April 27th-May 7th Hot Docs Festival @ Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. North America’s largest documentary festival, featuring a selection of roughly 200 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe.

April 28th-May 31st Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival @ various locations. An annual event with over 1,500 artists and photographers in 200 exhibitions and happenings throughout the month. Check out the CONTACT website for a full list of exhibitions and installations.

WEDNESDAY

7 pm Bad Girls Collective: Read 001 @ Free Space, 68 Claremont St., Unit 300. Bad Girls Collective invites you and your book club to join theirs. Wine (cheese) + women + words with special guest Christine Flynn. $25 advance tickets available online, with all proceeds going directly to The Stop Community Food Centre (admission includes eats, drinks, and a piece of gang gear).

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.

8 pm Drake Trivia @ The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. Teams of four or less put their random knowledge to the test as hosts Megan Griffith-Greene and Jeromy Lloyd fire off questions ranging from sporting records and celebrity scandals to geographic discoveries and culinary lingo. $2 to participate and the winning table gets an $80 Drake gift card (plus bragging rights)! Click here to reserve with OpenTable, or show up early to ensure a spot for your team.

THURSDAY

8 pm Bar Bingo @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Buy a beer, play some bingo, win some fun mystery prizes! Buying one beverage gets you one bingo card.

8 pm Rhythm Soul Toronto @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. Grab your friends and get dressed up to the nines for a night of dancing to the best live soul music from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s by the St. Royals! $10, with all proceeds going to arts-based charity Artbound.

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!

10 pm Dive In @ Swan Dive, 1631 Dundas St. W. Dive In to a night of old school rock ‘n’ roll, post-punk, rockabilly, and psychedelic blooze explosions! DJ Cheff will be serving up a dish of rock ‘n’ sounds straight to your ear drums.

11 pm Spooky Bitch: Goldfrapp Edition @ The Beaver, 1192 Queen St. W. This month, Spooky Bitch pays tribute to the electro synth pop siren Alison Goldfrapp! Drink and dance with Jacklynne Hyde and Allysin Chaynes doing double duty as DJ and star.

FRIDAY

10 pm Can Con @ The Steady, 1051 Bloor St. W. DJ Orange Pekoe plays all the Weeknd, Nelly Furtado, and Celine you can stand while the men of Boylesque T.O. entertain you with their go-go dancing. Canadian tuxedos encouraged. $5.

10 pm Sip ‘N’ Dip @ ROUND Venue, 152-A Augusta Ave. Rap, dancehall, and R&B with the Essence Brown crew and special guest DJ Odario. $5.

10 pm Promise Dirty Motor @ 500 Keele St. Dirty Motor is about techno, booty house, Miami bass, and the ghettotech sounds and stylin’ of our sister city Detroit in a proper warehouse space. Tune by DJ Godfather (Detroit), Dani Lehman (NYC), Cherriep Philthkids, and Intra Venus. Until 4 am. $20 (plus tax) advance tickets available online.

10 pm Birthday Sex @ The Shop under Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W. Diego Bros and Blackcat are back to serve and swerve ’90s + ’00s RnB and hip-hop jams all night long! Birthday folks get shout outs. $5 before midnight, more after.

10 pm Beam Me Up Disco: Connection @ The Beaver, 1192 St. W. Beam Me Up residents A Digital Needle and Cyclist explore the connection between disco and house, both through songs that laid the groundwork for house music and those modern and classic edits and remixes that blurred the line between two of dance music’s most revered movements.

10 pm Teenage Werewolf @ Swan Dive, 1631 Dundas St. W. Rock ‘n’ roll, post-punk, punk, rockabilly, soul – DJ Teenage Werewolf plays the perfect soundtrack for a Friday night freak out.

10 pm The Big Sound @ The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W. Toronto’s finest celebration of the golden era of soul and Motown returns to throw down their next foot stompin’, heart pumpin’, sweet lovin’ soul party! Featuring BIG renditions of the BIG classics guaranteed to make you shout and shake + DJ Wes Allen dishing up the biggest dance-floor banger. $15 online and at the door.

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 Get Buck @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. DJ Nino Brown spins hip-hop, soca, RnB, and dancehall. Deep grooves that transcend.

10 pm 100% Dynamite @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. DJs General Eclectic, Misty Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Parkdale Funk spin the explosive sounds of vintage reggae, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll! Expect to hear everything from vintage Northern soul, girl groups, Motown, Stax, garage rock, and heavy funk to rocksteady, classic reggae, blue beat, and ska. Cover is always under $10.

