March 1st-3rd What The Film Festival @ The Royal Cinema @ 608 College St. What The Film Festival fills a gap in Toronto’s dense film festival landscape, showcasing outlier and outsider films that intersect definitions of both genre and avant-garde cinema and operate outside the traditional parameters of taste and convention. $20 single tickets and $45 passes available online.

March 2nd-3rd Toronto Vintage Clothing Store @ Enercare Centre (Exhibition Place, 100 Princes’ Blvd. Canada’s largest sale of vintage clothing, featuring jewelry, handbags, accessories, menswear, designer, and more! Runs 10-5 pm Saturday and 10-4 pm Sunday. $12.

March 2nd-3rd Toronto Antique & Vintage Market @ Enercare Centre (Exhibition Place, 100 Princes’ Blvd. Whether you’re on the hunt for vinyl records, typewriters, mid-century modern wares, or cool bohemian-style furnishings, you’ll likely find it at the Toronto Antique & Vintage Market. Runs 10-5 pm Saturday and 10-4 pm Sunday. $12.

WEDNESDAY

6 pm Black Writers Matter @ Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. A powerful new anthology of African-Canadian writing, edited by Whitney French. The stories in this collection offer a cross-section of established writers and newcomers to the literary world who tackle contemporary and pressing issues with beautiful, sometimes raw, prose. French will be joined by Angela Walcott, multidisciplinary artist and writer, and Sapphire Woods, queer nerd with a passion for Black education. The event is free, but you must register to attend.

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. Email host@thedrakehotel.ca or show up early to reserve a spot.

THURSDAY

7:30 pm Indie Rock Trivia @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Whether you’re a fan of the glorious “Salad Days” of canonical ’80s/90s indie rock, punk, and hardcore; a Loveless shoegazer; or an enthusiast of the more contemporary likes of Interpol, Broken Social Scene, Kurt Vile, et al., you are Urged (as in Urge Overkill) to come to Indie Rock Trivia! Free to play and prizes for the winning teams.

8 pm The Throwback @ The Drake Lounge, 1150 Queen St. W. DJ Gramera and Dennis P of SoulSkank take over the Drake Hotel lounge and fill the air with smooth beats and silky saxophone sounds. End the night in a fun groove as they take you through classic music eras in true throwback Thursday fashion.

8:30 pm Boosie Fade Film Club Presents: He Got Game @ TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W. The boys of Boosie Fade bring the party to the Lightbox with this special screening of Spike Lee’s He Got Game, followed by drinks at a post-screening party. $14 tickets available online.

9 pm Feast in the East 72 @ Jam Factory, 2 Matilda St. A bi-monthly east end music, food, and art series. This edition features a winter stew dinner by Georgia Webber, with music provided by FET.NAT, Absolutely Free, and Badge Époque Ensemble. $10 in advance at Circus Books and Music, Cask Music, Rotate This, and Soundscapes (includes dinner); $12 at the door.

10 pm Tutti Frutti Apocalypse @ Swan Dive, 1631 Dundas St. W. DJ Nora Noise spins from primitive rock ‘n’ roll to garage, psych to power pop, punk rock to glam, and old school hip-hop to soul.

FRIDAY

9:30 pm Bent Beauty Supreme 2019: A Busted Beauty Pageant @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. Who will bragging rights belong to for life? Which of these legendary children will come first? Come find out at Bent Beauty Supreme! Contestants will go head to head in beachwear, talent, and formal wear. $10 tickets available online and at the door, with all proceeds donated to Rainbow Railroad to support LGBTQ2S refugees.

9 pm Mis-Shapes Presents: Moz’araoke @ The Baby G, 1608 Dundas St. W. Join the Mis-Shapes for a fun and interactive night of live karaoke featuring music from Morrissey and The Smiths. Channel your inner Moz and come out and sing with a live band while they do their best to channel Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke, Stephen Street, Boz Boorer, and others.

