We tried to pick places that were not regular weekly events with word Halloween tacked on. We might have miss a place or two....Let me know? although there are some bars that jammed the whole weekend, We skipped those. Compiled by M. F. Pare, publisher Outexpressions.
Every Friday in October - Spooky Halloween Screemers @ CNE. Screemers is Toronto’s original and best haunted attraction, this year they are celebrating 25 years of being Toronto’s best and only Haunted Scream Park. Feel like you've just walked into a horror movie at this major haunted attraction that takes over a parking lot. Expect characters to scare you stiff, shows and effects that will make you feel like the living dead. 7:00 PM – 12:05 AM 200 Princes' Blvd http://screemers.ca/ NOT recommended for children under the age of 10, those with heart conditions, or snivelling cowards! $32 buxxs to get in Haunted Houses. Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Wednesday October 25, 2017 - Spooky Halloween Fort York After Dark: Lantern Tours 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Tour the grounds of Fort York at night, and hear stories about this national treasure and the history that surrounds it. From the haunted lighthouse to the bloody Battle of York, the lantern tour should not be missed. You will also visit two military cemeteries near the Fort. Complimentary refreshments included! Pre-registration is required, $13.27 plus tax per person. This event is not recommended for children under 8 yrs. Tickets and More detail
Thursday October 26, 2017 - Art Reception For \Black and White Fright - Exhibit & Pop Up Shop @ Black Cat - Artspace. An exhibition of original art by C.M. Duffy inspired by classic horror of the silver screen. An opening reception will be held on October 26 from 7pm - 11pm. The exhibition and pop-up shop will be open daily thereafter until November 1st. View some work in progress : Artist Website: http://www.cmduffy.com Black Cat - Artspace. 2186 Dundas Street West, near Roncesvalles Toronto, Ontario M6R 1X3 https://theblackcat.to/
Friday October 27, 2017 - Manifesto Toronto QPOC HIGH POWER Freak Fete #2 @ Miss Thing's HIGH POWER comes back for the second annual FREAK FETE. This is basically where we do what we normally do but people think we're wearing costumes. It also means someone's gonna play Thriller, and someone else is gonna play Bodak Yellow three times. Costumes, no costumes, clothes, no clothes, fangs. Come get it. Sounds brought to you by the aliens DJ's Nino Brown. Dre Ngozi and Spinelli Tickets: $5 limited early bird, $10 advance tier 1 more at the door Expect- Loud music and flashing lights/lasers will be in use throughout the spacev 10:00 PM – 3:00 AM Miss Thing’s (gay owned) a Pan Asian restaurant, cocktail bar and huge dance space in the back1279 Queen St W Queer West Village, Toronto ON at Brock Parkdale.416.516.8677 http://www.missthings.com/ home to Montly Big Primpin'
Friday October 27, 2017 - Scream Me Up! Halloween Disco @ The Piston, Beam Me Up’s annual celebration of disco’s spectral rise, from the depths of the darkness back to the limelight. Residents the DJs Patchouli Brothers https://soundcloud.com/thepatchoulibrothers and DJ Cyclist (Mark in Toronto) https://soundcloud.com/cyclist play freaky funk, dark disco, and haunted proto-house for an evening of reverence. Costumes encouraged, but not required. 10 PM Cover $10. The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. (West of Ossington Beside the Long & McQuade) Close to the Ossington Subway Station, Queer West Village, Toronto ON 416 532 3989 http://thepiston.ca/
