This show’s called Between the Boots! This iteration of Between the Boots is a celebration of some of Toronto’s local musicians and poets. Five performances, five original sets. These performances are by Seasonal Birds, Desiree McKenzie, Mike McPhee, Almandrez, and the Between the Boots Crew. Come through!
You are invited to take in an afternoon of ambient interstellar electroacoustic drift vibes. Cosmic Homeostasis is an artistic collective that gathers for the purpose of creating large-ensemble improvised drone-based music. Mixing performers with diverse musical backgrounds and experience levels, performances create space to develop improvisatory skills through listening while constructing unique sonic environments. New […]
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 […]
Join Ella Frank and Siobhan Bodrug for an evening of original and collaborative music in this Songwriting Showcase. These young artists are both singer-songwriters/recording artists from Toronto, and recent graduates from Seneca College’s Independent Songwriting and Performance Program. Ella Frank's Indie-Folk music is defined by her vulnerable lyrics, compelling melodies and her grounded, heart-wrenching voice. […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
Probably Poetry is a bi-monthly performance series hosted by Probably Theatre Collective. Each event features around eight interdisciplinary artists and writers presenting new work inspired by a shared prompt. Check out our instagram @probablytheatre or our website probablytheatre.com for more info.
TANIA GILL (piano and compositions), LINA ALLEMANO (trumpet), and ROB CLUTTON (bass) play trio versions of old and new originals, including music from their most recent Quartet album Disappearing Curiosities, "a terrific form of modern jazz, which cleverly and completely effortlessly balances between modern jazz and the more unpredictable avant-garde" -Ivan Rod, DK. “Her writing […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
Thom Gill and Luka Kuplowsky head up a rotating crew of Toronto artists for eclectic and intimate tribute nights. Reimagining the songbooks of lumaniraries (Arthur Russell, Judee Sill, Roches, The McGarrigles) and local legends alike. Basic Categories: Singer-songwriter, Folk
Two sets of creative music from Toronto combos: The Knot (Tilman Lewis & Nick Storring, cellos) future proof (Bea Labikova, woodwinds/electronics & Raphael Roter, drums/electronics)
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
Strangetooth is a Toronto based bluegrass band known for their rich vocal harmonies, stellar picking, and eclectic song choices.
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
New compositions, songs, pieces, tunes and sounds by Doug Tielli with Tania Gill and Rob Clutton. ...minimalism, modalism, maximilism, falsetto, piano, trombone, bass...
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
The Tranzac Saturday Bluegrass Casual jam takes place every Saturday, 12-2 pm. It is free to participate (a hat is passed at the end to help defray expenses). The jam is open to all players of bluegrass instruments and singers of bluegrass songs who feel confident enough to lead a song or two. Bluegrass […]
In Barbara’s music you can hear echoes of jazz, folk, blues, barrel-house boogie and old-time-religion hymns. She writes story telling songs, offering up intimate portraits of people's lives played in the old blues style on a parlour guitar or upright piano. A singer songwriter and interpreter, Clela’s vibrant blend of folk and jazz creates the […]
On the first Saturday of every month join Evan Webber and other artists for an open rehearsal of a new play titled Corridor, or Seven Spirits Before the Hudson, or One of the Two (not sure). Most theatre is the end result of decisions about how to represent events. This theatre aims not to display […]
The debut public performance of the MINTCHEV5 is meant to invite and join everyone from all walks of life. This trans-generational band plays selections from the spiritual and modal jazz of the 60's and 70's along with original free improvisation pieces that are sure to keep listeners on their toes. This debut exhibition is also […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
HARMONY is a TRANZAC residency on the first Sunday of the month, featuring group singing, readings & lectures, fellowship, and weird (but not too weird) interactive art things. On Sunday, July 7 at 12pm, HARMONY presents "Little Boxes" -- an exploration of architecture and design. Azure editor Elizabeth Pagliacolo will be our guest speaker, plus […]
Howard Gladstone, singer-songwriter, and his excellent band are back at the Tranzac, this month with special guest singer songwriter extraordinaire Jon Brooks. The band consists of Howard Gladstone (vocal, guitar), Tony Quarrington (guitar, vocal), Laura Fernandez (vocal, piano), Bob Cohen (bass) and Ambrose Pottie (drums) with Howard Gladstone on lead vocal and guitar. Jon Brooks […]
Hoping to have a few extra players! Come on out!! Bill Wood’s songs have been described as “what happens when 30 years of songwriting, honed over decades of hard life experiences, meet the craftsmanship of a career musician who doesn’t know what it means to compromise.” these songs take on the aura of old favourites […]
Dave Clark Presents! showcases fantastic local artists who perform their original music. Each event is a surprise gift of sonic goodies for you to behold. See upcoming brilliance and veteran magic perform for your pleasure. Dave Clark Presents! Raha Javanfar, Katie Cruel & MOMxWYFE. Raha is the leader, bassist & lead vocalist of the […]
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.
