Toronto events · List updated October 31, 2026 · Luc ‘n’ Steve on Leave
Coming up in Toronto: the events of the months ahead
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Exhibitions, shows, festivals, family outings: Toronto stays lively even in winter — but the information is scattered. So we plugged this page straight into the City’s official calendar: 382 events await you from November 2026 to April 2027.
First pick your part of the city, then your month: in each month, we separate what starts from what is still on — so nothing slips by you, even if it began the month before.
Your part of Toronto:
West, East & Midtown — 98 upcoming events
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The categories you pick add up (OR) within the month shown, “Free” combines with them (AND), and “Other” groups all the other categories. Close the pills to see everything again.
November 2026 — 77 events— filtered selection from 77 available
Starting
Death on the Hills
📅 Nov 1, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
We summon you to join a cortège of excommunicated choristers gathers to ask a question the living cannot answer: what happens when we die? Witches, friars, hermits, and heathens convene on hallowed grounds, reckoning with the fear and…
Kids PA Day Baking Camp in Toronto
📅 Nov 2, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026
Camp
Kids aged 6–11 will learn how to bake and decorate buttercream cakes using fondant, piping bags and develop their creativity. This experience includes meditation, music, and outdoor activities, while helping kids develop confidence,…
Northern District Library Tree Tour
📅 Nov 2, 2026
EnvironmentalFree
The Northern District branch and its neighbourhood is home to a variety of trees. Join the City of Toronto to explore the natural world on a local neighbourhood tour. Learn how to recognize different species, and fun facts about their…
📷 City of Toronto
Violins Unbound
📅 Nov 2, 2026
Live PerformancesFree
Few instruments can match the violin’s extraordinary combination of brilliance, agility and expressive power. This Encounters event will showcase all that the violin can offer, featuring violinists Judith Fliedl, visiting from Austria on a…
Firecracker Dept Comedy Cafe: November Show
📅 Nov 3, 2026
Comedy
A monthly show featuring a rotating cast of some of Toronto’s funniest women & non-binary comedians, showcasing a mix of stand-up, improv, sketch and more! If you’ve been to our show before, you know it’s a room full of funny people and…
Macbeth
📅 Nov 3, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026
Live Performances
One prophecy. One performer. Total collapse. Shakespeare’s most haunting tragedy traces Macbeth’s ruthless climb to power in this solo performance, set against the cutthroat world of the modern tech industry. One prophecy sets the scene…
Serviette Launch Party: Food is War / Food is Peace
📅 Nov 3, 2026
Cultural
To celebrate the launch of Issue 09: Food is War / Food is Peace, Serviette is gathering for an evening of food and wine. This issue’s theme isn’t a light one and we didn’t take it lightly either. You’ll meet Ukrainian soldiers eating gas…
Freely – A Mixed Media Cabaret
📅 Nov 5, 2026
Dance
Join us for a variety of fresh, performative works by Toronto artists from the theatre, music and dance communities. This mixed media variety show offers artists and audiences an opportunity to meet mid-genesis, with works that are both in…
Hip-Hop Karaoke
📅 Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026
Dance
Flex your lyrical skills on the mic, or kick back and enjoy the show. Hundreds of classic hip-hop anthems to choose from. Don't sleep! Now we're back for another round of classic hip-hop anthems performed by you and your crew! No need to…
📷 @rellknox
Imaginary Expedition at Burdock Music Hall
📅 Nov 6, 2026
Music
Toronto-based duo of Victoria Dobbs and Glyph Greenleaf who combine folk songwriting with early music composition techniques and intimate, unamplified performance practice. The ensemble draws people closer, quietly pushing the limits of…
📷 Photo by Edward Ambrosius.
LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS
📅 Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026
Comedy
What would you say if you had only 140 words a day? The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Discover Sam Steiner's play this November. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is part…
Lit IRL: A Bookish Party
📅 Nov 6, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
A book club party for readers who want conversation, connection, over a few cocktails. What happens when book lovers leave the group chat and meet in real life? A cozy-but-lively book club party designed for readers who want more than…
THE KING’S GRIEF – The Happenstancers
📅 Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026
Music
The wolves cry, an end foretold. Presenting Judith Weir’s micro-opera King Harald’s Saga, punctuating Weir's tragic narrative with the music of Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, Thierry Tidrow, Mary Dering, John Dowland. Casting the works as…
📷 Curtis Perry
Artist Walk and Talk with Deanna Armenti
📅 Nov 7, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Hear firsthand from the artist about the temporary public artwork, Planter, in High Park. Planter is an eco-sculpture inspired by the amorphous shapes of old growth forest nursery logs. The work is made of ethically sourced wood from urban…
Bread Class: Challah & Babka
📅 Nov 7, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026
Food/Culinary
Spend 2 hours with talented chefs to learn the art of making Challah. You will walk away with not 1 but 2 loaves of this heavenly bread. One classic braided Challah and one filled loaf. You will mix your own dough from pre-scaled…
Corpus Christi Parish Craft Fair 2026
📅 Nov 7, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Gift ideas, kids' activities, bake sale and café. Discover handmade items from local vendors, including sewn, crocheted, and knitted crafts. Honey, preserves and other bee products. Wood crafts, Christmas ornaments, candles, greeting…
The Happily Ever After Actors
📅 Nov 7, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026
Family/Children
Meet Henry, Evelyn and Arthur, otherwise known as The Happily Ever Actors! They've made their way to your kingdom to share some of their favourite fairytale stories and you get to be part of the magic! This 30 minute interactive show…
Dance Collection DANSE Hall of Fame
📅 Nov 8, 2026
Dance
Join us in celebrating DANSE's 40th Anniversary year as we introduce this year's Hall of Fame inductees! This celebration will bring together artists, cultural leaders, donors, sponsors, and audiences from across Canada for an evening of…
📷 Arthur Mola Photography
Fall EcoFair Toronto 2026
📅 Nov 8, 2026
EnvironmentalFree
A family friendly event that informs and inspires greener choices in our homes and communities. The event is a celebration of all the volunteers, businesses, and organizations working to create a more sustainable Toronto. It provides…
The Addams Family Christmas Bazaar
📅 Nov 8, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Ditch the generic mall crowds and step into a strange, spooky and delightfully offbeat holiday market celebrating the weird and wonderful. We have handpicked 15 to 20 local artisans, makers and purveyors of the peculiar across two…
📷 Jimmy Frank Lee – Moonshadow Events
Tiramisu Masterclass
📅 Nov 8, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 1.5-hour Tiramisu Masterclass teaches guests how to make this classic Italian dessert, including preparing silky sabayon, selecting quality ingredients, making ladyfinger biscuits, layering, assembling and garnishing tiramisu.…
Merry Loo-Crew: Decking the Stalls
📅 Nov 10, 2026
OtherFree
Who says holiday cheer can’t happen in the loo? Bringing a surprise carolling activation to public bathrooms across Toronto, and it’s anything but ordinary. Meet a troupe of festive carollers performing cheeky twists on holiday classics in…
📷 Who Gives A Crap
Remembrance Day at the Swansea Town Hall
📅 Nov 11, 2026
Charity/CauseFree
The Swansea Town Hall and the Swansea Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion commemorate the men of Swansea who gave their lives in WWI and for whom the Swansea Memorial Library was created. We also honour all those who served in wars, peace…
VERSUS
📅 Nov 11, 2026 – Nov 28, 2026
Comedy
From award-winning Canadian artistic collaborators Adam Lazarus, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Ann-Marie Kerr comes Versus, a laugh-out-loud experience that can only happen in the theatre. Cake included. It is Gerald Bloom’s birthday and he…
Santa Cake Class
📅 Nov 13, 2026 – Dec 24, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 2-hour cake decorating Class is perfect for absolute beginners and focuses on decorating a pre-baked vanilla cake with buttercream. Guests will learn cake preparation, how to achieve smooth edges and how to use piping tips to create…
Adventure of the Little Rooster
📅 Nov 14, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026
Family/Children
From the team that brought you The Little Circus that Could and The Philip & Lucinda Dino-Show comes a new feather of a tale! Everything changes the day the Little Rooster finds a shiny silver coin. Hilarious consequences and supreme…
Apple Pie Class
📅 Nov 14, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 2-hour Apple Pie Class is beginner-friendly and teaches guests how to make flaky pie dough, roll it out, prepare apple filling, assemble the pie and decorate it with a lattice top or dough cutouts. Participants take home an unbaked…
