October 2019
A Night at the Bronze – A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tribute
Thursday October 31st // 7:00pm + 9:00pm // $25 9:00pm advance tickets SOLD OUT! A block of tickets will be released at noon on October 31st in person at the Box Office. Buy Tickets Back for a 3rd year in…
Find out more »January 2020
Drag Heals
Friday, January 31st & Saturday, February 1st, 2020 // Doors 7pm // Show 8pm Tickets: $30 Regular, $20 for Students/Seniors/Arts Workers/Drag Performers Buy Tickets Drag Heals is a television series on OUTtv and Amazon Prime that explores gender through the…
Find out more »Tashan presents DIVALICIOUS
Friday January 31st, 2020 // 10:30pm // $10 before 11 PM / $20 After // 19+ Tashan - Canada’s newest Bollywood LGBTQI+ Event is here with its second party! Tashan presents DIVALICIOUS - a celebration of Bollywood Diva’s across three…
Find out more »February 2020
In Conversation: Navigating (Dis)ability + Access
Saturday, Feb 1st, 11:30AM - 1:30PM // Free, no RSVP required Navigating (Dis)ability + Access An off-the-cuff conversation between two friends who use mobility devices, unpacking access, intimacy, and inclusion. About the In Conversation series hosted by DANIEL CARTER +…
Find out more »On the Couch – Episode Five, Season Six Filming
Tuesday February 4th // 5:00pm Audience Seating // All Ages // Free Join us for an evening of community and fun, at the filming of Episode Four, Season Six, of the longest running local LGBTQ talk show "On the Couch".…
Find out more »Location, Location: Queer/ying Disability & Access
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 // Doors 6:30pm // Show 7:00pm // FREE // 19+ At the fabulous intersection of disability and queer, local poets, performers and a filmmaker or two will reflect on place, space and access in all its…
Find out more »A WINTER CONCERT: The Bruised Years Choir at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 8:00pm // Free (donations welcome) // All Ages A musical tonic for the dead of Winter. Featuring new tunes from the Beatles Songbook and a handful of the Choir’s Greatest Hits.…
Find out more »Carl’s Canadian Cabar-EH
Thursday, February 27th, 2020 // Doors at 7:00pm // Show at 7:30pm // PWYC ($15 suggested) All Ages - Private Event Carl became a Canadian a few months ago and decided to throw a cabaret to celebrate! This event is…
Find out more »ILL NANA: Right to Dance Intensive Showcase
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // PWYC ($10-15 suggested) // All Ages Right To Dance 2 Month Intensive - is a free 2 month professional training intensive in dance technique, choreographic mentorship, and concludes…
Find out more »March 2020
For Jordan Mechano
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 // 7:00pm // Free // All Ages A memorial and celebration for artist and friend Jordan Mechano.
Find out more »Hot Damn It’s a Queer Slam
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // $7 or PWYC // All Ages Hot damn is back with the final qualifier before our fantastic Finals in April! Last chance to qualify to represent our series at…
Find out more »Studio 180 READS: The Cane by Mark Ravenhill
Friday, March 6th, 2020 // Doors 6:30pm // Show 7:00pm // Free (donations welcome) // All Ages THE CANE BY Mark Ravenhill DIRECTED BY RBC Emerging Director Rebecca Gibian FEATURING Anthony Bekenn Sharry Flett Amelia Sargisson "Why would they attack…
Find out more »LIPSYNCED: GIRL GROUPS
Friday March 6th // Doors 10:00pm // Show 10:30pm // 19+ // $20 - General // $15 - Students & Artsworkers Buy Tickets The time has come for improvisers to LIP SYNC for their lives! Some of Toronto's sassiest Improvisors…
Find out more »Fundraiser: Singing With Parkinson’s
Sunday, March 8, 2020 // Doors 1:00pm // $25 Buy Tickets FUN-draiser for Singing With Parkinson's. Big Fat Singalong; sweets; silent auction; special musical guests.
Find out more »Stand With Wet’suwet’en: A Fundraiser Show!
