Name: 🪩 BLITZmas • Let’s get Festive!
Start: 2025-11-29T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-29T23:59:00-05:00
Location: RAID Gallery & Cafe

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Events

August 2025
June 4 – October 5

🖼️ Toronto, A Love/Hate Letter [extended]

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Where Art Unveils the Hidden by Inna Gherciu is a photographic series that invites viewers to look beyond the obvious.
June 4 @ 12:00 am – October 5 @ 11:59 pm

🎨 Life Drawing: Fall Session Launch

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us for our premier life drawing session of our fall season!

$25
August 5 – October 5

🖼️ Where Art Unveils The Hidden [cancelled]

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Where Art Unveils the Hidden by Inna Gherciu is a photographic series that invites viewers to look beyond the obvious.
August 21 – August 24

🎪 Fan Expo Canada

Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Featuring: the RAID PRESS store and artists: Ramon Perez, Marcus To, Nick Kilsian, Kyle Smith
October 2025
October 8 – November 30

🖼️ Please Destroy And Rebuild With Care

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brennan Bova is a multi-disciplinary animation professional with over 15 years of industry experience.
November 2025
November 15 – November 16

🎪 Thought Bubble 2025

Harrogate Convention Centre King's Rd, Harrogate, United Kingdom

We’re hopping across the pond for a fun-filled weekend at the Thought Bubble Comic Arts Festival — a celebration of comics and the creators behind them! The festival runs November 15–16 at the Harrogate Convention Centre (📍King’s Rd, Harrogate HG1 5LA, United Kingdom), and you’ll find us at Redshirt Hall, Booth 1.
November 15 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

🍷 Sketch & Sip • With Joy San

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

We’re hosting a festive watercolour & coloured pencils workshop with the wonderful Joy San.
November 20 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

🎨 Life Drawing • Sustained Pose

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This Life Drawing session invites you to slow down, refine your eye, and deepen your focus — welcome to our second Sustained Pose Night.
November 23 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

🤖 Collector Carnival

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us at RAID Gallery & Café for a full day of collectibles, toys, action figures, vintage treasures, and festive drinks inside our Parkdale space at 1720 Queen St. W.
November 29 @ 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm

🪩 BLITZmas • Let’s get Festive!

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us for RAID’s festive celebration as we toast the launch of BLITZ, our brand-new creator-driven magazine all while enjoying bespoke cocktails crafted by Barebones Bartending, and indulging in our new sweet and savoury café creations!