CHEAP THRILLS APRIL

April 3, 2025

Vee Willard

Our monthly guide to cheap and queerful events in the city that are FREE, PWYC or less than $10.

Trade war season is here and we know you’re carefully tracking every dollar you spend. You probably want to spend LESS (because who knows what's coming down the line?!) and for your money to go someplace CANADIAN, and we would encourage you to go beyond that and make sure your entertainment dollars are also going someplace QUEER.

To help you spend wisely and queerly we’ve put together our monthly guide to affordable things for you to do in Toronto. Elbows up! And wrists…floppy. Like some kind of socially conscious queer beast with strange flailing appendages.


Don’t forget to check back regularly, because we will be adding morel affordable happenings over the course of the month! And please get in touch if we are missing your affordable event, at events@yohomo.ca.

Thursday, April 3

Absolut Empire’s Ball – Season Six Semis – El Mocambo
$11.98

Sapphic Centered Open Stage – C.C.’s Bar and Grill
By donation

Fresh Hot Babes: The All Fem & Queer Comedy Show – Tallboys
$11.98

Bodyclock Techno with Miss Kleio, Rhombi, Solace – The Piston
$10

Girl, So Disgusting – The Handlebar
$10 +

Friday, April 4

Video Dance Party – The Black Eagle
$10 before 10:30pm

Tapette – Edition Printanieres – Bambi’s
$10 before 11pm

Money is Tight w/ Nino Brown, Litney, Birthday Boy, Supreme Wreck – Cafeteria
$11.30 +

Saturday, April 5

Jockstrap – The Black Eagle
$10 before 10:30pm

2hot2h@ndle – Three Dollar Bill
$10

Grrlcrrsh x Yui – Farside
No cover

Sunday, April 6

Bottomless Mimosa Drag Brunch – Pogue Mahone’s
Free entry

Art Throb #4 – The Black Eagle
Free entry

Friends for Laughs: Queer Comedy Fundraiser – Pegasus
Free entry

Pure Camp Presents: Supersexe – Red Light District – See-Scape
$11.98 +

Thursday, April 10

Queer Art Night – Bampot
$11.98

Inferno Presents: Ritual II – Drom Taberna
$11.30 +

Friday, April 11

Slur Pop: A Queer Dance Party – The Garrison
$8.74

Service – The Black Eagle
$10 before 10:30pm

Seraphim Bitch – Three Dollar Bill
PWYC ($10 suggested)

Stardust – The Wych
Free entry

Saturday, April 12

Trans Care Fair – The 519
Free (RSVP appreciated)

Love is a Temple: 80s Synth Pop Party – Three Dollar Bill
$10

Sunday, April 13

Disco Descendants Family Race – Blue Moon Brewery @ Stackt Market
Free entry

Wednesday, April 16

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story – Carlton Cinema
By donation

CC’s LGBTQ+ Stand Up Comedy Show Up, Go Up Open Mic! – C.C.’s Bar and Grill
PWYC

Saturday, April 19

Grapefruit – The Black Eagle
$10 before 10:30pm

Sunday, April 20

O-Zero – Sunday Day Party -Sunday Church-Easter Holiday Edition – Three Dollar Bill
$10 +

Shedonism – Three Dollar Bill
PWYC ($20 – 40 suggested)

Friday, April 25

Stache – The Black Eagle
$10 +

MONTHLY CHEAP THRILLS

Fridays at MOCA – Moca
Free entry

First Wednesday Nights – AGO (though we are officially currently side-eyeing them over their silence and stance on genocide)
Free entry

Rom third Tuesday Nights – ROM
Free entry

Collections at The Arquives – The Arquives
Free entry

Sqwish queer drop-in basketball Friday nights – Central Technical School
PWYC

Drag Bingo every Wednesday – The Well Church St
Free entry

They’dies Night Mics Comedy Show every Wednesday – The Comedy Lab
Free entry

Friday Nights at El Convento Rico – El Convento Rico
$10 advance/online

Gaystation Tuesdays – The Black Eagle
No cover

Club Lonely second Saturday of each month – Bambi’s
$10 before midnight

Sapphic Wine Night last Wednesday of each month, 5pm—midnight – Buvette Pacey
Free entry

Bingo with Noella DeVille every Saturday, 5—7pm – The Drink
No cover

Queer Self Defense TO the first Sunday of each month (except for May when it’ll be second Sunday) – Tallulah’s Cabaret
PWYC


We will add affordable events as we find them, so please check back! Also, feel free to get in touch if your event is missing.

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