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Recurring event: A retro illustration of a far away planet with a giant sun shining in the background, where a giant bee attacks a woman in a yellow slip dress. Below it, the words: KILLER B CINEMA.

Killer B Cinema Monthly B-Movie Screening

The first Friday of every month, join Killer B Cinema hosts Lizzie Violet & Zoltan Du Lac at See-Scape in the Junction for screenings of B-movies from the 1950s to the 1990s, featuring horror, sci-fi, cult films, foreign language adaptations & more. Plus previews & retro & vintage pre-show cartoons! For adults 19+.

A tinted black & white photo against a swirling cloudy blue sky. A small, barefoot South Asian girl in a pink dress stands at the top of a pole, her right arm reaching upwards as she grasps the pole with her left hand.

Crow’s Theatre presents: A Fine Balance

EXTENDED! From Tue, Aug. 25 – Sun, Oct. 18, 2026: Crow’s Theatre presents the world premiere of A Fine Balance, a new stage adaptation of Rohinton Mistry’s beloved, award-winning novel exploring resilience & injustice during India’s 1975 Emergency. In a cramped Bombay apartment turned illegal garment factory, four unlikely companions are thrown together. For audiences 18+.

Recurring event: Image featuring yellow and white text superimposed over a blue-filtered photograph. Spotlight at The Second City. Toronto. The centre of the "O" in "Spotlight" is the silhouette of a spotlight. A view from the back of a comedy venue in an old brick building with crescent-shaped windows. Cabaret seating, with tables and chairs, facing toward the stage.

Spotlight at The Second City

One Friday & Saturday every month from Sep. – Jun.: Toronto Sketch Comedy & The Second City Toronto present Spotlight at The Second City, featuring two celebrated comedy troupes performing feature-length shows each month at The Second City’s Theatre ’73. For adults 18+.

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WOO SEE-MING: From the Laurentian Highlands to a Higher Place

From Fri, Sep. 18 – Sat, Nov. 7, 2026: Gallery 44 presents From the Laurentian Highlands to a Higher Place, a solo exhibition of photographs by WOO SEE-MING. After his mother’s death in 2025, the artist visited his mother’s village in Quebec, photographing significant family landmarks that became the basis of this collection. Presented in the Members’ Gallery.

Three actors, dressed in identical period female clothing, navy dresses with white undergarments, gaze at us. The actor in the middle is hunched over slighting, reaching out to us with her right hand, her left hand pointing upwards. The actor on the left holds her right hand up beside her face in a claw-like position. The one on the right rests her hand on the elbow bend of the one in the middle.

To a Flame

From Tue, Sep. 22 – Sun, Oct. 4, 2026: 1s1 Theatre & Nightwood Theatre present the world premiere of To a Flame, a groundbreaking new work by Erin Shields. An explosive theatrical feast of image & language that pulls the audience deep into a Victorian Gothic Horror. Presented in association with Modern Times Stage Company & Why Not Theatre at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre in ASL & English. For audiences 14+.

Detail of an image featuring white text superimposed over a photograph taken against a black cloth backdrop. Left: September 24 - October 4. RUTAS Festival 2026. Manifesting Curiosities. Learn more at RUTAS.ca A naked woman sits with a large, circular wood relief carving of a skull in her lap as she gazes at us defiantly. A naked child, his/her back to us, stands in front of her, reaching for the carving.

RUTAS International Festival of Performance

From Thu, Sep. 24 – Sun, Oct. 4, 2026: Aluna Theatre presents the RUTAS International Festival of Performance, bringing to Toronto some of the most innovative artists representing the cultural diversity of our continent – with breathtaking presentations in theatre, dance, performance & installation. Presented at Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre & Hart House. Programming for various age ranges.

Image featuring text & illustration. Seasons in the Sun. Hosted by Ron MacLean. WEP 10/WEO 65 Celebrate two print institutions in one. Rings of yellow, with silhouettes of five seagulls flying at the right, just below the title.

West End Phoenix: Seasons in the Sun Fall Concert

One night only – Fri, Sep. 25, 2026: Community newspaper West End Phoenix (WEP) presents Seasons in the Sun, a party & concert to mark their 10th anniversary! Hosted by legendary broadcaster Ron MacLean & featuring a stacked roster of Canadian musical artists. All proceeds help support the work the WEP does as a local, independent newspaper publisher. Presented at Palais Royale.

Detail of a poster image featuring text superimposed over a photograph. Top: Stakes & Embers and Carolyn Fe Productions, in association with Eldritch Theatre. Carolyn Fe. April Leung. Aye Caesar by Carolyn Fe. Close-up of a wooden table, set with a yellow hardcover book with a red Chinese dragon and evergreen tree design, a crumpled black & white photo of a man and woman, and a piece of ragged-edged linen note paper, with a note written in cursive with purple ink, a purple fountain pen set on top of the paper.

Aye Caesar

From Sat, Sep. 26 – Sun, Oct. 4, 2026: Stakes & Embers and Carolyn Fe Productions present Aye Caesar, a tender, haunting meditation on mental health, technology & the quiet ache of human longing – inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. Presented in association with Eldritch Theatre at Red Sandcastle Theatre.

Image featuring text inside a rectangle, superimposed over illustrations: The Word on the Street. Celebrate Reading. Illustrations, set in a grid of three variations, of various urban scenes.

The Word on the Street Toronto 2026

Two days only – Sat, Sep. 26 & Sun, Sep. 27, 2026: Join authors, book & magazine sellers, & book lovers of all ages for the 37th annual Word on The Street Toronto. Canada’s largest book & magazine festival, this outdoor event celebrates storytelling, ideas & imagination, plus promotes great books by Canadian & Indigenous authors year-round. Presented at David Pecaut Square. Free admission. 

Three naked dancers, a woman between two men, perform on stage, arms outstretched in the space between them.

Heaven by Sasha Ivanochko

Six performances only. From Tue, Sep. 29 – Sat, Oct. 3, 2026: Virtuosic dancer & award-winning choreographer Sasha Ivanochko presents her ground-breaking dance work Heaven in a 20th anniversary remount performance. The choreography invites audiences into an intimate encounter with the body – offering a viewing experience that is direct, unmediated & deeply human. Presented in association with The Theatre Centre in the Franco Boni Theatre. For adults 18+.

Close-up of a person with a short cropped beard & moustache, wearing a fishnet costume with a high collar & black cylindrical hat, holding a sucker to their mouth with their right hand, left hand open and raised beside their jaw.

Bootycandy

From Wed, Sep. 30 – Sat, Oct. 17, 2026: Buddies in Bad Times & Obsidian Theatre Company present the Canadian premiere of Bootycandy, a meta-theatrical, semi-autobiographical dark comedy by Robert O’Hara that fleshes out an intricate embodiment of Black queer life. Presented at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. For adults 19+.

Image featuring text against a black background and colour photograph. Top: Pseudo-arial close-up view of a section of an orchestra, the image with a swirling filter effect. Bottom: Celebrating Steve Reich at 90. October 6, 2026, 7:30PM, Koerner Hall.

Soundsteams presents: Celebrating Steve Reich at 90

One night only. On Tue, Oct. 6, 2026: Soundstreams presents the first show of their 44th season: Celebrating Steve Reich at 90, a major celebration of the iconic composer, performed by some of the world’s greatest interpreters of his music – including Reich himself, on film. Presented in collaboration with the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto at Koerner Hall.