By Stuart Oakes
An (incomplete) cool list of stuff in Toronto this week! Have fun be safe go somewhere you wouldn’t normally go!

Wednesday, February 24th

• Meow Meow (A Queer Social) [WARNING: We have been informed that the people behind this event *not Holy Oak* have been behind another problematic queer event, namely a previous incarnation of this that has since been deleted. It is unclear whether or not the issues with that event were resolved.]
  – “This isn’t a loud dance party. It’s a change of pace, and a chance to converse. Bring your partners, bring your pals, meet old friends and make new ones.”
  – Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W) All Ages
  – 9pm, free
  – Facebook!
  

• Bambi’s Karaoke w/ Anya & Sofia
  – @ Bambi’s (1265 Dundas St W) no idea tbh prolly all ages
  – 10pm, free
  – Facebook!

Thursday, February 25th

• Private Caller
  – “House and techno all night long.”
  – @ Bambi’s (1265 Dundas St W) same
  – 10pm, free
  – Facebook!
• Hip Hop For A Different Future
  – “Join us for a conversation about Hip Hop, decolonization, liberation, spirituality and preferred futures.”
  – @ Hart House (7 Hart House Circle) All Ages
  – 6:30pm, free
  – Facebook!

• Architextures: Thomas Von Party/Gingy/Hadi
  – @ ROUND Venue (152a Agusta) 19+
  – 10pm, $5 before 12/$10 after
  – Facebook!

Friday, February 26th

• Feministry
  – **Queer Femmes 2 The Front** – FEMINISTRY is an ongoing project that grows from music, fashion, writing, conversation, ideas exchange, centred by feminism; acknowledgement of difference, assertions of self-love and respect.
  – @ Holy Oak (1241 Bloor St W) All Ages
  – 10pm, PWYC/$5 before 12/$10 after
  – Facebook!

• DEEP 004: Max Mohenu
  – @ The Black Eagle (457 Church)
  – 10pm, free before 12/$5 after
  – Facebook!

• Florist/Molly Drag/Konig
  – @ The Cave aka Lee’s Palace upstairs (529 Bloor St W) 19+
  – 8pm, $10
  – Facebook!

• Mommy/Gaucho/Prom Nite/The C.H.U.D.s
  – @ Faith/Void (894 College St basement) all ages?
  – 9pm, PWYC/$10
  – Facebook!
  

• Ginger Ale & The Monowhales/Sun K/BamBoo/Good Kid
  – @ The Silver Dollar Room (486 Spadina Ave)
  – 9pm, $8
  – Facebook!

• Robert Hood/Greg Gow
  – @ CODA (794 Bathurst St) 19+
  – 10pm, $25
  – Facebook!

Saturday, February 27th

• Gosh Pith/Ev Ree Whun
  – @ The Cave aka Lee’s Palace upstairs (529 Bloor St W) 19+
  – 8pm, $9
  – Facebook!
  

• Pins & Needles/Blue Hands/Tigerwings
  – @ D-Beatstro *1292 Bloor St W) All Ages
  – 8pm, $7
  – Facebook!

• Red Bull Music Academy: Lunice/Ango/HomeSick
  – @ Velvet Underground (508 Queen St W) 19+
  – 9pm, $10
  – Facebook!
  

• My Side Project: Jacques Renault/Peach/Al Ruckus & Boniface
  – @ Wrongbar (1279 Queen St W) 19+
  – 10pm, $15 before 11:30/$20 after
  – Facebook!

• Guilty Gear 004 w/ CL/DJ Silky/Viscera/Pavel Elkin
  – Bambi’s (1265 Dundas St W)
  – 10pm, free?
  – Facebook!

• Acid Bath 009 1 Year Anniversary Party
  – Ebony/Aaron J Cunningham/Jubal Brown
  – @ Luanda House (974 Bloor St W) 19+
  – 10:30pm, $10 advance/$15 at the door
  – Facebook!

Sunday, February 28th

• Queering Gear 101: A Foundation in Guitar & Bass Gear & Tone
  – “Calling all music noobs, aspiring musicians, or beginner musicians who want to maybe learn a thing or two! Queering Gear’s first workshop is happening and it is geared towards you!”,
  “-what is an amp and how does it work?
  -what are the parts of a guitar and what do they do?
  -what pedals are and why we use them
  -how to navigate aquiring the gear you need
  -how to combine this knowledge into sounding the way you want to sound?”
  – @ D-Beatstro (1292 Bloor St W) all ages
  – 5pm, $10-$30 (sliding scale)
  – Facebook!