Free events in Toronto this week are dominated by the arts, as opposed to free events to have your accounting done or your bathroom renovated - so it's another ordinary week in the great cultural bastion of the Ford dynasty.

We the broke (not accountants) and filthy (faulty bathroom pipes) owe a lot to the Manifesto Fest this week, back for another year of art, dance, and a huge free hip hop show at Yonge-Dundas Square. Then there's a free bus ride to Blackwood Gallery in Mississauga, and free art openings at Design Exchange, Ryerson Image Centre, and more. Oh, and Unlovable plans to serve free cake on Wednesday.

Here's how to live like you've been granted license for the ingestion of cake in Toronto this week.

MONDAY

• Manifesto x Cultural Hotspot: In Conversation at R.I.S.E. with Amanda Parris and Tina Khan (Burrows Hall Public Library)
• Post A Letter Social Activity Club (Wise Bar)
• BRONCHO, Say Yes, Low Litas & King Creep (The Horseshoe Tavern)
• Toronto's Mayoralty Debate (St. Andrew's Church)
• Melanie Brule full band (Yonge-Dundas Square)
• OPEN HOUSE (Insideout Studio)
• Laughable [PWYC] (Unlovable)

TUESDAY

• Lets Get Lost A Walking/Reading Group on the Dismantling of Subjects and Spaces (OCAD)
• Uncovered: The Story of The Watchmen Book Launch (Motel Bar)
• DOMESTIC CHAOS: Readings from new books BETWEEN and BROOM BROOM (Type Books)
• LUKA full band Cailean Lewis Evan Cartwright [PWYC] (Holy Oak)

WEDNESDAY

• Red Bull Sound Select presents: ManifesTO w/ Isaiah Rashad, Tasha The Amazon, Tre Mission & DillanPonders (Revival Bar)
• Opening Reception: Ryerson Image Centre Fall Exhibitions (Ryerson Image Centre)
• FALSEWORK & Furnishing Positions (Blackwood Gallery)
• TORONTO MADE LAUNCH PARTY (Unlovable)
• These Walls Will Fall - Free Protest-Concert for #MigrantStrike (Cloud Gardens)
• Is Toronto Burning? 1977/1978/1979 Three Years in the Making and Unmaking of the Toronto Art Community (Art Gallery of York University)
• Pivots Return on September 17th: Brecken Hancock, Judith Thompson, Adam Sol, & Rob Winger [PWYC] (Press Club)

THURSDAY

• DXExhibitions: Politics of Fashion - Fashion of Politics (Design Exchange)
• Pardes - Koffler Gallery Fall Opening Reception (Artscape Youngplace)
• Of Other Faces: Opening Reception and Edition Launch (TYPOLOGY)
• LIFT Fall 2014 Open House (LIFT)
• Movie in the Park: A Benefit for the Ontario Health Coalition (Phin Park)
• Kyle Brenders Quartet Transcombobulation [PWYC] (Ratio)
• words on stages & parenthetical issue three launch [PWYC] (Central)
• NUTS & VOLTS: Electronic Music & Video Showcase [PWYC] (Bassline)

FRIDAY

• Descant 166: The Berlin Project Launch Party (The Goethe-Institut Toronto)
• Public Exhibition of The Historical Buddhas Relics (Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre)
• Ontario Universities' Fair (Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building)
• SAVVY RECORDS LABEL NIGHT (Steady)

SATURDAY

• The Junction Music Festival
• Manifesto (Yonge-Dundas Square)
• Bloor Ossington Folk Festival (Christie Pits)
• COMET CONTROL, Monomyth & Nap Eyes (3030)
• Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards 2014 (Back Space)
• ELECTRIC CIRCUS : 4 AM LAST CALL [before 1AM] (Garrison)
• HONKY TONK w/ KENSINGTON HILLBILLIES / TIM BRADFORD / BRANDON QUIGLEY [PWYC] (Soybomb)

SUNDAY

• The Word On The Street (Queen's Park)
• Soiree :: Let There Be House [RSVP] (Bassline)
• UNIT 102 ACTORS PRESENTS AMERICAN BUFFALO by David Mamet [PWYC] (Unit 102)

Also check out these regular free events

• Elvis Mondays at the Drake
• Foosball Battle Royale, Monday, Disgraceland
• Art Gallery of Ontario free evening, Wednesday, 6-8:30pm.
• IFOA Weekly, free for supporters, students, & youth under 26, Wednesday, Harbourfront Centre
• Skin of My Nuts Comedy Show, Thursday, Sonic Espresso Bar
• Canadian Opera Company's Free Concerts series
• While nearly all art galleries in the city are free to enter, it's worth noting The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is always PWYC.
• The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) offers discounted tickets on Fridays ($10).

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