This is a listing of regularly occuring events in Toronto. See our Events Board for specific events. You also may be interested in other events calendars. See also 80's Nights, Jazz Clubs, Karaoke, Oldies Nights,
Please post your event correctly, in order of TIME (Hour) and WEEK in the month.
Events are colour coded :
| BLUE | = Pick-up Sports |
| BLUE/GREEN | = Walking/Hiking/Running |
| BLUE (LIGHT) | = Cycling |
| GOLD | = Games (Manhunt, boardgames, cards, etc.) |
| ORANGE | = Music |
| PINK | = Dance |
| PURPLE | = other art events (Poetry, drawing, etc.) |
| BROWN | = other entertainment events (Comedy, Movies, etc.) |
| RED | = Activism & Politics |
| GREEN | = Environmental |
| YELLOW | = Health, Cooking & Nutrition |
| BEIGE | = Meet-ups (Socials) |
| GREY (LIGHT) | = Support Groups |
| GREY (DARK) | = Workshops/Classes |
Weekly Events
Monday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Studies In Propaganda (Prof. Sidney White) | - 6pm to 8pm (Fall, Winter, & Spring) | - University of Toronto, Sanford Fleming Building | - Learn about propaganda, conspiracy theories, monetary reform, social justice, etc. in this exciting FREE class offered by the Free University of Toronto ; ALL WELCOME | - FREE |
| - Scrabble In The City | - 7pm to Midnight | - Kilgour's Pub (Bloor Street, just east of Bathurst) |
- Play scrabble with other people for free. |
- FREE |
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Tuesday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - What's For Dinner? | - 12pm to 1pm | - Real Canadian Superstore (51 Gerry Fitzgerald Dr. - Dufferin/Steeles) | - A weekly free cooking demostration. | - FREE |
| - Royal Society of Adventurology (Bike Polo) | - 6pm to 9pm (summer) | - Trinity Bellwoods Park |
- Play polo on bicycles. |
- FREE |
| - Queer/Trans+ Ball Hockey Games | - 7pm to 9pm (summer) | - Dufferin Grove Park |
- Play ball hockey with other Queer, Trans+ and their friends. |
- FREE |
| - Drummers In Exile | - 8pm to Midnight | - THE DANCE CAVE (upstairs from Lee's Palace) 529 Bloor St W (one block east of Bathurst) |
- Drummers in Exile is a free Drummers Circle in which anyone can actively particiapate in. 19+, No Cover |
- FREE |
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Wednesday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - What's For Dinner? | - 1:30pm to 2:30pm | - Real Canadian Superstore (825 Don Mills @ Eglinton) | - A weekly free cooking demostration. | - FREE |
| - No One Is Illegal Toronto Weekly General Meeting | - 6pm | - OISE 252 Bloor W. |
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- FREE |
| Introduction to Digital Audio | 6:00PM - 7:30PM | BeamEcho 488 Dupont St. |
Learn how to create a "Digital Audio Workstation" (DAW) using a Mac and GarageBand software |
FREE |
| - Toronto Environmental Volunteers | - 6:30pm to 8:30pm | - Metro Hall, 55 John (at King St. W), 3rd Floor |
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- FREE |
| - Ultimate Frisbee (pick-up) | - 7:15pm (summer) | - Dufferin Grove Park, in the gully |
- Ultimate Frisbee. |
- FREE |
| - Guitar Hero Battles | - 9pm | - College Street Diner (414 College, east of Bathurst) |
- Go head to head or by yourself in Xbox 360's Guitar Hero II. |
- NO COVER |
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Thursday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Open Coffee | - 10am to Noon | - Tequilla Bookworm 512 Queen St W |
- Join other professions for coffee and discussion. |
- FREE |
| - What's For Dinner? | - 1pm to 2pm | - Real Canadian Superstore (2549 Weston Rd, south of HWY 401) | - A weekly free cooking demostration. | - FREE |
| iTunes Workshop | 6:00PM - 7:30PM | BeamEcho 488 Dupont St. |
A lively and entertaining seminar/workshop on how to massively improve and enhance your iTunes / iPod "Digital Lifestyle Experience" |
FREE |
| - Volleyball (pick-up) | - 6pm to 8:45pm (Sept to June) | - Masaryk-Cowan CC (220 Cowan Ave, near Queen & Lansdowne) |
- City of Toronto Parks & Rec offers free pick up volleyball. |
- FREE |
| - Big Carrot Health/Nutrition Lectures | - 7pm to 8:30pm | - 348 Danforth (Carrot Common, Room 212, 2nd floor, entrance beside Book City) | - A weekly free lecture of a variety of health, nutritional and alternative medicine topics. | FREE |
| - Sidewalk Salsa | - 9pm to 11pm (summer, weather permitting) | - Different Location Each Week (see website) |
- Free dancing lessons on the sidewalk. |
- FREE |
| - ManHunt Toronto (Hide and Seek Game) | - 9pm (first game), 10pm (second game) | - Different Location Each Week (see website) |
- Hide & Seek Game that is held every Thursday Evening ; *BRING A VISIBLE ARMBAND! (You can also use a plastic bag) |
- FREE |
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Friday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Cinema Students Union | - 7pm (September to May) | - Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex) |
- Free movies every friday. |
- FREE |
