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March 2024
Singing Out After Dark Presents Just Be Unapologetically You
Doors 3:30pm // 7:00pm Shows 4:00 // 7:30pm Regular $30 // Student $25 Buy Tickets Join Singing Out for a celebration of authenticity and the joy of being your most real self. Our staff have been monitoring…
Find out more »Retro Party by TSVL
Doors at 10:30pm Advance tickets $10 // Door tickets $15 19+ Buy Tickets Come dance the night away to your favorite hits with DJ Sumation and TSVLs own Rosacea Cheeks. Our staff have been monitoring provincial and city regulations,…
Find out more »TALLULAH’S OSCARS VIEWING PARTY!
Doors @ 6pm Buy Tickets Roll out the red carpet and grab your finest garb - it's time for the Oscars! This year Tallulah's Cabaret will be streaming the Academy Awards red carpet and awards ceremony live…
Find out more »GUILTY PLEASURE KARAOKE
DOORS 6:00pm Free Admission Join host Selecta Sarah and belt out your favourite embarrassing, sexy, funny and nostalgic tunes! Our staff have been monitoring provincial and city regulations, and have used this information to create a COVID-19…
Find out more »COUNTRY NIGHT
DOORS 6:00pm This is a 19+ event Grab your boots and scoot on over to Tallulah's for a country music dance party! FREE COVER! Our staff have been monitoring provincial and city regulations,…
Find out more »The B-Girlz in “Trio of Terror”
March 15th & 16th, 2024 Doors 7:00PM, Show 7:30PM Regular tickets - $30 Buy Tickets Join the B-Girlz for a night of hair-raising hilarity as an impromptu visit to Barbie-Q’s Aunt takes a ghostly turn. Don’t miss this…
Find out more »The B-Girlz in “Trio of Terror”
March 15th & 16th, 2024 Doors 7:00PM, Show 7:30PM Regular tickets - $30 Buy Tickets Join the B-Girlz for a night of hair-raising hilarity as an impromptu visit to Barbie-Q’s Aunt takes a ghostly turn. Don’t miss this…
Find out more »THROB
MARCH 16, 2024 Doors 10:30pm Advance Tickets $10 Door Tickets $15 19+ Buy Tickets THROB is the place for you to release yourself and be free on the dance floor. Tom Cable spins all the pop gems, throwbacks, and sexy…
Find out more »St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Doors @ 6pm This is a 19+ event Join us for $6 Jameson shots as we celebrate the luck of the Irish- St. Paddy's style! Free Cover! Our staff have…
Find out more »Queer Broadway Karaoke Night!
Doors @ 6pm Free Admission Ready to let your inner theatre kid shine? Join host Neta Rose for a Broadway themed karaoke night! Show off your best belt and rep your favourite musical or movie. Costumes and over-the-top theatrics encouraged!…
Find out more »TUFF STUFF: No More Apologies! Only Revenge!
March 22, 2024 // Doors 8:30pm // Show 9:00pm $35 Buy Tickets Tuff Stuff! The new Femmes Fatales series. Rebel women and femmes, tough babe, loud and angry babes. Girl gangs, deliberate misfits, outlaws and outcasts. Tuff Stuff! No More…
Find out more »New Normal Comedy: Baddies & “Nanparkal”
Doors 7:00pm Tickets: $35- $65 Front Row- $65 Second Row- $55 Third Row $45 General (first come first serve) $35 18+ Tickets will also be available at the door. Buy Tickets Baddies & "Nanparkal" @ Buddies by New Normal…
Find out more »Koothu
Doors 10:30pm Tickets $30 19+ Tickets will also be available at the door. Buy Tickets Get ready to move and groove while celebrating diversity at the Inaugural Fundraising Dance for the Queer Tamil Collective! Join us for an evening…
Find out more »Dark Day Cabaret 8
Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm $17 Buy Tickets Dark Day is BACK AT BUDDIES! Come and join us again for night featuring some of Toronto's best emerging and established Music Theatre performers, backed by a three-piece band! You can count…
Find out more »Our Flag Means Queer: Qalypso’s Birthday
March 27th, 2024 // Doors 7:30pm // Show 8:00pm Pre-Sale $25 // Door Sale $30 Buy Tickets Qaptain and Tygr Willy present to you again a hilarious, vibrant, and sensual parody spin based on the hit MAX show…
Find out more »The Royal Court
Doors 9:30pm Tickets $30 19+ Tickets will also be available at the door. Buy Tickets Welcome to The Royal Court 👑 Toronto's newest go-to for Kings, Things, Court Jesters, Courtesans and everything in between! We strive to provide a safe…
Find out more »After Werk
Doors 10:30pm Advance Tickets $11 Door Tickets $10 before 11pm // $15 After 11pm 19+ Tickets will also be available at the door. Buy Tickets Our staff have been monitoring provincial and city regulations, and have used…
Find out more »ELTON JAN!
