Concert Listings Roundup #342

You can read more about why I'm doing listings here. Long story short: This curated and decidedly non-comprehensive list contains nothin' but shows that I am going to/would go to if I had more time.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

The Sweetest Noise: A Birthday Celebration of Justin Haynes (feat. Rebecca Campbell with Lina Allemano/Andrew Downing/Nick Fraser/Tania Gill/Thom Gill/Craig Harley/Jean Martin/David Travers-Smith/Kevin Turcotte) / Hugh's Room 2020-02-24 (Monday) [more info]

Soundstreams Encounters: Making it all up? [performance and discussion] (feat. Nick Storring / Chris Pruden / Araz Salek / Rob Clutton) / Gladstone Hotel 2020-02-24 (Monday – free with RSVP!) [FB event]

CMC/Riparian Acoustics Present ["solo and duo works for flute and cello, with some works featuring electronics"] (feat. Amahl Arulanandam/Sara Constant) / Canadian Music Centre 2020-02-25 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Furniture Music (feat. Pat Boyle & Friends [Pat Boyle/Meghan Gilhespy/Ernie Tollar/Alex Fournier/Paul Fitterer] / Queasy Weasel [Bea Labikova/Ashley Urquhart/Caleb Klager/Stefan Hegerat]) / Wenona Lodge 2020-02-25 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-02-25 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Exit Points #1 (feat. Glen Hall/Curtis Whitaker/Michael Palumbo / Raph Roter/Hryso Maheras/Rob Cruickshank) / Hirut Restaurant 2020-02-26 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Scott Hardware (Lee Paradise) / The Boat 2020-02-26 (Wednesday – rescheduled show!) [FB event]

Music by Harry and Furlong (feat. Harry Vetro's Adolescence Ensemble [Meghan Noelle Gilhespy/Madeleine Ertel/Ben Frost/Harrison Argatoff/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Dan Pitt/Patrick O'Reilly/Noah Franche-Nolan/Yunjin Claire Lee/Hayden Farrar/Harry Vetro] / Ian McGimpsey) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-02-26 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Appetite For Deconstruction No.1 [Improvised experimental music curated by experimental artist Mike Barber. Each evening is divided in two parts — guest artists will perform their sets which will be sampled and used as the raw materials for Barber's closing set.] (feat. Jakob Rehlinger/Autotectonic/Mike Barber) / Wenona Lodge 2002-02-27 (Thursday) [FB event]

The Holy Oak Family Singers Revue (feat. Thom Gill/Luka Kuplowsky/Robin Dann/Felicity Williams/Ben Whiteley/Ivy Mairi/Joseph Shabason/Alex Lukashevsky/Evan Cartwright/Carmen Elle/Alex Samaras/Ben Gunning) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-02-27 (Thursday) [FB event]

It's Been Fun! [“End of an Era” party] (feat. Slutcode / Body Butter / ZA / Loji) / Handlebar 2020-02-27 (Thursday) [FB event]

Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-02-28 (Friday – early!)

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-02-28 (Friday)

Freesound 02 [works by Laurence Crane, Pauline Oliveros, Paolo Griffin, Maya Verlaak] (feat. Freesound Ensemble) / The Music Gallery 2020-02-28 (Friday) [FB event]

Young Guv (Pretty Matty / BLANKS) / The Garrison 2020-02-28 (Friday) [FB event]

M.I.N.D. [album release show!] / The Dupe Shop 2020-02-29 (Saturday – all-ages! free!) [FB event]

Dai Fujikura Mini-Marathon (feat. The Array Ensemble / Thin Edge New Music Collective) / Array Space 2020-02-29 (Saturday) [FB event]

Erin Corbett (Miserable Weekend / Output 1:1:1) / The Cavern Bar 2020-02-29 (Saturday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Brooklyn Bohach/Laura Swankey/Noah Franche-Nolan/Yunjin Claire Lee/Zachary Cardwell / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-02-29 (Saturday) [FB event]

First Sunday Jam #3 (feat. Maggie Keogh/Daniel Easty/Robert Chapman/Chris Banks/Spencer Cole + jam to follow!) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2020-03-01 (Sunday) [FB event]

Emergents II (feat. Bakarlari) / The Music Gallery 2020-03-01 (Sunday) [FB event]

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Add these to your calendar:

Reminder: This post only contains this week's updates — the full listings can always be found over on the right-hand sidebar!

M.I.N.D. [album release show!] / The Dupe Shop 2020-02-29 (Saturday – all-ages! free!) [FB event]

Spring On Winter [Patrick Grant/Raf Reza/Daniela Gassi/Ashley Beattie] (C.R. Gillespie) / Sellers & Newel 2020-03-03 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Ghostlight (Eiyn Sof) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-03-04 (Wednesday) [FB event]

In Between Sounds #107 (feat. Lorde Awesome) / The Only Café 2020-03-05 (Thursday) [FB event]

Carmen Elle (Within / Hiroki Tanaka) / Handlebar 2020-03-05 (Thursday) [FB event]

Action Packed Vol. 2 (feat. Bloodshot Bill / Ichi-Bons / The Shook Boys) / The Dakota Tavern 2020-03-07 (Saturday) [FB event]

Processor (Bile Sister / Memorex) / Duggan's Brewery 2020-03-07 (Saturday) [FB event]

The Furniture Music Composition Workshop #15: Graphic Score Edition ["bring your graphic scores, text score, mixed media, literal sketch prompts, whatever and see how they play out in the hands of another"] (feat. Ben Frost/Bjorn Kriel/Michael Palumbo/Reknee Harrett) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-03-08 (Sunday – 5 to 7 p.m.!) [FB event]

Lina Allemano [Glimmer Glammer solo trumpet CD release!] (Bloop!) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-03-08 (Sunday) [FB event]

The AMBiENT PiNG (feat. Your Winters Are Like Summers Here / notsawry) / Handlebar 2020-03-11 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Joyfultalk [A Separation of Being LP release!] (Joyful Joyful) / Burdock Music Hall 2020-03-16 (Monday) [FB event]

Tough Age (So Young / Elmer Flood) / Handlebar 2020-03-21 (Saturday) [FB event]

Praises [EP Release!] (Queen of Swords / Secret Sign) / Monarch Tavern 2020-03-27 (Friday) [FB event]

So Sensitive (Rapport / So Young) / The Baby G 2020-04-08 (Wednesday) [FB event]