Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo 2026

Toronto and area's annual automotive exposition celebrating top vehicular cultures returns to the International Centre this weekend (March 13-15, 2026) with the 11th annual Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo presented by ebay motors. Celebrity Mike Hall of Rust Valley Restorers and Rust Bros (the YouTube channel) will be at the show all weekend with his first appearance Friday at 1pm in Hall 2 (Hagerty Stage) while you can also find entertainment, forums, awards, vendors and the popular Miss Motorama Pinup Pageant happening on Saturday. I'm here early on opening day and the joint is already jammed!

The cars in Hall 1 are great examples of power and beauty.

From their website, "Motorama is a celebration of automotive and racing culture. It’s the largest show of its kind, in Canada, and continues a five-decade tradition of bringing car owners, car clubs, racing series, tracks, racing fans and auto enthusiasts together to kick-off Canada’s car show and racing seasons. The 2026 show will start the second half-century of car shows at the same venue, on the same weekend. ‘Dizzy’ Dean Murray’s inaugural Motion Custom Car Show took place in March 1975."

Taking part in Halls 1 through 3 of the International Centre, the show is divided into the following major areas.

Hall 1A: Canadian vehicles and vendors.
Hall 1B: The Gulf Race Fuels Racing Zone presented by Stoneridge Specialty Insurance and InsideTrackNews.com.
Hall 2: Spring Fever: Modified Cars & Culture join car clubs and feature displays along with the main stage and corporate exhibitions.

Hall 3: Motorama Mayhem with classic and vintage cars, pinups and vintage exhibitions.

Show Hours: Fri-Sat, March 13-14, 2026 (10am-8pm)Sun, March 15, 2026 (10am-5pm).

Mike Hall on the Hagerty Stage

Note: Friday is WD-40 Students’ Day at Motorama, in association with Conestoga College.

@jmhcet A beautiful red #hotrod at the 2026 #motorama ♬ Move It On Over - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

See more of Motorama after the jump.

Lumière 2026 light festival at Ontario Place

Lumière: The Art of Light began on Family Day (Monday, February 16) in Trillium Park on the east side of Ontario Place. The free light festival features fourteen installations and will continue until March 27, 2026 from 6pm to 11pm. Rhythms of Chaos set up prior to the official opening in the photo above.

From their website, "Lumière transforms Trillium Park into a glowing outdoor gallery filled with illuminated art installations. This free experience is ideal for families, art enthusiasts, and anyone who enjoys a winter stroll with a little extra magic. Bonfires: Warm up by the Trillium Park fire pit on opening night, Friday and Saturday evenings, and nightly during March Break (weather permitting)."

Lumiere 2026 theme is "Rhythms of Light: Motion, Sound and Time". This year's event includes the following light installations.

Arbor – MattCreative
Blueberry Babies Signal Path – Winta (Wintana) Hagos
Constellation Range – Jordan Shaw
Echoes of Light – Jordan St. Claire
Möbius Ensemble – Bitbrainz
Moment – M. Joakim
PORTAL – Tonya Hart
Rhythms of Chaos – Binalpreet Kalra, Maggie Wang, Kallie Zhang
Ripples in Time – Gathering
switch/grass – The Treehouse Collective
Urbanombre – Little Dada + the Boys
Voice in Matter – James Craig, Agata Wszolek, Alex Warner
We Move Together – Tyler Burey
WIND II: The Wave – Samuel Kiehoon Lee

The easiest way to get to Trillium Park is to public transit, walk or bike, otherwise you could find paid parking nearby - at Coronation Park or in Exhibition Place. There are also great bathrooms available at the entrance to Trillium Park and the skyline views to the downtown skyline are excellent.

@jmhcet #moment art and light installation in #ontarioplace as part of #lumiere ♬ Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams

@jmhcet #rhythmsofchaos art and light installation in #ontarioplace as part of #lumiere the art of light, #Toronto ♬ sonido original - vieja guardia