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)
Rockabilly Brunch - 11am - 3pm - Hosted by:
Alistair Christl (+schedule) (myspace+listen) (Country/Acoustic/Rockabilly)
Dominion on Queen (500 Queen Street East (East of Parliament at Sumach 416-368-6893) map
Julian Fauth, James Thomson Blues Duo (video) (Blues/Roots/ “Barrelhouse” Jazz/Vocals/Piano or Guitar & Bass) - noon-3pm
(2009 Juno Award for Best Blues Album (Ramblin' Son), nominee for numerous Maple Blues Awards)
at Axis Gallery & Grill (3048 Dundas Street West, Toronto 416-604-3333)
Ori Dagan Jazz & Swing Duo (myspace+listen) (video) (Jazz/Vocals) - 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)
Freeway Dixieland Band (Dixieland Jazz/Vocals) - 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)
4:00 PM
Mike Brennan (myspace+listen+video), Steve Briggs and Guests (Country/Roots)
- 4 -7pm- $PWYC
at Grafitti’s Bar & Grill - (170 Baldwin Ave., Toronto - Kensington Market 416-506-6699)
Sandy McIntyre and Steeped In Tradition (listen) - 4pm-8pm (Celtic) - $NC
at Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub (21 St. Clair Avenue West (at Yonge) Toronto 416-925-7827
5:00 PM / 6:00 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)
Brownman Akoustic Trio (Jazz) - 5pm--8pm - $PWYC
at Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles, Toronto 416-588-2930)
Chris Coole (enter site to listen) (Bluegrass/Roots/Banjo) - 5pm - $PWYC
at The Local Pub (396 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto 416-535-6225)
6:00 PM
The Pocket Company Band - 6pm-8pm - $PWYC
at The Cameron House - Front Room ( 408 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-703-0811)
Bluegrass Sundays: 6-9pm - $NC 20+
Mark Roy and Houndstooth (Bluegrass)
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
Lickin’ Good Fried (myspace+listen) (schedule) (Country/Bluegrass/Acoustic)
- 7-9pm - $?
at The Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington Ave. Toronto 416-850-4579)
Angela Scappatura (enter site for Shows) (listen) (Jazz/Vocals) - 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
Donne Roberts (listen) (World Music) - 9pm--12am - $PWYC
2005 Juno Award for Best World Music Album
at Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles, Toronto 416-588-2930) PWYC
James Brown (myspace+listen) (Jazz) - 9pm - $PWYC
at Mitzi’s Sister (1554 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-532-2570)
Duke & The Dell-ites (video) w/ Luke Nicholson (+listen) (Rock/Pop) - 9pm - $5
Luke has two Genie award nominations (including “BREATHE”) in the 2007 motion picture “Poor Boy’s Game”, 2006 winner of the Molson Canadian Battle of the Bands
at The Reservoir Lounge (52 Wellington Street East, Toronto 416-955-0887) shows map [STT]
Elvis Bossa Nova (Elvis w/ a Latin-Jazz twist) - 9:30pm - $PWYC
at The Local Pub (396 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto 416-535-6225)
Random Access w/ Barry Romberg (enter site to listen) (Instrumental “groove-based” & Free Jazz) - 9:30pm - $9approx.
at The Rex (194 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-598-2475)
10:00 PM
Kevin Quain & The Mad Bastards (video1) (video2) (myspace+listen) (Cabaret-noir/Jazz/Vocals) [STT] - Hard to describe, but not to be missed) - 10pm - $PWYC
(2004 Dora Mavor Moore Outstanding New Musical (General Theatre) Award for “Tequila Vampire Matinee”)
at The Cameron House - Front Room ( 408 Queen St. West, Toronto 416-703-0811)
Steamboat - 10pm -$?
at The Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington Ave. Toronto 416-850-4579)
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Sunday May 30, 2009
$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
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Changes do happen. Call the venues to confirm times and acts.
