The Junction’s AR murals have always had a little magic. ✨ Now, we’ve made them even easier to experience with WebAR, no app needed.
@WillxParry is showing you how it works: scan the QR code, point your phone at the mural, and watch the animation come to life instantly. Prefer the full app experience? You can still use the free Artivive app too.
Try it for yourself at Taste of the Junction on Saturday, June 27, alongside 50+ local vendors, food, drink, family-friendly fun, and PASSAGEWAYS, five immersive cultural installations celebrating art, storytelling, and community.
Come for the market. Stay for the magic. 🧡
📍The Junction
🗓 Saturday, June 27
🕚 11 AM–7 PM
🎟 Free to attend
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CALL FOR ARTISTS ✨
Applications are now open for Window Wonderland 2026/27, Toronto’s largest free outdoor augmented reality (AR) art walk.
Now in its 7th year, Window Wonderland transforms storefront windows throughout the Junction into animated painted murals.
This year’s theme, Movement + Glimmers, invites artists to explore motion, transition, light, hope, resilience, connection, and those small everyday moments of joy that brighten the winter season.
We’re looking for muralists and animators to help bring the 2026/27 exhibition to life.
🖌️ Muralists apply by June 5, 2026
🎞️ Animators apply by June 26, 2026
Both calls are on one page. Visit the link in Comments and select the Muralists or Animators tab at the top.
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PASSAGEWAYS ARTISTS ANNOUNCED! ✨
We’re thrilled to introduce the five selected artists and teams creating Passageways for Taste of the Junction 2026.
Passageways is a new series of five immersive, walk-in installations inspired by the Junction’s diverse cultural communities. Visit all five tents at Taste of the Junction and experience the stories that connect us.
Congratulations to our Passageways artists:
Black — Favour Enemaku @favourenemaku / Vinh Phat Luu @phatluu.design
British — Margaret Cresswell @muralsbymarg
Chinese — Jacqueline Chan @jjacquelineec
Portuguese — Julia Louise Pereira @ohlordyitsjulia
South Asian — Sarah Alinia Ziazi @the.sarah.az
Join us Saturday, June 27, for Taste of the Junction 2026.
📍 No Frills Lot, 372 Pacific Ave
⏰ 11 AM – 7 PM
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You can take your pick this summer at a brand new series from Read & Rhyme Baby Time! Choose 4, 5, or 6 classes that work with your plans for summertime fun. At our picnics, held in air-conditioned comfort at beautiful TYPE Books in The Junction, I'll be unpacking a basketful of delightful rhymes, songs, fingerplays, bounces and marches to help you and your wee one fill those long summer days AND sneak in some brain-building EARLY LITERACY at the same time!
Please note the special summer class time of 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. on Tuesdays.
TYPE Books is located at 2887 Dundas Street West. Please email [email protected] to register! 🌞
Window Wonderland is back for its 7th annual exhibition ✨❄️
We’re looking for animators to help bring Toronto’s winter streets to life through augmented reality.
Selected artists will collaborate with muralists to create immersive AR experiences featured in a city-wide public art exhibition across The Junction.
✨ $800 CAD compensation
✨ Collaboration with muralists
✨ Featured in a public AR exhibition
✨ AR workshop hosted by Artivive
This year’s theme, Movement + Glimmers, explores motion, light, hope, connection, and the small moments of joy that carry us through winter.
⏰ Applications close June 26; there’s still time to apply!
Tag or share this with an animator, motion designer, or creative who should be part of Window Wonderland 2026 👀
Happy Mother’s Day from the small businesses of The Junction. 💐
Today we’re celebrating the moms, grandmothers, aunties, caregivers, chosen family, and everyday nurturers who help make our neighbourhood feel like home.
Thank you for the love, care, humour, patience, strength, and community spirit you bring to our main street and beyond. Whether you’re out for brunch, picking up flowers, sharing a treat, or simply taking a sunny stroll through the Junction, we hope your day feels full of joy.
With love from The Junction BIA and our local business community. 💛
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✨NEW this weekend✨
🧊Espresso AND matcha freezies from our good friends at @rosalusnackbar
🧁Baked goods from our favs at @bluecollar.bakery
🍾Our fav non-alc sparkling wine from @drinkpoursport
Yes, they are all local, and yes, they are all woman-owned 💅🏼
There’s something for everyone ❤️
10% off ALL tees this week, ends May 10.
Graphics, Blue Jays, kids, men, women… come see what we’ve got!
📍 Charlie’s, The Junction
3036 Dundas St W
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JUNCTION GEMS 💎✨
Our weekly Member Spotlight celebrates Junction businesses that give people a great reason to visit in person.
This week’s Gem: Playa Cabana Cantina 🌮🍹
Big flavours, bright cocktails, and major “patio season” energy. If you’re planning a fun night out, a casual date, or tacos with friends, this is your sign.
playacabana.ca/cantina
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CALL FOR VENDORS! 🎨🧵✨
Taste of the Junction 2026 is looking for non-food vendors to join our one-day public market on Saturday, June 27, from 11 AM to 7 PM.
We’re calling on artisans, crafters, makers, designers, vintage sellers, handmade goods vendors, and creative small businesses to be part of this vibrant celebration of culture, community, and local shopping in the heart of The Junction.
If you make it, curate it, stitch it, paint it, pour it, bead it, print it, design it, or dream it up, we’d love to hear from you.
Register today through Hypitch. Details in the comments. 👇
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Oops... We did it Again! 📀
Put on your fave retro ensemble and join us for on May 22nd at the Junction Underground!
ADULTS ONLY Old School Dance Party
Purchase tickets in advance - link in bio!
