The first official weekend of fall is upon us and some of late September’s most anticipated events are on the docket, with Ontario garlic harvested and Canadian vintage sellers bringing a fresh crop of treasures to market – there are events for a wide variety of tastes and interests happening across the city.Toronto Vintage ShowBilled as Canada’s biggest vintage clothing sale, the Toronto Vintage Show‘s fall edition is back for its 14th year.The show features 120 vendors spread across 60,000 square feet of the Queen Elizabeth Building at Exhibition Place. Sellers from across the country curate unique and rare-to-find vintage clothing as well home decor, jewellery and handbags for an event that caters to serious collectors, vintage enthusiasts and causal shoppers alike.The show is ticketed and runs on Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Toronto Garlic FestivalThe Ontario Garlic Festival is celebrating 15 years of making a flavourful ingredient the star of the show.“The Festival uses Ontario-grown garlic—an ingredient common to cuisines around the world, and here in Toronto—as a practical entry point to support Canadian agriculture and culture, migration, sustainability, and local economic activity,” says the event’s website.The festival will offer up both sweet and savoury garlicky fare as well as garlic-flavoured drinks, ice cream and cookies.The festival is hosted at Allan Gardens on Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Toronto OktoberfestToronto Oktoberfest is back for its 15th year and is billed as “the city’s largest and most authentic Oktoberfest celebration,” inspired by traditions dating back to 1800s Germany.Traditional Bavarian food, German and European beers will be on the menu, served around authentic communal tables and benches direct from Germany.A packed roster of musical entertainment as well as a dance and costume contest are on the schedule, with the whole event taking place in a “massive festhalle tent”The festival will take place on Sept. 25 and 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Garrison Common, Fort York. An all ages session will also be held on Sept. 26 from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.Lughnasadh Music Festival“Music from Ireland touches down in Toronto” at The Canada Ireland Foundation’s inaugural Lughnasadh (LOO-nahs-ah) festival. It features some of Ireland’s most celebrated folk, rock and pop acts and rising artists along with Canadian talent with ties to Ireland.The event is being held at the foundation’s newest performance venue along Toronto’s waterfront – The Corleck at Eireann Quay.Performers will take to the stage over three days from Sept. 25 to 27, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the first two days and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the final day.Word on the StreetToronto’s iconic book and magazine festival Word on the Street is marking its 37th year, celebrating reading, writing and literacy.More than 150 performers will take to one of three stages to read and perform their pieces, including Toronto Poets Laureate and 2026 Toronto Book Award finalists. Plus, the festival features an exhibitor marketplace of 200 vendors of books, magazines, authors and arts organizations.The event takes place on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at David Pecaut Square in downtown Toronto.TTC/GO changes and closuresLine 1 closureThere will be no subway service on Line1 Yonge-University between Finch and Sheppard-Yonge stations on Sept. 26 and 27 for planned signal work.The service suspension begins at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 25 and will last until the end of service on Sept. 27. Shuttle buses will be replacing subway service between the stations.All subway stations will remain open for customers to purchase or load a PRESTO card, PRESTO Ticket and connect to surface routes.Lakeshore East Line service adjustmentsThere will be no GO Transit service between Rouge Hill and Danforth GO on Sept. 26 and 27 due to planned construction.GO trains will run between Durham College Oshawa and Ajax on an hourly schedule and GO buses will run between Ajax and Pickering GO, then direct to Union Station.There will also be some late night service adjustments on Sept. 25. Click here for more info.Stouffville Line service adjustments There will be no GO train service on the Stouffville line of Sept. 26 and 27 due to planned construction. Trains will be replaced by buses.GO buses will make all stops from Old Elm to Unionville GO and then run directly to Union Station. There will be no GO services at Milliken, Agincourt and Kennedy GO and commuters are asked to consider TTC options.Click here for more info.Ongoing road closuresGardiner Expressway long-term closureAs part of the long-term construction plan on the Gardiner Expressway, a stretch of the westbound Gardiner has been reduced from four lanes to three. The westbound lane closure will stretch from Park Lawn Road to Grand Avenue in southern Etobicoke. The eastbound lanes along the same stretch will be narrowed, but with no lane reductions, from April 2025 to December 2026.For full traffic and closure updates, click here for the latest information from 680 NewsRadio Toronto.