatre
Timmy No Brakes @ Comedy Bar East
Tom Green - Stompin' Comedy Tour @ The Royal
🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-dark Paint Night @ ARTBOX STUDIO GALLERY
CineFranco 2025 @ Carlton cinema
Curious Minds Festival: Munk Debates Friday Focus - Live Podcast @ 506 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3
IMPERISHABLE: Deconstructing Ukrainian Embroidery Patterns @ Shevchenko Museum, 1604 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way Book Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
McCready Lecture on Canadian Art: Adrian Stimson @ Art Gallery of Ontario
New Art Exhibitions at The Power Plant This Fall @ The Power Plant
Paint Your Own Booty Art Class @ Body Positive Fitness
Performance by Katherine Semchuk and Lauren Runions @ MOCA Toronto
PROCESS & PRACTICE DOUBLE BILL 2025 @ Assembly Hall
🎡 Family
Board Game Night at CHEFS HALL in Downtown Toronto @ Downtown Toronto
Come Play Werewolf @ Table Food Hall @ Table Food Hall
LUMINOUS - A CELEBRATION OF BEAUTY, WISDOM AND POSSIBILITY @ East Annex Lounge, Waterworks Food Hall
Networking Event with EY @ TBD
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair @ Exhibition Place, Toronto
📅 Other Events
Toronto Leslieville Speed Dating and Comedy Night - Age 29-43 @ Black Lab Brewing Co
Saturday 11/08
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Annual Apple Pie Contest and Fundraiser on Dundas St. West @ Collective Arts Toronto Taproom & Cafe (Free)
Jamaican Patties and Coco Bread by Avery Billy @ The Depanneur
🎵 Music
3 Years with K-Pop Nights - K-Nights Anniversary Event - K-Pop Dance Party @ Adelaide Hall
2025 Better Broken Tour - Sarah McLachlan @ Massey Hall At Allied Music Centre
AND THERE'S R & B WITH THE TOKYO GIANTS AT THE DUKE! @ The Duke Toronto
arc mtl Album Streamng Release Show @ Tranzac Club
Beatlemania Revisited @ Old Mill Toronto
Culture Fusion Dance Party: Part II @ IDK Social Bar
GET ON UP - 90s R&B and Hip Hop - SCRATCH'S BDAY NOV 8TH @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
HELLO PSYCHALEPPO - LIVE IN TORONTO @ Cafeteria
Mike Murley with the Bill Smith Trio @ The Pilot
RGH Pulse Night @ Rama Gaming House
Salsa w Luisito Orbegoso y Alto Voltage, Baila Boogaloo and DJ Van Gogh! @ Lula Lounge
Saturday Night Swing Dance with The Sonny Balcones Plus a Beginner Swing Dance Lesson @ St. Wenceslaus Hall
Solidaridad Tango @ Drom Taberna
The Labyrinth Ensemble with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma @ The Aga Khan Museum
Toronto Contra Dance on the Danforth! November 8 @ St. Barnabas Church Hall
🎉 Entertainment
#1 Comedy Show: The White Rhino @ Comedy Bar
Atsuko Okatsuka - Big Bowl Tour @ Meridian Hall
Ava: The Secret Conversations - The Play @ CAA Theatre
Bee Bertrand LIVE COMEDY Album Recording @ Second City Toronto
Colored Only Comedy Show @ BSMT 254
Curious Minds Festival - Where Art Meets Tech: Toronto's Video Game Scene @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
FreePlay Toronto presents A Night At The Roxbury @ FreePlay
Nick Reynoldson's Coming Home Comedy Special at the Scarborough Bluffs @ Bluffer's Restaurant
Retro Bingo at Epochal Imp @ The Epochal Imp
Romesh Ranganathan @ The Elgin Theatre
🏒 Sports
11th Annual Movember Pub Olympics @ The Dock Ellis
2025 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Weekend @ Hockey Hall of Fame
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins @ Scotiabank Arena
Wilder Hike 25 @ PetroCanada
🎭 Art and Culture
