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Event Series Clela Errington and Barbara Lynch

Clela Errington and Barbara Lynch

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

Clela Errington and Barbara Lynch - Together Clela and Barbara choose an old fashioned 'round robin' style performance, trading songs, sometimes playing together and sometimes alone, whatever serves the songs best. Both singer-songwriters work in a combination of genres including folk, country, blues and jazz, played on acoustic guitar or piano. Their musical styles compliment […]

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Event Series Cassie Norton Presents Song Experiment

Before the Thaw

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

Before the Thaw is part of Song Experiment, a monthly song lab hosted by Cassie Norton to provide songwriters a venue for explorations into different approaches to song-writing, instrumentation, arrangement or all three. Each month, a different artist and approach is featured welcoming surprise and collaboration. Drawing/colouring supplies and big banner paper will be provided […]

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.  

Featured Featured Event Series Southern Cross Songwriters Series

The Toronto Folk Festival Launch Party

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

On the two year anniversary of his residency, host Phillip Vonesh has invited everyone who has ever played his Songwriters Showcase, to come and perform to help launch the brand new Toronto Folk Festival! Come out to see 30 + performers between 7PM - 12AM in the Southern Cross on March 23rd. We will be […]

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Event Series Justin Orok Presents…

Justin Orok Presents…

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

A series presenting emerging or underappreciated songwriters, paired with carefully curated bands making music together for the first time. The featured artist of the week will explore their history through a mix of original songs and covers, while making connections with a diverse array backing musicians from various corners of the Toronto music community. For […]

Event Series Clela Errington and Barbara Lynch

Clela Errington and Barbara Lynch

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

In Barbara’s music you can hear echoes of jazz, folk, blues, barrel-house boogie and old-time-religion hymns. She writes story telling songs, offering up intimate portraits of people's lives played in the old blues style on a parlour guitar or upright piano. A singer songwriter and interpreter, Clela’s vibrant blend of folk and jazz creates the […]

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Event Series Howard Gladstone

Howard Gladstone Band + Lynn Harrison

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

Howard Gladstone Band are back at the Tranzac, this month with special guest singer/songwriter Lynn Harrison. Howard Gladstone performs his unique original folk/roots songs with flavours of blues/jazz/world and other sounds, accompanied by a great group: Tony Quarrington (guitars, vocal), Laura Fernandez (vocal, piano), Bob Cohen (bass) and Ambrose Pottie (drums). Themes range from reflections […]

Event Series Bill Wood & Burke Carroll

Bill Wood & Burke Carroll

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

Bill Wood’s songs have been described as “what happens when 30 years of songwriting, honed over decades of hard life experiences, meet the craftsmanship of a career musician who doesn’t know what it means to compromise.” Paired with the sweet sounds of Burke Carroll’s pedal steel and resophonic guitars, these songs take on the aura […]

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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 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 Southern Cross Songwriters Series

Toronto Folk Festival Presents… hosted by Phillip Vonesh

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

Join host Phillip Vonesh on the 4th Saturday of every month, from 7:00 - 9:30 for an intimate night of music.  Vonesh and two other songwriters will share songs, and chat about the process of writing, creating and making a life in music. Toronto-born Phillip Vonesh is an artist who follows his heart wherever it […]

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The Tranzac event calendar is updated regularly. Some events (such as private rehearsals, parties, and tentative events that are being contracted) are not displayed in the calendar. As such the calendar is not a comprehensive representation of venue availability. If you do not see your event in the calendar, please review our Event Promotion & Style Guide

This calendar was established in May 2023. To view an archived calendar with basic event information, please click here.