Week of Events
Tranzac Open Stage
Tranzac Open Stage
The Tranzac open stage is every Monday in the Southern Cross room. All are welcome! Start: 7pm Sign up: 6:30pm 8 minute slots (or two songs) The open stage is a safe space in accordance with the Tranzac code of conduct.
Allison Cameron – No Octopus Dancing
Allison Cameron – No Octopus Dancing
No Octopus Dancing Two sets of spontaneous electroacoustic spatter wrangled by organic percussive clatter. Allison Cameron - electronics Stephen Parkinson - guitar Germaine Liu - percussion and electronics Mark Zurawinski - percussion and electronics
Toronto Zine Library Open Hours
Song Talk Meetup
Three Ring Circus
Sebastian Bailey presents: BAILEY | CLUTTON | FRASER | LERNER
Sebastian Bailey presents: BAILEY | CLUTTON | FRASER | LERNER
Join Sebastian Bailey, Marilyn Lerner, Nick Fraser, and Rob Clutton for an evening of freely improvised music. Each musician will contribute their respective approach to making music inspired by the offerings of the moment. The collective tapestry of timbres result in a polyphonic whole. Also listen out for solo, duo, and trio vignettes featured throughout.
Book Launch – An evening of comedy with Stella Walker
Book Launch – An evening of comedy with Stella Walker
Book Launch - An evening of comedy with Stella Walker. The famed Canadian poetess Vera Schultz-Rideout (a fictional creation of Stella Walker) makes a rare appearance in a reading of all of the eleven appalling poems in her anthology “The Rose on the Windowsill of my Pain and Confusion”. Vera’s anthology “The Rose on the […]
Toronto Klezmer Society Epic Klezmer Jam
Toronto Klezmer Society Epic Klezmer Jam
Join the Toronto Klezmer Society on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 9:30-11:30 for our EPIC jam on Jewish folk music known as klezmer! Instrumentalists of all abilities are welcome to join in. Set lists and sheet music is available for download at http://www.torontoklezmersociety.com. We collect money on a PWYC basis to pay the […]
Strangetooth
Strangetooth
Strangetooth is a Toronto based bluegrass band known for their rich vocal harmonies, stellar picking, and eclectic song choices.
Makam Nights
Makam Nights
Makam Nights is an open space dedicated to sharing knowledge of makam music. Each session we will have different musicians join us in discussion and performance, so bring your curiosity, instruments and ideas to share! No limitations to instruments or training, we welcome experimentation and cross-cultural collaboration. This event is pay what you can, with […]
Chris Bezant presents Django at the Tranzac
Chris Bezant presents Django at the Tranzac
‘Chris Bezant Presents Django' brings together a selection of Toronto's heavyweights to celebrate and explore the impression that Django Reinhardt continues to leave on music today. Join Chris Bezant, Jonathan Meyer, Roberto Rosenman, and Mo Mitchell, as they peer through one of the countless facets of the jewel that is Django's legacy. Come find warmth […]
Toronto Zine Library Open Hours
Toronto Cabaret Productions Open Mic Night
Little Kid Album Release Show w/ Advance Base and Eliza Niemi
Little Kid Album Release Show w/ Advance Base and Eliza Niemi
"A Million Easy Payments," the seventh album by Toronto's Little Kid, will be released on February 23rd, 2024 on Orindal Records. To celebrate the release, the band will perform the album at the Tranzac on March 22nd, in a first-time performance with all five members of the band (as well as a few guest appearances!). […]
Ingrid MacDonald’s Rodeo
Ingrid MacDonald’s Rodeo
Rodeo: Join Ingrid MacDonald and friends for a performance of songs from Rodeo: Ingrid's courageous, singular and melodic album of original songs, well sung in the tradition of good folk music with delightful bluegrass overtones. You will enjoy yourself. 7 pm start. PWYC.
Dave Clark’s Western Slang Country Band!
Dave Clark’s Western Slang Country Band!
The Western Slang band walks a country music tightrope in a worn out nudie suit, holding a broken umbrella and wearing a beatific smile. Lead vocalist Dave Clark (Rheostatics, the Woodshed Orchestra, Charles Spearin) has curated a special songbook of his original C&W tunes for his awesome band of pals featuring; Lowell Whitty (drums), Ian DeSousa […]
Saturday Bluegrass Casual
International Astrology Day – Free Mini Readings
International Astrology Day – Free Mini Readings
To commemorate International Astrology Day, members of Astrology Toronto will be offering free 10 minute mini readings to the public. Explore your destiny and life’s path. This event is free for both members and non-members to attend.
Jamzac
Isabel Fryszberg and The Uncommons
Isabel Fryszberg and The Uncommons
Catch Isabel Fryszberg & The Uncommons with Rebecca Campbell, Shelley Coopersmith and we are excited to have playing with us this month, the uncommonly talented and multi instrumentalist Derek Downham playing lead guitar. A late afternoon of originals, sweet harmonies and a diverse repertoire of folk, country, roots songs to kick start the beginning of […]
The Toronto Folk Festival Launch Party
The Toronto Folk Festival Launch Party
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 […]
Purim Celebrations
Purim Celebrations
Celebrate the Jewish festival of Purim with Makom and Toronto Partnership Minyan! Featuring evening & morning readings of the megillah (scroll of Esther), adult party, festive meal, childcare, kids' megillah reading, family carnival, and dedicated parties for middle-schoolers and for high-school teens. Registration required.
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.