Toronto’s Indie Live Music listings for Blues/Folk/Roots/Country/East Coast/Jazz++
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MATINEE (Start times between 11am and 3:30pm)
Bluegrass Brunch - 11am - 3pm - $NC - $12 all you can eat brunch (this is not a buffet)
The Foggy Hogtown Boys (listen) (Bluegrass)
at The Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington Ave. Toronto 416-850-4579)
Piano Brunch - 11am-3pm (except when major sporting events like the World Cup are on)
Julian Fauth, James Thomson Blues Duo (video) (Blues/Roots/ “Barrelhouse” Jazz/Vocals/Piano or Guitar & Bass) - 11am-3pm
(2009 Juno Award for Best Blues Album (Ramblin' Son), nominee for numerous Maple Blues Awards)
Axis Gallery & Grill (3048 Dundas Street West, Toronto 416-604-3333) shows map
Toz Antonio G. Piretti solo - noon-3pm
at Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles, Toronto 416-588-2930)
Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band (Dixieland Jazz) 12pm - $uNC
at The Rex (194 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-598-2475)
TBA - 3:30pm - $uNC
at The Rex (194 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-598-2475)
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EARLY EVENING (Start times between 4pm and 6:30pm)
5:00 PM / 6:PM
John Borra & Sam Ferarra (Country/Folk) - 5pm-8pm - $PWYC
at Communist’s Daughter (aka Nazzare bar) (article 1) (article 2) - (1149 Dundas St. W. at Ossington, Toronto 647-435-0103)
Traditional Irish Sessions (Celtic) - 5pm - $NC
Dora KeoghTrad. Irish Pub (141 Danforth Ave. (near Broadview), Toronto 416-778-1804)
Whitney Ross-Barris Jazz Band (Jazz) - 5pm--8pm - $PWYC
at Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles, Toronto 416-588-2930)
G. Mark Weston (+listen) (Acoustic/Lyrical/Folk Rock) - 5pm - $PWYC
at The Local Pub (396 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto 416-535-6225)
6:00 PM
Jack Marks and Lost Wages (+listen) (Folk/Country/Roots) - 6pm-8pm - $PWYC
at The Cameron House - Front Room ( 408 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-703-0811)
Bluegrass Sundays: 6-9pm - $NC
Kitgut's Old Time String Band (Roots/Country/Bluegrass)
at The Gladstone Hotel: The Melody Bar (1214 Queen Street West, Toronto 416-53-4635)
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EVENING (Start times 7pm and later)
7:00 /8:00PM
Tara Davidson Group (+listen) (Jazz) - 7-9pm - $uNC
at The Rex (194 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-598-2475)
Derek Pilgrim (listen) (Newfoundland Country&Trad./Country) - 8pm - $NC
at The Blue Lagoon (3180 Lakeshore Blvd. West, (@Kipling) Etobicoke 416-259-4700)
9:00 / 9:30 PM
Not-So-Modern Jazz Quartet (Jazz) - 9pm-12am - $PWYC
at Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles, Toronto 416-588-2930) PWYC
Don Byron (NY) - 9:30pm - $9approx.
at The Rex (194 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-598-2475)
10:00 PM
The Ruiners - 10pm - $?
at The Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington Ave. Toronto 416-850-4579)
Gord Zubrecki (+listen) (Pop/Folk/Country) - 10pm - $PWYC
at The Local Pub (396 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto 416-535-6225)
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Listing of Performances
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additional information
Sunday August 22, 2010
$5 = $5 cover charge at door
$NC = No cover charge (Free)
$PWYC = No cover charge. Pay what you can - Donate what you wish to the
band, if you choose to do so.
$uNC = Venue usually has no cover but may vary with the act
Although we try to be current, we can not track all changes in cover charges, start times or performers.
Changes do happen. Call the venues to confirm times and acts.
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