Early Holiday Market
📅 Nov 14, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Nothing beats getting your holiday shopping done well in advance so you can put your feet up, eat shortbread and listen to carols while everyone else is going bonkers. Please join us as we host over 35 artists and artisans ready to help…
📷 JD Art Company
JellyCat Amuseables Heart Cake Class
📅 Nov 14, 2026
Food/Culinary
This 2-hour class is beginner-friendly and inspired by the JellyCat Amuseables collection. Guests learn how to fill and stack a heart-shaped cake, apply buttercream, create texture and sculpt fondant details to give their cake personality.…
Lambeth Buttercream Masterclass
📅 Nov 14, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 3-hour class is designed for intermediate-level bakers with some piping experience. Guests learn cake layering, crumb coating, American buttercream techniques, piping bag preparation and advanced piping styles to create a beautiful…
Toronto Aces & Aros' Showcase & Zine Launch
📅 Nov 15, 2026
2SLGBTQ+Free
Come celebrate the recent Ace Awareness Week with a Showcase of Ace & Aroace community performers! Poetry, music, prose, comedy, and drag by community members from youth to ages 50+. Toronto Aces & Aros is also launching the 3rd issue of…
Ultimate Winter Wonderland Cake Class
📅 Nov 15, 2026 – Dec 30, 2026
Food/Culinary
This 2-hour cake decorating class is beginner-friendly and teaches guests how to prepare a pre-baked cake for decorating, smooth buttercream onto the sides and use piping tips and sprinkles to create a beautiful winter-themed design.…
Locke Library Talk
📅 Nov 17, 2026
EnvironmentalFree
Toronto has one of the largest urban forests in the world. Join the City of Toronto for an in-library presentation on this amazing natural habitat that reaches all corners of Toronto. We’ll discuss what makes the urban forest so special…
📷 City of Toronto
Canadian Disability Tech Summit
📅 Nov 18, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Be a part of the national conversation shaping the future of disability innovation, assistive technology and accessibility in Canada. The Canadian Disability Tech Summit 2026 brings together leaders from across the accessibility ecosystem…
Canadian Disability Tech Summit
📅 Nov 18, 2026
Seminars/Workshops
Be a part of the national conversation shaping the future of disability innovation, assistive technology, and accessibility in Canada. The Canadian Disability Tech Summit 2026 brings together leaders from across the accessibility ecosystem…
Distance to Independence – Documentary Screening
📅 Nov 18, 2026
Film
Discover a lesser-known chapter of Canadian history celebrating democracy and solidarity at a special documentary screening. In 1991, approximately 80 young Canadians and Americans of Ukrainian descent, including many participants from…
Pages, Pizza and Prosecco: An Evening with The Dutch House
📅 Nov 19, 2026
Food/Culinary
A book club for readers who love good stories and even better company. We are gathering again around Ann Patchett's The Dutch House. We'll keep the plot to ourselves. Just know there's a grand, glass-fronted house, a family, and everything…
WonderPhil's PA Day of Magic
📅 Nov 20, 2026
Family/Children
This interactive show will have the whole family going “ooh” and “ahh” while they laugh out loud. WonderPhil creates the perfect balance of amazement and laughs to keep everyone entertained from beginning to end. After the show, adults and…
Between Suns Concept Launch: Chapter One
📅 Nov 21, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Between Suns is a new Black-led Toronto cultural experience combining Oldowan Co.’s three-act FW26 runway presentation with six original songs performed live, a curated Black-owned marketplace and the introduction of a larger citywide…
Croissant Class
📅 Nov 21, 2026
Food/Culinary
A 2-hour beginner-friendly class where you’ll learn how to layer butter, roll laminated dough and shape croissants. Take home about a dozen or more unbaked croissants to bake at home, plus the recipe emailed before class. All ingredients,…
Eclairs, Choux Pastry & Cream Puff Masterclass
📅 Nov 21, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 2.5-hour Eclairs, Choux Pastry & Cream Puff Masterclass teaches guests how to make choux pastry from scratch, pipe and bake éclairs and profiteroles, prepare pastry cream and create a glossy chocolate ganache. Participants also watch a…
Ho, Ho, Holiday Cookie Baking in Toronto
📅 Nov 21, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Food/Culinary
Join this 3-hour Holiday Cookie Baking Class to learn how to make Linzer, thumbprint and chocolate crinkle cookies with guidance from our talented chefs. You’ll learn to prepare cookie dough, roll and cut shapes, fill cookies with jam and…
Holiday Artisan Market
📅 Nov 21, 2026
ArtisanFree
Skip the ordinary and make your holiday shopping a special event! Join us for unique handmade goods from local makers. Bring your friends and family, discover thoughtful gifts, and support small creative businesses while enjoying a…
Seed-to-Habitat Workshop: Hands-on Seed Processing Workshop
📅 Nov 21, 2026
EnvironmentalFree
Designed for participants from the Part 1 webinar, this follow-up free workshop will provide hands-on experience for cleaning and processing seeds collection. If you missed the first portion, we will provide a recording before the event.…
📷 City of Toronto
