\ SCARBOROUGH \ It’s getting on close to 14 years since the night I first encountered one of the most versatile entertainers and indefatigable promotional go-getters I’ve ever met at a bar in Ajax. Rob MacArthur at that time, in November of 2001, was actually a bar owner whose Puck & Beaver club featured…
\ ETOBICOKE \ A big band that channels the music of bands like Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears and Tower of Power, to name a few, Soul Funkshun has been much in demand for corporate and special events but, for obvious reasons, doesn’t often appear in clubs. Few clubs can comfortably accommodate the eight-piece group,…
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, July 29, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.) Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, July 28, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
\ TORONTO NORTH \ A longstanding destination room for at least two generations of students, Toronto North locals and live music aficionados, The Unicorn Pub at 175 Eglinton Ave. has closed its doors. According to a post on a Leaside-based Facebook group the club closed one day last week, apparently because developers who have bought…
SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, July 27, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, July 26, 2015: Listings are organized by area in which shows take place and listed chronologically within each area field. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates…
SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, July 25, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, July 24, 2015: Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
\ TO EAST \ The weather looks almost perfect for some outdoor fun over the next three days and evenings and with clear skies forecast most nights it’s a perfect opportunity for some star gazing. But for live music fans in east Toronto’s Beaches area, eyes —and ears— will be trained firmly on dazzling terrestrial…
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, July 22, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.) Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
\ TO EAST \ I was surprised to learn, last week when I attended the Tuesday open stage at Old Nick on Danforth Ave. near Broadview, that it appears to no longer be hosted by Jennifer Brewer. Affable acoustic Pop Rock performer Jay Pennell was anchoring the event that night, and mentioned at one point…
\ AJAX \ An enthusiastic and ebullient karaoke host, Carol MacDonald –aka The English Rose to singers at longstanding weekly shows in Scarborough and Durham Region— has shown deserved staying power in a business that can often be very volatile. Along with co-host “The Mad Scotsman” (her partner Bob) Carol has hosted weekly karaoke shows…
SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, July 19, 2015: Listings are organized by area in which shows take place and listed chronologically within each area field. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates…
SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, July 18, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, July 17, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, July 16, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…
\ SCARBOROUGH \ Until two weeks ago it’d been way too long since I’d been out to enjoy one of the weekly jams now hosted by ebullient and effervescent singer-frontman Tommy Rocker in Scarborough. Twice a week, on Sunday and Wednesday, Tommy and a crew of solid and enthusiastic house band members host jams at…
\ TORONTO EAST \ It’s been well over 20 years now since I first meet versatile songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Keith when he was performing at a bar in Parkdale well before that area became the hipster destination and home base that it is nowadays. Back then Keith, who had begun life musically in the…
\ TO EAST \ It’s astonishing to me that, after over a decade of sharing his deft and delightful songs of substance with audiences in east and TO and across the province, it is only tonight that songwriter and visual artist Arthur Renwick is doing his debut performance at The Old Nick. I first met…
SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, July 12, 2015: Listings are organized by area in which shows take place and listed chronologically within each area field. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates…
