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Nuit Blanche is coming back to Toronto on Oct. 3, 2026 for their 20th anniversary. (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
Set up and unpacking started Oct. 2 spread across the many locations (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
Locations are spread across Toronto’s Old City Hall multiple floors and across Nathan Phillips Square (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
Eerie music will fill the event made by a sound art piece called “Simile Aria” by Maggy Hamel-Metsos with abandoned church organs. (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
You can find many first time art works this year scattered around multiple locations like “Ephemera: The Art We Didn’t Make” (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
Blessyl Buqn is the artist behind the piece which is connected to Toronto’s Dance Theatre. (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
Other works include the “Museum of Lost Things,” a showing of line in art created by a community to share stories of love by Trevor Mahovsky and Rhonda Weppler (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
Another piece from “Museum of Lost Things” as the showcasing from shelves to floor. (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
“Blankets (Under) Cover’”is a look at art through the lens of light and fabric created by Shelley Niro (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
“UFO” by Brandon Vickerd is an installation of conspiracy and cultural living. (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
From art to screen just like in “In Water, Together”, Nuit Blanche is a festival of stories of art. (OTR/Joey Fellows) 
“In Water, Together” is a multi-screen art installation created by Alexandra Gelis, and expresses the use of movement with the human body. (OTR/Joey Fellows)
Celebrating 20 years in Toronto, Nuit Blanche returns for its annual overnight festival Oct 3-4 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. OTR got a special early view into this year’s festival, themed “Tomorrow’s Memories.”
Reporter, OTR, F2026.