Buttercream Flower Cake Class
📅 Nov 22, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Food/Culinary
A 2-hour beginner-friendly class where you’ll learn to pipe buttercream flowers and leaves, prepare piping bags and fill and decorate a cake. Take home your own beautifully decorated vanilla cake, with recipes for vanilla cake, American…
Gingerbread Cookie Class
📅 Nov 22, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026
Food/Culinary
A beginner-friendly class where guests learn to roll, cut, bake, and decorate gingerbread cookies using royal icing. All ingredients, equipment, and transport boxes are provided, and guests take home approximately 12 decorated cookies, new…
Skate Lending Library at Dufferin Grove Park
📅 Nov 22, 2026
Family/ChildrenFree
Don't have skates but want to take a spin around the ice? Enjoy the use of free skates, helmets and skate aides today. rrgsfsds
Workshop: Make Moisturizing Cream at Karma Co-op
📅 Nov 22, 2026
Seminars/Workshops
Dread the feeling of dry, itchy skin? The obnoxious fragrances and unreadable ingredients of drugstore moisturizing lotions? Want to moisturize and nourish your skin without feeling like you've been dunked in a tank of grease? You will…
Riverside Window Wonderland + Art Walk Tour
📅 Nov 23, 2026 – Dec 15, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Visit 25+ holiday windows by local artists on storefronts this holiday season! Check out our online map, visit the locations, vote on your favourites and enter our raffle for local prizes. You can also sign up for a free guided tour on…
All's Well
📅 Nov 24, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
Live Performances
A dark comedy about a cure with wicked fine print. From celebrated Canadian author Mona Awad, writer of the bestselling novels Bunny and We Love You, Bunny, magical realism takes centre stage. After a freak onstage accident ends her…
📷 Kirk Lisaj
Rough Draft
📅 Nov 26, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Grab a drink and join a heartfelt Fifth Edit evening of storytelling for all the things left unsaid, unsent, and unpublished at Toronto's viral Book Bar. Got a risky Tweet sitting in drafts? an old childhood diary entry? a risky text you…
Italian Aperitivo & Focaccia Workshop
📅 Nov 27, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026
Food/Culinary
A beginner-friendly, hands-on class where you’ll make focaccia dough from scratch and learn about yeast, gluten and fermentation. While your bread bakes, enjoy an Aperol Spritz and learn to prepare an Italian charcuterie board with…
Comfy Cozy Concert
📅 Nov 28, 2026
2SLGBTQ+
In the space between Halloween and the winter holidays, when you're not sure if it's autumn or winter, come in from the cold, listen to some music, do some crafts, get your tarot cards read, have a drink and enjoy! Put on your comfiest…
Holiday Wreath Making Workshop
📅 Nov 28, 2026
Artisan
Join us at for an Evergreen Wreath-Making Workshop! Learn to craft a beautiful, fragrant seasonal wreath base from scratch using fresh evergreen greenery, with guidance from Christina. Once your base is complete, personalize your wreath…
Introduction to Cake Decorating: Perfect Disaster Cake
📅 Nov 28, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Food/Culinary
A 2-hour beginner-friendly class where you’ll learn to fill and stack a cake, apply a crumb coat, smooth buttercream and create piping details with fun, colourful designs. Take home your own uniquely decorated vanilla buttercream cake…
Riverside Holiday Market
📅 Nov 29, 2026
Family/ChildrenFree
Bring holiday cheer and enjoy holiday activities including a Meet and Greet with Santa, live music, hot chocolate, arts and crafts and lots of local shopping. Visit website for more event perks and promos.
TD Encounters: Orison
📅 Nov 30, 2026
Live PerformancesFree
Orison (prayer) is a musical collaboration from musician Daniel Áñez and composer James O’Callaghan, connecting science fiction imagery with spirituality and the idea of ‘alien-ness’ in all of its senses: social, cultural, psychological,…
Continuing
Sketch Party
📅 Jan 31, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Comedy
Each month we're partying HARD and bringing the best sketch comedy this city has to offer, from the hottest up and coming troupes to long time fan favourite troupes and solo acts. Get ready for a wild night of expecting the unexpected and,…
Toronto Sunday Market
📅 Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Celebrating local food, antiques, handmade goods and community.
The Stop Farmers' Market @ Wychwood Barns Park
📅 May 23, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Farmers' MarketFree
Featuring 35+ weekly vendors, the market brings together local farmers, food producers, and neighbours to increase access to healthy food in ways that build community. A program of The Stop Community Food Centre, the market supports both…
Toronto Sunday Market
📅 May 24, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
A vibrant weekly market celebrating local creators, delicious food & community Handmade Goods • Antiques • Vintage • Family-friendly Support local. Shop small. Eat fresh.
Intro to Bread: Challah
📅 Jul 18, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026
Food/Culinary
Join us for our Challah Class! This class is great for absolute beginners! And you will achieve all this in just ONE day! Spend two hours with our talented chef to learn the art of making Challah. Using pre-measured ingredients, you'll mix…
Yesterday. Today. Forever.