Friday March 13th, 2020 // Doors 10:30pm // Show 11:00pm // $20 // 19+ Join East King Productions and House of Kings as we come together to stand with Wet'suwet'en! ALL proceeds of this fundraiser show will go to Unist’ot’en…
Find out more »In Conversation: Where have all the spaces gone?
Saturday, March 14th, 11:30AM - 1:30PM // Free, no RSVP required Where have all the spaces gone? In this session we look at the past, present, and future of queer spaces and come together to brainstorm solutions to disappearing spaces…
Find out more »Les Femmes Fatales The Present [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. The third chapter in our Futurism series, Les Femmes Fatales The Present A night of…
Find out more »Queers In Your Ears [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. TICKETS: $20, $10 Seniors and Underemployed. Buy Tickets Directed by Rico Rodriguez and Jeffrey Canton…
Find out more »Forte Cabaret – “Off Broadway” [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. Buy Tickets Forte - Toronto Gay Men's Chorus return for their electrifying Cabaret series. "Off…
Find out more »Belle’s Babes Take to the Stage! [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. Belle's Burlesque Babes Take to the Stage! They made it through “Burlesque 101” AND “Burlesque…
Find out more »April 2020
On the Couch, Season Six, Episode Six Filming [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. Join us for an evening of community and fun, at the filming of Episode Six,…
Find out more »LUMINESCENCE [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. $15 Students // $25 Regular Buy Tickets Immerse yourself in Luminescence, a live arts experience…
Find out more »Don Valley Girls Sketch Show [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. Buy Tickets The Don Valley Girls are living together in a crammed apartment in downtown…
Find out more »CYJ-LGBTQ+ Camp Night Out! [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. CYJ is so excited to host our first LGBTQ+ Alumni event! Join us for an…
Find out more »Toronto Gratitude Spring Fling Spectacular [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. Toronto Gratitude is excited to present its inaugural Spring Fling Spectacular. This night of drag,…
Find out more »CANVAS Presents the Back Talk Collective [CANCELLED]
Note: all events at Buddies have been suspended until May 1, 2020 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. You can read the full announcement here. CANVAS Arts Action Programs (CANVAS) is a registered non-profit organization founded in 2014 to prevent…
Find out more »May 2020
BERAGHSIM Presented by New Story Productions [CANCELLED]
Friday, May 1st & Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 // Doors at 7:30pm // Show at 8:00pm // $20 // All Ages Buy Tickets New Story Productions Proudly Presents BERAGHSIM A New Immersive Experience Beraghsim is an immersive experience of an…
Find out more »Outrageous Misfits book launch party
Thursday, May 28th, 2020 // 7:00pm // Free // All Ages Lights! Camera! Outrageous! The legacy of one of the first female impersonator superstars. Craig Russell was an internationally admired entertainer and actor, known for his outrageous impersonations of…
Find out more »December 2021
27 Club
December 8th & 14th, 2021 // Doors 7:30pm // Show 8:00pm // $10 or PWYC Buy Tickets 27 CLUB is a brand new sketch show about a future where young people have to prove their worth to society by age…
Find out more »A Very Chris-Terical Christmas Cabaret
December 16-18, 2021 // Doors 7:15pm // Show 8:00pm // $30 Buy Tickets Dust off your ugly sweaters, y'all. He's back! December 16th, 17th, and 18th join our favourite musical director and cabaret performer extraordinaire Chris Tsujiuchi as he and…
Find out more »February 2022
Danse Macabre
February 26, 2022 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // RSVP - no cost Presented by Canadian-Caribbean Arts Network Photo by Sureash Cholai - Costume: Balrog, bringer of the Apocalypse - Masquerader: Ravi Lakhan What happens when a Trini Canadian…
Find out more »March 2022
SiteLines
