Summerworks Performance Festival celebrates 35 years, with 11 days of theatre, dance, music, and live art – Aug 7 to 17, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, August 6, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Dance, Events, Featured Events, Festivals, Music, Theatre, Toronto

Entering its 35th year, SummerWorks Performance Festival returns with a landmark season of bold performance, intimate creative experiences, and daring artistic interventions exploring time — personal and collective, real and imagined. From August 7–17, 2025, artists and audiences will gather across Toronto for 11 days of theatre, dance, music, and live art in theatres, in public parks, […]

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COLAGE celebrates LGBTQ+ Families Day with an open-house event at Toronto’s Central YMCA on June 1, 2025

posted Friday, May 30, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Family, Queer, Toronto

COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in their collective communities. Whether you grew up with an LGBTQ+ parent or caregiver, identify as LGBTQ+ and are raising children, or […]

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INSPIRE Awards honours LGBTQ+ leader’s achievements, advocacy, and activism – May 31, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, May 29, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

The 13th Annual INSPIRE Awards returns with an unforgettable evening honouring 32 exceptional individuals, businesses, and organizations making a difference in the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. This year’s celebration will take place at the stunning St. James Cathedral (106 King Street E) on May 31, 2025 highlighting a powerful lineup of changemakers from across the […]

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Wine Fest Toronto – Uncork the Fun at Toronto’s Only All-You-Can-Taste Wine Fest – May 9 and 10, 2025

posted Tuesday, May 6, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Hospitality, Toronto

Wine Fest Toronto, the city’s favourite two-day all-you-can-taste wine and drinks festival, is back for its fifth year at a brand new location: Heritage Court on the Exhibition Grounds. On Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10, attendees will open their liquid passports to sip, explore and celebrate an expanded selection of wines and beverages from across the […]

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Fife House charity event “A Taste for Life” Changes Lives, One Meal at a Time – April 16, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, April 10, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

A Taste for Life is a unique annual dining event that empowers everyday Canadians with the opportunity to make a difference simply by enjoying a meal. Here’s how it works: when you dine at one of the participating Toronto restaurants on April 16th, 2025 the restaurant donates a portion of your bill to Fife House. […]

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Pussy Riot: Riot Days – an activist multimedia experience that’s a mixture of concert, rally, theatre, and politics- April 5, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, April 1, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

Riot Days is coming back to North America with a bold new version! This show is based on Maria Alekhina’s second book, which is set to be published in fall 2025. This is the first international tour with this project following the world premiere at Munich’s Haus der Kunst in February. Riot Days is a play […]

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Rendezvous With Madness Festival – films, performances, and art focused on addictions and mental health – Oct 25 to Nov 3, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Friday, October 25, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

The 32nd edition of the Rendezvous With Madness Festival, the largest and longest-running arts festival in the world dedicated to the intersection of mental health and artistic expression, running from October 25th to November 3rd, 2024, and featuring 10 feature films and 3 short programs. The festival gets underway on Friday, October 25th at the CAMH […]

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Art Toronto celebrates 25 years of spotlighting all things creative – October 24 to 27, 2024

posted Thursday, October 24, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

Art Toronto will be held at the Metro Convention Centre from October 24 to 27, 2024, and features a collectors’ first-look preview and an opening night benefit event on Thursday, October 24 for the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.  To celebrate Art Toronto’s 25th anniversary Mia Nielsen, Director of Art Toronto, curated a special 4 part […]

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Bikini Kill return to the stage with tour stops in Toronto (Sept 3) and Montreal (Sept 4)

posted Tuesday, September 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Queer, Toronto

After an exhilarating reunion in 2019, which marked their first full shows since 1997, the legendary feminist punk band Bikini Kill return once again to entertain audiences with their Riot Grrrl stage presence, with Canadian tour stops in Toronto (Sept 3) and Montreal (Sept 4). Original band members Kathleen Hanna on vocals, Tobi Vail on […]

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The Q Musicale artist spotlights – el Hashem, Sherry Sylvain, Mandy Goodhandy, Simone Denny, Carole Pope

posted Friday, June 21, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Festivals, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The Q Musicale was founded in 2024 by Antoine Elhashem and Sherry Sylvain, who are shaking things up with their curating of 2SLGBTQIA+ live entertainment festivals and initiatives. Armed with a mission to amplify the voices of queer artists, the determined duo’s goal is to provide space and exposure for both emerging and established 2SLGBTQ+ […]

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