Nuit Blanche 2015 marks the all-night art festival's 10th year in Toronto. Since its more humble beginnings, this contemporary art event has grown in size and scale. Despite some welcome criticism, this annual event continues to evolve. In 2014, it brought more than one million revelers onto the streets to interact with installations by both local and international artists.

With more than 110 projects scattered throughout the city on Saturday night, it'll be nearly impossible to see everything, even if you manage to stay out for the full 12 hours, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

We rounded up some of the most promising looking installations to give you a starter pack for your evening. But even the most ardent of planners should leave some room for spontaneity; you never know what surprises you might encounter on your arts-filled journey around the city.

GETTING AROUND

The subway will be running all night long, which is perfect if you're all set to stay out until the wee hours of the morning (or until last call at one of the bars open until 4 a.m.). Line 1 will stay open in its entirety. Line 2 will go between Kipling and Kennedy following regular operating hours.

To make getting around simple, you can grab a family pass ($11.50) valid for, according to the TTC, "up to six people, maximum two adults and 4 youths, 19 years of age or under." GO Transit will also beef up its service. And, parts of Queen West, Queens Quay, Bay Street and Queens Park will gocar-freestarting on Saturday afternoon.

TOP NUIT BLANCHE PICKS BY ZONE

ZONE:Black and White Night
Where: City Hall/Bay Street
Curator: JR

Inside Out
New York and Paris-based artist JR is taking over the majority of this zone with variations of his acclaimedInside Out project。这个完全是互动的,你可以start participating now by having your picture taken at Nathan Phillips Square.

Les Bosquets
JR, inspired by the 2005 French riots,choreographed a balletcalled Les Bosquet the forNew York City Balletto tell the story of Ladj Ly. This short film,released in April, intertwines his choreography with footage from the French suburbs and features music by notable names including Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams. It'll screen indoors at theDesign Exchange。

PARK HERE
For the only non-JR installation in this zone, Toronto-based architect and artistKaty Cheyplays on the city's "Park Here" signs and imagines them pointing to actual green (and not parking) spaces. Venture into the underground parking lot at Nathan Phillip Square because she's transforming part of it into a parkette.

ZONE:10 for 10th - Memory Lane
Where: 10 cultural institutions
Curator: Che Kothari

Shoes that Line the Lane
This participatory installation byCyril Williamsis already getting somebuzzbecause the Toronto artist is currently looking for footwear to add to his project outside theBata Shoe Museum。Add yours on Saturday night, but make sure they have laces.

以往听到古代思想Transm(嘻哈ission)
Being an art hotel, The Gladstone is usually a safe bet on Nuit Blanche. This year, Toronto's Mani Mazinani will explore the connectivity between ancient forms of creativity and contemporary hip hop through a sound installation using slowed down records and modified turntables.

Silent Knight
Head to the Gardiner Museum to seeEkow Nimako'sgiant barn owl sculpture, which he created using more than 50,000 pieces of everyone's favourite childhood toy: LEGO.

an occasion hosted by Isabel Lewis
If you're feeling chilling on Saturday night, go to the AGO because Berlin-based artist and dancer Isabel Lewis is hosting a multi-sensory performance art party of sorts in Walker Court.

Virtual Immigrant
Spend part of your night at a the museum because Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's new media installation, which will explore outsourced call centres, will takeover the Hyacinth Gloria Chen Crystal Court at the ROM.

Light Cave
Stand beneath a colourful, pulsing cavern because the Los Angeles-based collectiveFriendsWithYouis bring its largest sculpture yet to the lower patio at theDrake 150。

ZONE:The Work of Wind
Where: Waterfront, Parliament Street to Harbourfront Centre
Curator: Christine Shaw

Beaufort 4: Lava Field No. 2
If you head to 51 Dockside on Saturday night, the floor will actually be lava because American artistRobert Wysockiwill be creating a "geomorphically accurate lava field using a customized coke-fired cupola generating temperatures upwards of 1800 C."

Beaufort 1: Dispersal Zone
Tim Knowles总部在伦敦的英国,将皇后码头into an eerie thoroughfare by turning off and dimming streetlights. Those that stay aglow will have smoke billowing beneath them.