📅 Aug 3, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Walk through a series of artistic and interpretive installations across ten cemetery sites and several funeral centres. Across the participating sites, visitors will encounter a constellation of experiences, including interpretive panels,…
📷 Jennifer Lee
Mixology: Cocktail Class
📅 Aug 8, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026
Food/Culinary
Come along to our Cocktails Masterclass! This is a great beginner class for people 19+ looking to improve their bartending skills! During this 90-minutes class you will get to learn how to mix three different cocktails. Most of the…
Kids PA Day Baking Camp
📅 Sep 2, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026
Family/Children
Do your kids need a creative baking outlet? Sign up your children to bake and decorate a variety of delicious treats while having fun!
Sala-Manca Group: Like a Bird’s Nest
📅 Sep 23, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Enjoy a landmark retrospective from the international artist collective, the Sala-Manca Group. Installation, video and photography are exhibited together for the first time, all connected to the ritual object of the sukkah, a temporary hut…
Queen East Eats Fall Food Tours
📅 Oct 3, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Food/Culinary
Celebrate fall and support small businesses. Get ready to visit six pre-selected local food and drink establishments in Riverside and Leslieville, while learning about the story behind the businesses with your expert guide.
Firecracker Dept Comedy Cafe
📅 Oct 6, 2026 – Dec 8, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Looking for something fun to do on a Tuesday night? Come and see an all-women and non-binary comedy lineup, featuring a rotating cast of some of Toronto’s funniest women & non-binary comedians, showcasing a mix of stand-up, improv, sketch…
"The Moore Sisters: DEEP ROOTS" by Nancy L. Moore and Janet Moore
📅 Oct 7, 2026 – Nov 3, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Two sisters, two perspectives, one creative legacy. Explore a vibrant responses to nature, place and family. The Moore family has always been especially creative, with art and imagination woven into their lives from the beginning. Their…
SHACKLED: A Horror Movie Escape Game
📅 Oct 15, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026
Family/Children
Think you know your horror movies? Now you’ll have to prove it, all while one of your team members are literally chained to the wall. This October, Trivia Escape Rooms is bringing back its fan-favourite horror experience, SHACKLED: A…
Planter by Deanna Armenti
📅 Oct 18, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Experience a temporary public art installation, Planter is an eco-sculpture inspired by the amorphous shapes of old growth forest nursery logs. Planter is one of three sculptures installed across Toronto for a project entitled Ecogenders.…
Rendezvous with Madness Festival
📅 Oct 22, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Entering its 34th year in Toronto, the 9-day multidisciplinary arts festival that platforms lived experience of mental health and addiction returns. The theme for this year is Complexities of Care. Join us as Rendezvous Artists illuminate…
En Français… Feelings of France by Lisa Litowitz
📅 Oct 28, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
This new series showcases one year of work from my month in France, including a two week residency and time spent visiting Monet’s gardens at Giverny. This intensive experience allowed me to paint what I saw and felt in the rolling hills,…
Fang Ting Ting: From Here, What Remains Solo Exhibition
📅 Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Reflecting on the traces that family, an era, her surroundings and personal experiences have left in her. Fang looks back at what has disappeared from her life yet continues to exist within her, often beyond conscious memory or words. The…
Geoffrey James | Ancient and Modern: Selected Panoramas
📅 Oct 31, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
The Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present there second solo exhibition of work by Geoffrey James, one of Canada’s pre-eminent photographers. James’s panoramic photographs explore the relationship between people and the landscapes…
📷 Near the Aqueduct Claudia, Rome (For Passolini), 1989 © Geoffrey James / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery
Mad Magic: The Funniest Mad Scientist Magician
📅 Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026
Family/Children
Mad Magic is a high energy magic show, jam packed with audience participation. Recommended for all ages It keeps the kids and adults laughing, gasping and screaming the entire way through. A photo-op with the cast after the show is…
Parkdalien Hallowe’en Night Market & Thriller Flash Mob
📅 Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026
NightlifeFree
Parkdale’s annual All Hallow’s Eve street party is back! Groovers, pets, dancers, kids, lounge lizards, trick or treaters and aliens welcome! Join in to experience: 9 p.m. Parkdalien Invasion: Thriller Uprising flash mob by The Neverland…
December 2026 — 38 events— filtered selection from 38 available
Starting
Josie Edwards at The Drake Underground
📅 Dec 2, 2026
Live Performances
