Toronto’s Nuit Blanche Takes Place Tonight!

Accordion City’s seventh annual Nuit Blanche (Literally “White Night” in French) takes place tonight. This all-night arts festival/urban party started in Nantes, France in the early 1990s and has since been held in cities all over the globe. Starting at 7:03 p.m. — sundown — and ending around when the sun returns, it’s a night where public space is used for displays of contemporary art: displays, installations, interactive and performance art.

Click the image to see the official Nuit Blanche event map

Nuit Blanche will take place in three zones in the downtown area:

• Zone A: Mainly on King Street West, between Spadina and Yonge
• Zone B: Yonge/Dundas Square
• Zone C: Mainly on King Street East, between Yonge and Jarvis

If you’re having trouble picking out what you’d like to see, here are some guides:

• Toronto Life’s top 20 picks for Nuit Blanche 2012
• BlogTO’s top 20 picks for Nuit Blanche 2012
• Torontoist’s top picks for Nuit Blanche 2012
• National Post’s suggested route for Nuit Blanche 2012
• CityTV’s picks for Nuit Blanche 2012
• The Globe and Mail’s picks for Nuit Blanche 2012

Here’s a sampling of the videos showing what you’ll see at this year’s Nuit Blanche: