WE'RE BACK! Come and hear 5 new singers at the second Dark Day Cabaret, featuring some of Toronto's best music theatre performers. Hear some of your favourite tunes from Broadway and beyond! Beyond the music, there will be drinks, a 50/50 draw, and merch for you to wear!
The trio ROSINA is launching our album, 2nd video and website with guests R.Flex and Sofia Fly
You are all invited to celebrate the life of our beloved Vicki Fraser. WHEN: 2pm - 5pm (speeches & music starts at 3pm) WHERE: The Tranzac, 282 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON A FORCE! ("Shut UP!") A QUEEN! ("Hand me that fork! It might as well be in Cambridge!") A LOVER OF HUMANITY! ("Come to my […]
Masahiro Takahashi released his latest LP, “Humid Sun,” on Telephone Explosion Records. Masahiro recorded with Jazz/improv musicians in Toronto and combined electronic sound design, acoustic instrumentation to create the album. In this performance, Masahiro will present tracks from Humid Sun with Blake Howard, Bram Gielen, Brodie West, Joseph Shabason, Michael Davidson and Ryan Driver. Somali […]
On July 25, Toronto’s musical community lost one of its own. Marc Roy was an inspired guitar player, a great singer, a devoted father, and our dear friend. At age 39, Marc had spent decades amazing audiences with his bluegrass guitar wizardry, and touching lives with his warm heart, sweet smile, and generous spirit. On […]
Three-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner (Traditional Singer, 2015; Solo Artist, 2012 & 2008), Recipient of the Blues With A Feeling Award at the 2020 Maple Blues Awards (with 35 nominations since 1999), five-time Juno Award Nominee in both the Roots/Traditional and Blues categories, Kerrville (Texas) New Folk Finalist -- Michael Jerome Browne is a […]
A celebration of life for Ted Phillips! Known as a sound-maker, a recordist, a playfully-engaged set of ears, a bicyclist, a father and so much more, he is now missed by many. On September 17th we will gather in The Tranzac's Main Hall to remember and celebrate Ted. There will be music, a potluck, and […]
On September 21 and 22, 2023 in Toronto, The Laboratory for Black Creativity (The LBC) and Dr. Cheryl Thompson's research team, Mapping Ontario’s Black Archives (MOBA) will host a two-day extravaganza in collaboration with the Archives Ontario. Be part of this exciting co-creation event! Day One (September 21, 2023) will be held at Toronto Metropolitan University, International Living/Learning Centre […]
A unique combination of musicians from Toronto & Tokyo join together to celebrate a special time in the history of The Twin Parks, Thorncliffe and Flemingdon
COLLEEN French artist Cécile Schott aka Colleen is fearless in her willingness to explore new sounds and new ways of creating music as a solo performer. Over the course of seven critically acclaimed albums released between 2003 and 2021, Cécile Schott consistently reinvented herself, first by taking acoustic instruments out of their usual context and […]
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XCIV Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series Featured poets: Toronto Poet Laureate Lillian Allen & Laboni Islam Host: Bänoo Zan Time: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Place: Main Hall, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7 This is an in-person event. Open Mic Sign-up: […]
Following their sophomore release, Six-ish Plateaus, Triio will be celebrating the release of its first EP, Magnetic Dreaming at the end of September 2023. This piece is a multi-movement suite spanning multiple genres and atmospheres, all tied together through dream-like logic of a Lovecraft story, followed by a performance of their 2022 LP, Six-ish Plateaus, […]
You are invited to come and share in this wonderfully nostalgic yet present moment in time as two bands not together for many years reunite and breathe new life into some of their most cherished songs — and introduce some great new ones! NOTRE DAME — Original members Lee Whalen, Mary Hanson, Suzan Johnson and […]
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