Year 3 · 2,400+ tickets sold in 2025

5 Days. 9 Fetes. Zero Booths.

The Toronto Carnival 2026 schedule for people who actually came to wine. No VIP rope eating the dancefloor. No stage separating the crowd. Just full-room fete energy — soca, dancehall, afrobeats & the crew that’s been doing this for three years running.

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Year 3 · 2,400+ tickets sold in 2025 · Eventbrite checkout · 19+

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why we’re different

We killed the boring parts.

You’ve been to the parties where the “event” is watching a stage from across a parking lot. That’s not us. Here’s what we don’t do:

01 / KILLED

Stages

The DJ is right there. So is the crowd. So is the bar. No barriers, no platforms, no spectator seating. If you came to wine, you wine. If you came to drink, the bar’s ten steps away. That’s it.

02 / KILLED

VIP Sections

No roped-off tables eating up the dancefloor. No bottle service taking up real estate where bodies should be. Every inch of the venue is the floor. Everyone’s on level ground.

03 / KILLED

Concert Vibes

We’re not booking artists to perform at you. We’re building rooms where people fete. Real bars. Real soca selectors. Real West Indian energy. The way Carnival used to feel before it got commercial.

04 / KILLED

The 40-Min Uber

Every fete is downtown. No Markham fairgrounds. No 50-minute Polson Street traffic. If you’re staying near the parade, you’re a short ride from every room on the schedule — not stuck in surge pricing trying to make it back for the night fete.

real receipts

Year 3.
The sign doesn’t lie.

Real photos from past Soca Forever fetes — daytime by the lake to peak nightclub fetes downtown. Same brand. Same sign. Same crew that comes back every year. This isn’t our first one.

Crowd of past Soca Forever attendees holding the Toronto Carnival sign with the downtown Toronto skyline behind them
3rd Annual 2,400+ tickets sold · 2025
downtown skyline. real crew.
two years of receipts. Year 3 · 2026
no posing. just wining. Inside · 2025
Past attendees in carnival masquerade outfits holding the Soca Forever sign Two friends at a Soca Forever night party holding the Toronto Carnival sign Soca Forever guests with the sign, dancefloor visible behind them Disco-ball night fete with attendees holding the Soca Forever Toronto Carnival sign Two friends in sunglasses with the Soca Forever sign at a downtown nightclub Champagne booth at a past Soca Forever fete with the branded sign
don’t take our word for it

Hear it from
someone who went.

Real Attendee · Unscripted

Year 3.
Don’t watch from the side.

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“Best part of the whole entire weekend.”

She’d never even heard of Soca Forever until a friend dragged her along. Twenty seconds later — filmed on her own phone — she’s telling you the room was packed at 1AM and she’s already coming back.

Past Attendee · Carnival 2025
the schedule

Pick your fete.
Or come to all of them.

Every day has its own energy. Day parties are sunset wine sessions, 4–9pm. Night parties pick up at 11 and run till close. Save with the Weekend Pass or Fri+Sat Pass below, or grab tickets per fete on Eventbrite.

The Passes · Best value

Skip the math. Lock the weekend.

Thursday warmup, Friday launch, Saturday parade day, Sunday closer, Monday send-off — all 9 fetes in one ticket. One transaction, one ticket per fete in your inbox. We mapped the weekend so you don’t have to.

9 single fetes, bought separately $315+
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Soca Forever Weekend Pass $100 – $135 · 9 fetes
Soca Forever Weekend Pass — all 9 fetes, July 30 to August 3, 2026
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Soca Forever Fri + Sat Pass — Duck Out Work, No Behaviour, Baddiez In The Sun, Get On Bad
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The four headline fetes · Fri Jul 31 + Sat Aug 1
$60
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if you only do a few

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Baddiez In The Sun
Sat day · sold out 2025 · the biggest crowd of the weekend. $25.
 Biggest Night
Get On Bad
Sat night · sold out 2025 · the long one. $30.
 Friday Day
Duck Out Work
Fri day · sold out 2025 · the after-work fete. $25.
 The Closer
The Finale
Sun night · the one you'll regret skipping. $25.