Raised in northern Indiana, Josie Edwards formed her first band in high school before moving to Nashville to study at Belmont University, where she earned a degree in songwriting. Her breakout single “good girls” introduced millions of…
📷 Josie Edwards Official
Light in the Darkness – Find the Beauty: The Upper Canada Choristers and Cantemos in concert
📅 Dec 4, 2026
Cultural
Light up the night with a holiday concert! Featuring an engaging mix of Christmas music from over the centuries, in English and Spanish, along with songs for Chanukah, Kwanzaa and more. Latin ensemble Cantemos serves up songs from South…
Jack and Jill and the Beanstalk
📅 Dec 5, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Family/Children
An Adventure of Giant Proportions! Get ready for a hilarious, larger-than-life adventure as Theatre You Treasure brings the classic fairy tale to life with a delightfully silly twist. Packed with catchy songs, outrageous comedy, colourful…
Northern Noir Market
📅 Dec 5, 2026
ArtisanFree
You are invited to come in out of the cold and join us. Showcasing 35 plus artists, artisans and authors celebrating all aspects of the season, especially those that are dark, macabre and spooky. Our market is majority kid friendly. Our…
Ho, Ho, Holiday Cookie Baking
📅 Dec 6, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Food/Culinary
Join us for our Holiday Cookie Baking Class! In this three-hour, hands-on class, you'll learn how to make three festive holiday cookies: Linzer Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies, and Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Our talented chefs will guide you…
Holiday Season at Colborne Lodge: Solstice Crafts
📅 Dec 9, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
CelebrationsFree
Celebrate the winter solstice season at Colborne Lodge by crafting a delightful, historic holiday scent sachet. Museum staff share cozy seasonal traditions while families and companions work together on a cheerful, hands-on project.…
📷 City of Toronto
Riverside Antler Breakfast – Annual Fundraiser
📅 Dec 11, 2026
Charity/Cause
Now in its 15th year, this annual festive community fundraiser and celebration will be in support of Fontbonne Ministries’ Food Program at Mustard Seed, serving over 25,000 meals to people in need annually, and Ralph Thornton Community…
Holiday Season at Colborne Lodge: Crafting Weekend Worshops
📅 Dec 12, 2026 – Dec 13, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Enjoy botanical and contemporary seasonal crafting in this immersive two-day weekend series. Join us for a single feature workshop or book both days to fully immerse yourself in handmade holiday creativity. Day 1: Contemporary Paper…
📷 City of Toronto
Hotel X Toronto Announces “A Merry & Mischievous Breakfast With Santa” for the 2026 Holiday Season
📅 Dec 12, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Family/Children
Celebrate the magic of the season with a playful twist! Families are invited to enjoy a festive holiday experience featuring story time and photos with Santa. You can also expect appearances from a mischievous green holiday guest, festive…
Holiday Season at Colborne Lodge: Solstice Spirits
📅 Dec 16, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026
History
Escape the winter chill at the cozy, candle-lit Colborne Lodge. Gather to share in holiday traditions from around the world, play a historic board game, and sing a heartwarming song. Enjoy a live reading of a classic Victorian Christmas…
📷 City of Toronto
A Very Merry Magic Show
📅 Dec 19, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026
Family/Children
This holiday season, BenTastic and Magic Mel take the stage together for a Christmas celebration full of festive cheer, wonder, and magical surprises! Packed with laughter, wonder, and plenty of audience participation, this high-energy…
A Winter's Gathering: Carols, Candles, and Song
📅 Dec 19, 2026
Celebrations
Join us for an evening of choral music rooted in the Christmas, Hanukkah and winter solstice traditions. Featuring Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit pour Noël (Midnight Mass), where traditional French Noël melodies intertwine with…
Holiday Season at Colborne Lodge: Family Solstice
📅 Dec 19, 2026
Celebrations
Share in winter traditions from around the world from past and present inside the cozy, festive Colborne Lodge. Take a short tour before gathering around the fireplace for a live reading of a family-friendly Christmas ghost story. Enjoy a…
📷 City of Toronto
Dr. Draw Holiday Extravaganza 2026
📅 Dec 29, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Canadian electric violin pioneer Dr. Draw and his band The Strange Parade return for their annual holiday show, featuring Canadian Beatbox Champion Scott Jackson and a few other surprise guests. This year’s show will feature old school Dr.…
Champagne and Macarons New Years Eve!
📅 Dec 31, 2026
Food/Culinary
Get ready for New Year's Eve with our class! Join us for a delightful afternoon of crafting these elegant French treats while sipping on champagne. Not only will you learn the art of macaron making, but you'll also have a box of your own…
New Years Eve Celebration Cake Class
📅 Dec 31, 2026
Food/Culinary
Join us in decorating your own New Years' Eve cake. This is two hour class is perfect for beginners! We will bake the cakes for you and make buttercream in advance, so you can get to the super fun decorating part.
