Today in Toronto music is taking over. The Small World Music Festival launches with a performance by Os Tropies, then the celebration runs until October 5. Learn more about the fest's international programming of music from Serbia to India here. On Saturday the fest will take over Yonge-Dundas Square.

Then Jennifer Castle, Black Lips, and the Dandy Warhols are also playing in Toronto tonight. If you're rather talk music than take in a live show, Soho House is hosting a Polaris Prize salon that's open to the public, where you can talk about your Polaris seals, I mean feels. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Music: Small World Music Fest (Small World Music Centre)
• Music: Jennifer Castle (Great Hall)
• Music Talks: Polaris Short List Salon (Soho House)
• Art: Adrian Williams: The Travels of Sir (Neubacher Shor Contemporary)
• Party: Queer As Fuck (Steady)
• Lit: Dont Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something by Paul Vermeerschs (Steady)
• Music: Black Lips (Phoenix)
• Music: The Dandy Warhols (Lee's)

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Photo of Jennifer Castle by Eva Michon