March 20, 2022 // 7:00pm - 10:00pm // Free The SiteLines series supports bringing BIPOC artists, writers, and performers to a general public to share their work and address culturally specific needs in our communities. SightLines is a partnership between…
Find out more »Les Femmes Fatales: Other Realms
March 25, 2022 // Doors 7:30pm // Show 8:30pm // $25 per person Buy Tickets Poster Art by Sly Play Studios Diving deep into new realms and new dimensions. We are transforming and expanding through unapologetic sensuality and performance.…
Find out more »April 2022
The BRATPACK 2022 Tour
April 5, 2022 // VIP Meet & Greet 7:00pm // Regular Doors 8:00pm // Show 9:00pm // $23 - $51 Buy Tickets Kendall Gender, Gia Metric & Synthia Kiss from Canada’s Drag Race season 2 bring the ultimate drag girl…
Find out more »Book Launch – Ken Harvey
April 14, 2022 // 7:00pm - 9:00pm // Free with limited capacity - RSVP to vciarlo@ciarlo.ca Join award-winning, Canadian author Ken Harvey as he officially launches his debut novel, The Book of Casey Adair, published by The University of Wisconsin…
Find out more »SiteLines Reading Series – Ian Iqbal Rashid
April 24, 2022 // 7:00pm - 10:00pm // Free Poet, Screenwriter, Co-founder and first director of Desh Pardesh, Canada’s seminal festival and organisation exploring South Asian diasporic culture. Join lan for an evening of reading poetry, screening television and film…
Find out more »Voices of Tomorrrow: A Cabaret of New Music Theatre
April 28 & 30, May 1, 2022 // Doors 6:30pm // Show 7:00pm // $30 Adults, $25 Students & Seniors Buy Tickets ICARUS THEATRE is proud to present Voices of Tomorrow: A Cabaret of New Music Theatre. Join us…
Find out more »May 2022
Fcking Crackers & Come Here Often? – A Double Bill Presentation
May 6 & 7, 2022 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // $25 Regular, $20 Students & Artsworkers Buy Tickets New Story Productions Proudly Present A Live Double Bill Presentation of Two Original Canadian works: Fcking Crackers & Come Here…
Find out more »Caribbean Comedy Night: A Live Album Recording with Rhoma Spencer
May 14, 2022 // Doors 6:30pm // Show 7:00pm // $22 Advance, $25 at the Door Buy Tickets Featuring: Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Big Norm Alconcel & Crystal Ferrier Host: Marc Trinidad DJ Pothound in da house Our staff have been monitoring…
Find out more »Laughs For Good
May 28, 2022 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // $17 Buy Tickets
Find out more »Colin Asuncion Live at Buddies
May 29, 2022 // Doors 7:30pm // Show 8:00pm // $32 Buy Tickets Colin Asuncion is back on stage at Buddies for his official EP pre-launch concert. On May 29, he’ll be joined by a full band and special guests…
Find out more »August 2022
Gender? I Hardly Know Them
August 9th & 10th, 2022 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // PWYC $0, $5, $12, $21, $50 Buy Tickets Photo by Nico Humby A fast-paced, joyfully provocative queer sketch show straight from the heart of the God-fearing, gun-toting,…
Find out more »Divorced in Paradise
August 11th & 12th, 2022 // Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm // $35 Buy Tickets Jacq Frances is Divorced in Paradise! After having her breasts fondled by Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers (2019), Jacq — the artist formerly known as…
Find out more »April 2023
QueerCab: Lostpeople, sadcore, draingang
The second of a three-part series We invite all sadpeople for this iteration of QueerCab to explore isolation and exile, human nature in everyday life and global socio-political structures through a queer lens. All proceeds at the door will be donated…
Find out more »November 2023
The Rocky Mountain Special (opening)
A Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production An elderly trans woman is haunted by her cringe-worthy younger self aboard the Rocky Mountain Special, a luxury coach from Calgary to Vancouver that she's been riding for the last forty years. A…
Find out more »The Rocky Mountain Special
A Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production An elderly trans woman is haunted by her cringe-worthy younger self aboard the Rocky Mountain Special, a luxury coach from Calgary to Vancouver that she's been riding for the last forty years. A…
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