Sundays are for lifting up our voices, sharing ideas and experiences, and meeting friends new and old. That's the goal of HARMONY, a gathering on the first Sunday of the month in the Southern Cross lounge. Join us for a vibrant mix of communal singing, thought-provoking talks, engaging conversations, and much more.
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Dave Clark Presents! Angie Hilts & Emma Campbell in an evening of solo performances. Each will play their original material that ranges from roots, to pop, soul, jazz, country and beyond. Be prepared to be dazzled by their with and lovely songs.
Peripheral Vision is excited to have a special edition of Harley Card’s Two Tomorrows band opening, with Harley Card on vocals, Don Scott on guitar, Matt Newton on keys, and Dan Fortin on bass. Peripheral Vision is one of the most exciting and innovative jazz quartets on the international jazz scene, performing together for 15 […]
Holy Oak Family Singers perform the music of Yo La Tengo. FEAT. THOM GILL, CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD, FAN WU ALEX LUKASHEVSKY, PHIL MELANSON , JOSH COLE ROBINSON KIRBY, ELLA COYES, STEVEN NORONHA, LUKA KUPLOWSKY, ELIZA NIEMI, TIM BIZIAEV, SARAH RUBA
Ghostlight continues their equinox and solstice residency at the Tranzac. Each show will resonate on the shifting planet while crossing the lines of dreams and other unconscious states. File alongside, The Velvet Underground, Scott Walker, Beach house and Black Dice. The show starts at 9.30 pm (new start time) at the Southern Cross. Suggestion $10.
The late Richard Laviolette's band will perform the songs from his last album "All Wild Things Are Shy" together with guest vocalists Abigail Lapell, Jiaqing Wilson Yang, Tamara Lindeman (The Weather Station), Terra Lightfoot, José Contreras (By Divine Right), Peter Demakos (Pete Moss), Cormac Culkeen (Joyful Joyful), and Geordi Gordon, with an opening set by […]
streaking songplanter rooted in labor folk songs; anchored by a trunk in 90s grunge bark; growing djent to alt pop branches; and bearing a bittersweet fruit, nourishing immune systems by first strengthening hearts
Ayal Senior & Friends 2024 Residency in the Southern Cross Room at the legendary Tranzac returns in September with Edition #10! Featuring the unescapable sounds of Kurt Newman ladies & gentlemen! https://rat-drifting.bandcamp.com/album/cagey-doves https://ayalsenior.bandcamp.com/track/naomi Senior & Newman continue to compose the next songbook LP & are honoured to be sharing the stage once again with GREYDINI […]
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 #improvisedmusic #foundsounds
Frontliners and Backgrounders This series of paintings by artist Frank Perna, began as a group of unresolved abstractions that suggest exterior/interior spaces as well as landscapes. The figures were drawn literally from social media, printed in various sizes, painted in oil and collaged onto the abstractions giving them scale and potential context as indicated by […]
Singer-songwriter Jon Stancer will be making his first live appearance in several years, playing new songs from his forthcoming album (releasing in Spring, 2025), as well as songs from past releases. He will be accompanied by musician, Steve Himel.
Join The Mighty Gill Show, for a rare reunion performance. Tania Gill - piano, Mike Overton -bass and Jake Oelrichs - drums, performed as the Mighty Gill Show at the Tranzac every Thursday in 2003-2004. Though they have since played in other settings together, they have not performed as The Mighty Gill show in yes, […]
Come join us for a great afternoon singing...all your fave Beatle songs played acoustically with lyric sheets...with Neil Chapman, Bob Cohen, Fergus Hambleton and special guests
Please join Stranger Still for an evening of prog folk, featuring the poetry of Alden Nowlan (1933-83) set to music. We will be premiering new music we have been working on, and dropping in some numbers from our two albums. As always, Stranger Still is and will be Mim Adams and Randi Helmers (voices), Rob […]
Honeypaw plays Finno-Baltic neofolk that explores ancient vocal and instrumental harmonies, fusing them with modern soundscapes and rhythms. 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 […]
Tilman Lewis, cello Nilan Perera, guitar Laura Swankey, voice Something special happens when the three of us play. Come be part of the magic.
Our dear friend, colleague, mentor, marvelous musician and generous soul Bill Westcott shuffled off this mortal coil on July 20th and we are gathering to celebrate with all the wonderful groups and friends he connected with through that amazing little instrument, the ukulele. We will have a couple of performances and a lot of sing- […]
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CIV Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) is Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series Featured poets: Marusya Bociurkiw & Mosab Al Nomairy + Open Mic for poetry in any language Host: Bänoo Zan Time: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Place: Main Hall, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON […]
Join Jen Schaffer and the Shiners for an evening original soulful folk music, including a preview of their soon-to-be released single, The Rift - coming out on October 7th, 2024.
3 accomplished musicians come together to explore free improvisation…..composing in live time.
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