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

11 pm Course of Time @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. A night dedicated to modern dance music. Featuring DJ Action, Kings of the North, and Squirt DJs. Graphics and visuals By Phil Armson. $10.

SATURDAY

12 pm Lip Art World Tour @ Sephora Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge St. Refinery29 and Smashbox are joining forces with famed makeup artist Vlada Haggerty for the Lip Art World Tour. Shop your favourite Smashbox goodies, then, choose from one of the the totally badass lip-art looks, and a pro makeup artist will bling out your lips in anything from gold foil to glitter (purchase required). Until 7 pm.

2 pm Peta Collins “Pacifier” Opening & Artist Talk @ CONTACT Gallery, 80 Spadina Ave., Suite 205. As part of the kick-off of CONTACT, internationally-known artist Petra Collins debuts her first Canadian solo exhibition and public installation in her hometown. “Pacifier” focuses intimately on her family – both in Toronto and in Hungary. Until 5 pm.

10 pm Tiki Disco Saturdays @ Miss Thing’s, 1279 Queen St. W. Post-dinner Saturday night party in the Coconut Room, with special guest DJs to make you MOVE! No cover before midnight.

10 pm Juicebox @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. DJs Tweed and Babe Decibel throw down awesome tunes for your partying pleasure on one of the best dance floors Toronto has to offer. The Strokes, Bowie, Arcade Fire, New Order, LCD Soundsystem, and more! $10.

10 pm Bare @ The Shop under Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W. Lose your inhibitions and take a walk on the wild side. DJs HRLD, Sayyzon, and CRSB play rap, hip-hop, future sounds, RnB, house, and reggae. $5.

10 pm Hot Cakes @ Swan Dive, 1631 Dundas St. W. Get down with your bad self to the newest classic soul, R&B, and funk night, brought to you by Good Kids! Feel-good music to make you shake, rattle, and roll all night long.

10 pm Saturday Night Jukebox Dance Party @ Stone’s Place, 1255 Queen St. W. Meet DJ Blush at Stones Place every Saturday night for the most fun/positive/energetic dance party on the West side of the 6! She plays the best ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s Motown, Stax, classic soul, funk, rock ‘n’ roll, pop, and disco.

10 pm Raven Necole / Vaughan / Ace Dillinger / J Lai @ Harlem Underground, 745 Queen St. W. House, club, R&B, grime, and dancehall with DJs Raven Necole (Brooklyn, NY), Vaughan, Ace Dillinger, and J Lai.

10 pm Turning Point @ The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W. A special evening dedicated to the rhythms and sounds of the past for the dance floor, with resident selector A Man Called Warwick and special guest La mano peluda (Canicule Tropicale, Montreal). Indo, Afro, Latin, Brazil, Asian, Arab, and Caribbean sounds. $10 before 11 pm, $15 after.

10 pm Worst Behavior @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. This Saturday, be on your worst behavior. Bangs & Blush play past and present bangers all night long from Drake, The Weeknd, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G., Nelly, TLC, Missy Elliott, and more! $5 with student ID, $10 without.

10 pm Panic @ Remix, 1305 Dundas St. W. The ultimate retro party with DJ Lazarus spinning the kind of retro that changed your life. ’80s, ’90s, new wave, post-punk, classic alternatives, synth pioneers, Britpop, shoegaze, madchester, new romantic, classic industrial, ska, and more. This month’s spotlight is OMD. $5 before 11 pm, $10 after.

10 pm The Breakfast Club: ’80s Dance Party @ Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College St. Sneaky Dee’s is joining Claire, Andrew, Bender, Brian, and Allison for detention, and bringing all the ’80s hits with them. Dance along to the famous dance scene and discover friends in unexpected places. ’80s outfits encouraged! $5 early bird tickets available online.

10 pm Jelly @ Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St. Sammy Rawal, Tamika, and Diego Armand serving sounds all night to bounce to. House, trap, dancehall, vogue, club, dembow, Afro, electronic, baile funk. $5 before midnight, $10 after.

11 pm Itzsoweezee @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. A feel-good house party atmosphere! DJs Tom Wrecks, DeMiggs, and ΛV play music to make you dance, smile, and holler. For line bypass before midnight, submit names here (right side of the page). $10.

SUNDAY

7 pm Brass Facts Trivia @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Test your knowledge and win prizes! Hosted by Famous Kirk Hero. Until 10 pm.

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