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1 day ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
Wet'n'Wild Water Park, the biggest waterpark in Toronto, is opening up for its 2025 season in just a couple of weeks, kicking summer off with a major splash. Things are already heating up as Toronto gets closer and closer to summer 2025, and one of the best ways to cool off on steamy, sunny days is about to make a comeback.
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2 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
You can celebrate the long-awaited Victoria Day long weekend with an epic fireworks display at Canada's Wonderland. Toronto's unofficial kickoff to summer is right around the corner as the city's residents get ready to hit cottage country, head to one of the city's beautiful beaches or party it up at a series of social functions to celebrate Victoria Day.
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2 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
A Toronto chef and restaurateur behind dozens of local favourites is opening a brand-new concept this month, and it'll be unlike anything he's ever done before. Whether the name Hemant Bhagwani strikes up immediate recognition for you or not at all, there's a very good chance that his numerous Toronto restaurant ventures, like Indian Street Food Company and Bar Goa, will.
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2 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
Throngs of dapper-dressed individuals on motorcycles will soon descend on Toronto streets as the annual Distinguished Gentleman's Ride thunders into town. Marking their tenth year of destroying the old leather-clad biker stereotype, one bowtie at a time in support of Movember, the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride is hitting full throttle, not only in Toronto, but cities across the world this coming weekend.
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3 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
Things to do in Toronto this week include an inspirational live podcast recording from Jay Shetty, one of the city's most anticipated Asian night markets and the first instalment of Electric Island 2025.
You can also load up your plate at a huge food festival where everything is Halal or groove out at a soulful concert from hometown hero Alessia Cara.
To view the full listings or find out even more things happening in Toronto this week, be sure to visit our events page.
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4 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
While Toronto chef Eddie Ling admits that he's just "trying to figure out" his career right now, his pop-up series, Night Saloon, is a pretty good indication that he's on the right track. From round-the-block lineups at Tiny's General Store for Chinese pastrami sandwiches to "Katzunizel" nights at 915 Dupont, serving pork katsu and veal schnitzel topped with either gravy or curry, Eddie's hits are piling up just as quickly as his star rises in the city.
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4 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
It's almost time to pack your swimsuit with your dancing shoes, because Toronto's legendary weekly beach parties are coming back for the season next month. For the past 25 years, Promise, one of the city's leading organizations in the inclusive-and-unique event space, has been transforming Cherry Beach into an open-air party pad every Sunday of the summer, and 2025 is shaping up to be no different.
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4 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
A Toronto restaurant and cafe that gained a cult following for its unique blends has closed its doors permanently after almost a decade in the neighbourhood. It's been a storied several years for Chef Koki Oguchi, marked by various ventures on the Japanese cuisine scene, including handmade udon spot Bushi Udon Kappo and Danforth's long-shuttered Sakawaya. It was upon returning to Danforth and opening Sakawa Coffee in 2016, though, that he really struck gold.
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5 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
Grizzly Bar is an unabashedly patriotic Canada-themed bar from the team behind Offworld. I'll be the first to admit, the prospect of a Canada-themed bar, all maple syrup-this and hockey-that initially struck me as hokey, and the 9-ft. grizzly bear and motion-activated speaker playing an a cappella rendition of "O Canada" upon entering certainly didn't help its case, but, very quickly, I discovered something far more sincere at the heart of the restaurant and bar.
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5 days ago | 
blogto.com | Phoebe Knight
A funky Toronto pizza spot from the people behind one of the best Italian restaurants in the city has officially closed its doors for good. Big names are in no short supply when it comes to Toronto's pizza scene, with spots like Badiali, Maker and Descendant all ascending to a certain level of widespread notoriety akin to being household names.
