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Soundstreams presents Top Brass
2019-10-03 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Don’t miss Top Brass, a fanfare celebration to open the Soundstreams season, October 3 at 8 pm at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre!
Three virtuoso trumpeters together for the first time, complete with full string orchestra, performing works ranging in style from baroque to jazz to established new music and world premieres. Immerse yourself as the entire concert hall becomes our stage with spellbinding spatial and theatrical elements.
Performers include Canadian Jens Lindemann, Norway’s trumpet god Ole Edvard Antonsen, and familiar to jazz.fm91 listeners, Ingrid Jensen.
Top Brass – October 3rd at 8pm at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.
Tickets start at just $25 – Visit soundstreams.ca

Yamaha Canada Jazz Orchestra
2019-10-05 19:30 - 22:30 | University of Toronto Faculty of Music, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C5, Canada
Yamaha Canada Music presents the Yamaha Canada Jazz Orchestra featuring Bobby Shew.

Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building Faculty of Music, University of Toronto

Program highlights include:

Musical Director: Rick Wilkins
Saxes: John Johnson, Campbell Ryga (from Vancouver), Tara Davidson, Andy Ballantune, Shirantha Beddage
Trumpets: Jason Logue, Steve McDade, Brian O’Kane, Kevin Turcotte, Chase Sanborn
Trombones: Al Kay, Terry Promane, Mark Ferguson (from Ottawa), Christian Overton
French horns: Janet Anderson, Christine Passmore
Rhythm section: Reg Schwager (guitar), Brian Dickinson (piano), Neil Swainson (bass), Terry Clarke (drums)

Tickets are just $25.
Visit shew.yamahamusic.ca or call 416-408-0208.

George Paginton: Painting a Nation
2019-10-10 - 2020-02-10 | Peel Art Gallery, Museum + Archives, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton, ON, Canada
George Paginton: Painting a Nation
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA)
October 10, 2019 – February 9, 2020

Explore the vast beauty of Canada through the art of one of Ontario’s most prolific landscape painters, George Paginton – a contemporary of the Group of Seven, October 11th to February 9th at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives in historic downtown Brampton.
Program highlights include:

Curator Talk – Sunday, October 27th at 2:00pm
PAMA Paints: Landscape Workshop – Thursday, December 5th at 6:30pm
Panel Discussion – Thursday, February 6th at 7:00pm

Tickets are just $5. For more information visit pama.peelregion.ca.

Mandela at Meridian Arts Centre
2019-10-10 - 2020-01-06 | Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St., Toronto, ON, M2N 6R8, Canada
Mandela
October 10, 2019 to January 5, 2020
Meridian Arts Centre
Explore Nelson Mandela’s fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa. At Robben Island Prison, a former leper colony and animal-quarantine station off Cape Town, Nelson Mandela — Prisoner 466/64 — was kept by South Africa’s white-supremacist regime for 18 years. Among the exhibition’s many dramatic visual features and original artifacts is a replica of Mandela’s eight-foot by seven-foot prison cell.
To purchase tickets, go to meridianartscentre.com.

Ballet Creole: Heart of Cuba
2019-10-11 - 2019-10-13 | Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St., North York, Ontario, M2N 6R8, Canada
Ballet Creole’s Heart of Cuba celebrates Cuba’s African roots and two of the country’s most influential figures in Cuban modern dance. Featuring choreography by Cuban-Canadian artists Arsenio Andrade Calderon (National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica) and Jose Angel Carret (Danza Corpus), alongside Ballet Creole’s artistic director Patrick Parson.
October 11-12 at The Maridian Centre, 5040 Yonge Street
Visit balletcreole.org

JPEC Presents… The Best of Blue Note Records
2019-10-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr., North York, Ontario, M3C 1K1, Canada
Jazz Performance and Education Centre presents…
The Best of Blue Note Records: 80 Years of Jazz
A tribute concert for JPEC co-founder Rochelle Koskie.
Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Aga Khan Museum
Introduced by Brad Barker, in conversation with Bernie Senensky
Tickets are $40, or $20 for students.
Buy tickets at jazzcentre.ca or call 416-839-3252.

jazz.fm91 presents Chandrika Tandon with Kenny Werner
2019-10-15 20:00 - 22:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
jazz.fm91 presents… Breaking Boundaries, a special duo performance of Grammy-nominated artists Chandrika Tandon and pianist Kenny Werner on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the Jazz Bistro.
Described as “two maestros joining in storytelling of enchanted fairytales of the ancient melodies and jazz harmonies, with unexpected rhythmical patterns that combine a wealth of jazz and classical Indian music,” Breaking Boundaries promises to be an unforgettable musical experience.
Opening set: The Colleen Allen Trio featuring Colleen Allen (sax), Rob Piltch (guitar) and George Koller (bass)
Tickets are $25 in advance with a dinner reservation and $30 at the door. For more information, call the Jazz Bistro at 416-363-5299.

