BRIAN'S BLOG
Toronto Events for February
January 30, 2023
February can be a magical time of year, with plenty of Toronto events and activities to keep you busy and entertained with a wide variety of events happening throughout the month. From outdoor festivals and winter sports to indoor performances and art shows, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Whether you’re looking for a fun family outing, a romantic date night, or a night out with friends, scroll down so you can plan your calendar and make the most of February!
During the month of February, STACKT is celebrating Black Entrepreneurship through a special retail pop-up grant, panels + galleries.
From February 1-26, come to STACKT + take in all the sweet sweet goodness of Sweet City Fest.
Over a dozen festival stops dedicated to specialty food + drinks you can find in the marketplace + across the site.
Valentine’s Day specials! Think curated dinner menus, self-care + wellness specials + a special v-day event at Unbounded Well.
A full lineup of programming for the fams, with Tuesday parent socials, family funday sundays + a community block party on family day weekend.
Community programming all month long to support small biz + lots of cool opportunities to gather. Come by for art exhibits, weekly workshops, weekend vendor markets + bake sales.
We’re inviting you to join some of Canada’s finest chocolate makers and chocolatiers for a market day of seminars and tastings. Take home your favourites or find something new, this is a great opportunity to explore the great Canadian chocolate scene and create or build your own made in Canada collection. This one day event is Saturday February 4th, 2023 at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse.
Back for a 44th year, Rhubarb transforms Buddies into a hotbed of experimentation, with artists challenging our notions of what art-making and art-watching can be. As Canada’s longest-running new works festival, Rhubarb is the place to encounter the most adventurous ideas in performance and to catch familiar and unfamiliar artists venturing into uncharted territory.
This year, the festival intentionally expands its scope internationally, through a curatorial exchange with three live art festivals in Europe and the UK: FLAM in Amsterdam; Les Urbaines in Lausanne, Switzerland; BUZZCUT in Glasgow. As part of this multi-year exchange, Rhubarb will invite artists from and send Canadian artists to each of these contexts to perform.
Maybe you don’t know but San Valentino was actually Italian. It is true the patron saint of love spent much of his life in Rome! So, we like to think that we Italians know what we are doing when it comes to love.
With the day of love just around the corner you are probably wondering how to celebrate Valentine’s Day and make it unique! What could be better than a special night spent tasting delicious bites the Eatalian way?
Join us to kick off Valentine’s Day celebrations and fall in love with us at Eataly Toronto. Whether you’re in for a romantic evening, or sharing the love with family and friends, we are here to offer a 10 station tasting tour of delicious chef curated creations, focused on celebrating our love for sweets with dishes such as pizza with gorgonzola and hot honey, and cannoli, just to name a few.
The Gladstone House is excited to host Next Market on February 11 in our Ballroom and Bistro. Join us for a coffee or cocktail while you browse and shop upto 30 local vendors, craftsman and artists selling their goods!
The Toronto Black Film Festival is dedicated to giving unique voices in cinema the opportunity to present audiences with new ways of looking at the world. A dynamic, refreshing and audacious Festival whose ambition is to encourage the development of the independent film industry and to promote more films on the reality of Black people from around the Globe.
Toronto’s premier cultural district will become a showcase of incredible ice sculptures!
A surrealism walk across Bloor-Yorkville to explore the depth of the imagination. Magnifying ice into a never, before seen universe made of sculptures to redefine our world based on dreams and imagination!
Visitors can expect to be dazzled by over 40 ice creations made from over 60,000 lbs. of ice on Bloor-Yorkville streets.
Celebrate the last day of The Bentway’s winter season on Family Day with a free, all-ages, DJ Skate Party! Featuring local newcomer DJs, uplifting music, and diverse refreshments.
Launched in 2014, Winter Stations invites the international design and art community to reimagine the lifeguard stations along Toronto’s east end beaches for the winter. The competition has seen entries from over 90 countries, bringing the world of design to the water’s edge. Founded as a collaboration between local firms RAW Design, Ferris + Associates and Curio, Winter Stations is heading into its seventh year, and continues to capture the imagination of the city.
In honour of Black History Month 2023, Waveland Canada will be executing a micro-music festival in Toronto, featuring performances from the Canada’s Black musicians, Drag queens/kings, and more. The festival will have a vendors market as well, focusing on Black-owned businesses in Toronto.
These events will celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities as they continue to play a vital role in the arts & culture sector of Canada.