Weekend need to know: Stranger Things experience, Spring Run-Off, Toronto Vintage Show

The Upside Down has arrived in Toronto for all Stranger Things fans, an annual run through High Park is happening to welcome the return of Spring, plus Canada’s largest vintage show returns to Exhibition Place.

There is a scheduled subway closure on Line 1 as well as a late subway opening on Line 2 this weekend. People can also keep an eye on ongoing road closures within the city.

Here’s what to do this weekend:

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Stranger Things: The Experience 

Stranger Things: The Experience is a new immersive experience located at Cinespace Studios Marine Terminal in Toronto.

Fans will be thrown into a replica of the town of Hawkins, The Upside Down and all things from the Stranger Things universe.

Tickets are limited and prices will start at $49 per person.

Children under 5 years old will not be allowed into the experience, and anyone under 14 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

Opening times:
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

WATCH Breakfast Television’s JP as he gets a first look at the experience:

Spring Run-Off 

The annual Spring Run-Off event celebrates the return of spring in Toronto’s High Park.

The race is welcome to all runners of all ages to participate.

Multiple races including the event’s 8k run, 5k run, Kids Run, and Thaw-Out Thirteen run, will be happening throughout the day on Saturday at the park.

Transforming Grief: Loss & Togetherness in COVID-19

A brand-new exhibition titled Transforming Grief: Loss & Togetherness in COVID-19 is open to the public at Fort York National Historic Site.

Organizers say the free exhibit is meant to show how Torontonians experienced, and continue to experience, the COVID-19 pandemic.

The exhibition also aims to provide greater accessibility with features such as a tactile floor braille, large print transcripts, audio descriptions in multiple languages, Quiet Room for a sensory-friendly experience, wheelchair access and more.

The exhibition is on now until Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.

Art, Outreach and Tools for Change by The Redwood and Evan Tapper is a collaborative watercolour drawing by four youth participants living at The Redwood Shelter during the pandemic | Transforming Grief: Loss and Togetherness in COVID-19 exhibition at Fort York Visitor Centre.

A Grimm Night

A Grimm Night is an interactive theatre experience, with live actors, that has guests creating their own adventure in their most beloved fairy tales.

The show runs from Friday, March 31 to April 2 and April 6 to April 9.

WATCH the cast walk Breakfast Television through an interactive performance:

Toronto Vintage Show

The annual Toronto Vintage Show features Canada’s largest sale of vintage clothing along with lots of vintage décor.

The two-day event features over 125 vendors on a 40,000 square foot show floor and takes place at the Queen Elizabeth Building at Exhibition Place on Saturday and Sunday.

TTC closures

Line 1 full weekend closure

There will be no subway service on Line 1 between Bloor-Yonge and York Mills stations on Saturday and Sunday.

Shuttle buses will operate. Regular subway service will resume at approximately 6 a.m. on Monday.

Line 2 Sunday late opening 

Subway service on Line 2 between St George and Broadview stations will start by 12 p.m. on Sunday. Shuttle buses will operate instead.

Road closures

Ongoing closures

• Bathurst Street is down to a single lane each way at Laurelcrest Avenue for construction until the middle of August.
• Westbound Queen from Yonge to Bay streets, the right lane will be closed until late 2023 for work on the Ontario Line.
• Military Trail is closed from Ellesmere Road to Highcastle Road for road rehabilitation and slope stabilization. The project completion date has been delayed to the summer.
• Keele Street is reduced to a single lane about 100 metres north of Langstaff in Vaughan. Construction work is scheduled to finish in the spring.
• Eastbound Queen Street east of Bay street has the right lane blocked for construction, westbound lanes have reopened. Work is expected to be completed this month.
• Northbound Yonge Street is reduced to one lane between Wellington and King Streets for TTC construction. The project is scheduled to continue into 2024.
• Bloor Street is impacted by long-term construction, which is behind schedule, between Parliament and Sherbourne streets.

With files from Kyle Hocking and Jordan Kerr of CityNews