Tafelmusik presents Baroque Roots
2019-10-16 - 2019-10-21 | Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Baroque Roots
October 16-20
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre
This October, improvisation takes centre stage when Tafelmusik lets loose for Baroque Roots, October 16-20 at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul Centre.
Featuring early baroque music, renowned for its free expression and virtuosity, don’t miss your chance to hear Tafelmusik’s inspiring musicians showcase their own flexibility and daring in this stunning program capped by Vivaldi.
Tickets from $42, to book visit tafelmusik.org.

Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson Tribute
2019-10-17 20:00 - 23:00 | Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, October 17th, 8pm
Flato Markham Theatre
In the 1950s and ’60s very few jazz artists had as much influence or were as popular as Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson.
The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble featuring guest pianists Taurey Butler and Bernie Senensky perform the music of Dave Brubeck and Canada’s very own Oscar Peterson, Thursday, October 17th at Flato Markham Theatre, presented by Minken Employment Lawyers.
WholeNote credits Rémi and ensemble for playing inspired roles “in bringing the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic genius [of these jazz icons] to life for us again,” and applauds their songful dialogue “which makes for an utterly breathtaking experience.”
To purchase tickets, call 905-305-7469 or visit flatomarkhamtheatre.ca

Brillante Merci Monsieur Chopin
2019-10-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W, Toronto, ON, Canada
Brillante Merci Monsieur Chopin
October 18, 2019, 7:30pm
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Presented by… International Arts & Performers Society
Don’t miss an evening of superlative performances in a tribute to Frederic Chopin’s remarkable music. Legendary jazz icon Adam Makowicz and piano virtuoso Daniel Wnukowski celebrate one of the greatest Pianist’s and Composer’s in the history of music, Wednesday, October 18 at Glen Gould Studio.
For tickets visit bemusednetwork.com/chopin

The Official Blues Brothers Revue
2019-10-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd, Markham, Ontario, Canada
The Official Blues Brothers Revue
Friday, October 25, 8pm
Flato Markham Theatre
The Blues Brothers are back!
There have been many imitators, but there is only one duo with the official stamp of approval to walk in the legendary footsteps of Jake and Elwood Blues.
See Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty don the official hat and sunglasses Friday, October 25th in an unforgettable concert event that captures the infectious humour, unbridled spirit and soulful sound of Aykroyd and Belushi’ original Blues Brothers.
For tickets visit flatomarkhamtheatre.ca

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Roy Thomson Hall
2019-10-29 20:00 - 23:00 | Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON, M5J 2H5, Canada
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Tuesday October 29th, 2019
Roy Thomson Hall
For nearly 50 years, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been traveling the globe, bringing the joy of traditional New Orleans jazz to music fans around the world. Whether performing at prestigious centers like Symphony Hall in Boston, contemporary music festivals like Austin City Limits, or private engagements for Presidents and Kings, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans never fails to bring their audiences dancing into the aisles.
Purchase tickets at roythomsonhall.com

Lizz Wright and Catherine Russell at Koerner Hall
2019-10-30 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Lizz Wright and Catherine Russell
Wednesday, October 30th, 8:00pm
Koerner Hall
Two headlining performances, one night only. On Wednesday, October 30, Koerner Hall welcomes acclaimed American jazz vocalists Catherine Russell and Lizz Wright. Russell, known for her powerful, soulful voice, is the perfect complement to Wright’s smooth, honey-timbered tones.
To purchase tickets call 416-408-0208 or visit rcmusic.com/performance.

Ken Page Memorial Trust 21st anniversary gala and Halloween party
2019-10-31 17:30 - 23:00 | The Old Mill Toronto, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, Canada
Ken Page Memorial Trust 21st Anniversary Gala and Halloween Party
Thursday, October 31, 5:30pm
The Old Mill
jazz.fm91 presents the 21st anniversary celebration of the Ken Page Memorial Trust, October 31st at The Old Mill. Under the magical musical direction of Warren Vache, the spirits of rhythm – Guido Basso, Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Russ Phillips, Rossano Sportiello, Reg Schwager, Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke, will cast their musical spells Halloween night.
For tickets visit kenpagememorialtrust.com

Brazil Film Festival Toronto
2019-11-01 - 2019-11-04 | Bell Tiff LIghtbox, 350 King St West, Toronto, On, M5V 3X5, Canada
The Brazil Film Festival Toronto is back for its 13th edition, November 1-3 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
The lineup includes a number of Cannes Film Festival award winners, including Los Silencios, Amazonia Groove, Simonal and more.
For tickets and info, visit www.brazilfilmfest.net.