A Glow-in-the-dark Paint Pouring Session @ ARTBOX STUDIO GALLERY
Annual Sumi-e Exhibition of Japanese Ink Paintings @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Art POP UP Studio Sale @ Deco Gallery event space (Free)
CAFTCAD Fall Wardrobe Sale @ 122 Brock Avenue (old Malabar Opera Dept building)
Chaos Theory @ Remote Gallery B
Gallery Talk: Ellen Bleiwas on Intergalactic Planetary @ Koffler Gallery
Indigenous Veterans Day Ceremony @ Spirit Garden at Toronto City Hall
Make Your Prose Sing: A First Course in Editing @ Maria A. Shchuka Library
Photography Blowout Sale @ All Ours Studio
Sculptural Photographs with Ryan Van Der Hout @ MOCA Toronto
The Art Guild of Scarborough's Fall Art Show and Sale @ Centennial Recreation Centre – Scarborough
Traditional Wreath Making Workshop with Danielle Pagura by Sweetpea & Rose @ Montgomery’s Inn
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
🎡 Family
Breast Health and Reproductive Wellness Event for Black Communities @ SHN General Hospital - Lee Family Auditorium (Free)
Canadian Universities Education Fair - Toronto @ 205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, Ontario
Corpus Christi Parish Craft Fair 2025 @ Corpus Christi Parish Hall
Ebony Toastmasters 20 Anniversary @ Wildseed Centre
Pop-Up Wedding Chapel @ Bellamy Loft
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Day at Casa Loma @ Casa Loma
Unsung Hero Documentary Inspires Toronto Audiences @ Culture Centre of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Toronto (Free)
🐾 Pet
A Paint-Your-Pet Paint Session @ ARTBOX
📅 Other Events
DRAG BRUNCH @ Church Street Garage @ Church St. Garage
Gay Young Professionals Speed Dating - Ages 20s & 30s @ TBA
Sparks & Cider Mixer 30-45 @ Yonge & Shuter
Sunday 11/09
🍽️ Food and Drinks
Challah & Babka by Alissa Kondogiannis @ The Depanneur
Porridge for Parkinson's @ Evergreen Brick Works
🎵 Music
Carter Vail - The Coydog Tour @ Adelaide Hall
JazzInToronto's Songbird Series: Melissa Boyce & Kevin Barrett @ The Pilot
Rusted Tears with Grind Abrasion and Black Ice.exe @ The Wych
Sultaan Rap God Tour @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
🎉 Entertainment
Ava: The Secret Conversations - The Play @ CAA Theatre
Firecracker Dept Comedy Cafe @ Burdock
Mystery of Clock @ The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre
Question Everything Trivia Night @ Insomnia Restaurant @ Insomnia
SUNDAY SERVICE with Manzone and Strong @ Wiggle Room Toronto
The Adventures of Indie Santiago: A Mystery Scavenger Hunt at ROM @ Royal Ontario Museum
York Railway Modellers Club Show - Winter 2025 @ York Railway Modellers club house
🏒 Sports
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes @ Scotiabank Arena
Remembrance Race @ Mimico Creek Bridge
🎭 Art and Culture
Chani Nicholas: Astrology Reading & Discussion @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Gallery Talk: Dr. Carolyn Whitzman on Place and Identity in INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY @ Koffler Gallery
Glow-in-the-dark Paint Pouring Session @ ARTBOX STUDIO GALLERY
Kosa Community: 15 Years of Living Tradition @ Main Floor & East Commons Room - Hart House
Scented Candle-Making Workshop @ ARTBOX
The Handmaiden @ Fox Theatre
Toronto Old Book and Paper Extravaganza @ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
🎡 Family
Winter Urn Workshop for Beginners @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Women's Power Circle & Cacao Ceremony @ Inner Arts Collective
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