Beaufort 3: Glaciology
If you harken back to your grade school geography classes, you'll remember that glaciers formed much of our landscape. For Nuit Blanche, members of theAnandam Dance Theatrewill become a human glacier that'll drift westward along Queens Quay throughout the night.

Beaufort 7: Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!
In his project, Toronto artistJohn Sasakiwill install a group of inflatable smokestacks right by the lake to look at the changes happening on our waterfront.

Beaufort 10: FrĂo Estudio del Desastre
For this installation (located outside the Westin Harbour Castle) the Havana-based collective Los Carpinteros will create a 3D version of a what looks like a photo from an unnamed disaster.

Beaufort 12: Black Cloud
Venture inside the clerestory at ThePower Plantto see 30,000 black moths (they're paper, don't worry) hanging from the walls and ceiling. This installation by Mexico City's Carlos Amorales will be on display until January 3.

ZONE:HTUOS/HTRON: The New Coordinates of the Americas
Where: College Street/U of T
Curator: Agustin PĂŠrez Rubio

Night Flight
This entire zone explores the relationship of time and space by inverting the north/south dichotomy that governs our city. For this video installation, by Canadian artist Michael Snow and Argentinian filmmaker Claudio Caldini, viewers atMaRS Discovery Districtwill watch Caldini as he travels from Buenos Aires to Toronto.

Sphinx
Toronto artist Luis Jacob will force Torontonians to consider how our city's changed over the past 50 years with his sculpture-based installation at the Allan Garden Children's Conservatory.

Refugees run the seas...
Francisco-Fernando Granadosfound unlikely inspiration for his billboard installation: the Wyclef Jean rap in Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie." Check out this incredibly timely project at Jarvis and Gerrard.

Cambio de Sentido (Change of Direction)
Unlike most of Nuit Blanche's exhibitions, this one by Mexican collective Tercerunquinto is meant for cars. It'll switch Mutual Street, between Carlton and Maitland, into a South-North thoroughfare for the night, forcing drivers to adapt.

Untitled
Cuban artistTania Bruguerawas detained in her home country for eight months beforereturning to the United States in August. Her still unknown Nuit Blanche project will be revealed on Saturday night at College and University.

noissecorp
Head to Queens Park Crescent to watch (or join) thousands of people march backwards for seven hours as part of Argentinian artist Amalia Pica's "social sculpture."

INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

RAVETAPES
For this year, all independent projects explore the theme of memory, just like 10 for 10th curator Che Kothari's zone. Perhaps that's why Brandon Gibson-DeGroote, Mike Pereira andWavelength Musicare bringing back the 1990s-style warehouse rave in an immersive and interactive exhibition atThe Garrison。Comeready to dance。

Information Behaviors
The Drake Hotel may look a little different on Saturday night thanks to Emilie Gervais' time-based video projection that'll playfully takeover the building's facade.

Memory Cube
Artscape Youngplacewill be filled with multiple exhibitions, but this one by Miro Obdalla seems increasingly relevant. It'll let you surround yourself with all of your Facebook or Instagram photos, allowing you to time to reflect back as your entire digital, visual history unfurls before your eyes.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Solid States
The Toronto Sculpture Garden returns withAn Te Liu's Solid States, co-produced byMOCCAand the City of Toronto. This marks the first exhibition here since 2014. It's also MOCCA's first pop-up since it vacated its Queen Street West home.

PHOTO CONTEST

In celebration of the 10th edition of Nuit Blanche Toronto, initially inspired by Nuit Blanche Paris,the Consulate General of France in Toronto,France Canada Cultureand Air France are pleased to offer you the chance to two round-trip flights from Toronto to France! Share your best Nuit Blanche Toronto 2015 pictures on Instagram using #snbTOblogTO and @francetoronto to enter. Submit your photos from Oct. 3 to Oct. 11, 2015.

For the full rules and regulations,click here。

The second prize will be an exclusive life-size Barn Owl sculpture from artist Ekow Nimako, who is part of the Nuit Blanche exhibition10 for 10th - Memory Lane。Learn more about Ekow on Instagram@ekonomicalandwww.ekownimako.com。Project details here。

Lead photo by Matt Forsythe.