918 Bathurst

Something Wicked
2025-10-30 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | 918 Bathurst: Culture, Arts, Media & Education, 918 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 3G5, Canada
The Poetry Brothel Toronto invites you to join us for a Wicked night in our Wonderland… or, perhaps, a Wonderful night in our Wicked Land… Well, anyway: you’re invited to don your wicked and wonderful costumes and celebrate spooky season with us.
For one night only! On Thursday, October 30th, from 7-11 PM we will be bringing a vivaciously villainous cabaret to the stage of 918 Bathurst street. Remember last year, when Titania began our Villainous Halloween Cabaret with a summoning in Greek to Hecate, Goddess of Witches? When our poets came as werewolves and sorceresses, and captivated and charmed you with their wicked words?

SOUL VOCALS CONCERT SERIES
2025-11-07 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-06 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-20 20:00 - 22:00
The Soul Vocals Concert Series comes to 918 Bathurst this fall, produced and performed by multi-award-winning singer and songwriter Carlos Morgan. Presented by Caliban Arts Theatre, Contxt By Trane, and Solroc Music, the series celebrates the music of legendary soul artists: Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack (Oct. 3), Luther Vandross (Nov. 7), Sam Cooke & Bill Withers (Dec. 6), and Teddy Pendergrass & Barry White (Dec. 20). Each evening begins with doors at 7 PM and showtime at 8 PM. Tickets are available as single shows or series passes through Eventbrite.

Playlist Storytellers
2025-11-12 19:00 - 21:30
We have this theory that every song has two lives — the one before a song is released and the one after. The first life is the story of the artist and why they decided to write the song. The second life is all about how the song shows up in our lives and what role it played for us.
​​​Playlist Storytellers is a live show that explores the second life of songs.
Over the past two months we’ve found four people with amazing true stories about a song that changed their life. You’ll hear the stories and then we’ll all listen to the song after.
​​​Four storytellers. Four stories. Four songs.
​​​​​”It doesn’t matter what a song is about, what matters is what it means to us. We never forget the songs that made us feel something”
Gavin Sheppard — @gavatista

Gavin is an innovative cultural entrepreneur who uses art and music as tools for youth inclusion and economic growth. In 1999, he co-founded The Remix Project which has been an important creative incubator ever since.

Dae The Poet — @daethepoet

Dae is a multi-hyphenated artist of Jamaican and Bajan descent, born and raised In Toronto, Canada. The actor-dancer-poet-singer has been mentored through the Ada slaight foundation by artists such as Mustafa the Poet.

Christel Bartelse — @cbartelse

Christel is a Toronto-based performer, director, and teacher who trained extensively in acting, comedy, improv, and Pochinko clown, earning multiple Canadian Comedy Award nominations for her acclaimed solo shows performed at festivals across Canada, the US, and UK.

Zak Jones — @zakjones

Zak is the author of Fancy Gap, a dual Canadian-American writer, literary scholar, and US Army veteran who grew up between rural North Carolina and Toronto, winning the 2023 Bronwen Wallace Award and the 2023 Norma Epstein National Award for his short stories. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate studying veterans’ narratives in American Literature.

YDC TEN MATINEE SHOW
2025-11-15 16:00 - 17:30
YOUR DANCE CLASS PRESENTS: TENA Celebration of Strength, Confidence, and Connection
✨ Ten shows. Five years. Countless moments that built a community. ✨
Your Dance Class returns to the stage with TEN—a powerful evening of dance honoring the legacy, growth, and energy that have defined the past five years.
This isn’t just a performance—it’s a love letter to everyone who has stepped into the room, shown up for themselves, and danced their story. Expect bold heels, fierce jazz funk, and captivating jazz pieces that embody everything YDC stands for: strength, confidence, sensuality, friendship, empowerment, and joy.
From commanding struts to raw, emotive choreography and show-stopping ensemble moments, TEN is more than a milestone—it’s a movement. Come celebrate the art, the community, and the magic we’ve created together.

YDC TEN - Evening Show
2025-11-15 19:30 - 21:00

Toronto City Opera Presents: Pagliacci
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-23 16:00 - 18:00
TCO celebrates its 80th anniversary with a season of operatic hits and a milestone collaboration. An immersive production of the electrifying Pagliacci will bring the intensity of Leoncavallo’s story up close and personal at the 918 Bathurst Centre, and Offenbach’s glittering Orpheus in the Underworld will feature full orchestra from the North York Concert Orchestra: a historic first for Toronto City Opera!
Catch the most exciting up and coming opera stars and the astonishing Toronto City Opera Chorus live in our community and celebrate 80 years of creating opera for everyone!

BELT x MIRVISH CHOIR EVENT / ROAR / & JULIET EDITION
2025-11-26 18:30 - 21:00
We’re so excited to finally announce that we’re partnering with Mirvish for our next choir event! This time, we’ll be learning the anthemic “Roar” from the hit musical & Juliet, which opens at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on December 3rd. No experience is required – just come ready to sing, connect, and feel empowered.
Much like the show itself, our event celebrates finding your voice and the joy of community through music. We’re thrilled to be back at 918 Bathurst for this special night – doors open at 6:30 PM and we’ll start singing at 7:00 PM. In just two hours, we’ll teach you all to sing this absolute banger! 🎶
Expect fun giveaways, great vibes, and plenty of photo ops. This is an all-ages event – bring your kids, bring your grandparents, or come solo and make new friends! 💕
Come sing your heart out and be part of something truly uplifting! 🎤✨
XOXO
-The BELT Team

A Stone Apple: A Live Performance by Rue Yi
2025-11-29 20:00 - 21:00
Overview

An ambient + electronic set with songs and stories presented by Rue Yi with Ultrapresence.

‘a stone apple’ is a one-hour set by Rue Yi which will involve storytelling, music, and movement.
Produced by Daria Zapragaeva & Tavia Christina
Choreographed by Susannah Haight
Projection Mapping by Tae Lee
Directed by Giran Findlay-Liu
Cinematography by Will Sheppard
Lighting by Liam VanderPloeg

"THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD" A Staged Reading with cast, music, & lighting
2025-12-10 19:00 - 22:00
Overview

A Russian-Jewish furrier & an Indigenous trapper, friends & partners for years until treacherous waters overflow in the year of the flood.

“THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD,” a Staged Reading of a play by Howard Wiseman
Cast includes: Daniella Chudnovsky, Jakob Ehman, Diane Flacks, Michael Lawrenchuk, Ron Lea, Alon Nashman, James Dallas Smith. Directed by Renae Morriseau.
Come and be part of an emerging new play set in Winnipeg in 1950 which speaks across time. Join us for a captivating staged reading of “The Year of the Flood” at 918 Bathurst St. Cultural Arts Centre. Immerse yourself in this in-person event presented by a cast of award-winning, amazing actors from across Canada.
This drama explores a unique, often funny relationship between Herb, a Russian-Jewish furrier and Alec, a trapper and former chief of the Saulteaux, who has traded with him for years, a relationship which threatens their respective communities and their own sons who are impatient to take over from these two elders.
Herb and Alec share a quality of individuality and soulfulness, yet are starting to lose their power. Their families, communities, and mother nature itself seems to turn against them in the year of the flood.
