Handlebar

A jam for music addicts. An open mic. Karaoke baby you are the STAR! A Pride kick-off party with drag, DJs, and GO GO! Some doom metal. A Saturday rock matinee. A Saturday night dance party with $6 cans thanks to . An open stage for original music. The Toronto tour stop for a local musical chameleon.

It’s June, it’s sunny, it’s comfy, and it’s time to GET AMONGST IT! Swipe for all the event art this week and remember - cheap drinks from 5-8, Mon-Fri!

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Returning to Toronto in support of their newest record “Parking Life”, Montreal Doom + Bass trio hit our place on Friday, June 5th!

Supported by and ! Presented by and !

🗓️- Friday, June 5th
⏰- 7:30PM
🎟️- $10 adv via / $15 door

This week’s Saturday Rock Matinee comes to us courtesy of Greg Clarke and The Madvarks!

Madvarks music is blues-based rock, sometimes experimental, with melodic 21st century themes. From manic funk to inspired instrumentals where guitars crash into sax solos!

Join us for another Saturday session!

🗓️- Saturday, May 30th
⏰- 3-6PM
🎟️- PWYC

Monday to Friday, 5-8PM. Get cheap drinks at our place!

- $5 Burdock/Eastbound cans
- $6 Burdock/Eastbound pints
- $6 rail drinks

Perfect for a a pre-Jays drink, a pre-show drink, or just to hang in the sun on our patio.

This also means we’ve moved into warmer-weather business hours. Open from 5PM, Monday to Thursday, and from 1PM, Friday to Sunday.

We think this summer has real potential to be a memorable one. Enjoy it with us!

A jazz jam. An open mic. Our weekly Wednesday karaoke fiesta! Q***r grunge and alt-rock. Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” performed live front-to-back before that same live band throws down all your favourite diva hits. Saturday matinee vibes. A Toronto indie rock EP release. An open stage for original music. Sunday night rock and roll jams!

Swipe for all the beautiful nights we have on deck this week, full of the sublime local talent our city nurtures.

AND! We moving to warm-weather hours.
Open from 5PM Mon - Thu! 1PM Fri-Sun.

AND AND! Cheap drinks from 5-8PM, Mon - Fri! $5 Burdock/Eastbound cans. $6 Burdock/Eastbound pints. $6 rail drinks. Soak up some sun on our front patio!

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Join the Handlebar Jam this Monday, May 25th! The last Monday of every month sees the jazziest of jazz cats descend on our place for The Handlebar Jam!

A house band featuring .packo and has the night under control, and you’re welcome to sit in with them should you feel the desire!

Plus! Grab a pint of Classic Lagered Ale and a Jameson for $10!

🗓️- Monday, May 25th
⏰- 10:30PM
🎟️- PWYC

Kick off PRIDE on Thursday, June 4th with the ONLY All Drag King show in Toronto. DRAG, DJS and GOGO! Come dance with hot qu**rs!

Kings of Kensington presents: Our First Dance. A Q***r Club Night brought to you by the ONLY regularly running Drag King show in Toronto, taking over the market to bring you slick beats, hot go-go, and (of course) drag king excellence.

They have your Pride plans covered:
Lose yourself on the dance floor to a selection of garage beats/y2k edits/diva house classics, chat up that stranger in the smoking section, and throw some money at the ALL TRANS cast of drag and gogo dancers as they cast a spell on you!

Kick off pride the right way - with a night you’ll be telling all your friends who flaked “you just had to be there…”😏🤭

Hosted by and

Drag featuring:
Manny Dingo ()
King Freddie ()
Sequin ()

DJs:
Yamari (.ma.ri)
Momocita ()
Vendor ()

🗓️- Thursday, June 4th
⏰- 8PM
🎟️- $15/$10 EARLYBIRD via

On Saturday, June 13th, 2026 goes out with a 💥- emo, hard-rock, pop punk, desert punk, and rock and roll!

Featuring:



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🗓️- Saturday, June 13th
⏰- 8PM
🎟️- via

Trainwreck return to our place this Saturday, May 23rd, as part of our Saturday Rock Matinee series! 🚂 🎸

The self-described “worn-out hacked-up Toronto music trench veterans” will be playing originals and songs you know the words to! You’re invited, of course!

🗓️- Saturday, May 23rd
⏰ - 3-6PM
🎟️- PWYC

Trip hop. An open mic. The ancient and perennially popular art of karaoke. Indie pop, groove, and theatrical moments. Indie emo shoegaze. Saturday afternoon rock. Saturday night 90s covers. An open stage for original music. Alt-rock, experimental pop, allegorical lyricism.

You’re starting this week with a day off, but we take no days off here at Handebar in our pursuit of entertaining our community. Except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, neither of which are this week! So swipe to see this week’s event art and come join us soon!

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