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What to do in Toronto in October 2026

534 events from Friday, October 23 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 20. Busiest venues: Comedy Bar (Bloor), The Rex, Comedy Bar (Danforth).

Friday, October 23, 2026

Visual arts
until Mar 7

In Search of Imperfection: The Macdonald Collection of Japanese and Japanese-Inspired Ceramics

Gardiner Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Critical Minerals, Critical Choices

Royal Ontario Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Crawford Lake: Layers in Time

Royal Ontario Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 1

Made By Many: 50 Years of the Textile Museum of Canada

Textile Museum of Canada · Discovery District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Chinese Zodiac Case: Year of the Horse

Royal Ontario Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 4

Ranbir Sidhu: No Limits

Art Gallery of Ontario · Grange Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Always In Fashion

Textile Museum of Canada · Discovery District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Psychedelics: Art. Culture. Science.

Royal Ontario Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
$9 Tickets
Visual arts
until Jul 11

Kamrooz Aram: Lapis Intervention

Aga Khan Museum · Don Mills
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 21

Spotlight: Spanish Holbein Carpet

Aga Khan Museum · Don Mills
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Toronto Biennial of Art at the Aga Khan Museum

Aga Khan Museum · Don Mills
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 31

toksa | I will see you again (Jaida Grey Eagle)

Doris McCarthy Gallery · Scarborough
- Visual arts
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Theatre
until Nov 7

A Fine Balance

Crow's Theatre · Leslieville
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 30

Michael Massie: now and then

Onsite Gallery (OCAD University) · Entertainment District
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 30

Returning to Ourselves: Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird

Onsite Gallery (OCAD University) · Entertainment District
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 29

Stolen Childhoods

Royal Ontario Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 13

Sai Bagni: The Soil and the Daylight Recognize Me (TD Vitrine)

Gallery TPW · Junction Triangle
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 12

EMBODIED

Gladstone House · West Queen West
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 24

BROMELIAS: Inhabiting Water (Alexandra Gelis)

A Space Gallery · Entertainment District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 5

Cartographies of Longing

Doris McCarthy Gallery · Scarborough
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jun 17

Over and Over Again

Carol-Ann Apilado · Kuh Del Rosario · Sukaina Kubba · Esmelyn Miranda Orozco

Art Museum at the University of Toronto · University of Toronto (St. George)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 31

G.B. Jones: A Razor for an Apple

Cooper Cole · Dupont and Dufferin
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Julien Ceccaldi: Celebu-Spawn

Cooper Cole · Dupont and Dufferin
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Magnus Hara: The Light of Day

Gardiner Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Nov 14

The Mountains as Archive (Hana Hozhabr Pour)

A Space Gallery · Entertainment District
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 25

Hell's Kitchen

CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre · Downtown Yonge
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 13

Kamiphony (Cybele Young)

Koffler Arts · Queen West
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Lessons in Objectology (Gord Peteran)

Koffler Arts · Queen West
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 2

Retracing Tatreez: Palestinian Thobes through the 20th Century

Textile Museum of Canada · Discovery District
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 23

Rouzbeh Akhbari: Of Wool and Diesel

Mercer Union · Bloordale
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 20

Things Fall Apart (Toronto Biennial of Art 2026)

Art Museum at the University of Toronto · University of Toronto (St. George)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 13

Toronto Biennial of Art 2026: Things Fall Apart

Gallery TPW · Junction Triangle
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 29

Prophetess

Tarragon Theatre · The Annex
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 1

The Karate Kid – The Musical

Princess of Wales Theatre · Entertainment District
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 8

nicholas x bent: stories (they) you (don't) tell at bedtime

The Cardinal Gallery · Davenport Village
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Light of the Heavens

Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) · Junction Triangle
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Feb 14

Bharti Kher: Bones

Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) · Junction Triangle
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Delcy Morelos: Ombligo

Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) · Junction Triangle
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Sunday Best: The Power & The Glory of Black Style

Art Gallery of Ontario · Grange Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 4

Andre Perugia

Bata Shoe Museum · The Annex
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 25

Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room: Let's Survive Forever

Art Gallery of Ontario · Grange Park
- Visual arts
Comedy
until Nov 1

A Nightmare on Strip Street

The Royal Theatre · Little Italy
- Comedy
- Cabaret
Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 25

After the Island: Caribbean Canadian Ceramics

Gardiner Museum · Bloor-Yorkville
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 24

UNCIVILIZED

Theatre Passe Muraille · Queen West
- Theatre
$20–$70 Tickets
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Highlights 2026 (Etobicoke Art Group)

Neilson Park Creative Centre · Etobicoke
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Impressions 2026 (Etobicoke Printmakers)

Neilson Park Creative Centre · Etobicoke
- Visual arts
Dance
until Oct 25

Fall For Dance North Festival

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts · Old Town / St. Lawrence
- Dance
$25 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 23

Jordan

Young People's Theatre · St. Lawrence
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 7

Emmanuel Osahor: Things Once Seen

Nicholas Metivier Gallery · Corktown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 7

From Collins to Cape Dorset: John Hartman: Early Works

Nicholas Metivier Gallery · Corktown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 14

Meaghan Hyckie: Haunts

Olga Korper Gallery · Parkdale
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Nov 8

MONKS

Tarragon Theatre · The Annex
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
until Oct 23

The 4th Open Mic

Grossman's Tavern · Kensington Market
- Music
Music
until Oct 24

You Should Have Stayed Home Too

Tommy Taylor · Abigail Lapell

Crow's Theatre · Leslieville
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
until Oct 24

comedy is art 2026

The Theatre Centre · Queen West
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
until Oct 25

TSO: Jan Lisiecki Plays Grieg

Toronto Symphony Orchestra · Jan Lisiecki

Roy Thomson Hall · Entertainment District
- Music
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 29

Visiting Mr. Green

Meridian Arts Centre · North York Centre
- Theatre
$42–$58 Tickets
Music
4 PM

Youth of Today

Youth of Today · 100 Demons · Fucked Up · Fury · Missing Link · Fatal Realm · Restraining Order · Wit's End ·…

Lithuanian House · High Park North
- Music
- Hardcore
- Punk
Music
5 PM

Introduction to Tufting - Take Time and Tuft

Textile Museum of Canada · Discovery District
- Music
Music
5 PM

Jake Hanlon Trio

The Rex · Queen West / Entertainment District
- Music
Tickets

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