On this coming Saturday and Sunday, Sep 12 and Sep 13. Regenerated every deploy, so it is always the next weekend rather than a fixed one. 31 listings, soonest first.
Closes October 18. The Dawn of Life galleries downstairs are included, and are the better hour anyway.
Two hours, no experience, no obligation to ever come back. The lowest-stakes way to find out whether you like doing this in front of people.
Toronto’s longest-running street festival, through the Victorian half of the east end. Saturday 11am–8pm, Sunday 11am–7pm.
A monthly walk-and-talk for the design community, out on a Saturday afternoon. This one crosses Trinity Bellwoods arguing about whether a design can be built to provoke an emotion on purpose.
An hour at the wheel with no course to sign up for. Registration opens online at 10am the morning of each class and it goes quickly. Firing is extra and paid at the front desk.
Ontario growers in a former brick factory, snow or shine. Outdoors May to October, indoors from 9am November to April. Walk the ravine trails after.
A volunteer-run DIY workshop: their stands, their tools, their advice, your hands. No appointment — but fill in the waiver on a first visit. You can build a bike from parts if you have the patience.
Architect-led walks through Downtown Yonge, free, through to October 24. The society’s nine thematic tours elsewhere in the city are $15 and run 90 to 120 minutes.
TIFF Cinematheque and Next Wave put a screen up in the square for the four nights of Festival Street, showing at 10pm with open captions, rain or shine. City Lights, The F Word, Madagascar and one more, a night each.
An hour-long guided walk that meets at the Welcome Desk in Building 14 and runs rain or shine.
Stand-up from Matt Wright, his last Ontario date before he records a new special.
A backstage pass to the last analogue decade, shot by the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist. Opens to the public today; runs into next summer.
Three firings a day in the shadow of the Gardiner, among the city’s oldest buildings. Weather permitting. The site itself is open Wednesday to Sunday.
The Rex runs several sets a night and the early one is pay what you can, no reservations: 5pm daily, plus a 2pm matinee at weekends. The bill runs from student ensembles out of U of T and Humber to established Toronto quartets and big bands.
Forty years of Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird, shown alongside work by Inuk artist Michael Massie. Free, and usually empty on a weekday afternoon.
A year-round Saturday market where you can shop from Ontario farmers and food producers based within 205 km of the site, plus a local food court. From May to October the stalls set up outdoors under the pavilions.
A live band upstairs at Dovercourt House, with a beginner lesson at six before the dance. Come alone — everyone rotates partners.
The house can only be seen on the tour, and the tour is free. Hourly from 11:15am, last one at 4. The grounds are yours either way.
Farmers have taken the north building on Saturdays since 1803, now in the new hall that opened in 2026. Doors from five in the morning.
The Main and University galleries reopen after installation, with a fall opening reception on September 9, 6–8pm. Free, two minutes from Dundas station.
One of the few markets in the city that runs all year — outdoors along the walkways May to October, inside the main Barn November to April.
King Street closes between Peter and University for four days of the film festival — art installations, live music, food trucks and an art market, with no ticket needed for any of it. The eleventh year, and about half a million people pass through.
The 51st festival: 293 films, King Street closed, and a full film market for the first time. Rush tickets are the only sane way in.
The east end’s Saturday morning ritual, in the shade at the north end of the park. Last market of the season is October 17.
Free for everyone, every Sunday, for the museum’s shorter afternoon hours.
Bring the book you're currently reading. That's it - that's the whole assignment.
Booked mini photo sessions for children's portraits.
Two markets side by side on Sundays: over 40 local artists and makers selling handmade jewelry, skin care, art and candles, plus vintage vendors with curated antiques.
Short poses, a live model, no instruction and no critique — just bring paper. First come, first served, and capped at twenty-four. Sunday parking is free; Monday evening is $6.
A Sunday morning group run that starts and finishes at Heval on Spadina. The café puts on a runners’ combo afterwards and takes a quarter off coffee until one.
Formerly the Leslieville Flea. Furniture, records and mid-century everything on the lawn of a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse. Last Sunday of the season is October 4.