Monday Roundup #280

Community notes:

• There is a gofundme running to help support Rebecca (Bobby) Benson, Cris Derksen's wife who was critically injured in the crash that took Derksen's life last week.

• There is a call for performers for The Bloor Annex BIA's Summer Music Series, with performances taking place on the busker stage at Bloor and Brunswick. Applications are due by Friday, and you can get more information and a link to the application here.

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Concert announcements:

Equinox and Solstice Residency (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-06-03 (Wednesday). $pwyc ($15 suggested) [FB event]

Do West Fest (feat. Bends / So Perfect / Thee Terrible Threes) / Hank's Liquor 2025-06-05 (Friday) [more info]

Tania Gill presents (feat. Agnes [Rob Clutton/Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-06-05 (Friday – early). [more info]

Do West Fest (feat. Scummm / Not A Band / Triples / Flake) / Hank's Liquor 2025-06-06 (Saturday) [more info]

Do West Fest (feat. Easy Rider / Rockford) / Hank's Liquor 2025-06-06 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [more info]

Safar: a Raga Journey with Sitar and Tabla (feat. Zaheer Abbas & Neha Mahajan) / Small World Centre 2026-06-07 (Sunday – 5 p.m.). $37.57. [FB event]

New Works for Improvising Musicians (feat. Josh Cole Trio + Strings [Josh Cole/Aline Homzy/Nick Storring/John Oswald/Blake Howard]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-06-08 (Monday). $PWYC/$10 (notaflof). [more info]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / David Sait / Nick Flanagan / Nathan Yell) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-06-14 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.). $pwyc. [more info]

Is your show missing from this list? Submit it via this form!

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Shows this week:

Jazz Rat Monday (feat. Patrick Smith/Nancy Walker/Eric West/Mark Godfrey) / Dina's Tavern 2026-05-25 (Monday). $pwyc. [more info]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Alex Lakusta/Stefan Hegerat] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-05-25 (Monday). $15/PWYC. [more info]

Solitary Shrew Presents (feat. Catherine Crescent / Tania Gill/Aline Homzy/Brittany Pitt/Mira Riselli/Joe Sorbara) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-05-26 (Tuesday – early). $pwyc ($10 suggested). [more info]

Bitstance [William Brent/David Cecchetto/Colin Clark/Adam Tindale] / Array Space 2026-05-26 (Tuesday). $free, all ages

May Tuesdays Residency (feat. Velour Underground) / The Baby G 2026-05-26 (Tuesday). $free, 19+. [FB event]

Nick Fraser presents (feat. Nick Fraser's Special Topics / Max Stover [solo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-05-26 (Tuesday). [more info]

Geordie Gordon [River Round release celebration, full band with horn section!] (José Contreras) / Burdock Music Hall 2026-05-27 (Wednesday). $20.34. [more info]

INSTITUT 004 (feat. Luka Kuplowsky & Band [The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows album release celebration!] / Evan J. Cartwright / Noriko Yamamoto) / St. Volodymyr Institute 2026-05-28 (Thursday). $27.96. [more info]

More Noise Please! presents: Static//Dissonance//Rhythm//Eruption (feat. Fatboi Sharif & Icky Reels / Andrew Nolan / Escote / Gorf / 999ADJ) / BSMT 254 2025-05-28 (Thursday). $20. [tickets + more info]

coexisDance presents: coexisLAB/coexisJAM [for coexisJAM: sign up at the show to perform] (feat. Aisha Sasha John/George Stamos/Alicia Grant/Ali Massoudi) / Intergalactic Arts Collective 2026-05-28 (Thursday). $15/pwyc. [more info]

CCMC [Mani Mazinani/Christine Duncan/Casey Sokol/Cheryl O/Rick Sacks/John Oswald/Gord Monahan] / Array Space 2026-05-28 (Thursday). $free, livestream available. [more info]

Karen Ng presents (feat. Felix Henkelhausen/Nick Fraser/Karen Ng/Chris Pruden/Brodie West) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-05-28 (Thursday). $pwyc. [more info]

Sook-Yin Lee with Dylan Gamble [72RHR release celebration] / Sonic Boom 2026-05-29 (Friday). $free, all ages

Exit Points #72 (feat. Hivemaker/Altar Egoic/Doorgirlvibe/Michael Palumbo / Shwaas/Judy Luo/Jonelle Sills/Zack Goldstein/Colin James Gibson) / Array Space 2025-05-29 (Friday). $17.52 (early bird)/$22.89 (advance)/$28.27 (general). [more info]

Venus Fest + More Noise Please present: Drone Day (feat. Auto Feeder / Esssena / fossa séu / Grief Debt / Mira Martin-Gray / Shemona / three6marilyn / Xodkaar) / It's Ok* Studios 2025-05-30 (Saturday – 2 p.m.). #11.64/$16.97/$22.29, all ages. [tickets + more info]

Battute e Pizzicato: Celebrating the 17th-Century Guitar (feat, Musicians of the Egg) / Church of the Redeemer 2026-05-31 (Sunday). $30 (general admission), $20 (students/arts workers). [FB event]

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Video hits:

• This blog was a big fan of DAS RAD during their inital run — and was pleased when the band returned from hiatus a couple years back with some occasional shows. Now a new album has been announced for fall, with this video leading the way:

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It happened this week...

• ...on May 26, 2015 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot - [second piece]

• ...on May 30, 2015 at Artscape Gibraltar Point (EXVEE).

New Fries - Jasz + Jz III

• ...on May 30, 2015 at Artscape Gibraltar Point (EXVEE).

Maloo - Make Me Believe In You

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]