December 14th-31st Evergreen’s Winter Village @ Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave. Celebrate the holiday season at Evergreen’s Winter Village! Enjoy the new Street Food Market, find unique gifts, shop the Farmers Market and play outdoors all throughout December. Admission is free.

WEDNESDAY

4 pm 27th Annual Kensington Market Winter Solstice @ Corner of Oxford & Augusta Ave. Celebrate the return to warmth and light in the heart of Kensington Market over the Winter Solstice. Lantern sales from 4-6:30 pm (location TBC), parade departs at 7 from corner of Oxord and Augusta.

6 pm Winter Solstice Party x Reyka Vodka @ The Drake Hotel Sky Yard, 1150 Queen St. W. Spend the longest night of the year bundled up on the Sky Yard enjoying complimentary Reyka cocktails, tunes spun by DJ IamMiikey, and artist Jason Peters’ epic light sculptures.

7 pm Music Bingo @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. A FREE weekly event combining the love of music with the traditional bingo format. Each player receives a Music Bingo card which consists of an assortment of songs. Instead of calling out numbers, they play the music! Singing along encouraged.

THURSDAY

10 pm Get Lo @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Bangs & Blush bring you the ULTIMATE ’90s til now dance party, GET LO! They’ll be playing all the shit you wanna hear from the ’90s to today.

10 pm Soul, Funk & What? @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Soul and funk that will have you dancing the night away, all spun on 45s. Maximum party time!

FRIDAY

8 pm Tim McCready’s X-Mas House Party @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. Tim McCready brings his famous 159 Manning house party to the Gladstone! Featuring live music, DJs, cheap beer courtesy of Amsterdam Brewing, new friends, and endless entertainment. $12-15 advance tickets available online.

10 pm Cold Shoulder @ The Shop under Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W. Famous Players play rap music from 1990 to 2018. Requests encouraged. $5.

10 pm Foxtrot @ The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W. DJ Weird Dad plays your favourite vibey tunes, old and new.

10 pm Jamz @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Mad ’90s dance party with pals Slater and Ty! $5 with student ID, $10 without.

10 pm Rock ‘n’ Roller Disco: Christmas Edition @ Lucky Shrike, 850 Dundas St. W. DJs and Radio Wolf and Dolly Mixtures play Christmas tunes from Phil Spector (Darlene Love, The Ronettes, The Crystals), Beach Boys, Wham, Elton John, Brenda Lee, and more + rock ‘n’ roll, ’50s/60s girl groups, post-punk, new wave, indie, pop, Britpop, Madchester, disco, post-disco, synthwave, synthpop, and electro.

10 pm Beam Me Up: Sanctified @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. A seasonable celebration of gospel music’s role in shaping the soul of disco. Beam Me Up residents A Digital Needle and Cyclist play a mix of gospel disco and those soulful, uplifting secular songs that show how gospel’s roots spread beyond the church and on to the disco floor! $10.

10 pm All That @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. A ’90s night like no other! DJs Streets and LK play mostly hip-hop, dirty R&B, and club kid jams. $5.

10 pm Forth: Aquarian & Acote Live @ Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas St. W. Aquarian (UNO NYC) and Acote (Modern Math) touch down at Bambi’s, bringing bold sounds, melodically sparse and intricately rich percussive piece, breakbeat techno, and an array of classic electronic sounds displayed in the most experimental form. Support by Forth residents Hadi x Szum. $10 advance tickets available online.

10 pm Get Buck @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Hip-hop, soul, RnB, soca, dancehall, and deep grooves with DJ Nino Brown.

10 pm DJ JD @ Handlebar, 159 Augusta Ave. Julia Dickons spins the best feel-good rarities. Get your bums on the dance floor!

10 pm Festivus (For the Rest of Us) @ The Grand Trunk, 1718 Queen St. W. Join the Grand Trunk for their second annual Festivus party, featuring The Pole, The Airing of Grievances, and the Feats of Strength. Wear an ugly Xmas sweater and get a special treat!

11 pm Get Good @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. Diggy the DJ plays all your favourite bangers. $10.

SATURDAY

10 pm F’unreal @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. Music for your dancing pleasure with pals Well Said, Slater, L-Sos, Kek, and Ty. $5.

~ For event submissions, email Caitlyn Holroyd at caitlyn_holroyd@hotmail.com