Continuing
Sketch Party
📅 Jan 31, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Comedy
Each month we're partying HARD and bringing the best sketch comedy this city has to offer, from the hottest up and coming troupes to long time fan favourite troupes and solo acts. Get ready for a wild night of expecting the unexpected and,…
Toronto Sunday Market
📅 Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Celebrating local food, antiques, handmade goods and community.
The Stop Farmers' Market @ Wychwood Barns Park
📅 May 23, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Farmers' MarketFree
Featuring 35+ weekly vendors, the market brings together local farmers, food producers, and neighbours to increase access to healthy food in ways that build community. A program of The Stop Community Food Centre, the market supports both…
Toronto Sunday Market
📅 May 24, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
A vibrant weekly market celebrating local creators, delicious food & community Handmade Goods • Antiques • Vintage • Family-friendly Support local. Shop small. Eat fresh.
Intro to Bread: Challah
📅 Jul 18, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026
Food/Culinary
Join us for our Challah Class! This class is great for absolute beginners! And you will achieve all this in just ONE day! Spend two hours with our talented chef to learn the art of making Challah. Using pre-measured ingredients, you'll mix…
Queen East Eats Fall Food Tours
📅 Oct 3, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Food/Culinary
Celebrate fall and support small businesses. Get ready to visit six pre-selected local food and drink establishments in Riverside and Leslieville, while learning about the story behind the businesses with your expert guide.
Firecracker Dept Comedy Cafe
📅 Oct 6, 2026 – Dec 8, 2026
Arts/Exhibits
Looking for something fun to do on a Tuesday night? Come and see an all-women and non-binary comedy lineup, featuring a rotating cast of some of Toronto’s funniest women & non-binary comedians, showcasing a mix of stand-up, improv, sketch…
Planter by Deanna Armenti
📅 Oct 18, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Experience a temporary public art installation, Planter is an eco-sculpture inspired by the amorphous shapes of old growth forest nursery logs. Planter is one of three sculptures installed across Toronto for a project entitled Ecogenders.…
Geoffrey James | Ancient and Modern: Selected Panoramas
📅 Oct 31, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
The Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present there second solo exhibition of work by Geoffrey James, one of Canada’s pre-eminent photographers. James’s panoramic photographs explore the relationship between people and the landscapes…
📷 Near the Aqueduct Claudia, Rome (For Passolini), 1989 © Geoffrey James / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery
Bread Class: Challah & Babka
📅 Nov 7, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026
Food/Culinary
Spend 2 hours with talented chefs to learn the art of making Challah. You will walk away with not 1 but 2 loaves of this heavenly bread. One classic braided Challah and one filled loaf. You will mix your own dough from pre-scaled…
Santa Cake Class
📅 Nov 13, 2026 – Dec 24, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 2-hour cake decorating Class is perfect for absolute beginners and focuses on decorating a pre-baked vanilla cake with buttercream. Guests will learn cake preparation, how to achieve smooth edges and how to use piping tips to create…
Apple Pie Class
📅 Nov 14, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 2-hour Apple Pie Class is beginner-friendly and teaches guests how to make flaky pie dough, roll it out, prepare apple filling, assemble the pie and decorate it with a lattice top or dough cutouts. Participants take home an unbaked…
Lambeth Buttercream Masterclass
📅 Nov 14, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 3-hour class is designed for intermediate-level bakers with some piping experience. Guests learn cake layering, crumb coating, American buttercream techniques, piping bag preparation and advanced piping styles to create a beautiful…
Ultimate Winter Wonderland Cake Class
📅 Nov 15, 2026 – Dec 30, 2026
Food/Culinary
This 2-hour cake decorating class is beginner-friendly and teaches guests how to prepare a pre-baked cake for decorating, smooth buttercream onto the sides and use piping tips and sprinkles to create a beautiful winter-themed design.…
Eclairs, Choux Pastry & Cream Puff Masterclass
📅 Nov 21, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
Food/Culinary
The 2.5-hour Eclairs, Choux Pastry & Cream Puff Masterclass teaches guests how to make choux pastry from scratch, pipe and bake éclairs and profiteroles, prepare pastry cream and create a glossy chocolate ganache. Participants also watch a…
Ho, Ho, Holiday Cookie Baking in Toronto
📅 Nov 21, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Food/Culinary
Join this 3-hour Holiday Cookie Baking Class to learn how to make Linzer, thumbprint and chocolate crinkle cookies with guidance from our talented chefs. You’ll learn to prepare cookie dough, roll and cut shapes, fill cookies with jam and…
