September 29, 2026 | 7 Free Events in Toronto Today

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Screening: If An Owl Calls Your Name (2025)
Innis Town Hall | 6:30p

A documentary that follows Elders, healers, and activists from the Esk'etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet'suwet'en territories as they speak to forced assimilation and what it takes to carry ancestral knowledge forward. Editor-producer Finley MacNeil sticks around after for a conversation.

Roding Park Tree Planting Event
Roding Park | 10a-11a

The city runs these tree-planting mornings throughout the fall, and they're a reliable way to spend a useful hour outdoors. Gloves recommended

Nagoya Marimbas f. Kairos Percussion Quartet
Hugh's Room | 7:30p-9:30p

Steve Reich's Nagoya Marimbas, where two players locked into a rhythm that builds on itself until the room feels different performed by The Kairos Percussion Quartet.

Live Music: Chris Oday
Market Street | 5p-7p

Last couple days of the season. Live music next to St Lawrence Market. If you have time during lunch, check out the earlier show:
Just Prince | 11:30a-1:30p

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Events

Commemoration | Bata Shoe Museum | 7p-9p | A conversation with Karen Chaboyer who is an Ojibwe Kwe Residential School survivor.

Orange Shirt Day | The 519 | 3p-7p | Traditional Teachers, Knowledge Keepers, storytelling, a Sacred Fire, and food.

An Evening of Reflection | 55 Mill St | 7p-8p | Traditional song + Jingle Dress dancing

Book Talk: Vivek Shraya's The Hystericals!
918 Bathurst Centre | 7p-8:30p

A crowd-moderated conversation about this new book.

Writing As a Tool For Change
St.stephen-In-The-Fields Church | 7p-8:30p

Catherine Leroux, Maggie Helwig, and Erum Shazia Hasan in a church on a Tuesday evening, talking about what writing can actually do when it's pointed at something that matters.

Fitness
Gentle Hatha Yoga | 1p-2p | Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery Columbus Centre
Elm-Ledbury 5K Run Club | 6:30p | 10 Dean @ Elm-Ledbury

Art Exhibits
11a-5p | Spadina Museum | In Broken Light
11a-5p | Museum Of Toronto | The T.O. You Don't Know
11a-5p | Assembly Hall Gallery | Threads
11a-5p | Cedar Ridge Creative Centre | Introspection
24hrs | Harbour Square Basin | Global Convenience
5:30p-12a | Le Labo Micro-Gallery | Kylie
11a-5p | Multiple Venues | Things Fall Apart
9a-8:30p | Lillian H. Smith Library | 40th anniversary of Franklin
8a-5p | Mount Pleasant Cemetery | Yesterday. Today. Forever.
12p-5p | 918 Bathurst Centre | As Loud As Freedom

Farmers' Markets
East York Civic Centre | 8a-2p | East York Farmers' Market
June Rowlands Park | 3p-7p | Davisville Farmers' Market
Riverdale Park West | 3p-7p | Cabbagetown Farmers' Market
Trinity Bellwoods Park | 3p-7p | Trinity Bellwoods Farmers' Market
Cynthia Lai Park | 3:30p-7:30p | Scarborough Farmers' Market