February 6th-15th The Sex Show @ Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen St. W. “The Sex Show attempts to push the boundaries of the definition of sex. It approaches the topic of sex from all angles, exhibiting works that vary on a broad scale, from art that is explicit to art that is more elusive in content. Not only does The Sex Show contain a wide variety of sex-related themes and content, it also exhibits the use of abundantly different mediums such as film, sculpture, collage and paint.” Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 1-6 pm. Opening reception: February 6th, 8-10 pm.

WEDNESDAY

10 pm Liquid Karaoke @ Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas St. W. Colin Bergh, James McDonough, Nadia Belerique, and Jeff Hayward are your hosts. $4 Jameson and $5.50 pints before midnight.

10 pm Winter Romance @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. Kyle McCreight and Alessandra Cardarelli spin only the most memorable jams to keep your feet tappin’ and your hearts beating.

THURSDAY

10 pm #ThrowbackThursdays Launch Party @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Clinton’s has a new baby! And the bottle upon which it suckles is filled with bombastic hits to drive you straight mental. Every Thursday, come get a taste of tunes from: J-Lo, DMX, Spice Girls, Will Smith, Aqua, Ludacris, Backstreet Boys, Snoop Dogg, S Club 7, Jay-Z, Hanson, Ace of Base, Savage Garden, Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child and many more. $5.

10 pm Twisted Thursdays @ Crawford, 718 College St. Hip-hop, RnB, reggae, trap, and old school with DJ Law. $5.

10 pm Smiths Is Dead @ Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas St. W. All Smiths. All Morrissey. All night.

10:30 pm It’s Thursday So Let’s Dance @ Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas St. W. With Members Only DJs and Waseem a.k.a. Golden Bear.

FRIDAY

10 pm Loving In The Name Of Presents: Oldies 990 @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. A new event that celebrates ’50s and ’60s rock ‘n’ roll from the folks behind Loving In The Name Of and The Big Sound. Join Oldies 990 and special guests as they play three full sets of over 50 tunes, drawing from the music of Chubby Checker, Little Richard, Del Shannon, The Champs, The Coasters, The Everly Brothers, The New Beats, Sam Cooke, and many more. DJ Jay Ferguson plays nothing but the hits so you can dance all night long! $10.

10 pm Leant @ The Shop under Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W. DJs Big Jacks, Royale, and Bozack Morris play that classic leant shit. $5 before11 pm, $10 after.

10 pm City Love @ Crawford, 718 College St. Lacey & Tammy blast out hot hip-hop and RnB tunes! $5 before 10:30 pm, more after.

10 pm Acid Bambi @ Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas St. W. DJs ϟ†Nϟ, SΛRIN, Jubal Brown, and Mikey Apples play acid all night… get geeked, bust it!

10 pm SoulSkank @ Handlebar, 159 Augusta Ave. Funk, soul, reggae, ska, and dancehall in its most raw form! A vinyl-only dance party with DJs Gramera and Double K on the decks. Free before 11 pm, $5 after.

10 pm Frkn Wknd @ Savoy, 1166 Queen St. W. DJ Caff (Air Horns, Ignition) runs the best in current and classic R&B, hip-hop, and dancehall. It’s quite dark in there and the drinks are pretty cheap.

10 pm The Dirty Hustle @ The Steady, 1051 Bloor St. W. DJs Sun Sun and Vanity Muscles mixin’ it up and keeping you sweaty and grindin’ all night with hip-hop and RnB tunes. $4 Red Stripes and Booty Drops before midnight.

10 pm Girl & Boy 90s Dance Party @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. A pulsating dance party rocking the retro sounds of the 1990s! All your favourite dance, pop, hip-hop, R&B, and so on and so on and so on. $5.

10 pm Yacht Rock @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. A night of dancing to the smoothest music you’ve ever heard in your life. $5 to step aboard.

10 pm Sweat Pants @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. DJ Coolin Cregg plays his/your favourite songs all night. ’95(ish) to ’05(ish) rap/RnB/reggae/dancehall, sexy tunes, new joints, old jams, sweat pants. $5.

10 pm Big Primpin’ @ Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. Hip-hop and hot times for homos, their friends, and admirers. With DJs Kevin Ritchie, CBB, and Nino Brown. Half-price drinks before 11 pm. For guestlist, email bigprimpin@gmail.com. $5.

10 pm Chronologic @ The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W. A dance party through the ages! Pop and antipop from since the end of history (i.e. music from 1890 to 2013, played in chronological order). $5.

10 pm Pop Lobster: Lobster Vortex Edition @ Magpie, 831 Dundas St. W. It may be cold outside, but it’s hot and sweaty in the lobster vortex (and this lobster knows no pop boundaries). You may or may not have the opportunity to dance to the likes of TLC, Pet Shop Boys, Blondie, Destiny’s Child, Nelly, Prince, Britney Spears, Le Tigre, Motown, indie, new wave, disco, and more. With DJs Little Kicks and Digits + special guest DJ Short Stack.

10 pm Building Blocks @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. DJ General Eclectic and special guest David Cooper take you from A to Z of good dance floor music! Funk, soul, reggae, dancehall, disco, hip-hop, Brazilian, Latin, and rock. Free before 11 pm, $5 after.

11 pm Elementary @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. DJ/Producers Rynecologist (who mixes cheese with class) and Meech (dubbed as Toronto’s house maestro) join forces for this monthly dance party. Joining the boys in class this month is Anna Lunoe. $10.

SATURDAY

7 pm Hard Livin’ @ #Hashtag Gallery, 801 Dundas St. W. “Hard Livin’ is a life-sized board game that will fill Hashtag’s walls with over 500 unique pieces of hand-painted pixel art. Experience this larger-than-life obstacle course as you discover the trials and triumphs of a game that explores the state of mind a person may experience while manouvering through a difficult period in their life. Your survival depends on the choices you make and your ability to discover patterns and adopt strategies. Succeed, and you could win a prize graciously donated by one of the generous sponsors—A&C Games, Snakes & Lattes, Snakes & Lagers, and Guerilla Printing. Bring a friend or a loved one who can help you through hard times, or rely on the kindness of strangers.” Until midnight.

3:30 pm Poetry Slam @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. Local wordsmiths and performers provide an evening of spoken word, lyrical mastery, and friendly competition before an always packed house. $80 goes to the best performance of the afternoon. Sign-up starts at 4 pm. $5.

10 pm Strictly Business @ The Red Light, 1185 Dundas St. W. DJ Serious and special guest Mantis bring you another dose of classic hip-hop and R&B.

10 pm Business Woman’s Special: Olympic Realness @ Round, 152-A Augusta Ave. We live in a beautiful country and city where LGBT are supported and celebrated, so let’s feast to THAT! Dress in your Olympic best (figure skating attire recommended). Olympic shots will be served. DJs Sammy and Nino Brown will be spinning all night long + a special performance by Barbie Jo Bontemps and April Wozny! Kimon will fulfill all your photographic needs and Queen Arianne will be rocking the door. $6.

10 pm Party & Bull$hit @ The Shop under Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W. Fresh off the heels of their one-year anniversary party, Family Business is back with their raging hip-hop dance party! DJs FBomb and Ry-Fi play rap bangers and other trill $hit. Come prepared to rap/dance along all night! Free before 11 pm, $5 after.

10 pm Beam Me Up Disco @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. A Digital Needle DJs and Cyclist deliver a healthy serving of funky and soulful disco, disco-rap, boogie, and other aural oddities primed to make you groove! $10.

10 pm Big Time @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. DJs Catalist (Ali Ster), Lazy Ray (Raymond Gillespie), and Efsharp (Sam Fleming) play the big tunes that got them hooked on music. $5 before midnight, $10 afterwards.

10 pm Ignition / Still Fly @ Crawford, 718 College St. Upstairs, DJs Caff and The Dirty Frenchman play bumpin’ ‘n’ grindin’ R&B, hip-hop, dancehall, new jack swing, and slow jamz (plus more than enough R. Kelly classics). Downstairs, DJ D-Wiz spins hip-hop, reggae, R&B, and top 40. $5 before10:30 pm, more after.

10 pm Ooh Ooooh! @ Savoy, 1166 Queen St. W. DJ Greedo plays nothing but big tunes from the ’90s up. Hip-hop, reggae, R&B, and guilty pleasures all night long.

10 pm Grüber @ Weldon Park, 569 College St. Hip-hop, house, and party music miscellany from Canada Thrust.

10 pm Secret Models @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. One big room, full of bad bitches! DJs Secret Models play hits straight from your high school semi-formal.

10 pm Shake, Rattle & Roll @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Spend the night together with the Bangs & Blush ladies! ’60s pop, soul and rock ‘n’ roll to drink, dance, and get messy to. $5.

10 pm Good Vibes @ Baltic Avenue, 875 Bloor St. W. Nothin’ but GOOD VIBES. Featuring Toronto’s most eclectic and party-rockin’ DJ playing the best hip-hop, new wave, electro-pop, indie rock, R&B, and mashup: This Broken Mixtape. $5.

10 pm The Originals @ Johnny Jackson, 587 College St. DJs P-Plus and James Redi play original songs of yesteryear that have been sampled and re-made by some of today’s most popular artists. With a focus on soul, funk, Motown, R&B, and hip-hop from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. $5 before 11:30 pm on guestlist (email info@originalconcepts.ca) or $10 otherwise.

10 pm Funk Off @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. Get down to music of the funk variety! TNT on the tunes. $5.

10 pm Paradise @ Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. DJ sets by Solidisco (Fools Gold, Ultra Records), Kill Them With Colour, and Kings of the North. $12.50 advance tickets available online. For guestlist requests, email guestlist@wrongbar.com.

10 pm Hoxton House Party @ The Hoxton, 69 Bathurst St. Big room house music from Party Favours, Smash Bro’s, GTECH, Casualties of Sounds, and Dead Pool. $15 advance tickets available online.

11 pm Shake A Tail @ Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College St. ’60s pop, rock, soul, funk, garage, ska, ANYTHING! Always humid. $5

11 pm Racks & Bands @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. Racks & Bands is a monthly party focused on one thing and one thing only: bringing booty back to the Underground. Turn up with resident DJs Johnny Hockin and Vanity Muscles as they motivate the winin’ and grindin’, playing only the hottest in current rap and RnB. $10.

SUNDAY

10 am Annex Flea: Valentine’s Edition @ Centre For Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst St. The Annex Flea is here to fill those gaps in your romantic imagination! Each of their handmade or vintage vendors has been carefully crafting their stock to sync up with this warm and fuzzy time of year. Until 4 pm.

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 TV Party @ Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas St. W. New True Detective episode at 9 pm followed by an appropriate macabre film followed by punk and raps Youtube jukebox. This week’s film is Sin Nombre.

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