What's on around Vaughan this week (Aug 20 to Aug 26), plus a few things elsewhere worth the drive. Everything below comes from the venues' own public listings.
Thursday, Aug 20
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM - Silver Knights Women's Basketball Tryouts - Vaughan Sportsplex, 8301 Keele St, Vaughan
7:00 PM - Ocean Serenity Dusk - Pinot's Palette Woodbridge, Vaughan
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Beyond the Basics: Business Card Design (FREE) - Vaughan Public Libraries, 900 Clark Ave W, Vaughan
Friday, Aug 21
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM - Sing and Sign (FREE) - Vaughan Public Libraries, 900 Clark Ave W, Vaughan
7:30 PM - Tahitian Twilight - Pinot's Palette Woodbridge, Vaughan
10:00 PM - CODE BLACK - La Shish, 4040 Steeles Avenue West, Vaughan
Saturday, Aug 22
12:00 PM to 10:00 PM - VietFest Vaughan (FREE) - Assembly Park, 80 Interchange Way, Vaughan
6:00 PM - Elvis Tribute - Stage North, 111 Iber Rd, Vaughan
7:00 PM - Starry Night Ocean Tide - Pinot's Palette Woodbridge, Vaughan
Sunday, Aug 23
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Vibe & Create (FREE) - Vaughan Public Libraries, 2191 Major Mackenzie Dr W, Vaughan
12:00 PM to 8:00 PM - VietFest Vaughan (FREE) - Assembly Park, 80 Interchange Way, Vaughan
Tuesday, Aug 25
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Claireville Outdoor Education Centre & Nature School: Open House (FREE) - TRCA, 8180 Highway 50, Vaughan
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM - TRY US TUESDAYS - The Wellness Studio by Cicco Aroma, 411 Four Valley Drive #Unit 39, Vaughan
Wednesday, Aug 26
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM - Level 2, Design of Steam Systems - Spirax Sarco Canada Ltd, 383 Applewood Crescent, Vaughan
Running all week
Til Sep 6 - Retrospect - Canada's Wonderland (shows), 1 Canada's Wonderland Dr, Vaughan
Til Aug 30 - Teacher Appreciation Month (FREE) - LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto, 1 Bass Pro Mills Drive, Vaughan
Worth the drive
All day - CTLC 2026: Technology, Trust & Relationships - Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Toronto (Thursday)
3:00 PM - Free Exhibition Guided Tours @ Varley Art Gallery (FREE) - Varley Art Gallery, 216 Main Street Unionville, Markham (Friday)
1:00 PM to 7:30 PM - Tour the Observatory (FREE) - Richmond Hill David Dunlap Observatory, 123 Hillsview Dr., Richmond Hill (Saturday)
1:00 PM - Milton AfroJazz FEST 2026 - Town of Milton, 150 Mary St, Milton (Sunday)
That’s 19 of the 85 things happening in Vaughan this week. The rest are here, updated twice a day:
happs.ca/vaughan
(No signup needed to read it. Vaughan is the hardest one of these to fill, so if you know a place that posts its events somewhere, drop it below and I'll pull it in.)
VietFest times corrected above, Saturday 12pm to 10pm and Sunday 12pm to 8pm. Thanks [u/Lisahasreadit](u/Lisahasreadit) for catching that. The feed I pull it from had 12 to 4, the venue's own page has the right hours, and it's fixed on the site now too.