Just July, Tsundial, School The Band, and Man Is Five
Main Hall, Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, TorontoWeek of Events
Tranzac Spring Craft Fair
Mark your calendars! Tranzac's First Spring Craft Fair is coming up May 27 & 28. A Free indoor/outdoor shopping weekend event with over 27+ artisans, bakers, and crafters. Support the local community by stopping by and grab a drink from the bar while enjoying some delightful music in the Southern Cross Lounge. You'll find everything […]
ToQue Trad Quebecois Jam
Fergus Hambleton
Fergus Hambleton
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 […]
Xuan Ye 2023 Solo Concert
Xuan Ye 2023 Solo Concert
After a three-year absence from the IRL stage, interdisciplinary artist Xuan Ye 叶轩 is presenting a solo concert of comprovisation, as their annual ritual in sonic somatic performance. Admission is free but registration is encouraged. Option to purchase vinyl with admission. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/xuan-ye-2023-solo-concert-tickets-626537088297 We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the […]
Robert Priest And Friends
Robert Priest And Friends
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.
Just July, Tsundial, School The Band, and Man Is Five
Just July, Tsundial, School The Band, and Man Is Five
Night full of incredible music from four Toronto high school bands. Come for an electrifying night full of dancing, jumping, and more. Attend! Attend! Attend!
Conversation Jazz Jam
Conversation Jazz Jam
Conversation - a Tranzac Jam is a weekly jam that invites musicians and dancers into a safe space where the only rule is be in the moment while creating music in community with others. Each week a house band starts off the night with a 45 minute set of music and then the floor is […]
Practice Strategic Contemplation: Conversation, Poetry, and Collaboration in three new books by Alexandra Juhasz
Practice Strategic Contemplation: Conversation, Poetry, and Collaboration in three new books by Alexandra Juhasz
Join us for an evening of interventions and conversations around Alexandra Juhasz's three recent books: My Phone Lies to Me (Punctum, 2022), We Are Having This Conversation Right Now (with Theodore Kerr, Duke, 2022) and Really Fake (with Ganaele Langlois and Nishant Shah, Minnesota, 2021). Dr. Alexandra Juhasz is Distinguished Professor of Film at Brooklyn […]
WEPFEST
WEPFEST
West End Phoenix presents a mini-festival featuring a series of writers, poets, singers and songwriters for a three day celebration of songs and ideas and music. Tuesday, May 23: Cory Doctorow Book Launch. Thursday, May 25: John Southworth and the South Seas Album Launch Saturday, May 27: Queer Songbook Orchestra with Special Guests ** Featuring […]
Michael Davidson Presents : Monk’s Music
Michael Davidson Presents : Monk’s Music
A quartet led by vibraphonist, Michael Davidson, exploring the compositions of Thelonious Monk. It’s an amorphous blob of his entire catalogue, drifting through songs as if in a dream. High intensity in a quiet package, delivering a delicate but ferocious interpretation of one of the most important books of music from the 20th century.
Soul Medicine with Frank Patrick, Rebecca Campbell, Jim Bish, Ed Roth, Michael Menegon and Bob Cohen
Soul Medicine with Frank Patrick, Rebecca Campbell, Jim Bish, Ed Roth, Michael Menegon and Bob Cohen
Frank Patrick and Soul Medicine will be filling in for the SPECIAL INTEREST group this month. ** SOUL MEDICINE featuring Frank Patrick, Rebecca Campbell, Jim Bish, Ed Roth, Michael Menegon and Bob Cohen "LOVE, LOSS, POLITICS, JOIE DE VIVRE… HUMANITY IN ALL ITS FOLLY AND BEAUTY SPRING FROM HIS DEEP, DEEP WELL. FRANK IS A […]
Roguelight with Kelvin T
Roguelight with Kelvin T
We're ready to kick off the summer with some international talent! Come to catch the infamous Kelvin T @kelvinisnotahuman from Hong Kong along side all your favorite local heavy hitters: Viscera @viscera00001 Murderclub @murderclubb Andrew Juke @andrewstpower Placeholder @evanburgess___ Simon Thomas @01113st
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Serotonin: A Feel Good Comedy Show
Serotonin: A Feel Good Comedy Show
The last Thursday of every month, hosts Cassie Cao and Chris Middleton invite their friends to do some stand up at the Tranzac. It'll start around 8 pm, but you should get there for 7:30 pm just in case. It will be a good time, promise.