Friday October 27, 2017 - Hallowimmin @ Less Bar, Wimmin rides again! 9 PM A heavy, queer rock ‘n’ roll dance party, featuring music by only female and gender-expansive punkers and rockers like Patti Smith, X-Ray Spex, PJ Harvey, The Cliks, Against Me!, Janis Joplin, Le Tigre, and many, many more. Costumes strongly encouraged. PWYC ($5 suggested, but no one turned away for lack of funds). Less Bar (Queer managed) washrooms wheelchair accessible, live music venue 834 Bloor West (at Shaw St, 2 BLKs east of Ossington) – Less Bar specific emphasis is on a space for people of colour, female-identified, trans and queer people. Managed and run by Carmen Elle and owned by Kevin B Kennedy, man behind Craft Beer House (838 Bloor W.) and manager of band, Army Girls. Less is a small space with a capacity of about 45 people. https://www.lessbar.ca/ Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Friday October 27, 2017 - BOO YOU HORROR @ The Round. Get inside loser we are throwing an epic Halloween party (with a Mean Girls twist) so dress up as whatever you want Scary, Slutty, Disgusting, Glittery and come dance to music by Dj Soft Drink and DJ Maggy who will be playing some spooky jams as well as Pop and RnB hits. we are transforming the Round Venue into a site of horror, with gothic drinks, mean dance moves and all the queer fear you can handle. We have performances by two of the city’s best Drag Queens, the devilishly beautiful Dottie Dangerfield and sickening Priyanka who will also help judge our costume contest. YES Gurl!!! Wear the best costume and win a tiara. We have surprises in store (apple bobbing contest ???) and enough glitter and blood to make you scream. Doors open at 10:00 Entrance $10 Purchase tickets in advance to avoid disappointment Tickets $10 The Round. (Not wheelchair accessible) 152a, 2nd floor Augusta Ave., home to Cherry Bomb, Queer West Village, Toronto ON (416) 451-6346 http://roundvenue.com/
Friday October 27, 2017 - A three Room Special Queer Halloween Party @ The Gladdy Live performances by Kayko, The Mercenaries + DJ Misty +DJ Kaleb and Joe Blow. Special appearance by Fay Slift: Lady Beard Extraordinaire Tickets $30 and at door if available? This is a 19+ event. Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen Street West Queer West Village, Toronto ON http://www.gladstonehotel.com/event/dragonstone
Friday October 27, 2017 - Rude's QPOC Disturbia @ The Harlem Rude is Queer People of Colour affirmative, positive response to mainstream gay culture. Rude reclaims space, highlights racialised queer artists and artwork and aims to constantly de-center oppressive structures while creating immersive experiences. Playing 90's hits and all your fave tracks of the year in house, R&B, hip hop, Afro beats and dancehall with an infusion of Rihanna mixed in throughout the night.by DJ Black Cat (Mykel Hall) Toronto - https://soundcloud.com/dj-blackcat 11 PM The Harlem (Underground) 745 Queen St. West Queer West Village, Toronto ON http://www.harlemrestaurant.com/
Saturday October 29, 2017 - Gore Gore Halloween @ Lipstick & Dynamite, 10 PM . Halloween is the season of the Gore. Party with your favourite ghouls in leopard print – there will be raffles, photo booth, and a costume contest! Lipstick & Dynamite 992 Queen Street West Toronto, ON (416) 535-4554 just east of Ossington This is a rock 'n roll queer hangout. More Iggy Pop, less Kylie Minogue. Queer West Village, Toronto ON https://www.facebook.com/Lipstickanddynamite.ca
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Snailoween 2017 @, 99 Sudbury Ave. 8 PM The Silver Snail comix book store Halloween PartyToronto’s nerdiest, spookiest Halloween bash, brought to you by Silver Snail. This year, they have over $2,000 in prizes to give away for the best of the best costumes. $30 advance tickets available online (includes catering). Tickets $30
Saturday October 28, 2017 Chronologic Halloween @ The Garrison, 9 PM . Chronologic Halloween returns bigger, better, and scarier than ever! Join the Goin’ Steady DJs and special guest Wes Allen for a dance party through the ages. Pop and antipop from since the end of history (i.e. music from 1890 to 2017, played in chronological order). $10 at the door. The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON (416) 519-9439 http://www.garrisontoronto.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Panic Halloween Video Dance Party @ Remix, 10 PM . The ultimate retro party with DJ Lazarus.https://soundcloud.com/djlazarusrocks playing the coolest and most haunted music videos of the ’80s ’90s. Cash prizes for best costumes, Halloween decor, and treats. $20 at the door.Remix lounge, 1305 Dundas St. W. (647) 722-4635 Little Portugal Queer West Village, Toronto ON http://remixlounge.ca/