Thursday July 30 · The Warm-Up

first wine of the weekend

Sweet Like Soca day party flyer
Day Party 4PM – 9PM

Sweet Like Soca

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$15CADTier 2 +$5

The opening fete. Sunset, pastel skies, soca on tap. The crowd that came to start Carnival early — before the rest of the city even clocks out.

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Carnival After Dark night party flyer
Night Party 11PM – 2AM

Carnival After Dark

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$15CADTier 2 +$5

The Thursday night sequel. Lights down, BPM up. All white optional but encouraged. This is where the weekend really starts.

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Friday July 31 · Carnival Friday

work’s over. wine begins.

Sold Out 2025 Duck Out Work day party flyer
Day Party 4PM – 9PM

Duck Out Work

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$25CADTier 2 +$5

Tell your boss you have a “dentist appointment.” Five hours of pure soca to kick off Carnival Friday — before the heavy night fetes start.

Friday day pick
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Sold Out 2025 No Behaviour Friday night flyer
Night Party 11:30PM – LATE

No Behaviour

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$30CADTier 2 +$5

The headline Friday-night fete. Cipher, Selecta Spice, Island Wuk, Fete Master, Island Marks & MRS on rotation. No sets cut short for performances. Just the selectors going back-to-back till the lights come on.

Friday night headliner
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Saturday August 1 · Carnival Saturday

parade day. peak crowd.

Sold Out 2025 Baddiez In The Sun day party flyer
Day Party 4PM – 9PM

Baddiez In The Sun

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$25CADTier 2 +$5

Straight from the parade to the bar. The biggest Carnival Saturday day party we throw — costumes optional, attitude mandatory. Cipher, Selecta Spice, Island Wuk, Fete Master, Island Marks & MRS on the decks.

Parade day fete
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Sold Out 2025 Get On Bad Saturday night flyer
Night Party 11PM – 2AM

Get On Bad

The Garrison · Downtown Toronto · 19+

$30CADTier 2 +$5

Saturday night is the long one. Soca · Dancehall · Calypso · Afrobeats. No filler. The fete you’ll be talking about on the group chat for weeks.

Saturday peak
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Sunday August 2 · Carnival Sunday

last chance. last wine.

Lifted Sunday day party flyer
Day Party 4PM – 9PM

Lifted

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$20CADTier 2 +$5

The Sunday recovery wine — but recovery in name only. Soca, dancehall, reggae, afrobeats, hip hop & amapiano while the sun goes down on the weekend.

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The Finale Sunday night flyer
Night Party 11PM – 2AM

The Finale

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$25CADTier 2 +$5

The last fete of the weekend. The one you’ll be glad you didn’t skip. Three years running and the Sunday-night closer is always the one people FaceTime their crew from.

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Monday August 3 · Carnival Monday

civic holiday. one more wine.

Carnival Room Monday day party flyer
Day Party 4PM – 9PM

Carnival Room

Downtown Toronto · 19+

$15CADTier 2 +$5

Civic Holiday Monday. The weekend isn’t over yet — one more fete before reality kicks back in. Soca, dancehall, reggae, afrobeats, hip hop, amapiano. The proper Carnival send-off.

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on the decks all weekend

The Selectors

Real working soca selectors, on rotation across all 9 fetes. No filler sets, no “celebrity DJ” cameos — just the crew that’s been holding the rooms down.

Soca Forever 2026 DJ lineup: Cipher, Selecta Spice, DJ Island Wuk, Fete Master, DJ Island Marks, MRS
Cipher·Selecta Spice·DJ Island Wuk·Fete Master·DJ Island Marks·MRS
last year’s crowd

No stage. Just bodies.

Pictures from Carnival 2025. This is what every fete on the schedule looks like — wall to wall, no gaps, no spectators.

Soca Forever crowd dancing under yellow umbrellas at a downtown Toronto day party Soca Forever party crowd waving Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados flags Soca Forever rooftop party with the Toronto downtown skyline behind the crowd Crowd taking selfies at a Soca Forever rooftop fete in downtown Toronto Three friends laughing in the middle of a packed Soca Forever party Soca Forever rooftop crowd dancing in the sun Soca Forever night party with West Indian flags on the dancefloor Late-night crowd dancing under disco lights at a Soca Forever fete
word of mouth

What people
actually said.