WEPFEST
WEPFEST
West End Phoenix presents a mini-festival featuring a series of writers, poets, singers and songwriters for a three day celebration of songs and ideas and music. Tuesday, May 23: Cory Doctorow Book Launch. Thursday, May 25: John Southworth and the South Seas Album Launch Saturday, May 27: Queer Songbook Orchestra with Special Guests ** Featuring […]
Days of Lavender – Live at the Tranzac
Days of Lavender – Live at the Tranzac
Vancouver-based Days of Lavender is taking the stage at the Southern Cross to introduce you to their unique and soulful electronic sound.
c_RL / Wenderly Park / Fish with an “F”
c_RL / Wenderly Park / Fish with an “F”
c_RL (Allison Cameron, Nicole Rampersaud, Germaine Liu) Improvising together for over a decade, this is a rare opportunity to catch all three members of this trio in the same room. Whether exploring electroacoustic abrasiveness or quilting soft blankets of sound, Germaine Liu (percussion), Nicole Rampersaud (trumpet), and Allison Cameron (small electronic objects and more) equally […]
All-Set! Presents
All-Set! Presents
All-Set! Presents features music based around the trio of Mike Smith (electronics), Pete Johnston (bass) and Jake Oelrichs (drums). The music made in this monthly residency is largely improvised in a subtly-propulsive way that mixes jazz, minimalism and progressive rock. A rotating cast of guests drawn from the roster of Smith and Johnston’s recording imprint […]
Westelaken Album Release w/Little Kid (Solo) and Only God Forgives
Westelaken Album Release w/Little Kid (Solo) and Only God Forgives
Help bring our new album "I am Steaming Mushrooms" into the world with our good friends in Little Kid (Solo) and Only God forgives @ TRANZAC TICKETS $15 or PWYC @ door. Please wear a mask.
The Ryan Driver Sextet
The Ryan Driver Sextet
The Ryan Driver Sextet specializes in the psychedelification of popular American songs from the 1920's through 1960's. They have been engaging in this task monthly since 1999, when they started playing as a quartet at Graffiti's in Kensington Market. The sextet plays only ballads, and almost always very slowly. That said, the interpretations are wildly […]
Yukiko Tsutsui
Yukiko Tsutsui
Japanese singer-songwriter Yukiko Tsutsui will perform her originals, famous Japanese covers and traditional. Come join the "Japanese JukeVox" concert to discover your favourite Japanese tunes at The Southern Cross, Tranzac! Yukiko Tsutsui
WEPFEST
WEPFEST
West End Phoenix presents a mini-festival featuring a series of writers, poets, singers and songwriters for a three day celebration of songs and ideas and music. Tuesday, May 23: Cory Doctorow Book Launch. Thursday, May 25: John Southworth and the South Seas Album Launch Saturday, May 27: Queer Songbook Orchestra with Special Guests ** Featuring […]
Southern Cross Songwriters Series
Drone Day
Drone Day
Celebrate Int-herb-national Drone Day with continuous blown out tone zone with live ambient, downtempo. 4th world, and left field electronics performances by ; Fleshtone Aura : local kid Andrew Zuckerman makes good Th W rbl r: William Davison sage and wizard of tape manipulation and dada drone outs Toanche Dwelling : quiet in the middle […]
The Nilan Perera Quintet
The Nilan Perera Quintet
Nilan Perera's trio with Alex Fournier (contrabass) and Rick Sacks (drums and percussion) will be joined by JIm Lewis (brass) and Naomi McCarroll - Butler (reeds)
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