Event Series Dun-Dun Land

Dun-Dun Land, Night 9 (ft. Fleshtone Aura)

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

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 […]

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Event Series The Brodie West Quintet

Donna Lee Quartet

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Donna Lee Quartet w Marilyn Lerner, Josh Cole, Phil Melanson and Brodie West. A note from Brodie West: For my monthly at the Tranzac I will often schedule my quintet called The Brodie West Quintet which is Tania Gill piano, Josh Cole bass, Nick Fraser drums, Evan Cartwright drums and  myself. Sometimes the drummers […]

Never Was

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

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 […]

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Event Series Cosmic Country For Communists

Cosmic Country For Communists

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

Hosted by Kurt Newman, this monthly series creates a space for experiments in country and folk music forms, which can range from more or less straight-ahead to more or less psychedelic. Between sets: comedy from the best of Toronto's left-of-center comedians.  

Event Series Collette Savard and the Savants

Collette Savard and the Savants

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

With her palette of acoustic folk instruments, Collette whittles out of her imagination beautiful song gems. She brings them to you wrapped in the exciting package of her band of seasoned masters, The Savants: Rebecca Campbell(Jane Siberry, Ian Tamblyn...),John Switzer John Switzer(Jane Siberry, Vance Gilbert, Katherine Wheatley etc.³) Martin Worthy (Joe Hall, Paul Quarrington), Tim […]

James Brown and Mike Milligan

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

Guitar and Bass duo improvisations by James Brown and Mike Milligan. Originals, standard jazz melodies and not so standard things that venture freely. Guitarist, composer and educator James Brown has been a long time staple on the Canadian jazz scene James’ most recent recording Song Within the Story was released in 2022 (NGP Records) and […]

Marilyn Yogarajah, %%30%30, Sable, Tegan Dietsch, Michael Palumbo

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join us for 2 sets of free improvisation featuring Marilyn Yogarajah on Trumpet and Keys, Tegan Dietsch with Tap Dancing and Found Objects, Sable on Guqin & Effects, %%30%30 on Drums and Percussion, and Michael Palumbo on Modular Synth

Event Series Fergus Hambleton

Fergus Hambleton

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

Fergus Hambleton appears in the Southern Cross the third Sunday of every month... 2:30- 4:30. Fergus is a veteran of the Canadian music scene, having played a wide variety of music since 1967. A member of the Juno award winning Sattalites Fergus has played reggae, folk, jazz and rock over his career and has released […]

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Event Series The Great Sunday Night Folk Off

Robert Priest And Friends

Southern Cross Lounge, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

With lyrical guitar players, Bob Cohen and David Hines plus wild Mary Hanson on piano, Robert Priest digs into his eclectic catalogue of song/poems. Tuneful poetic, heavy, and light, with always a special guest.

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