Toronto Sings the Breithaupt Brothers Songbook
2019-11-02 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
The Royal Conservatory presents… Toronto Sings the Breithaupt Brother’s Songbook
America has Gershwins, Canada’s got the Breithaupts! Don and Jeff Breithaupt’s jazz and musical theatre neo-standards have been hailed as the next Great American Songbook.
On Saturday, November 2, Toronto’s best vocalists — Jackie Richardson, Kellylee Evans, Denzal Sinclaire, Heather Bambrick and more — will bring their songs to life at Koerner Hall.
For tickets visit rcmusic.com/performance

Copy That | Tarragon Theatre
2019-11-06 - 2019-12-09 | Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
“So what people watch on TV, it’s got nothing to do with the real world?”
Renowned playwright Jason Sherman’s caustic look at the entertainment industry, Copy That takes us behind the scenes of network television. Four writers struggle to get their new cop show approved for production. When the team’s only Black writer is roughed up by an actual cop, the fallout threatens to not only kill the show, but expose the systemic racism at the heart of popular entertainment itself.
From the author of last season’s moving account of the life of Marshall McLuhan (The Message).
For tickets, go to tarragontheatre.com.

Etobicoke Jazz Festival
2019-11-07 - 2019-11-08, 2019-11-10 - 2019-11-11
IC Savings presents the fifth annual Etobicoke Jazz Festival, November 7 and 10 at Humber College and the Crooked Cue Etobicoke.
Four days of world-class performances from jazz’s best: Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Robi Botos, Hilario Duran, Lorne Lofsky and Alex Dean, Pat LaBarbera, jazz.fm91’s Laura Fernandez and many more.
For tickets visit etobicokejazz.com.

Bravo Niagara's Voices of Freedom Festival
2019-11-08 19:30 - 22:30 | Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 50 St Paul St, St Catherines, ON, L2R 3M2, Canada
Voices of Freedom featuring Monty Alexander’s Harlem-Kingston Express and The Larnell Lewis Band
November 8, 2019, 7:30pm
Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines

Monty Alexander and his Harlem-Kingston Express blend the sounds of his native Kingston, Jamaica, with the classic jazz tradition of New York’s Harlem. Grammy Award nominee Monty Alexander has established himself as one of jazz music’s most diverse and globally recognized piano titans. For six decades, Monty has led some of the most celebrated groups in the genre’s history. Joining Monty for this special Voices of Freedom Festival concert is The Larnell Lewis Band with special guest Bakithi Kumalo.
For tickets visit bravoniagara.org.

JW-Jones Big Band at Flato Markham Theatre
2019-11-08 20:00 - 23:00 | Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd, Markham, Ontario, Canada
JW-Jones Big Band World Premiere
Flato Markham Theatre
Friday, November 8 at 8 pm
Billboard Top 10 Blues Artists, IBC winner, and JUNO nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones is known for his high energy shows. Raw, real, and from the heart, JW and his new 17-piece big band show make their world premiere in Markham. The veteran bluesman has been praised as a red hot young Canadian guitar slinger/singer by Grammy-winning producer Tom Hambridge. The Globe and Mail refers to this Maple Blues Award winner “as one of this country’s top blues guitar stars.” Billboard calls JW part of “a new wave of young talent moving onto Canada’s blues stage.” JW-Jones and company are sure to deliver thrills and chills with vitality and panache.
For tickets, please visit flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.

Carminho and Pilar at Koerner Hall
2019-11-09 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Carminho and Pilar
November 9, 2019, 8:00 pm
Koerner Hall
Two powerhouse singers in an unforgettable night of Portuguese fado and Italian cabaret. Platinum-selling Portuguese artist Carminho is one of the most outstanding and heartfelt voices to come out of the fado resurgence. Italian singer, lyricist, and actress, Pilar blends Italian singer-songwriter tradition with jazz, folk, pop, and theatrical flourishes, backed by a Toronto all-star band featuring Michael and Roberto Occhipinti.
For tickets call 416-408-0208 or visit rcmusic.com/performance.

