Today in Toronto the After Dark Film Fest gets underway, with over a week of horror, sci-fi, action and cult films never screened in the city before. See all 20 for $149, or check out our picks from the festival line up here.

X Avant, the city's biggest and best exploration of experimental music, is back for its ninth year the Music Gallery and begins tonight with Laraaji & Diely Mori Tounkara and friends. Check out the full festival line up on the Music Gallery's website. Craft beer, music, and food trucks will be at Wychwood Barns until 11pm - you know what to do. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Film: Toronto After Dark Film Festival (Scotiabank Theatre)
• Music: X AVANT IX (Music Gallery)
• Music: Blue Sky Miners, Them Dang Rattlers, Lowlands, Stonetrotter (Horseshoe Tavern)
• Film: Brazilian Film and TV Festival - BRAFFTV (Carlton Cinema )
• Art: Graham Collins & Jeremy Jansen (Cooper Cole)
• Comics: Jewish Comix Anthology Vol. 1: Book Launch Party (Artscape Youngplace)
• Food: OktoberFEAST 2014 (Artscape Wychwood Barns)
• Party: Queer As Fuck (Steady)
• Party: Rare Beef Presents CAKE-004 w/ Exeter, Mike Din & more (Drake)
• Theatre: The Rocky Horror Cabaret Show (Lower Ossington Theatre)

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Photo: Suburban Gothic (After Dark Film Fest)