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Saturday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Baseball (pick-up) | - 11am (summer) | - Trinity Bellwoods Park, South Diamond |
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- FREE |
| Introduction to OS X 10.5 Leopard | 11:00AM - 12:30PM | BeamEcho 488 Dupont St. |
A great introduction to the Top Ten NEW features of OS X 10.5 Leopard along with some great additional Mac tips and tricks |
FREE |
| - Baseball (pick-up) | - 3pm (summer) | - Greenwood Park |
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- FREE |
| iTunes Workshop | 3:00PM- 4:30PM | BeamEcho 488 Dupont St. |
A lively and entertaining seminar/workshop on how to massively improve and enhance your iTunes / iPod "Digital Lifestyle Experience" |
FREE |
| - Soccer (pick-up) | - 5:30pm (summer, weather permitting) | - Eglinton Park (200 Eglinton Av West, 3 blocks west of Yonge) |
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- FREE |
| - Improv Comedy Classes | - 7pm | - Bad Dog Theatre Company 138 Danforth Ave @ Broadview, Studio 1 |
- Wondering what its like to try improv? Join us for a free drop-in workshop every Saturday. There is no obligation. Come as often as you like. Admission: Free |
- FREE |
| - Soccer (pick-up) | - 7pm (summer) | - Clarkson Park (Mississauga) |
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- FREE |
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Sunday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Baseball (pick-up) | - 9am to 11am (summer) | - Bishops Cross park in Thornhill. It is on John Street (about one km north of Steeles), just east of Don Mills or just west of Woodbine. | - Averge of 12 - 20 participants. It is slow pitch softball, with the ball pitched underhand. danfeldAThotmail.com | - FREE |
| - North York Senior Walkers | - 9am every Sunday | - Different Location Each Week (see website) |
- Since 1986, North York Senior Walkers have been meeting as a group every Sunday to go for a walk together as a group. For more information visit |
- FREE |
| - Soccer (pick-up) | - 2pm (summer) | - Dufferin Grove Park |
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- FREE |
| - Promise Cherry Beach Sundays | - 3pm to 11pm (summer) | - Cherry Beach |
- a weekly Beach Party with DJ's, picnics, dancing, etc. |
- FREE |
| - Soccer (pick-up) | - 5pm to 6pm (summer) | - Christie Pitts Park (north side) |
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- FREE |
| - Kickball Toronto | - 5:30pm to 8:45pm (May to Sept) | - Alexandra Park (Bathurst & Dundas) |
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- FREE |
| - Soccer (pick-up) | - 6pm (summer) | - Riverdale Park (East) |
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- FREE |
Monthly or Biweekly Events
Monday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Rocket Riders (Transit Advocacy Group) | - 1st Monday of the month ; 6:30pm to 9pm | - Metro Hall (King St. W & John) |
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- FREE |
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Tuesday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Beaches East York Green Party Monthly Meeting | - 1st Tuesday of every month ; 7pm to 10pm | - Community Centre 55 (97 Main St., south of Gerrard) |
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- FREE |
| - Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (Toronto Chapter) Monthly Meetup | - 2nd Tuesday each month ; 7:30pm | - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 252 Bloor Street West |
- Discussions, presentations, documentary screenings, etc. on the topic of Monetary Reform ; |
- FREE |
| - Toronto Debating Society | - 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the Month ; 7:30pm | - Swansea Town Hall (75 Lavinia) |
- Debates on various philsophical and political topics. |
- FREE |
| - Toronto Comic Jam | - last Tuesday of every month ; 9pm | - Cameron House (Queen W, just west of Spadina |
- Create a comic with other artists in one evening. |
- PWYC |
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Wednesday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Youth Open Mic Night | - 2nd Wednesday of every month ; 6:30 to 8 pm | - Maria A. Shchuka Library Branch 1745 Eglinton Ave. W |
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- FREE |
| - Green Drinks | - 3rd Wednesday of the month ; 6pm to 10pm | - The Bedford Academy, 36 Prince Arthur (near St. George Subway) |
- Meet over drinks at a pub and talk about the environment. |
- FREE |
| - Beaches East York Green Party Monthly Meeting | - 3rd Wednesday of every month ; 7pm | - McCarthy's Irish Pub (1801 Gerrard St. East, east of Coxwell) |
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- FREE |
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Thursday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Toronto & York Region LABOUR COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING | - 1st Thursday of every month, 7:30pm to 9pm | - 15 Gervais Drive OFL Building, Auditorium (Don Mills & Eglinton) |