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
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.
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
Each month, Ghostgirl (Aline Homzy, violinist) delves into a different ghost story from across Canada, crafting original compositions and ghost stories, and exploring improvisation alongside a diverse ensemble of musicians, including Allan Mackie on bass, Michael Davidson on vibes, Steven Noronha on piano, and others. From the ethereal melodies inspired by ghostly tales from Victoria, […]
“Cole can be coolly lyrical, he can write a controlled “classical” counterpoint, he can drop in some funk, and he can also let the improvisers loose in the stratosphere.” - Popmatters.com a night of improvised chamber music with... Aline Homzy - violin Lina Allemano - trumpet Nick Storring - cello John Oswald - alto saxophone […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
A note from Brodie West: For my monthly at the Tranzac I will often schedule my quintet called The Brodie West Quintet which is Tania Gill piano, Josh Cole bass, Nick Fraser drums, Evan Cartwright drums and myself. Sometimes the drummers are substituted up and in that case it's usually Phil Melanson who is there […]
Never Was Never Was has been many different bands and, in its current form, it remains many different bands: a modular ensemble featuring Brandon Davis and Adrian Russouw on basses, Madeleine Ertel on trumpet, Kelvin Mansaray on violin, Naomi McCarroll-Butler on alto saxophone and clarinet, Racha Moukalled on vibraphone, Kae Murphy on trumpet and woodwinds, […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
Strangetooth is a Toronto based bluegrass band known for their rich vocal harmonies, stellar picking, and eclectic song choices.
Shadow Pattern (Hamilton) + Windscour (US) Joe Moffett - trumpet, tapes Zach Rowden - tapes + The Adjacences Lina Allemano - trumpet Ryan Driver - bristle bass Nick Fraser - drums Karen Ng - saxophone
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
With her palette of acoustic folk instruments, Collette whittles out of her imagination beautiful song gems. She brings them to you wrapped in the exciting package of her band of seasoned masters, The Savants: Rebecca Campbell(Jane Siberry, Ian Tamblyn...),John Switzer John Switzer(Jane Siberry, Vance Gilbert, Katherine Wheatley etc.³) Martin Worthy (Joe Hall, Paul Quarrington), Tim […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
The Tranzac Saturday Bluegrass Casual jam takes place every Saturday, 12-2 pm. It is free to participate (a hat is passed at the end to help defray expenses). The jam is open to all players of bluegrass instruments and singers of bluegrass songs who feel confident enough to lead a song or two. Bluegrass […]
Song Experiment is a monthly song lab hosted by Cassie Norton that explores different ways of presenting songs. Different artists and approaches are featured each month. Cassie Norton is a Toronto based singer-songwriter, violinist/multi-instrumentalist, improvisor and climate activist. Cassie tells the stories behind her lyrics with sound, using a wide timbral palette of voice, violin, […]
*Tranzac is the host of the Fringe Festival Patio. Please refer to the Toronto Fringe Festival website for individual events. Toronto Fringe Festival July 3-14, 2024 Discover something new at Ontario’s largest performance festival! There is something for everyone at the Fringe, with 77 shows at 16 venues featuring comedy, drama, musicals, dance, storytelling, and […]
While Ayal is away on tour guest host Joe Strutt presents sounds from Jane Inc (Carlyn Bezic's solo project, which blends alt pop with elements of disco, funk rock and electronic music) and will also be joined by Kurt Newman for the pedal steel meets lap steel sweetness of You're Steel on My Mind (expect […]