10 pm Spaced In @ Swan Dive, 1631 Dundas St. W. An inner exploration of musical resonance and soundscapes that glide through different galactic bpms. Come and get lost in the music as DJ Dremuss and Spencer & The Dance Machine take you on a journey through disco, boogie, funk, indie dance, and synthwave.

10 pm Rhythm & Booze @ Stones Place, 1255 Queen St. W. R&B, soul, funk, and disco from the ’60s to ’00s with DJ Blush. $5.

10 pm Millennial Falcon @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. A solid 2000s-now party hosted by Yacht Rock DJs Keith and Shandy. All the best bangers of the new millenium! Free before 11 pm.

10 pm Decade: A 1995-2005 Dance Party @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Relive your best life at Decade! Anthems from 1995-2005 all night. $10.

10 pm Lazy Susans @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Spinning hip-hop, RnB, soul, rap, trap, and dirty south.

10 pm Beam Me Up Disco @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. A disco jam that celebrates the underrated and the obscure of funk, jazz, soul, boogie, rare groove, reggae, gospel, proto-house! It’s an evening of tuneful transcendence, supplied by residents Patchouli Brothers and Cyclist. $10.

11 pm On Earth Presents: Rachel Noon + Schacke @ Location TBA. Calling all nightclub warriors: On Earth is bringing you a night of high octane techno, trance and other rave musics in a brand new space. This is guaranteed to pull you out of your winter dread and into a rave new world with two heavyweight DJs from Brooklyn and Copenhagen, Rachel Noon and Schacke. $15 advance tickets available online.

SATURDAY

10 am Really Really Free Market @ Campbell Park, 225 Campbell Ave. Everything is free. No money. No swapping. (You don’t have to bring anything, but if you’d like to bring items to give away, do so before 3 pm. Must be clean and in working condition. No big items.) Until 4 pm.

8:45 pm What The Film Bazaar + Party @ Super Wonder Gallery, 584 College St. Join What The Film Festival and Vinegar Syndrome to celebrate all media strange and absurd during a one-night-only party and marketplace. Featuring cult video vendors, indie comic artists, a pop-up video store gallery showcasing rare and unusual VHS tapes, a live musical performance by Dinosaur Island, and delectable brews courtesy of Collective Arts Brewing. $5 or free with WTFF pass/receipt of ticket.

10 pm RUDE Presents: Fried Plantains Feat. Brianna Roye @ Harlem Underground, 745 Queen St. W. Toronto’s only queer Caribbean soca fete is back! Join The RUDE Collective for a night of soca, dancehall, free fried plantains, and queer Caribbean artwork by Jamaican-Canadian photographer Brianna Roye. $10.

10 pm With It @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. ’60s mod, soul, R&R, garage, surf, northern soul, and reggae record dance party with DJ Nico + special guest Rob Sarchuk. Sponsored by Kops Records and Ben Sherman. $10.

10 pm Lucky Bitches @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. West side’s longest running glam-positive, dance party, blowout spectacular! Party jams and freedom.

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, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G., Nelly, TLC, Missy Elliott, and more! $10.

10 pm PPParty @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. Why all the the P? ’Cuz this party is golden! 24 Karat hits from all decades.

10 pm Saturday Night Jukebox Dance Party @ Stones Place, 1255 Queen St. W. Sweat it out to the sweet sounds of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll and soul music! DJ Blush plays rock, soul, funk, pop, and disco from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s.

10 pm The Groove @ Swan Dive, 1631 Dundas St. W. Dust off your dancin’ shoes and shake out your dancin’ pants! DJ Brother Wayne plays Motown, soul, pop, rock, and other groovy tunes from the ’60s to the ’90s.

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.

8 pm Nite Comfort @ Handlebar, 159 Augusta Ave. The ongoing search for genre-defying, boundary-pushing music, and other hidden gems in the heart of the city. This episode is going to be a dream for synth lovers! Featuring performances by Toronto psychedelic synth duo World News and Gabe Knox, who has been releasing a steady stream of Krautrock-influenced electronic music EPs since 2014. PWYC.

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