The Toronto arts community will open its doors from sunset to sunrise on Saturday, October 4th for Nuit Blanche. This is a marvelous event for sleepless Torontonians in need of a concentrated dose of culture. Fashioned after the uber-trendy event in Paris, Nuit Blanche was originally conceived as an attempt to bring contemporary art to the people in public spaces. More than 1 million people take to the streets in Paris annually for this sleepless night of artistic experiences. Nuit Blanche has become international with Toronto, Montreal, New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, Leeds, Brussels, Rome, Madrid, La Valette, Bucharest, Riga, and Tokyo now with their own Nuit Blanche event.

Nuit Blanche is truly an event for the people and it is totally FREE. For 12 continuous hours museums and galleries will open their doors and offer free access. City spaces all over Toronto will become venues for temporary exhibitions. The city will be divided into 3 Zones - Downtown North, Downtown South, and South/West - each featuring Exhibition Projects and Independent Projects with a total of 155 destinations to visit. There will be 45 Exhibition Projects by local, national, and international artists that have been commissioned within four outdoor exhibitions under the direction of 4 curators. The Independent Projects will be presented by Toronto’s museums, galleries and other cultural and educations facilities featuring the works of new and established artists. Here is a detailed list of what you can find in each zone.

There are Information Centres conveniently located in each Zone.
•    Zone A Information Centre will be located at Yonge-Dundas Square at south-east corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East.
•    Zone B Information Centre will be located at the Scotia Plaza at 40 King Street West. Use the entrance at Adelaide Street and King Street.
•    Zone C Information Centre will be located at the Lamport Stadium South parking lot at 1151 King Street West. Use the entrance on Liberty Street.

Please leave your car at home and use the TTC. If you must drive, park near an all night subway station. Here is all of the info on the best way to get around Nuit Blanche.