Two Showtimes: 7pm & 9pm Buy Tickets Tallulah's Presents: ELTON JAN! The queen of rock and roll tributes, Janet Whiteway is back with another iconic turn...“Elton Jan”…
Find out more »April 2024
QUEER CLASSICS FILM SERIES: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
THURSDAY APRIL 4th.2024 Bar Open @ 6pm // Movie Starts @ 8pm FREE ADMISSION Join us on Thursdays in April for our Queer Classics Screening Series in Tallulah's Cabaret! This Week's pick: Hedwig and the Angry Inch! …
Find out more »Rezurrection
Doors 10:30pm Regular Presale $10 // VIP Meet and Greet $30 // Door Sale $15 19+ Buy Tickets Rezurrection is an Indigenous-led and organized celebration that revitalizes the spirit of these ancestral lands. Through community: both Indigenous and…
Find out more »PUPS AND PALS SOCIAL
Saturday, April 6th, 2024 Doors at 6:00pm // FREE to attend! 19+ This is a SFW social event for members of the local Pup, furry and kink community. It is primarily a time for socializing, networking and serves as a…
Find out more »Fierce: Furry Buddies 5
April 6th, 2024 Doors 10:30PM Cover $10 19+ Buy Tickets 19+ Queer and Kink-Positive Furry club night. Featuring sets by Gnaw and Amyte as well as a Fierce Fray dance battle intermission. Our staff have been monitoring provincial…
Find out more »Toronto Monologue Slam
Doors at 6:30pm // Show at 7:00pm Regular $20 Buy Tickets Toronto Monologue Slam is North America's largest acting showcase. This American Idol-style event puts local actors in front of the industry's biggest agents, producers and casting directors. Actors…
Find out more »RBC GTA and CM Pride present: DRAGS n GAGS
April 10th, 2024 // Doors @ 5:30pm // Entertainment @ 6:30pm $15 Buy Tickets This is a PRIVATE party put on by RBC Queer Employee Group! *Our staff have been monitoring provincial and city regulations, and have used this…
Find out more »QUEER CLASSIC FILM SERIES: Priscilla Queen of the Desert
THURSDAY APRIL 11th.2024 Bar Open @ 6pm // Movie Starts @ 8pm FREE ADMISSION Join us on Thursdays in April for our Queer Classics Screening Series in Tallulah's Cabaret! This Week's pick: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the…
Find out more »Forte: Unzipped
April 12th, 2024 Show #1: Doors 7:00// Show 7:30 Show #2: Doors 9:30pm // Show 10:00pm $25 // 19+ Buy Tickets We're back with our Forte: Unzipped cabarets shows on Friday, April 12th. This time we're ready to razzle,…
Find out more »Pan-American Dance Party
SATURDAY, APRIL 13th. 2024 Doors @ 10:30 Cover $10 Come to Tallulah's this Saturday for a Pan-American dance party! El Toro is back at buddies playing a blend or North American, Caribbean and Latin Pop hits till 2AM. …
Find out more »Cocktail Hour @ Tallulah’s
COCKTAIL HOUR April 13th.2024 Bar Open 6 - Midnight. Is Buddies a bar too? Or a theatre/performance/art space? A queer haven? Yes. Come by and hang in Tallulah's Cabaret and sip on something good and catch up with…
Find out more »Queer Broadway Karaoke Night
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17th. 2024 Doors @ 6pm / Songs start @ 8 Free Admission BROADWAY KARAOKE IS BACK, BABY! Join host Neta Rose for our second Broadway-themed karaoke night! Show off your best belt and rep your favourite musical or…
Find out more »QUEER CLASSICS FILM SERIES: Itty Bitty Titty Committee
