From immersive art exhibitions to events and cultural experiences, plenty is happening across Toronto this weekend. Here’s your guide to what’s on.
Things to do in the GTA
Your go-to guide for discovering what’s happening across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
From weekend plans and free activities to seasonal guides, date ideas, and curated experiences
This summer, one of the GTA’s most beautiful destinations, Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG), hosts a massive contemporary art exhibition, ANCHORBALL: A Curious Art Journey, transforming its gardens into an immersive landscape of wonders, imagination, and discovery.
One of Toronto’s historic locations, Campbell House Museum, will be transformed into a domain where the past lingers, and unseen forces begin to stir as an immersive dance theatre experience, Echoes of the Underworld, swoons into Toronto this Summer.
One of Toronto’s most anticipated spring events, Doors Open Toronto, returns this May, giving guests rare access to some of the city’s most unique buildings, hidden spaces, and heritage sites all for free.
GradEx 111, the largest free art and design exhibition in the city, returns to OCAD University from May 6th to 10th, showcasing the work of more than 800 emerging artists, designers, and creative thinkers.
This summer, #BollywoodMonster Mashup returns to Mississauga Celebration Square from July 24th to 26th for a three-day celebration of Bollywood, food, dance, and culture.
In celebration of the World Cup season, Tasty Tours is bringing a global twist to Toronto’s food scene with its Soccer & Spice Food Tour.
Cabbagetown Festival Toronto 2026: One of the City’s Biggest Street Festivals Returns This September
One of Toronto’s biggest and longest-running street festivals is set to return this summer. The Cabbagetown Festival takes over Parliament Street on September 12th and 13th for a full weekend of entertainment, food, shopping, and family-friendly fun.
Full ferry service to the Toronto Islands returns May 13th, just in time for the summer; that means it’s time to start planning your trips to one of the city’s top seasonal destinations.
Canada’s Wonderland, the country’s premier amusement park, officially opens for the 2026 season this weekend on May 3rd with a full slate of events and entertainment.