Buttercream Flower Cake Class
📅 Nov 22, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026
Food/Culinary
A 2-hour beginner-friendly class where you’ll learn to pipe buttercream flowers and leaves, prepare piping bags and fill and decorate a cake. Take home your own beautifully decorated vanilla cake, with recipes for vanilla cake, American…
Gingerbread Cookie Class
📅 Nov 22, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026
Food/Culinary
A beginner-friendly class where guests learn to roll, cut, bake, and decorate gingerbread cookies using royal icing. All ingredients, equipment, and transport boxes are provided, and guests take home approximately 12 decorated cookies, new…
Riverside Window Wonderland + Art Walk Tour
📅 Nov 23, 2026 – Dec 15, 2026
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Visit 25+ holiday windows by local artists on storefronts this holiday season! Check out our online map, visit the locations, vote on your favourites and enter our raffle for local prizes. You can also sign up for a free guided tour on…
All's Well
📅 Nov 24, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
Live Performances
A dark comedy about a cure with wicked fine print. From celebrated Canadian author Mona Awad, writer of the bestselling novels Bunny and We Love You, Bunny, magical realism takes centre stage. After a freak onstage accident ends her…
📷 Kirk Lisaj
Italian Aperitivo & Focaccia Workshop
📅 Nov 27, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026
Food/Culinary
A beginner-friendly, hands-on class where you’ll make focaccia dough from scratch and learn about yeast, gluten and fermentation. While your bread bakes, enjoy an Aperol Spritz and learn to prepare an Italian charcuterie board with…
Introduction to Cake Decorating: Perfect Disaster Cake
📅 Nov 28, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Food/Culinary
A 2-hour beginner-friendly class where you’ll learn to fill and stack a cake, apply a crumb coat, smooth buttercream and create piping details with fun, colourful designs. Take home your own uniquely decorated vanilla buttercream cake…
January 2027 — 4 events— filtered selection from 4 available
Starting
Jack and Jill and the Beanstalk – January 2027
📅 Jan 2, 2027 – Jan 17, 2027
Family/Children
An Adventure of Giant Proportions! Get ready for a hilarious, larger-than-life adventure as Theatre You Treasure brings the classic fairy tale to life with a delightfully silly twist. Packed with catchy songs, outrageous comedy, colourful…
Canadian Premiere: A German Life
📅 Jan 12, 2027 – Feb 7, 2027
History
Complicity rarely announces itself. From Tony- and Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton and based on the real-life testimony of Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Joseph Goebbels in 1940s Germany, A German Life traces one woman’s…
Continuing
Planter by Deanna Armenti
📅 Oct 18, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027
Arts/ExhibitsFree
Experience a temporary public art installation, Planter is an eco-sculpture inspired by the amorphous shapes of old growth forest nursery logs. Planter is one of three sculptures installed across Toronto for a project entitled Ecogenders.…
Holiday Season at Colborne Lodge: Solstice Crafts
📅 Dec 9, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
CelebrationsFree
Celebrate the winter solstice season at Colborne Lodge by crafting a delightful, historic holiday scent sachet. Museum staff share cozy seasonal traditions while families and companions work together on a cheerful, hands-on project.…
📷 City of Toronto
February 2027 — 2 events— filtered selection from 2 available
Starting
RacquetsUp Expo 2027
📅 Feb 19, 2027 – Feb 21, 2027
Consumer Show/Convention
Join the excitement at Canada's first and only dedicated racquet sports expo, designed to unite the community, ignite passion, and foster growth for the sports we love. Whether you're a devoted player, curious newcomer, or industry…
Continuing
Canadian Premiere: A German Life
📅 Jan 12, 2027 – Feb 7, 2027
History
Complicity rarely announces itself. From Tony- and Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton and based on the real-life testimony of Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Joseph Goebbels in 1940s Germany, A German Life traces one woman’s…
March 2027 — 2 events— filtered selection from 2 available
Starting
National Home Show
📅 Mar 5, 2027 – Mar 14, 2027
Consumer Show/Convention
Join the City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro at the 2027 National Home Show at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place. Speak with City and Toronto Hydro staff about your renovation journey. Learn more about heat pumps from our partners…
Rebellion Talks: Mackenzie's Unlikely Montreal Allies
📅 Mar 6, 2027
HistoryFree
Learn about the rebellion in Lower Canada (Québec) and its connection to the Rebellion of 1837 in Toronto. The rebellion in Toronto wasn't the only one. At the same time revolutionaries were taking up arms here, an even bigger rebellion…
📷 Ashley Brook
April 2027 — 0 events— filtered selection from 0 available
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