THURSDAY APRIL 18th.2024 Bar Open @ 6pm // Movie Starts @ 8pm FREE ADMISSION Join us on Thursdays in April for our Queer Classics Screening Series in Tallulah's Cabaret! This Week's pick: Itty Bitty Titty Committee! …
Find out more »SoundCrowd Spring Fling
Doors 6:30pm // Show 7:00pm $20 Buy Tickets Come party with SoundCrowd to celebrate spring! Enjoy cabaret-style performances from SoundCrowd members, bid on incredible silent auction items and dance the night away with Cloud 9: Toronto's Feel-Good Cover Band.…
Find out more »Tashan: Bolly POP Night
Saturday April 20th, 2024 // Doors at 10:30pm Early Bird Tickets $17 (Limited Quantity Available!) Regular tickets $22// Door tickets $25 Buy Tickets 19+ Tashan presents BOLLY POP Nite! We are bringing back the most beloved era of Bollywood…
Find out more »Poetry Open Mic
April 21st, 2024 // Doors 4:30pm // Open Mic 5pm PWYC Join host Raymond Helkio for some of Toronto’s most dazzling, brazen, saucy, shameless, flashy and flamboyant poets + featured artist Nordi AKA The Storm! One work up to a maximum of 5 minutes or…
Find out more »Guilty Pleasure Karaoke 2!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th. 2024 Doors @ 6pm / Songs start @ 8 Free Admission GUILTY PLEASURE KARAOKE IS BACK! And... guiltier than ever? (Actually perhaps the opposite.) Join host Selecta Sarah and belt out your favorite embarrassing, sexy,…
Find out more »QUEER CLASSICS FILM SERIES: Hairspray
THURSDAY APRIL 25th.2024 Bar Open @ 6pm // Movie Starts @ 8pm FREE ADMISSION Join us on Thursdays in April for our Queer Classics Screening Series in Tallulah's Cabaret! This Week's pick: Hairspray! (1988, Yes. The one with Divine.) …
Find out more »BI BI BABY: FLIRT
Doors 10:30pm Advance Tickets $17.50 Door Tickets $22 19+ Buy Tickets Hibernation is over. Let’s FLIRT. Get ready for another BI BI BABY Dance Party on Friday, April 26th! We’re back at Buddies in Bad Times with DJ Sophie…
Find out more »Dark Day Cabaret 9
Doors 7:00pm // Show 7:30pm $17 Buy Tickets Dark Day is BACK AT BUDDIES! Come and join us again for night featuring some of Toronto's best emerging and established Music Theatre performers, backed by a three-piece band! You can count…
Find out more »After Werk
Doors 10:30pm Advance Tickets $11 Door Tickets $10 before 11pm // $15 After 11pm 19+ Tickets will also be available at the door. Buy Tickets Our staff have been monitoring provincial and city regulations, and have used…
Find out more »Jazz Night at Tallulah’s Cabaret
April 28th. 2024 Show #1 : Doors @ 5:30, Show @ 6pm // Show #2: Doors @ 7:30, Show @ 8pm General Admission $30// Student Admission $25 $20 Early Bird Before April 12th! Buy Tickets JazzInToronto presents: Jazz Night at…
Find out more »May 2024
Tap Dance Night at Tallulah’s!
June 5, 2024 PWYC for Participants (in Tap or Jazz Jam)//$15 for Attendees Buy Tickets Community Tap Class 7 - 7:45pm Opening Set w/ House Band 8 - 8:45 pm Jam Session (all are welcome!) 8:45 - 10:00 Hosted by…
Find out more »QUEER CLASSICS FILM SERIES IS BACK: The Birdcage
THURSDAY MAY 2nd.2024 Bar Open @ 6pm // Movie Starts @ 8pm FREE ADMISSION BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Join us Thursday for another Queer Classics Screening Series in Tallulah's Cabaret! This Week's pick: The Birdcage (1996) …
Find out more »HOT STUFF: Tallulah’s Disco Dance Party
FRIDAY, MAY 3rd. 2024 6PM till Midnight COVER: PWYC BRING YOUR DISCO MOVES AND DANCING SHOES! Come on down to Tallulah's cabaret and boogie down with us.
