September 27, 2026 | 9 Free Events in Toronto Today

A good Sunday to get outdoors. Here are today's picks:

Toronto Garlic Festival
Allan Gardens | 10a-5p

Allan Gardens fills up with Ontario growers selling direct, garlicky food in every direction. There's even a Garlic Breath Contest and a Vampire Costume Contest, so just prepare yourself for what you might see and smell.

Graze The Meadoway
The Meadoway - Thomson Memorial Park | 10a-3p

Goats and sheep are being brought in to graze sections of The Meadoway at Thomson Memorial Park as part of an experiment in sustainable meadow maintenance. But really, we all just want to see goats roaming parks in the city. Go see it before the influencers find out about it.

As Loud As Freedom
918 Bathurst | 4p-7p

An evening of poetry and spoken word around an art exhibition. The exhibition includes Lemi Ghariokwu’s original album covers for Fela Kuti’s Zombie and Beasts of No Nation, which are part of MoMA’s permanent collection.

Scarborough Birdwatching
Morningside Park | 9:30a-11a + 11a-12p

Morningside Park sits in good territory for fall migration, and this free birdwatching meetup offers two time slots: early birds from 9:30 to 11, later birds from 11 to noon. Binoculars are available if you RSVP ahead.

A Day of Monarch Magic!
Downsview Park | 10a-2p

Guided pollinator walks, hands-on community planting, among other drop-in activities based around the butterflies we all love.

Open Canvas Project Exhibit
Todmorden Mills Heritage Site | 11a-4p

If you participated in the open canvas, where literally there was a canvas open for you to add whatever you wanted onto it at 2 locations this year, here's where you can see the results. It's on for a while, but wanted to highlight it.

Fall Festival at Spadina Museum
Spadina Museum | 12p-4:30p

The fall festival with apples from the orchard, live music, arts & crafts, and for salsa sessions too. That's been a thing everywhere this year, but it's always fun. The gardens are worth seeing and while you're there you should check out the art exhibit in the museum: In Broken Light Exhibition.

Artist Walkthrough: Cybele Young
Koffler Gallery | 3:15p-4:15p

Cybèle Young walks through Kamiphony, her exhibit, and I find it's always the best way to experience art, to get a sense of what it took to make it. Register separately from the Gord Peteran conversation that precedes it if you want to spend the day here.

Open Mic: 100,000 Poets For Change
Free Times Cafe | 7:30p-10:30p

This is a global initiative, which is how they get to 100,000, but it's also once a year and supports some good causes.

Don't Forget:
Word on the Street | 10a-5p | David Pecaut Square

Art Exhibits
10a-5p | Market Gallery | GATHER
5:30p-11:59p | Le Labo Micro-Gallery | Kylie
11a-5p | Montgomery's Inn | People and Places
11a-5p | Twist Gallery | Contour
12p-5p | Bata Shoe Museum | Free Sundays
11a-5p | Fort York National Historic Site | Rebirth
24hrs | Harbour Square Basin | Global Convenience
11a-5p | Museum Of Toronto | The T.O. You Don't Know

Farmers' Markets
125 Burnaby Blvd Green P Lot| 8a-1p | Eglinton Way Farmers' Market
Fairbanks LRT Station | 11a-4p | Afro Caribbean Farmers' Market
150 Greenwood Ave | 9a-2p | Leslieville Farmers' Market

Fitness
Beavertails | 4:20p-5:20p | Ravers Run Club
Trillium Park | 10a-11a | Yoga (LAST DAY)