May 2023
Habib Siam presents: Survivor’s Remorse – A stand-up comedy special
May 31st, 2023 // Doors at 7pm // Show at 8:00pm // $30 Buy Tickets Stand-up comic Habib Siam presents Survivor’s Remorse – a 75-min special about home, identity, and spending a little too much time in the woods.…
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International Indigenous Music Summit 2023 Pride Party
JUNE 2, 10PM | THE CABARET | $25 AT THE DOOR Celebrate the start of Pride month with a very special event hosted by the International Indigenous Music Summit, with performances by IIMS showcasing artists Quanah Style and NIMKISH, plus an appearance by Canada’s…
Find out more »Anesti Daniels: Artificially Intelligent
JUNE 3, 6:30PM + 8PM | THE CABARET | $25 Award-winning musical comedian and viral internet hit-maker Anesti Danelis returns from the deep dark web with his guitar, piano, and violin (yes b*tch, a violin), to bring you a comedy concert of…
Find out more »Lavender Wonderland – Pride Kick-Off
JUNE 3, 10:30PM | THE CABARET | $10/PWYC Lavender is a staple in Toronto’s Queer nightlife. An award winning queer party series in Toronto for folks of all marginalized genders – Women, Trans and Nonbinary folx for our full facility…
Find out more »In the Margins (bisexual bodies are always queer)
JUNE 6–9 | 12-9PM| CABARET | FREE TO ATTEND In the Margins (bisexual bodies are always queer) depicts the burgeoning bisexual fantasies of a girl in the year 2000. Inspired by the lurid rainbow aesthetic of the late 90s and Y2K…
Find out more »In the Margins (bisexual bodies are always queer)
JUNE 6–9 | 12-9PM| CABARET | FREE TO ATTEND In the Margins (bisexual bodies are always queer) depicts the burgeoning bisexual fantasies of a girl in the year 2000. Inspired by the lurid rainbow aesthetic of the late 90s and Y2K…
Find out more »In the Margins (bisexual bodies are always queer)
JUNE 6–9 | 12-9PM| CABARET | FREE TO ATTEND In the Margins (bisexual bodies are always queer) depicts the burgeoning bisexual fantasies of a girl in the year 2000. Inspired by the lurid rainbow aesthetic of the late 90s and Y2K…
Find out more »Flamingo Market – Pride Expo
JUNE 10 + 11 | 11AM-7PM | FULL FACILITY | PWYC/FREE TO ATTEND Toronto’s 4x award-winning 2SLGBTQIA+ Market returns to Buddies for Flamingo Market as a full facility Pride Expo! Come support their flock of 100+ 2SLGBTQIA+ artisans, businesses and…
Find out more »Amateur Strip Night Judged by Drag Things
JUNE 10, 10PM | FULL FACILITY | $15 presented by Bathhouse & Bodyworks We invite you to a night of amateur strip / performance art for cash with fierce judgement by people who absolutely do mind if you choose us as your…
Find out more »Flamingo Market – Pride Expo
JUNE 10 + 11 | 11AM-7PM | FULL FACILITY | PWYC/FREE TO ATTEND Toronto’s 4x award-winning 2SLGBTQIA+ Market returns to Buddies for Flamingo Market as a full facility Pride Expo! Come support their flock of 100+ 2SLGBTQIA+ artisans, businesses and…
Find out more »Ruby
JUNE 14, 7PM | THE CABARET | $16 / PWYW AT THE DOOR Presented by Mirror Me Productions From playwright Chase Lo comes a theatrical thriller about a family of trans/nonbinary Asian and migrant sex workers on a vigilante search for their…
Find out more »Kevin Morris: Bad Gay
JUNE 15, 8PM | THE CABARET | $25 Cabaret superstar Kevin Morris returns to Buddies with his big voice, hilarious storytelling, and a brand new show!
Find out more »QueerCab
JUNE 16, 7PM | THE CABARET | $10 / $25 / $40 / $70 | PWYC AT THE DOOR The third and final show of a three-part series, QueerCab is a space for first impulses, uninhibited thoughts, the weirder the…
Find out more »FAGNIFICENT
JUNE 17, 7:30PM | THE CABARET | REGULAR $25, STUDENT/SENIOR/ARTSWORKER $18 FAGNIFICENT is an entertaining stroll through the exotic wilds of queer middle age (which if you’re David Benjamin Tomlinson, includes facing off against a witch mom at Christmas, befriending bros in…
Find out more »THROB: Club Pride
JUNE 17, 10:30PM | FULL FACILITY | $15 ADVANCE, $20 AT THE DOOR THROB is the Queer dance party that plays what you want to hear and everything in between. This is Pride with a twist.
Find out more »Poetry Open Mic
JUNE 18, 5PM | THE CABARET | PWYC/FREE TO ATTEND presented by the Reading Salon Join host Raymond Helkio for some of Toronto’s most dazzling, brazen, saucy, shameless, flashy and flamboyant poets. Our Featured Poet for June is the legendary Bitch Diva!
Find out more »Steers & Queers – Night of 1000 Dollys
JUNE 22, DOORS AT 9PM, SHOW AT 10:30PM| FULL FACILITY | $25 Toronto’s cult queer honky tonk returns to Buddies for a Pride celebration of our lord and saviour Dolly Parton.
Find out more »Pride Tea Dance
JUNE 25, 1–6PM | THE CABARET | FREE Buddies provides cool respite for the weary and thirsty on Pride Day afternoon, spreading out the welcome mat for a friendly gathering just off the parade route. Stop by the cabaret to…
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