Come and hear some new songs Turkwaz has been working on - Turkish, Greek, Arabic and Balkan vocal repertoire. Turkwaz is a unique combination of four musician/singers, immersed in diverse traditions from mysterious Sufi devotional love songs, to rousing Thracian dance music. Each performer brings a special flavour to the group. Maryem Hassan Tollar draws […]
A special trio version of Two Tomorrows featuring Hamilton songwriter and multi instrumentalist; Justin Dunlop. The group will play original songs by all members and improvise soundscapes for your delight. Harley Card (voice, guitar), Matt Newton (piano, synth, saxophone), and Justin Dunlop (voice, guitar, bass).
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.
3RingCircus is a fun salon led by Bob Cohen featuring a great house band and a bunch of regulars and friends. Please get in touch with Bob Cohen through Facebook or by email at ibobcohen@gmail.com if you are interested in participating. Come out and play or just come watch the gears turn! If you are interested in playing, please send […]
This month's flavor, ALPHABET SOUP, will feature 4 sets of poetry simmered amidst improvised music.
Honeypaw invites you to share their journey as they turn unpublished wax cylinder recordings into a modern concert program with traditional instruments. Following the residency in October they will present the results in the Lithuanian villages where the wax cylinders were recorded.
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 is a Toronto based bluegrass band known for their rich vocal harmonies, stellar picking, and eclectic song choices.
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' 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 […]
If you love to sing musical theatre or showtune songs then this is for you. Bring a friend, bring your sheet music, just come and listen, be inspired and just be you. This space is open to anyone that loves musical theatre. It’s a great way to work on song for an audition, to promote […]
Cha-no-yu is a gathering of music producers, improvisers, and listeners held from 21:30 to 23:30 every third Friday at Tranzac Southern Cross. The series showcases a performance by an invited collaborator and Masahiro Takahashi, as well as a performance by a curated guest musician. Inspired by the pioneering spirit of producers like Haruomi Hosono, Jim […]
The Tranzac Saturday Bluegrass Casual jam takes place every Saturday, 12-2 pm. It is free to participate (a hat is passed at the end to help defray expenses). The jam is open to all players of bluegrass instruments and singers of bluegrass songs who feel confident enough to lead a song or two. Bluegrass […]
Cachada is the sound of modern Salvadoran cumbia; a handpicked selection of pan-Latin musicians from Toronto's Latin, jazz, and urban music scenes. The group performs a repertoire of strictly original music that fuses hip hop, reggae, and Latin jazz into their traditional cumbia sound; creating one of the most fun and interesting Latin dance bands […]
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.
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 […]
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.
Join Nate Mills (Run With the Kittens) for an evening of music and hilarity as he regales you with songs of love, death, and all the rest, all middle-aged to perfection. On a nylon string guitar he’ll be showcasing his aptitude as a song writer while joined by Toronto music legends Larry Graves (drums), Erika […]
Children at heart who love comedic, poetic, theatric, yet at times serious storytelling alongside truly magical music, should prepare themselves for the surprising world of Ronley Teper. Teper invites a rotating roster of some of the finest musicians to publicly improvise around her storytelling that cycle through many influences from folk, funk, jazz, cabaret, cinematic, […]
Strangetooth is a Toronto based bluegrass band known for their rich vocal harmonies, stellar picking, and eclectic song choices.
The last Thursday of every month, hosts Surer Qaly 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.