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Rue Morgue Presents: The Night We Turn 20th Anniversary Halloween Party @ The Velvet Underground, 10 PM . Calling all vampires, werewolves, and creatures of the night: Rue Morgue returns to Toronto to celebrate two decades of horror. Featuring $1,000 in cash prizes for the Midnite Costume Contest, Crazy Clown Ball Pit, 20th anniversary cake sitting ceremony, all night terror tunes, and lots more. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Velvet Underground, 510 Queen St. W Queer West Village, Toronto ON (647) 351-9001 .http://thevelvet.ca/
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Purple Thriller Halloween Party @ Sneaky Dee’s, Get loose in celebration of two great pop music legends! All the greatest hits and pop anthems from the past and present. Costumes mandatory; prize for best Prince and Michael Jackson. $5 Cover at 10 PM Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College St. at Bathurst St., (416) 603-3090 http://sneaky-dees.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Love Below Halloween @ Bambi’s, 11 PM Throbbing music made by machines (and people) moving in slow motion. Quiet storm meets storm rave. Andrew Ross on the button. $5 before midnight, more after. Bambi’s, (Queer owned) 1265 Dundas St. W. Little Portugal 647.351.1100 Bambi's is downstairs on the Southeast corner of Dovercourt and Dundas, across from the 24 hour 7-11 and just on the edge of the strip of bars that spills over from Ossington Bambi's not your usual hipster dive. Small yes, too small, once full, no getting in. Starts jumping at midnight, dead at 10 PM http://www.blogto.com/bars/bambis-bar-toronto Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Saturday October 28, 2017 - She’s A Witch @ Less Bar,10 PM Dress in your finest blood-soaked garments, velvet, diamonds, clothing fLess Bar (Queer managed) washrooms wheelchair accessible, live music venue 834 Bloor West (at Shaw St, 2 BLKs east of Ossington) – Less Bar specific emphasis is on a space for people of colour, female-identified, trans and queer people. Managed and run by Carmen Elle and owned by Kevin B Kennedy, man behind Craft Beer House (838 Bloor W.) and manager of band, Army Girls. Less is a small space with a capacity of about 45 people. https://www.lessbar.ca/ Queer West Village, Toronto ON rom the future-past, or whatever disguise you prefer on this spookiest of weekends. Spellbinding tunes courtesy of DJs Automaticamore, Katie Marie Lavoie, and JD. $5/PWYC.
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Clay & Paper Theatre presents the 18th annual NIGHT OF DREAD @ Dufferin Grove Park. Toronto's spookiest parade in the Queer West Village. 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM an evening of fearful pageantry, revels and mockery. At this much loved, family-friendly, community event, Torontonians are invited to call on, mock and banish their private and collective fears through parade and pageantry, music and masquerade, dance and a devilishly good party.
Parade Assembly - 4pm to 6pm / Parade - 6pm to 7pm / Fear of the Year Scenario - 7pm / Mockery Post Scenario Events - 7:15pm to 9:00pm Live Band at the Music Tent - 7:45pm Promo Video from 2016
The Details: Dufferin Grove Park 875 Dufferin St., South of Bloor St. W., across from Dufferin Mall DRESS CODE Black & White & Dreadful ADMISSION Pay-What-You-Are-Able: $5 / $10 / $15 MUSICAL GUESTS - To Be Announced PARADE ROUTE MAP - To Be Announced Participants gather for the parade in Dufferin Grove Park from 4 to 6pm where Clay & Paper Theatre puppets and masks are made available for revelers to wear. After the hour-long procession, with its towering puppets, fire spinners and an assortment of marching bands, all participants return to the park where they are treated to a theatrical spectacle showdown with the Fear of the Year for 2017. Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Saturday October 28, 2017 - Hotnuts presents a Pride Queer themed Halloqween Party @ The Garrison. Yasss hunty, were v early / late with our Pride themed Halloqween. No woes tho bae, Pride month has been extended to a sickening Pridetravaganza year! Get your Pride body on fleek 25/8 because it's going to be v fruity for 369 turnt Pride nights. The legendary realness horror is amongst us. We can't even! Lets gag reflex at this kiki, henny! Performance by Macy Rodman and Mister Wallace Hosted by Mary Messhausens Djs Produzentin and Das Hussy The Lake by Macy Rodman: https://sweatequitynyc.bandcamp.com/album/the-lake and Faggot by Mister Wallace: https://misterwallace.bandcamp.com/Saturday, October 28, 2017 10:30 PM The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St W, Queer West Village, Toronto ON (416) 519-9439 http://www.garrisontoronto.com/
Sunday October 29, 2017 - Screen Queens Presents: Elvira Mistress of the Dark @ The Royal Cinema, Drag Queens. Live drunk commentary. Drinking games. Debauchery. Get ready to experience movies like never before. This month, enjoy a screening of the goth horror cult classic Elvira Mistress of The Dark. Prizes for best costumes (theme: goth or Elvira characters) from Speakeasy Tattoos, Muskoka Brewery, The Royal Cinema, Screen Queens, and more. $15 Advance Tickets & DetailsThe Royal Cinema, 608 College St. Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Sunday October 29, 2017 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pub Halloween Quiz @ The Beaver. Due to overwhelming interest, we'll be hosting a second identical Buffy quiz. You now have the choice to attend either Sunday, Oct 29 (6:30pm - 9:30pm) OR Monday, Oct 30 (7:00pm - 10:00pm). Head to the Beaver Cafe on Devil's Night for an all new Buffy Pub Quiz! The stakes are going to be even higher as we rehash the best scenes ripped from the hallways of Sunnydale. Just like before, this particular pub quiz does NOT include questions about the novels, comics, video games or spin-off series. It also does not discuss the Kristy Swanson 1992 flick also written by Joss Whedon. Quizzical details: - $5/person (Cash Only) - Maximum 5ppl/team - BYOP (Bring Your Own Pen - No reservations, so come early Sponsored by Spearhead Brewery The Beaver 1192 Queen St W, 416-537-2768 beavertoronto.ca/ (Gay Owned) | Not wheelchair friendly, washrooms and teeny tiny dance floor for 20 peeps up a flight of stairs, it's more about ambience and mingling at the front bar. Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Tuesday October 31, 2017 - Halloween Nightmare on West Queen West @ The Brooklynn. 9:30 PM Get your ghouls out at Brooklynn Bar this Halloween. Freddy and Jason are having a party and they’re inviting YOU and all yo' creepy-ass pals. Break out your freakiest frocks. Scare the shit out of us or just wow us with your creativity at the BEST COSTUME CONTEST, and you just might win a bar tab for the night! Dj Recklezz (Kasey Summers, Toronto) https://soundcloud.com/dj-recklezz brings her versatile beats to the upper decks of Brooklynn! Dance all night as she spins her signature varieties of hip hop, 90s' 00s' old school, throwbacks, dancehall and whatever she can throw her twist on! IMI & TAZ Watch these talented babes show off their Thriller moves and sultry grooves atop the bar of Brooklynn. Yes they're way out of your league, Door before 11:00PM | $5.00 Door after 11:00PM | $10.00 The Brooklynn 1186 Queen St. West,(Trinity Bellewoods near The Beaver) : 416-536-770 Brooklynn is a positive space with no room for sexism, racism, homophobia, agism, sizism, transphobia, or any kind of negativity. LOVE + POSITIVE VIBES ONLY. http://brooklynnbar.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto ON
Tuesday October 31, 2017 - TKBA Goes Cosplay Ball & Party @ Tranzac Club. 10 PM Legendary Overall Father Twysted Siriano presents the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance Cosplay Halloween night kiki ball and party. KBA invites everyone to join them inside the Tranzac for a fun night of ballroom magic Super secret special performance at Mightnight. Halloween Kiki Ball & party w/ DJ Black Cat (Mykel Hall) Toronto - https://soundcloud.com/dj-blackcat on the beats, performances and costume judging. 10 pm. $5. Tranzac 292 Brunswick, Toronto, Ontario
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