Monday Roundup #223

Community notes:

• The Tranzac is offering rehearsal time in The Southern Cross Lounge and Living Room for $25/hour (11am-4pm, Tuesday-Friday). To inquire about availability, fill out the room rental request form or email rentals@tranzac.org.

• From Venus Fest: "The Venus Fest Mentorship Program 2025 is here — and we couldn’t be more excited to kick off another season of connection, growth, and community.
  This program is all about supporting early-career artists and music workers who’ve faced barriers in the industry, with one-on-one mentorship, workshops, peer support and more!
  If you’ve been waiting for a sign to level up your music journey... this is it.
  Spots are limited, so check out all the details and apply now: venusfest.net"

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Concert announcements:

laika berdey and the repeat offenders (Public Library / slack!) / Bampot 2025-05-02 (Friday – late, doors @ 10 p.m.). $15/PWYC, all-ages. [more info]

Project Nowhere x Departure (feat. Mother Tongues / Motherhood / Jane Inc.) / The Garrison 2025-05-08 (Thursday). $20 adv / $25 at the door, 19+. [FB event]

Above Top Secret [Record Release Show] (Sydanie) / The Cameron House (Back Room) 2025-05-15 (Thursday). $15, 19+. [more info/tickets]

Sub-Sessions #10 (feat. Pick A Piper / Essie Watts / Erik Masson / Blush) / BSMT 254 2025-05-15 (Thursday). $pwyc, $15 recommended. [FB event]

Forty on Friday [works by Martin Arnold, Jason Doell (world premiere), Tyshawn Sorey, and Joanna Bailie] (feat. Continuum Contemporary Music) / Hugh’s Room Live 2025-05-30 (Friday). $22.63/$19.44 senior/student/arts worker. [more info]

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Shows this week:

Reduce / Reuse / Recycle ["the orchestra will use excerpts from iconic works in the classical canon as the inspiration for free-improvised pieces, this time accompanied by live improvised art from Tristan Crocker"] (feat. The New Toronto Symphony Orchestra [Zack Goldstein/Jared Berge/Ben Rositsan/Ilinca Stafie/Annie Elgie/Josh Sparks/Crescenzo DiCecco/Connor Crone/Danielle Sum]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-21 (Monday) [more info]

LAKE (Marker Starling / Bernice) / The Garrison 2025-04-22 (Tuesday). $24.11, 19+. [FB event]

No Octopus Dancing [Germaine Liu & Mark Zurawinski / Allison Cameron & Stephen Parkinson / Liu/Zurawinski/Cameron/Parkinson] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-22 (Tuesday) [more info]

Sarah Greene with Paul Kolinski & Michael Herring (Shawn Durkin) / Sellers and Newel 2025-04-23 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Nick Storring [Mirante LP release celebration] (Khôra & Mas Aya) / Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory 2025-04-24 (Thursday). $22.63. [more info/tickets]

Karen Ng presents (feat. BLOOP! / Cole Schmidt’s Lettr Opnr) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-24 (Thursday) [more info]

All-Set! presents: Remembered in Exile - Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia album release (feat.Mole Mountain [Isla Craig/Pete Johnston/Mike Smith/Jake Oelrichs/Elise Boeur/Andrew Killawee]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-25 (Friday – early). [more info]

Exit Points #59 (feat. Doug Tielli/Lina Allemano/Victoria Miller/Matthew Ryals/Mehdi Rostami / Champagne James Robertson/Tia Alandra/Naomi Sky/Nick Flanagan/Michael Palumbo / Switchemups) / Array Space 2025-04-25 (Friday). $15 early bird / $20 adv / $25 door. [FB event]

The Ryan Driver Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-25 (Friday). $pwyw. [FB event]

Change of Heart [In The Wreckage record release!] (Bonnie Trash / Andrew Dickson)/ The Sound Garage 2025-04-25&26 (Friday & Saturday). $35.42, 19+. [FB event]

Dan Pitt Trio [Dan Pitt/Alex Fournie/Nick Fraser] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-26 (Saturday – early). $15/pwyc. [m ore info]

Gloin (Ancient Greece / Dog Whistle) / The Dance Cave 2024-04-26 (Saturday). $28.19, 19+. [FB event]

Casper Skulls [Kit-Cat album release!] (Twist / Kurt Marble) / The Garrison 2025-04-26 (Saturday). $25.38, 19+. [FB event]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents (feat. Zach Rowden / Shadow Pattern / Kristina Guison) / Agenda Cafe + Bar 2025-04-26 (Saturday). $pwyc. [more info]

catl. / The Belle and the Beacon 2025-04-26 (Saturday). $pwyc. [more info]

Diar (دْيَار ) feat. iIIarra Ryad / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-26 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Pet Sounds Band [instrumental re-imagining of Pet Sounds, played in its entirety] [Christine Bougie/Dafydd Hughes/Andrew Downing/Julia Hambleton] / Hope United Church 2025-04-27 (Sunday – 3 p.m.). $20. [tickets/more info]

Sympathetic String Band Residency (feat. Sympathetic String Band / Isla Craig / Carl Didur) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-27 (Sunday – early) [FB event]

Eliza Niemi [Progress Bakery album release] (Advance Base) / The Garrison 2025-04-27 (Sunday). $25.38, 19+. [FB event]

Sound & Images Improvisations (feat. Nilan Perera & Mike Filipov) / PIX FILM Gallery 2025-04-27 (Sunday). $free or pwyc, $5 suggested, 19+. [more info]

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