Find out more »Monologue Slam: Scene Slam
May 5th, 2024 Doors at 6:30pm // Show at 7:00pm Regular $20 Buy Tickets The moment we've all been waiting for... SCENE SLAM IS BACK! Submit for a chance to take the stage with your scene partner at our next…
Find out more »A Starrier Night
May 8th, 2024 Doors @ 7:30pm // Show @ 8pm Presale $20 // Door $25 Buy Tickets A PWA Bike Rally Fundraiser
Find out more »Artist’s Retreat!
THURSDAY May 30th // 6pm - 12pm // FREE! Hey, remember that idea you said you were gonna start 3 weeks ago? Do you do your best work in the evenings? WELL, Bring your creative work to the cabaret amongst…
Find out more »Queers Through The Years
May 11 // Doors at 10:30PM // Cover PWYC EL Toro is BACK as our DJ so come on down to Tallulah's Cabaret and dance to queer music through the decades!
Find out more »Good Mother: A Mama’s Day Cabaret
May 12th, 2024 Show 1 @6pm // Doors @5:30pm Show 2 @8:30pm // Doors @8pm $25 Buy Tickets GABI EPSTEIN in: "Good Mother: A Mama's Day Cabaret!" Join Canada’s Queen of Cabaret and multi-award winner/nominee Gabi Epstein for an intimate…
Find out more »Queer Broadway Karaoke!
May 15 // Bar Open @ 6PM, Karaoke @ 8PM // FREE Queer Broadway Karaoke is BACK by popular demand. Join host Kinley Mochrie for a night of shameless Theatre Kid joy!
Find out more »SPURS NIGHT
May 16 // 7PM // $10 Buy Tickets Howdy and WELCOME TO SPURS NIGHT! SPURS is an evening of queer line dancing happening weekly at Owls Club in Toronto, as well as at CHAMPS BAR in Montréal. It was created…
Find out more »Tallulah’s Cocktail Hour
May 18 // Bar Open 6-10PM // No Cover! Drop by your favourite queer watering hole and meet some new faces Love being around your community members but not into the wild chaos of a dance club setting? Look no…
Find out more »Poetry Open Mic
May 19 // Sign-up @ 4:30PM // PWYC Join us for another edition of poetry open mic! Hosted by Raymond Helkio with special guests Lindsay Soberano and Christie Maragos.
Find out more »QueerFolk Songwriters Series, Vol. 1: Lucas Silveira and Taylor Abrahamse
MAY 19 // 8:30PM $20 // $25 AT THE DOOR Buy Tickets Join us for the launch of a brand new series at Tallulah's, giving space to queer songwriters to share their songs and the stories behind them. Launching the…
Find out more »Our Flag Means Queer
*THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED* May 22, 2024 // Doors 7:30pm // Show 8:00pm Pre-Sale $25 // Door Sale $30 Buy Tickets Qaptain and Tygr Willy present to you this rambuctious, touching, and sensual parody spin based on the hit MAX show ‘Our Flag Means Death‘.…
Find out more »Tallulah’s Cocktail Hour
May 23 & 24 // 6-10PM // No Cover! Drop by your favourite queer watering hole and meet some new faces Love being around your community members but not into the wild chaos of a dance club setting? Look no…
Find out more »Tallulah’s Cocktail Hour
May 23 & 24 // 6-10PM // No Cover! Drop by your favourite queer watering hole and meet some new faces Love being around your community members but not into the wild chaos of a dance club setting? Look no…
Find out more »Buddies’ 45th Birthday Party!
May 24 // 8PM // FREE Event Come celebrate your favourite queer theatre's 45th birthday with a free full-facility party featuring pop-ups and performances from a bevy of Buddies buddies. It's going to be a joyous, messy, and most importantly,…
Find out more »Meshy May After Werk Party
MAY 25 // 10PM // $12 ADVANCE // $15/$20 DOOR (BEFORE/AFTER 11PM) // 19+ Join us for a special full facility edition of After Werk in your best mesh look with DJ Ames playing your favourite house, retro & dance…
Find out more »Doors Open Toronto
May 26 // 1PM-Midnight // FREE We're thrilled to be taking part in Doors Open again this year! Come meet the staff, mingle with some cool queer artists, and have a drink! Searching for something dry but bored of ordering…
Find out more »Florida! Ya Kill Me!
May 28 // 7:30PM // $18 Buy Tickets 96-year-old Jewish drag queer grandmother, Nana Schewitz, is ready to live out her final days in Florida, but is Florida ready for her? Florida! Ya Kill Me! is a one-woman theater show, following…
Find out more »Artist’s Retreat!
