SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, August 31, 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…
\ PICKERING \ After eighteen months of running a successful 5-9 weekly all-ages Sunday jam at the West Shore Bar & Grill in Pickering, Andy Narsingh and his Juggernaut crew are packing up their gear and moving. Starting next week they’ll be relocating to The Edge in Ajax, but not before holding a blow-out farewell…
SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, August 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 Friday, August 28, 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 \ It was a delight to me to report on February 16 on the return that night to Linsmore Tavern in east TO of Blues guitar and songwriting dynamo Johnny Cox with his Magnetic Line band. As I told you then, he’s been getting a lot more notice since release in 2014…
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ It’s been over two years since alt-Pop songwriter David Macmichael started performing every Friday night at Relish tapas bistro in east TO and about three since he became part of the host group at the Stir It Up Sundays jam there and for which he’s been the anchor for some time…
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, August 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 Monday, August 24, 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, August 23, 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, August 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 \ If you lived through it you’ll never forget it and you know you’ll never experience anything like it again. If you didn’t you’ll never really grok how absolutely, magnificently inspiring and uplifting was the “Summer of Love” (generally regarded as 1969, when Woodstock took place) and those for the couple of…
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ I mentioned in passing a little while ago that perky go-getter songwriter Signe Miranda had, among her many other activities, played a key role a few years ago in founding and developing the Music City North promotion and show presentation enterprise. Since its inception the organization has now staged a number…
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Once a month Folk songwriter and community builder Glen Hornblast gathers together a clutch of songwriters for a “Nashville Bound” night at Free Times Café about which I’ve enthusiastically reported before. They’ve all been quality shows since he began the series in April 2014, but this evening’s, while seemingly buried in…
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Open mic hosts sometimes employ various “gimmicks” to keep their events fresh and diverse. One of the risks of an open stage event, after all, can be that the same people come out every week and do the same songs –it can get pretty stale and newcomers often don’t stick around.…
SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, August 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 Sunday, August 16, 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…
\ ETOBICOKE \ With matineé idol good looks and incredible musical diversity, guitarist and singer Denis Martel fronts a band that, while it may be called the High Rollers, is no gamble when it comes to providing a lively classic and contemporary Pop Rock show. The group has been around seemingly forever, yet Martel retains…
SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, August 14, 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 WEST \ I’ve written many times about the little block of Roncesvalles Ave. south of Howard Park Ave., where these days at least four rooms have live music, two of them more than seven shows a week. Gate 403, at the address indicated in its name, is, as I told you not long…
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, August 12, 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, August 11, 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 DOWNTOWN \ No stranger to hosting shows and very experienced at encouraging musicians to share their talents on stage, and with a relaxed yet cheerfully upbeat disposition, Signe Miranda has all the right qualities to be a very effective open mic host. That should make tonight’s weekly open stage event at Free Times…
