ROM After Dark
Winter Festivals of Light

Date

Friday, Dec 19, 2025 19:30

Admission

ROM After Dark - Public (Ages 19+): $40.00 ROM After Dark - Member (Ages 19+): $36.00

Audience

Adults (19+)
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Spark that holiday joy.   

Join us for a special winter edition of ROM After Dark. Enjoy tons of live performances, selfie stations, DJ sets spinning everything from disco to city pop, and playful roaming acts that pop up throughout the night. It will be a memorable evening to experience ROM in a whole new glow!

Performances

DJ Sudeep K

Dance to Top 40, R&B hits, funk, disco, and everything in between with one of ROM’s favourite DJs. 

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Eunice Keitan

With a captivating blend of Neo-Soul and World Folk styles, Eunice’s performance guarantees to be a unique sonic landscape that is both soulful and innovative. 

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XOCÔ

With a penchant for composing songs on the streetcar, XOCÔ's compositions merge poetry, politics, and spirituality while paying homage to his Afro-Indigenous ancestors by breathing new life and lyrics into powerful inherited rhythms. 

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CORPUS Alpine Merry Sheep Choir

The highly popular Alpine Merry Sheep Choir from CORPUS Dance Company is back at ROM to perform baa-ed songs in harmony and amaze audiences with their sheepish performance. 

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Gila Munster Holiday Queen

A drag queen, public speaker, slam poetry champ, and 2025 Canadian Choice Awards winner will take the stage and give it her all. 

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Steven Taetz

Rollicking roots rock, gentle pop ballads, blue-eyed soul, and cool jazz— Steven Taetz approaches it all with a strong and crystal clear voice that demands the listener's full attention.

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DJ Sakiko Nagai

Vinyl DJ and theatre sound designer, Sakiko Nagai, will be spinning disco, rare groove, and city pop to close out the night. 

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Featured Exhibitions

Exhibition

Sharks

DIVE DEEPER Sharks have intrigued humans for as long as we have explored the oceans. The terrifying monster from the movie Jaws is what many might imagine when they think of these animals, but they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture. Did you know, for example, that there is a shark that eats seagrass? Or that some sharks can sense Earth's magnetic field? Presented by Desjardins Financial Group, this family-friendly exhibition invites you to uncover fresh perspectives, groundbreaking research, and the astounding diversity of this ancient group of fishes
Detail of a claw and head of a flamingo on a light grey background.
Exhibition

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

Showcasing a new year of stunning photographs ROM is delighted to present this year's competition finalists and winners in a vibrant new exhibition. Powerful, inspiring, and enlightening, the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition invites viewers into a world of extraordinary images and visual storytelling. The world's longest-running and most prestigious annual nature photography competition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year attracts and recognizes the world's best nature photography, and has done so every year since 1965. Each year, the annual competition - organized by the
Crawford Lake
Exhibition

Crawford Lake
Layers in Time

A quiet lake in Ontario is making a lot of noise. Sediments from the bottom of a small lake in Ontario are revealing a remarkable record of our impact on the planet. Just outside Toronto, Ontario lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario. The lake has intrigued scientists for decades, and research on sediments at the bottom of the lake has identified it as having the best record of humanity's impact on the planet. This led to the lake's selection as the "golden spike" (definitive

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Rules & Guidelines

RAD is a 19+ event, visitors will be asked for valid government ID upon arrival (ID not yet expired, with photo and date of birth). Ticket is valid for single entry to ROM After Dark for the event date noted.  Each ticket will be scanned and can only be used once. In the event that duplicate copies appear, the Museum reserves the right to refuse ticket entry to all ticket holders.  ROM is not responsible for any lost, stolen, or unauthorized duplication of tickets. Unlawful resale of ROM tickets is prohibited. Ticket is not transferable. ROM does not guarantee the authenticity of tickets purchased from any non-authorized third-party re-seller, such as brokers or individuals; therefore, we recommend that you purchase tickets directly through our website. All ticket sales are final. Tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged this includes RAD admission and ROMBuck tickets. Ticket is not redeemable for cash. RAD is a cashless and paperless event.  By entering ROM premises, visitors consent to have their image captured and potentially displayed for promotional and/or documentary use. All bags entering the Museum, including purses, are subject to inspection. Visitors agree to adhere to ROM policies and may be held responsible for any damage to ROM property or artifacts. Admission privileges and entry may be denied for inappropriate behaviour and actions. All programs are subject to change. By completing this transaction, you agree to these terms & conditions and to follow our Visitor Guidelines 

*Drink ticket will be issued to ticket holder upon building entry. Please drink responsibly