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- FREE |
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Friday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - Bike Friday | - Last friday of the month ; All day | - Various locations |
- A monthly celebration of cycling. Many cycling events held across the City including free bike tune-ups and free breakfasts. |
- FREE |
| - Critical Mass | - Last friday of the month ; 6pm | - Spadina & Bloor |
- Once monthy group bicycle ride to take back the streets for Cyclists. |
- FREE |
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Saturday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
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Sunday
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description | Cost |
| - TARS Vegan Potluck | - 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month ; 5:45pm-9pm | - First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto 175 St. Clair West, just west of Avenue Rd |
- Free, All Welcome, welcoming atmosphere, usual attendance 50 to 150. Bring anything Vegan (Fruit, Veges, Drinks, Nuts, etc.) Enjoy a Movie or Guest Speaker afterwards. For more information visit |
- FREE |
| - Anarchist Free University Monthly General Meeting | - 3rd Sunday of the month ; 2:30pm to 4pm | - 519 Church St. Community Centre |
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Quarterly Events
Yearly Events
January
Early January (1-15)
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New Year's (January 1st)
February
March
Early March (1-15)
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Canada Blooms (2nd weekend in March) ;
http://www.canadablooms.com/
Late March (16-31)
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World Water Day (March 22nd)
April
Early April (1-10)
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St. Lawrence Market Customer Appreciation Day
Late April (21-30)
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Earth Day (April 22nd)
May
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Festival of Architecture & Design (All May) ;
http://www.toronto.ca/fad/
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South Asian Heritage Month (All May) ;
Early May (1-10)
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Cannabis Week (First week in May) ;
http://cannabisweek.ca/events.html
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Free Comic Book Day (First Saturday in May) ;
http://www.freecomicbookday.com
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Paddle The Don (First Sunday in May) ;
http://www.paddlethedon.ca/
Late May (21-31)
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Doors Open Toronto (Last weekend in May) ;
http://www.toronto.ca/doorsopen/
June
Early June (1-10)
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Luminato : Toronto's Festival of Arts & Creativity ;
http://www.luminato.com
Late June (21-30)
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Pride Week (last week in June) ;
http://www.pridetoronto.com/
July
Early July (1-10)
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Chin Picnic (Canada Day long weekend) ;
http://www.chinradio.com/picnic.php
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Afrofest (2nd weekend in July) ;
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Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (2nd weekend in July) ;
http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/
Mid July (11-20)
Late July (21-31)
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Beaches International Jazz Festival (3rd weekend in July) ;
http://www.beachesjazz.com/
August
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Caribana (late July to early August) ;
http://www.caribana.com/
Early August (1-10)
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Taste of the Danforth (2nd weekend in August) ;
http://www.toronto.com/tasteofthedanforth
Late August (21-31)
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Canadian National Exhibition (mid August to Labour Day) ;
http://www.theex.com/
September
Late September (21-30)
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Nuit Blanche (Last Saturday in September) ;
http://scotiabanknuitblanche.com/
October
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Toronto Marathon - First sunday after Thanksgiving
Early October (1-10)=
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Alexander Keith's Birthday - October 5th ; Celebrations at various pubs across Toronto
Late October (21-31)
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Zombie Walk (3rd weekend in October) ;
http://www.torontozombiewalk.com/
November
Early November (1-15)
Late November (16-30)
December
Other Annual Events
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Pedestrian Sundays (Sundays from May to October) ;
http://www.pskensington.ca/



