Free events in Toronto this week will take you to Poland, Mexico, and Ukraine - which it more than your chequings account can conceive, never mind dream of. You can also party at the airport, which is like the Greyhound station but, apparently, bigger and with no pigeons indoors.

If you've got a bike, there's a touring music fest this weekend just for you. If your name is Pedro, you drink for free Tuesday at Bar Wellington for Cinema Scope's launch party. I'm guessing you should bring some legitimate looking photo ID. You can also watch people eating donuts for free, which just seems cruel. Don't forget to milk TIFF for all the free screenings, events, and brushes with ephemeral relevance you can.

Here's how to scrounge together a respectable existence for yourself in Toronto this week.

MONDAY

• New Music 101 (Hinton Learning Theatre, Toronto Reference Library)
• 9to5 Narrative (The Charlotte Room)
• 90s Trivia Night (Wayla)
• All About Doulas - Free Information Session (Toronto Yoga Mamas)

TUESDAY

• if your name is Pedro you drink for free: A Cinema Scope Issue Launch Party [Pedros] (Bar Wellington)
• WARM LOVE (Handlebar)

WEDNESDAY

• Thomas Hlavacek: Sibbald Point (Propeller)
• NIKKI CLARKE SHOW TAPING (White Elephant)

THURSDAY

• Christina Tjandra: FORGOTTEN PLACES (Hashtag Gallery)
• Book Launch of You're Not Dead Until You're Forgotten (Ben McNally Books)
• The Literary War: Poems, Memoirs and Novels about the First World War [RSVP] (North York Central Library)
• Development Drinks (The Fox and Fiddle, Bloor near St. George)
• Queer Swing Dancing (519 Church St Community Centre)

FRIDAY

• CONSTRUCTION VOL. 8 - WTCHS (Smiling Buddha)
• Ukrainian Fest (Bloor West Village)
• Newcomers Toronto Fair (Sheraton Centre)

SATURDAY

• Polish Festival (Roncesvalles)
• Fiesta de Independencia de Mexico (Earlscourt Park)
• Danforth East Arts Fair (East Lynn Park)
• SCREECH KARAOKE :: w/ NANCY BOCOCK (Steady)
• Toronto Pearson Street Festival 2014 (Toronto Pearson International Airport)
• FREE Grant Writing Workshop (XSpace)
• Award-winning YA author of SCARS Cheryl Rainfield (Chapters Scarborough)
• the BRTHDY PRTY (Parts & Labour)
• 2014 East End Poetry Festival (Children's Peace Theatre)
• Pneuma Ensemble (Majlis Art Garden)

SUNDAY

• 5th Annual Toronto Bicycle Music Festival (Allan Gardens +)
• First Ever TBC Doughnut Eating Contest! [free to watch] (Through Being Cool Vegan Baking Co.)
• Bells on Bloor Ride (High Park - Bloor Street Gate 1873+)

Also check out these regular free events

• Elvis Mondays at the Drake
• Foosball Battle Royale, Monday, Disgraceland
• Art Gallery of Ontario free evening, Wednesday, 6-8:30pm.
• IFOA Weekly, free for supporters, students, & youth under 26, Wednesday, Harbourfront Centre
• Skin of My Nuts Comedy Show, Thursday, Sonic Espresso Bar
• Canadian Opera Company's Free Concerts series
• While nearly all art galleries in the city are free to enter, it's worth noting The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is always PWYC.
• The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) offers discounted tickets on Fridays ($10).

Do you want everyone to know about your kinda random free or pay-what-you-can event? Submit it to our event section. (You can also submit your for-money events here, greedy-pants.)

Photo by Jesse Milns