THURSDAY May 30th // 6pm - 12pm // FREE! Hey, remember that idea you said you were gonna start 3 weeks ago? Do you do your best work in the evenings? WELL, Bring your creative work to the cabaret amongst…
Find out more »Vag Halen Presents The Vag of the Beast
MAY 31 + JUNE 1 // 9PM // $20 // 19+ VAG HALEN PRESENTS THE VAG OF THE BEAST The night of the VAG of the BEAST is a throwback to dive bars, parking lots, and suburban basements blaring metal…
Find out more »Cherry Bomb: Erotic City
MAY 31 // 10:30PM // $12 ONLINE, $15 AT THE DOOR THE VAG HALEN AFTERPARTY Cherry Bomb and Buddies in Bad Times come together to present a dance party to rock – and funk up – your queer world. Sexy,…
Find out more »June 2024
Vag Halen Presents The Vag of the Beast
MAY 31 + JUNE 1 // 9PM // $20 // 19+ VAG HALEN PRESENTS THE VAG OF THE BEAST The night of the VAG of the BEAST is a throwback to dive bars, parking lots, and suburban basements blaring metal…
Find out more »Toronto Monologue Slam
June 2 // Doors at 5:30pm // Show at 6pm Regular $20 Buy Tickets Toronto Monologue Slam is North America's largest acting showcase. This American Idol-style event puts local actors in front of the industry's biggest agents, producers and…
Find out more »The Angela Lansbury Songbook featuring Alex Samaras
June 2 // 8:30PM // Doors @ 8:00PM $20 Advance // $25 Door Buy Tickets Over her nine decade career, Dame Angela Lansbury sang an astounding list of beautiful songs by the greatest composers for stage and screen. Alex Samaras…
Find out more »Tap Dance Night at Tallulah’s!
June 5, 2024 PWYC for Participants (in Tap or Jazz Jam)//$15 for Attendees Buy Tickets Community Tap Class 7 - 7:45pm Opening Set w/ House Band 8 - 8:45 pm Jam Session (all are welcome!) 8:45 - 10:00 Hosted by…
Find out more »Toronto Centre NDP Fundraiser
June 6TH, 2024 @ 6PM General $150 // Low-Income Tier $50// Private Event Buy Tickets Join MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam alongside Messy Margaret (@messymargaretqueen), Amora (@itisamora) and friends for our Pride-themed Toronto Centre fundraiser! Your ticket will be eligible for a generous rebate when…
Find out more »Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk
JUNE 6-9, 8PM // $45 Canada-Ireland Foundation and Buddies present a THISISPOPBABY and Abbey Theatre co-production Queen of Ireland Panti Bliss is bringing her smash hit show If These Wigs Could Talk to Buddies. Meet notorious drag queen Panti at 54, after a lifetime of accidental activism,…
Find out more »Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk
JUNE 6-9, 8PM // $45 Canada-Ireland Foundation and Buddies present a THISISPOPBABY and Abbey Theatre co-production Queen of Ireland Panti Bliss is bringing her smash hit show If These Wigs Could Talk to Buddies. Meet notorious drag queen Panti at 54, after a lifetime of accidental activism,…
Find out more »Fierce X PALS Present: Buddies Pride
JUNE 7 // 10:30PM //$10 ADVANCE, $15 AT THE DOOR // 19+ Buddies Pride is a special collaboration between Fierce and PALS where we want to show our pride in our own way. This event is kink friendly, queer friendly, and hella accepting. This…
Find out more »50 Shades of the Rainbow
JUNE 8 // @ 2:00PM // $15 EARLY BIRD, $20 GENERAL + DOOR BY ASAAP (ALLIANCE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AIDS PREVENTION) 50 Shades of the Rainbow was created as a safe space for the marginalized community members of ASAAP who fear…
Find out more »Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk
JUNE 6-9, 8PM // $45 Canada-Ireland Foundation and Buddies present a THISISPOPBABY and Abbey Theatre co-production Queen of Ireland Panti Bliss is bringing her smash hit show If These Wigs Could Talk to Buddies. Meet notorious drag queen Panti at 54, after a lifetime of accidental activism,…
Find out more »Proud Voices: A Pride Cabaret Calebration
JUNE 9 // 2PM // $20 TORONTO CITY OPERA & OPÉRA QUEENS PRESENT PROUD VOICES: A PRIDE CABARET CELEBRATION “PROUD VOICES” is Toronto City Opera’s very first Pride celebration cabaret and collaboration with local QTBIPOC+ indie opera company Opéra Queens!…
Find out more »Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk
JUNE 6-9, 8PM // $45 Canada-Ireland Foundation and Buddies present a THISISPOPBABY and Abbey Theatre co-production Queen of Ireland Panti Bliss is bringing her smash hit show If These Wigs Could Talk to Buddies. Meet notorious drag queen Panti at 54, after a lifetime of accidental activism,…
Find out more »Lady & the Rambler: Mandy Goodhandy & Mateo Chavez Lewis
June 9 // Doors 8PM // Show 8:30PM $20 Presale // $25 Door Buy Tickets MANDY GOODHANDY aka Amanda Taylor (she/her/lady) is a singer/recording artist, entertainer, author and Canada’s 1st trans woman stand- up comic. She was also the first…
Find out more »Queer Songbook Orchestra 10 Year Anniversary Show!