Tarragon Theatre presents Buffoon
2019-11-12 - 2019-12-16 | Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
Tarragon Theatre presents Anand Rajaram in Anosh Irani’s Buffoon. A Heart Breaking, Tragic and Hilarious tale of a clown finding love at the circus. November 12 to December 15.
Tickets available now at tarragontheatre.com.

David Clayton-Thomas Benefit Concert for Peacebuilders Canada
2019-11-20 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
David Clayton-Thomas Benefit Concert for Peacebuilders Canada
Wednesday, November 20, 8pm
Koerner Hall
Help effect change in our youth justice and education system.
Join Peacebuilders Canada, Wednesday, November 20th at Koerner Hall for a special benefit concert featuring Canadian music icon David Clayton-Thomas, in support of Toronto’s most vulnerable adolescents.
Tickets and VIP packages are on sale now at peacebuilders.ca
Peacebuilders is a nonprofit organization based in Toronto, Canada that seeks to enhance access to justice for youth in conflict and advocate for change in our justice and education systems. We use restorative practices to keep young people out of the criminal justice system, make schools safer for learning and development, and build strong and healthy communities.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents… An American in Paris
2019-11-22 - 2019-11-24 | Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON, M5J 2H5, Canada
An American in Paris with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
November 22 and 23 • 7:30 pm
Roy Thomson Hall
Famed conductor Leonard Slatkin leads a program of all-American masterworks, including Gershwin’s jazzy musical postcard, Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Piano Concerto performed by Canadian gem Jon Kimura Parker, and Bernstein’s Overture to Candide.
For tickets, visit www.tso.ca.

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Memphis … Yes, I’m Ready
2019-11-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
In honour of her Memphis roots, 2017 NEA Jazz Master, three-time Grammy and Tony Award winner, and UN Ambassador Dee Dee Bridgewater brings the city’s rich musical history to life with a collection of blues, R&B and soul classics on Thursday, November 28 at Koerner Hall.
For tickets, go to rcmusic.com.

Estonian Music Week presents Laila Biali & Kadri Voorand
2019-11-29 - 2019-12-01
Two multi-award winning singer-songwriters from opposite sides of the world join forces for two amazing evenings of music. Canada’s Laila Biali and Estonia’s Kadri Voorand.

Friday, November 29 at The Westdale in Hamilton
Saturday, November 30 at The Royal Cinema in Toronto

For tickets, visit thewestdale.ca or eventbrite.ca.

Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show
2019-11-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
In the seven decades since the Blind Boys of Alabama first began singing together, America has witnessed a World War, the civil rights movement, and the Summer of Love; the moon landing, Vietnam, and the fall of the Berlin Wall; JFK, MLK, and Malcolm X; the invention of the jukebox, the atomic bomb, and the internet “Gospel titans.”
The Blind Boys of Alabama have risen to fame with their thrilling vocal harmonies and roof-raising live show. This concert brings you songs from the Talkin’ Christmas! album, the band’s Grammy Award-winning Christmas recording, Go, Tell it on the Mountain, and other Gospel classics.
For tickets, go to rcmusic.com.

Emilie-Claire Barlow: Winter Lights
2019-11-29 20:00 - 23:00 | Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Emilie Claire Barlow – Winter Lights
Flato Markham Theatre
Friday, November 29 • 8PM
Elements of both jazz and pop feature prominently in Winter Lights, a Christmas holiday show to see a top “Canadian jazz chanteuse display an impressive vocal range.” (Latin Jazz Network). Emilie-Claire Barlow is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed jazz singer, arranger, record producer and voice actress. Known for her treatment of both classic pop and jazz songs delivered with a relaxed, polished demeanor, charming humour, and a voice of unforgettable beauty, “she adds newfound depth to such varied selections…” (jazztimes.com). A highly engaging performer with a warm, lithe vocal style and a knack for tackling urbane jazz standards, Emilie-Claire is back to Markham with an eclectic mix of holiday favourites, wintry tunes and classics from her own repertoire.
Tickets at flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.

PAMA Paints: Landscape Workshop
2019-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Peel Art Gallery, Museum + Archives, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton, ON, Canada
PAMA Paints: Landscape Workshop
Thursday, December 5, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives, Brampton
Explore the serenity and beauty of landscape artworks inspired by George Paginton using basic painting techniques in a fun and social artistic environment. This special landscape workshop is hosted by local artist Tamara Thompson and includes a guided tour of the George Paginton: Painting a Nation exhibit. Painting materials are provided.
Tickets are $15 for the general public, members $12.75.
Reserve your spot now.
