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Toronto Events

Last modified: Sep 20th, 2026

This page lists recurring event series happening in Toronto. I haven’t attended most of the events on this page, they just seem interesting enough to promote here. General interest “concert at bar” type events are not included.

If you run a Toronto events calendar, contact me and I can add it to my page.

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Event creators.

• Toronto Event Generator by Misha Glouberman
  • Helping people run Toronto events with venues, promotion, advising, microgrants
  • See also the newsletter
• DANU social house by Queen and Dufferin - helping foster and host events
• 1RG - a tech co-working space and community hub by Dundas West station
  • Public events are available on their events page and on Luma

Tech

• Queer Computer Club - monthly open houses for non-members by Spadina station
• New Demos - tech demo event series in Roncesvalles
  • See also the Twitter account @newdemos_ or the Luma page
• Tech Pizza Mondays - weekly general tech meetups with free pizza, at the Victory Cafe by Bathurst station
• Toronto Walk and Talks - “bringing techno-creatives together”
• HTML in the Park - making websites offline in Dovercourt Park
• Toronto Games Week runs each summer
• Creative Code Toronto - meets once a month for show & tell, work sessions, etc.
• Side Project Social - bi-weekly Thursday hangouts to work on your side-project with others
• Toronto Toool & Locksport - monthly lockpicking meetups

Discussion / Lecture

• Being and Becoming - “a community for the curious”
  • Non-profit philosophy club
  • Events twice a month
• ACX+LW Toronto - “A group of friendly people who want to approach complex topics with compassion, nuance and mindfulness”
  • For fans of Astral Codex Ten or LessWrong, so Rationalists
• Trampoline Hall - a monthly offbeat lecture series at The Garrison
  • See also the description on the host Misha Glouberman’s website
• “This Is Not The Show” by Trampoline Hall
  • A “social-experiment-party” of structured socializing at The Garrison
  • Not clear how often this happens, maybe every few months?
• All About Intimacy - “Conversations about Love, Sex, Friendship & More!”
• True Stories Toronto - true stories four times a year, at The Garrison
• Toronto Office Hours - drop-in discussions on Dupont every Friday
• The Toronto Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - lecture series

Other

• The Disaster Show - “weird and unconventional comedy shows”
  • 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Wenona Lodge (1069 Bloor Street West)
  • Improv every Monday at Comedy Bar (945 Bloor Street West)
  • I wrote a review of this on my blog!
• Astrotours - monthly astronomy lectures and telescope viewing at U of T
• Techno Walks - “psychogeographic techno”
  • Monthly walks around Toronto, using architecture to explore techo music? Or something.
• Toronto PhotoWalks - “get together to make pictures in and around Toronto”
  • Seems to happen twice a month
  • See also their Mastodon
• Slow Night “runs low-key art events for the perpetual beginner”
  • Tickets cost $30 or more
• see u irl - “curating spaces for serendipitous connections”
  • Events on Luma
• Toronto Wikipedia Meetups

Other Calendars / Event Aggregations

• Toronto Event Generator has a really great newsletter by Misha Glouberman listing unique events
• Chris D’s Toronto Events Calendar - “the most exciting, thought-provoking events in Toronto”
  • Seems like a collection of events hosted by Toronto substackers doing culture cultivation
• Xavier Snelgrove’s Toronto Events and Communities are.na board
• How to Find Out About Events in Toronto by Richard Eriksson
• toronto IRL by Rabia Sohail
  • I would describe this as “normie deepcuts”. Worth checking out
• vibey toronto places by kai
  • Places not events but a really nice list
• Show Up Toronto - “public organizing, mutual aid, and advocacy events”
• torontoevents.live - up and coming calendar
• thisweek.to - a curated selection of what bands are playing in Toronto clubs this week
• TOREVENT.CA is a new aggregator, mostly bar events it seems
• Toronto Communities Directory

Uncurated collections

• blogTO has a very large collection of events
• r/Toronto’s weekly “Things To Do” thread
• Public Toronto events on Luma
• Eventbrite has a Toronto events page
• Same for Meetup.com
• Festivals & Events Calendar from the City of Toronto

My calendar

I used to run my own calendar of Toronto events, but as of September 2025 I’ve taken it offline since I wasn’t maintaining it. I still maintain the list of events on this page though!