Community notes:
- The second Tranzac Town Hall will be taking place on Sunday (May 25th) in the Main Hall from 1 to 4 p.m. "Open to all members of the Tranzac community: old members, new members, lapsed members and never members, artists, audience and attendees. We have been examining options around charitable status for the organization and we want to share those with you and get your feedback. If you have additional ideas or topics you would like to discuss please use this form and submit by May 21st."
Concert announcements:
Confluent Motion [Bill Gilliam/Kayla Milmine/Rob Clutton/Joe Sorbara] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-05-26 (Monday) [more info]
The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-05-30 (Friday). [more info]
Sonomadic Improv (feat. Walter Gershon [talk] / Schoorl/Milmine Duo / Imaginary Lines Quartet [Jonathan Kay/Walter Gershon/Joe Sorbara/Brandon Davis] / Astrid Gnome [Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay/Mike Smith/Alex Fournier/Aaron Blewett]) / Annette Studios 2025-05-31 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]
Bayê Bakûr (Northern Breeze) (feat. Shahriyar Jamshidi & Hezil) / Canadian Music Centre 2025-05-31 (Saturday). $25 (advance)/$30 (at the door). [FB event]
Uma Nota Culture and Lulaworld Festival present: Bruno Capinan's Pride Month Party (Concert & Drag Cabaret) (feat. Bruno Capinan) / Lula Lounge 2025-06-01 (Sunday). $30.58, under 18 with parent or legal guardian. [FB event]
Track Could Bend #105 (feat. William Davison/Phil Hamilton / Aliyah Aziz) / Wenona Lodge 2025-06-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]
Equinox and Solstice Residency (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-04 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Araz Salek [Peripheries of Nahavand album launch and birthday celebration] / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-06-08 (Sunday – 6 p.m.) [FB event]
Hooveriii (The John Denver Airport Conspiracy) / Blood Brothers Brewing 2025-06-13 (Friday). $24.98, 19+. [FB event]
New Chance [A Rock Unsteady record release] (Bile Sister) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-06-14 (Saturday). $28.27. [more info/tickets]
Is your show missing from this list? Submit it via this form!
Shows this week:
Jim Lewis Quartet [Jim Lewis/Harley Card/Dan Fortin/Ethan Ardelli] / The Rex 2025-05-20 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]
Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Brodie West [solo] / Karen Ng/Leslie Ting/Germaine Liu) / Wenona Lodge 2025-05-20 (Tuesday) [more info]
Cassiar Records presents (feat. Josh Cole’s Quartet + Strings [Lina Allemano/John Oswald/Aline Homzy/Nick Storring/Blake Howard/Josh Cole]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-05-20 (Tuesday) [FB event]
May Residency (feat. Roy) / The Cameron House 2025-05-21 (Wednesday – 6 p.m.) [more info]
Doug Paisley / Monarch Tavern 2025-05-22 (Thursday). $34.37, 19+. [FB event]
Karen Ng presents (feat. Karen Ng/Patrick O'Reilly/%%30%30
) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-05-22 (Thursday) [more info]
TONE presents (feat. Eric Chenaux Trio / Cici Arthur) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-05-23 (Friday). $28.27 adv / $30 door, all ages. [FB event]
Music & Poetry (feat. Silver Pools / Rhiannon Cobb / Bashar Lulu Jabbour / Man Meets Bear) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-05-23 (Friday)
Drone Day 2025 (feat. dreamSTATE / DRONE:KLUB:47) / Trinity St-Paul's Centre 2024-05-24 (Saturday – 2 p.m.). $free, all-ages, family-friendly. [FB event]
Blunt Object [Jay Hay/Ben Dietschi/Gordon Hyland/Jesse Malone/Teppei Kamei/Heather Saumer/Robin Jessome/Josh Bird/Tania Gill/Victor Batemen/Eric West] / The Rex 2025-05-24 (Saturday – 2 p.m.). $10/$15. [FB event]
Retrievals: New Music for Old Tech ["new works for violin and electronics by Tsz Long Yu and James Lowrie alongside Alvin Lucier's "Clocker". Expect 90s living room vibes, static, street lights indoors, an ice-fishing camera shaped like a fish, and very much more."] (feat. Arlan Vriens / Tim Roth) / Canadian Music Centre 2025-05-24 (Saturday). $free. [FB event]
More Noise Please Presents: An Evening of Relentless Noise (feat. Worth / Pain Appendix / Taskmaster / Jute / Toanche Dwelling) / The No No Room at The Dock Ellis 2025-05-24 (Saturday). $15/pwyc. [FB event]
Imaginary North presents: Ambient Afternoon/Drone Day Hangover (feat. Astrolope / dreamSTATE / Ely Lyonblum / Erica Whyte / Grace Scheele / Hymns57 / Kilometre Club / Kyle Gottschalk / Measure / Mia Moon / Michael Palumbo / Wakabuggie) / Standard Time 2025-05-25 (Sunday – 3 p.m.). $11.30. [more info/tickets]
Sympathetic String Band's Last Sundays Residency (feat. The Sympathetic String Band / Alex Lukashevsky / JOYSHAPE) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-05-25 (Sunday – early) [FB event]
Ben Mike & The Beatles [Ben Rositsan/Maxwell Stover/Zack Goldstein/Ray Goudy/Josh Sparks/Dylan Burrett/Ben Mike/Steven Noronha/Will Hunt/Sara May/Lauren Dillen/Aidan McConnell] (Carolina Lopez / Sweet Lips [debuting a new audio installation]) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-05-25 (Sunday). $20.00 (advance) / $25 (door). [more info]
It happened this week...
- ...on May 23, 2019 at The Horseshoe Tavern.
Jon Langford & The Skull Orchard Welsh Male Chorus - Deep Sea Diver
- ...on May 24, 2019 at Array Space (Invocation Presents).
Nashville Minimalism Unit - May Two Four [excerpt]
[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.]