JUNE 12 // 7:30PM //$30 STANDING, $45 SEATED Since 2014 the QSO have been bringing 2SLGBTQ+ experience to centre stage in tender evenings of story and song, weaving a web of beautiful and talented queer and trans collaborators all throughout…
Find out more »Kevin Morris: Bad Gay, Vol 2
JUNE 12TH // 8PM, DOORS 7:30 PM // $30 ADVANCE ADVANCE, $35 AT THE DOOR Cabaret superstar Kevin Morris returns to Buddies with a brand new edition of his hit Pride cabaret “Bad Gay” showcasing his gorgeous vocals and hilarious storytelling. David Atkinson leads…
Find out more »2-Spirit Cabaret
JUNE 13 // 8:30PM // $10, $25, $45, OR $75 NATIVE EARTH PERFORMING ARTS AND BUDDIES PRESENT THE 2-SPIRIT CABARET The 2-Spirit Cabaret is back for its 8th edition! Join Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies to celebrate, honour, and party with our Two-Spirit and…
Find out more »Pride Through The Decades Dance Party Presented by TSVL
JUNE 14 // 10:30PM // $10 ADVANCE, $20 AT THE DOOR ($15 BEFORE MIDNIGHT) // 19+ Come dance the night away with members from TSVL and other queer sports leagues from Toronto to all your favourite Pride hits from the 80s…
Find out more »Muslim Pride Toronto
June 15 // 6:30PM // tickets sold in tiers: $21, $26, $31, and $36 SCRAPARTS PRESENTS: MUSLIM PRIDE TORONTO Muslim Pride is not just a music festival; it is a movement. By attending, you are supporting the visibility and empowerment of…
Find out more »RESURRECTION LIVE: A MICHAEL CALLEN CABARET
JUNE 15 // 8PM // $25 Canada’s hit queer podcast, Resurrection, is going live! Join us for ‘A Michael Callen Cabaret’ — a show that’s half-podcast, half-cabaret, all about the life and music of early AIDS activist, Michael Callen. A singer…
Find out more »Amateur Strip Night Judged by Drag Things
JUNE 15 // 10PM // $15 ADVANCE, $18 AT THE DOOR // 19+ An event where we are blessed to witness the filthiest strip acts you can imagine from your local pervs. This includes you. Yes you! You can do…
Find out more »Poetry Open Mic- Queer Pride Edition
JUNE 16 // 5PM, SIGN-UP AT 4:30PM // FREE presented by Buddies in Bad Times + The Reading Salon Join host Raymond Helkio for some of Toronto’s most dazzling, brazen, saucy and flamboyant poets + featured artist Johnny D Trinh! Follow Poetry Open…
Find out more »Farra’s Love Letter to Buddies
June 18 // Show 8PM, doors 7:30PM // $15 What better way to celebrate Buddies' 45th anniversary than with icon and Canadian drag legend Farra N Hyte? A former Buddies house queen with a story to tell, Farra’s Love Letter…
Find out more »The Royal Court: Pride & Royalty
June 19 // 10PM // $30, PWYC at the door – space permitting Welcome to The Royal Court Toronto’s newest go-to for Kings, Things, Court Jesters, Courtesans and everything in between! Celebrating queer royalty for Pride, The Royal Court welcomes you…
Find out more »Queer and Trans Chess Circle
June 20th, 27th // 6PM // Cover FREE A place for queer folks of all experience levels to come together and play chess. Knowledge sharing across various skill levels will also be available, as well as learn-to-play opportunities for those…
Find out more »LES FEMMES FATALES: FEMME AMBASSADOR! STILL MAD!
JUNE 20 // 9PM // $25 BEFORE JUNE 18, $35 REGULAR Your favourite misbehaving showgirls are back, just in time for Pride. We’re mad as hell and ready to stir up a fuss. Femme is queer. Femme is dangerous. Femme…
Find out more »Queer Emo Nite TO
June 20th // 10PM// 19+ $12 Presale or Pay it Forward // $15 Door Sales Buy Tickets The queerest and safest Emo Nite playing the top alt hits anthems! Sing out your heart and dress for your middle school…
Find out more »Gay AF Comedy Presents: Pride-A-Palooza
JUNE 21 // 8PM // $35 GENERAL ADMISSION, $25 ARTS WORKERS Gay AF Comedy presents Pride-A-Palooza Gay AF Comedy Pride-A-Palooza returns to serve up a cornucopia of Canada’s top Queer comedic talent just in time for Pride! Hosted by Canadian Comedy Award…
Find out more »Thirst Nation: Fed
JUNE 21 // 9PM // $30 ADVANCE, $4O AT THE DOOR Presale offline, Door Sales Available $20 TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 17 Are you ready to eat Toronto? Join us as Thirst Nation boldly delivers their fourth event of the year with…
Find out more »Throb: Club Pride
JUNE 22 // 10:30PM // $15 EARLY BIRD, $20 ADVANCE, $25 AT THE DOOR All night long to the THROB, baby, feel the beat! THROB: CLUB PRIDE returns for an electric night of pop anthems, throwbacks, and sexy grooves. This…
Find out more »Supporting Our Youth Presents Pride Prom 2024: Wonderland
JUNE 25 // 6:30PM – 10 PM // FREE Calling All 2SLGBTQIA+ youth ages 21 and under! You are the Main Character and invited to a world where dreams can come true. Live proud, shine bright, be a mythical creature…
Find out more »Queer Broadway Karaoke Night!
Doors @ 6pm Free Admission BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Ready to let your inner theatre kid shine? Join host Neta Rose for a Broadway themed karaoke night! Show off your best belt and rep your favorite musical or movie.…
Find out more »Queer and Trans Chess Circle
June 20th, 27th // 6PM // Cover FREE A place for queer folks of all experience levels to come together and play chess. Knowledge sharing across various skill levels will also be available, as well as learn-to-play opportunities for those…
Find out more »Steers and Queers Night of 1000 Dollys
THURSDAY, JUNE 27 //DOORS 9PM, SHOW 10pm// $30 // 19+ Dress code: farm-to-dungeon, leather & leche Dollylujah! It’s Steers & Queers Night of 1000 Dollys. Join our Folsom County Fair filled with drag, dancing, burlesque, live music and worship of…
Find out more »Homo Night in Canada 2024
JUNE 28 // 7:30PM // $30 Created by The B-Girlz, Homo Night in Canada has become the must see event of Pride weekend in Toronto showcasing some of North America’s best queer comics. Well over 60 talented performers have delighted regularly…
Find out more »TALLULAH’S PRIDE PARTY
JUNE 28 & 29 // 10:30PM // $15 ADVANCE, $20 DOOR // 19+ Buy Tickets Calling all queers! The best party on the block takes over the whole building for Queer Pride. Catch Toronto’s top drag and burlesque acts in…
Find out more »TALLULAH’S PRIDE PARTY
JUNE 28 & 29 // 10:30PM // $15 ADVANCE, $20 DOOR // 19+ Buy Tickets Calling all queers! The best party on the block takes over the whole building for Queer Pride. Catch Toronto’s top drag and burlesque acts in…
Find out more »The Lady Oiye’s Tea Dance
JUNE 30 // 3PM – 7PM // 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. Come hang out with all your…
Find out more »New Ho Queen
JUNE 30 // 10:30PM // $50 Buy Tickets Since 2018, New Ho Queen collective has come together to create safer, non-judgmental, queer affirming parties and artistic spaces for our communities to connect and celebrate Queer Asian Love and Joy. Join them on…
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