Saxophonist and curator Karen Ng invites guests and collaborators every month to present a night of improvised music or music that lies outside expectations.
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 […]
The Tranzac Saturday Bluegrass Casual jam takes place every Saturday, 12-2 pm. It is free to participate (a hat is passed at the end to help defray expenses). The jam is open to all players of bluegrass instruments and singers of bluegrass songs who feel confident enough to lead a song or two. Bluegrass […]
This show’s called Between the Boots! This iteration of Between the Boots is a celebration of some of Toronto’s local musicians and poets. Five performances, five original sets. These performances are by Seasonal Birds, Desiree McKenzie, Mike McPhee, Almandrez, and the Between the Boots Crew. Come through!
Undisciplined is a trans-medium fine arts workshop/exhibition series designed for emerging queer artists and held monthly at The Tranzac. Participants will engage in generative prompt exercises through various practices—from poetry to photography to book-binding to sculpture, and more—and have the opportunity to share WIP projects for group discussion/feedback. To register or for more information visit […]
The Furniture Music Composition Workshop is a monthly series (or space?) for composers either dealing with an idea that they're stuck on or with sounds that are impossible to realize through a computer. Hosted in the Tranzac's Living Room (usually) every 4th Sunday (usually) from 2-4pm (usually) we assemble a rotating panel of three skilled performer-composers […]
UofT Zine Club is hosting a special Mail Art Party with sounds DJ'ed by Florasystem! Join us for a casual workshop for postcard making, envelope customization, and all other creative snail mail crafts while bathing in experimental tunes. Send something special to a penpal or a neighbour. PWYC, nobody turned away for lack of funds. […]
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 […]
A lifetime member and Columbia recording artist with the Perth County Conspiracy, Terry Jones has played innumerable concerts over 50 years, with various versions of this band, at small venues, concert halls and universities. In 1970 Terry played lead guitar in a musical, "The Line of Least Existence", alongside Danny Devito, Judd Hirsch, and members of The […]
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.
Guitarist James Brown brings his trio of outstanding jazz musicians Clark Johnston (bass) & Aline Homzy (violin) to play original compositions and brilliant arrangements to the Southern Cross.
Each installment of Solitary Shrew features two performances led by women and gender non-conforming artists spanning an array of genres and artistic disciplines. Please check back regularly to learn about the artists participating in each installment
NICK FRASER PRESENTS (JAZZ, IMPROVISED MUSIC): Nick Fraser has been an active and engaging presence in the Toronto new jazz and improvised music community since he moved there from Ottawa in 1995. He works with and presents with a veritable “who’s who” of Canadian jazz and improvised music. Downbeat Magazine: “Drummer Nick Fraser is a […]
Larsen/Fischer/Tielli/Miller is coming to the Tranzac in the last concert of their Eastern Canada tour. The impeccable Karen Ng will join the band in their freely improvised explorations of the infinite and beyond. Expect Berliner Echtzeitmusik fused with all the music and sounds that the band has picked up on their journey together.
Strangetooth is a Toronto based bluegrass band known for their rich vocal harmonies, stellar picking, and eclectic song choices.
The Tranzac Saturday Bluegrass Casual jam takes place every Saturday, 12-2 pm. It is free to participate (a hat is passed at the end to help defray expenses). The jam is open to all players of bluegrass instruments and singers of bluegrass songs who feel confident enough to lead a song or two. Bluegrass […]
In Barbara’s music you can hear echoes of jazz, folk, blues, barrel-house boogie and old-time-religion hymns. She writes story telling songs, offering up intimate portraits of people's lives played in the old blues style on a parlour guitar or upright piano. A singer songwriter and interpreter, Clela’s vibrant blend of folk and jazz creates the […]
On the first Saturday of every month join Evan Webber and other artists for an open rehearsal of a new play titled Corridor, or Seven Spirits Before the Hudson, or One of the Two (not sure). Most theatre is the end result of decisions about how to represent events. This theatre aims not to display […]
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.