Real DMs and IG comments from past attendees. The crew that came once tends to come back — and bring more people.

Real DM · Unedited
Instagram DM from @shaniceebabyyyy reading: I came from Miami for Carnival and ended up at Soca Forever by accident... best accident. Music was fire from start to finish and people actually there to dance, not just pose. Almost couldn't move by 1AM in a good way.
“People actually there to dance, not just pose.”

Came from Miami for Carnival weekend, found Soca Forever by accident. Music fire start to finish, couldn’t move by 1AM — in a good way.

@shaniceebabyyyy
DM · Carnival 2025 · Visiting from Miami

From the moment we walked in, it was different. Usually I do the concert fetes but we didn’t want to pay last-minute crazy prices — we chose Soca Forever instead, so glad we did. Crowd energy was mad, and you’re actually dancing and meeting people.

JP
Janelle Pierre
Past Attendee · 2025

No lie, I thought it was gonna be small but the room was moving. Way better than standing around at a stage.

RP
Ryan Persaud
Past Attendee · 2025

I’ve been to Caribana for years and this was the first time I found a party where the dancefloor stayed packed the whole time. No VIP nonsense, just people enjoying themselves.

AC
Andre Clarke
Carnival Veteran · 2024

I almost didn’t go but my friend dragged me — ended up being the best party of the weekend. Proper Caribbean energy inside. I’ll be back next year.

KJ
Kiesha James
First-Timer · 2025

Went Soca Forever Friday and I’m not even exaggerating, that was the best vibe I touched all Carnival weekend. No standing around, just pure energy whole night. Crowd was proper.

DR
Dwayne Richards
Past Attendee · 2025
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questions

Stuff people ask.

When should I buy tickets? +
Now. Pricing depends on which fete — Thursday and Monday day parties are $15, Friday and Saturday peak fetes run $25–$30, Sunday sits in between. That’s Tier 1, the cheapest you’ll see all year. Prices step up to Tier 2 (+$5) closer to the weekend, and door pricing (if there’s any left) is significantly more. The smartest move is the Weekend Pass at $100 (women) / $135 (men) — that locks in all 9 fetes and saves you up to $100 vs singles. All four Friday and Saturday fetes sold out in 2025 — if you’re eyeing those, don’t wait.
How do I know your parties don’t suck? +
Year three. Same selectors. Same anti-stage, anti-VIP, anti-concert formula. The crowd that comes once tends to come back — and bring more people. Scroll up to the “Year 3” section for real photos with the sign, or check our IG at @socaforever for footage from 2024 & 2025.
What’s the dress code? +
Day parties: whatever you can wine in. Carnival cute. Saturday is the “baddiez” energy day. Night parties: read the flyer — Carnival After Dark leans all-white. Otherwise dress how you wanna be remembered.
Flying in for Carnival weekend? +
A lot of our crowd flies in from NYC, Miami, London, T&T, and the rest of the diaspora. All venues are downtown Toronto with addresses released to ticket holders 48 hours before each event — book a hotel near King/Queen West or the Entertainment District and you’ll be a short walk or quick Uber from every fete on the schedule. Pre-buy your tickets before you fly: gate prices are higher and these events sell out.
Where exactly are the venues? +
All confirmed downtown Toronto venues — including The Garrison for Saturday night (Get On Bad). Exact addresses are released to ticket holders 48 hours before each event for capacity and check-in control. Each Eventbrite ticket page has the venue listed too.
Can I get a multi-day pass? +
Yes — the Weekend Pass ($100 women / $135 men) locks in all 9 fetes and saves you up to $100 vs singles. The Fri + Sat Pass ($60) covers the four headline fetes — Duck Out Work, No Behaviour, Baddiez In The Sun, Get On Bad. Both are live above — jump to passes. No hotel package needed — just the ticket.
Refunds? +
All sales final on Eventbrite, but tickets are transferable — if you can’t make it, send it to a friend through your Eventbrite account.
Age requirement? +
19+ at every event. Government-issued photo ID required at the door, no exceptions.

Don’t watch
Carnival
pass you by.

Five days. Nine fetes. One pass. The schedule for people who actually came to wine.

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