September 26, 2026 | 9 Free Events in Toronto Today

A full Saturday in the city. The weekly list has everything until next Thursday. Here are today's picks:

The Word On The Street Toronto
David Pecaut Square | 11a-6p

David Pecaut Square is too small for this event, which used to take over the streets around Queen's Park, but it's still an event that anyone who loves books likes to come to. There are great talks, author events, and books everywhere.

Stargazing Event
Morningside Park | 8p-11p

The highlights will be Saturn and the full moon and we will be bringing

Totally 2000's Video Dance Party
Phoenix Concert Theatre | 9p-late

Request what you want and the legendary DJ Starting From Stratch will include it in the set tonight. All free until it hits capacity.

Little Jamaica Night Market
Green P Parking Lot 1609 Eglinton Avenue West | 6p

Jerk and patties and good music at this night market in the heart of Little Jamaica.

Full Moon Sketching: Harvest Moon
High Park (Picnic benches across from Nature Centre) | 6p-8p

Sketch the harvest moon in High Park, just bring your own supplies if you can.

Food Truck Festival & Artisan Market
Exhibition Place | 10a-7p

A food truck festival, which does mean food truck prices, but there's also an artisan fall market too, so you can pay artisan prices for the wares as well.

Fermentation Fun in the Garden
Moss Park Community Garden | 10a-2p

An afternoon of fermentation, food, and learning in Moss Park.

Biidaasige Park Events
Biidaasige Park Tree Planting Event | Biidaasige Park | 10a-12p
Plant native trees and shrubs to help create valuable wildlife habitat and increase local biodiversity, but also to able to come back in a decade and see your tree. And look at all these other events happening today:

Fall Birding Walk at Biidaasige Park | Biidaasige Park | 10a-11:30a
Akin Art Crawl: Lassonde Art Trail Tour | 39 Commissioners St | 3p-6p
LAT Sketch and Walk | Biidaasige Park | 2p-4p
September Photo Walk | Biidaasige Park / Old Fire Hall 30 | 2p
LAT Photo Walks: Lumen Printing | Biidaasige Park | 11a-1p
Lassonde Art Trail: Art + Nature Tour | Biidaasige Park | 12p or 2p

Play Mobile Touring Sports Events
Parks Around The City | 11a-1p + 2:30-4:30p

A touring sports program for all ages kids and adults and today they are in a bunch of locations:
Play Mobile | Grand Avenue Park | 11a-1p
Play Mobile | Rv Burgess Park | 11a-1p
Play Mobile | Fergy Brown Park | 11a-1p
Play Mobile | Leonard Linton Park |2:30p-4:30p
Play Mobile | Kingsview Park | 2:30p-4:30p
Play Mobile | Prince Of Wales Park | 2:30p-4:30p

Ongoing Events
Public Pier | 1p-11p | Marina Quay West
Kensington Flea | 11a-5p | Kensington Market Laneway
Free Public Art Tour: Dundas St W | 11a-12:30p | Scratching on the Surface Mural

Art Exhibits
10a-5p | Lillian H. Smith Library | Set Phasers
9a-4p | Clark Centre For The Arts | Canadian Library + Innujunga
10a-5p | University Of Toronto Art Museums | U of T Art Museum
11a-5p | Cedar Ridge Creative Centre | Introspection
12p-5p | Onsite Gallery | Returning to Ourselves + Michael Massie
11a-5p | She Said Gallery | Welcome Home
11a-4p | Gibson House Museum | Community Mural
10a-6p | Craft Ontario Gallery | Hitoko Okada
11a-5p | Assembly Hall Gallery | Threads
11a-5p | Fort York National Historic Site | Rebirth
11a-5p | Montgomery's Inn | People and Places

Farmers' Markets
Allan Gardens | 10a-2p | Allan Gardens Farmers' Market
550 Bayview Ave | 8a-1p | Evergreen Brick Works Farmers' Market
725 Logan Ave | 9a-1p | Withrow Park Farmers' Market
Wychwood Barns | 8a-1p | The Stop's Farmers Market
Baird Park | 9a-1p | Junction Farmers' Market

Fitness
10a-11a | Trillium Park | Yoga
10a-12:30p | Wavy Barbershop | Day 1000 Running Every Day x Piccolo Run Club
6p | Toronto Island | Shorerunners Island Run