Monday Roundup #256

Concert announcements:

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. The Adjacence [Lina Allemano/Ryan Driver/Nick Fraser/Karen Ng]) / Wenona Lodge 2025-12-16 (Tuesday) [more info]

Agnes [Rob Clutton/Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-16 (Tuesday) [more info]

Tireless Foliage [Jiaqing Wilson-Yang/Germaine Liu/Karen Ng] (Jordaan Mason / Eli Howey) / Three Dollar Bill 2025-12-17 (Wednesday) [more info]

Output 1:1:1 (Tigatron) / Ted's Collision 2025-12-17 (Wednesday). $10/pwyc. [more info]

Makam Nights (feat. George Sawa & Suzanne Meyers Sawa) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2025-12-18 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

coexisDance #112 (feat. Pulga Muchochoma/Waleed Abdulhamid/Nidhi Baadkar/Xicada/Tyler J Sloan/Amiel Ang/Steph Chua) / Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre 2025-12-19 (Friday). $15 (pwyc). [more info]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents BPM (Big Percussion Meeting) (feat. Bobby Gadda/Brandon Valdivia/Brian Fog/Jaz Tsui/Louis Pino/qeTTe fossa) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-19 (Friday)

Today Versions presents Del Stephen's New Panettone ["improvvisazione radicale & art excavations"] (feat. Del Stephen/Patrick O'Reilly/Mira Martin-Gray/Rod Campbell/Kieran Maraj/James Bailey/Andrew Finlay Stewart) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-20 (Saturday – 5 p.m.). [FB event]

people | places | records presents (feat. Yang Chen / David Zucchi) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-27 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Tranzac New Years Eve (feat. Eucalyptus / Alex “Bad Baby” Lukashevsky & Cocoa Corner [Aidan McConnell/Jack Johnston/Evan Cartwright/Charliecello/Alex Lukashevsky] / Bag) / The Tranzac 2025-12-31 (Wednesday). $33.64 adv / $32 door. [tickets/more info]

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Shows this week:

Florian Hoefner Trio [Florian Hoefner/Andrew Downing/Nick Fraser] / The Rex 2025-12-07&08 (Sunday & Monday). $21. [more info]

The United Jewish People’s Order's Big, Beautiful Winter Fundraiser (feat. Black Ox Orkestar / Marching Disorder / Judy Rebick / Elvira Kurt) / Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre 2025-12-08 (Monday). $20-$60 suggested, no one is ever turned away. [tickets + more info]

Brodie West presents (feat. Brodie West's Double Double Basses Quintet [Brodie West/Rob Clutton/Josh Cole/Patrick O'Reilly/Blake Howard]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-10 (Wednesday – early)

10 Year Anniversary / Reunion party (feat. Bill Gilliam/Kayla Milmine/Ambrose Pottie) / Annette Studios 2025-12-10 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

mdbm [Michael White/Maggie Keogh/Don Rooke/Blake Howard] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-10 (Wednesday). [more info]

Triio [Alex Fournier/Bea Labikova/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Tom Fleming/Racha Moukalled/Stefan Hegerat] / Sellers & Newel 2025-12-11 (Thursday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Ariane Morin Residency, Concert #3: Balkan Brass Band (feat. Ariane Morin/Max Forster/Nathan Dell-Vandenberg/Ian Tulloch/Jaash Singh) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-11 (Thursday). $pwyc, suggested $20. [more info]

Jane Inc. [A Rupture, A Canyon, A Birth album release celebration] (Aisha Sasha John) / The Baby G 2025-12-12 (Friday). $23.87, 19+. [FB event]

not a band [Modern Rot EP release] (Bag / Ether Girls) / Handlebar 2025-12-12 (Friday). $15/pwyc. [FB event]

Musica Universalis (feat. I Have Eaten the City [Colin Fisher/Brandon Valdivia/Nick Storring]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-12 (Friday). [more info]

The Mike Milligan Trio [Mike Milligan/Nick Fraser/Brodie West] / Sellers & Newel 2025-12-13 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Burn Down the Capital, Venus Fest and The Music Gallery present (feat. Beverly Glenn-Copeland with special guest Elizabeth Copeland / Kamra / Topanga Trio) / East End United Church 2025-12-13 (Saturday). $35-$40 PWYCA. [more info]

Le Monde Holiday Show (feat. Colin Fisher Quartet [Colin Fisher/Ben Dwyer/Spencer Cole/William Hunt] / Maxwell Stover [solo]) / Le Monde 2025-12-13 (Saturday). $20. [more info]

Toronto Improvisers Orchestra / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-14 (Sunday – noon) [more info]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Sympathetic String Band / Nick Flanagan / Finnbogiorn Orn) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-14 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

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Video hits:

• If you've been itching for a chance to spot local fave Lina Allemano playing as part of Mats Gustafsson's Fire! Orchestra, this archived livestream from the past weekend might be right up your alley: