Southern Cross

Myk Freedman trio Guitarist Myk Freedman returns to the Tranzac to play with long time associates Jake Oelrichs (drums) and Mike Overton (bass). They'll be playing out tunes from the Saint Dirt songbook as well as classic klezmer tunes. “Freedman’s ballads are some of the most gorgeous music in jazz right now.” -David Dacks, Exclaim! […]

Splendid Industries' broken television series is back. Join us for the very second episode of "The Wrong Show", plz 'n' thx. Starring: with ' (as Entropy) The Wrong Show is filmed in front of a live studio human_audience. This program may not suitable for audiences under the age of Windows XP. Have a nice doom […]

Kiraa Trio Kiraa is a vocalist based in Toronto. They write a mix of rnb and pop with jazz elements. They have performed in a few bands in Toronto in the genres of jazz swing, fusion, rnb/pop, and neo soul. Joining them on bass, Pt Sanderberg and on Keyboard, Steven Norohna. They will be performing […]

The Ugly Bug Band are a quartet of friendly people (Blitz, Wendy Banks, Martin Loomer, and Arnd Jurgensen) who play ragged-but-right folk songs about monkeys, falling in love, and occasionally do some creative reworkings of old myths. They play ukulele, accordion, guitar, banjo, bass, kalimba, and everyone sings - you may find yourself singing along […]

11-piece ensemble Blunt Object plays the quirky, wry, and sarcastic music of Carla Bley.

DJ Longhorn Grille, a.k.a. Fleshtone Aura, a.k.a. the Southern Cross' bar manager himself, Andrew Zukerman (a.k.a. the previous custodian of the early 2nd-Tue timeslot) joins ye olde Dun-Dun Man, a.k.a. Craig Dunsmuir, a.k.a. the current custodian of said timeslot! Exclamation points perhaps unnecessary, but nonetheless included! Solo instrumental guitar --> Solo instrumental electronics --> yr […]

Improvised music // some might even call it free jazz Rob Clutton - double bass Josh Cole - double bass Ryan Driver - synth Phil Melanson - drums joshcolebass.com

Never Was is a quartet named after a curious sentence from The You Train by science fiction and fantasy writer, N.K. Jemisin. Featuring Madeleine Ertel on trumpet, Naomi McCarroll-Butler on alto saxophone and clarinets, Patrick O'Reilly on guitar, and Joe Sorbara on drums and percussion, the group explores original music in the Black American Creative […]