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TorontoMoon.ca 170131Tu | Shows for Tuesday, January 31, 2022

January 31, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, January 31, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 30, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, January 30, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 29, 2022

Romantic loves come and go and so do fashions, jobs, political movements and whole lot more, but musical greats and our love for their product endure in memory long after we forgot why in Grade 7 we thought we couldn’t live without the love of Carol Thurston or regarded Pierre Trudeau as hip in Grade…

January 28, 2022

\ TO WEST \ As is not in any way unusual for a Saturday, this afternoon and this evening in the Junction area and Roncesvalles strip adjoining it, once again a remarkably appealing menu of musical talents of diverse genres is on offer. Shows this afternoon include a hot young Roots-Rockabilly songwriter, Lucas Stagg, and…

January 27, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, January 27, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 26, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, January 26, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 25, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Although many people perhaps regard Robbie Burns (aka Rabbie Burns to some) as a somewhat esoteric writer of Scottish poesy and while others may know that he was also the composer of “Auld Lang Syne,” perhaps few appreciate just how diverse was the talent of the 18th century Scottish icon. For…

January 24, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN/WEST \ When I first started hanging around the TO music scene a little in the early 1980s, a friend at the time whom I used to visit in the city had a pot dealer who ran a nice little health-oriented store on Markham Street just south of what was then TO landmark…

January 23, 2022

As he prepares to celebrate, at next month’s Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival, the formal release of his third full album, Traveling Truthfully —which signifies his emergence as a fully-fledged Country songwriter— David McLachlan has been tuning up his performance chops with regular appearances at the “Riverboat Mondays” open stage hosted by Julian Taylor and…

January 22, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, January 22, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 21, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, January 21, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link…

January 20, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, January 20, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 19, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, January 19, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 18, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Janis Joplin has been dead for over 46 years now yet her entrancing persona and groundbreaking approach to Blues/Soul singing lives on as fresh as it was during her heyday in the late 60s, when she was part of a generation that redefined North American music and culture. And artists like…

January 17, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, January 17, 2022 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…

January 15, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ I have never actually attended one of the “Freefall Sundays” open stage/jam nights held for the past ten years —as of tonight— at the Supermarket bar at 268 Augusta Avenue in Kensington Market near College St. So I cannot rhapsodize from any personal experience about what a well-run event this is,…

January 14, 2022

\ TO EAST \ Normally this time of year on a Saturday night if I’m not snug at home —as I more often am lately, being a tad more sensible these days than I was in my recent youth— then I can be found attending music shows, being driven from place to place (it usually…

January 13, 2022

\ ETOBICOKE \ Perhaps like many people you’ve been finding it hard to get back into the regular groove of things after the holiday season of special events, family get-togethers and wonky weekend schedules with both this past Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve happening on Saturday nights. Maybe you’re missing all the special parties…

January 12, 2022

The following message now appears on the website of Hugh’s Room, the club at 2261 Dundas St. West that closed abruptly last week: “A committee has been struck and yesterday met to explore ways to restructure and make Hugh’s Room work in the future. “The focus is squarely on several priorities: •Re-opening the doors as…

January 12, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, January 12, 2022 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.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…

January 11, 2022

\ TO EAST \ A group of veteran players that has appeared at a few east end rooms over the past year, the Soul Mates band is a five-piece outfit that authentically delivers a wide range of Rock, Pop, Motown, Funk and R&B covers. Although you may not be familiar with them under that name,…