Monday Roundup #252

Community notes:

• While MFS fave Ben Grossman is in town to soundtrack some Cocteau, he'll also be giving an improvisation workshop at the Heliconian Club on the following afternoon (Saturday November 22nd). "All instruments and voices welcome, all levels of experience with creative music welcome," and admission is $20.

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Concert announcements:

Taste of Iceland in Toronto (feat. Óskar Guðjónsson & Skúli Sverrisson) / Jazz Bistro 2025-11-21 (Friday – 6 p.m.). $free. [FB event]

The Titillators [Ryan Driver/Thom Gill/Tania Gill/Germaine Liu/Nick Fraser/Colin Cudmore] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-21 (Friday – early) [FB event]

Hank the Kid [Henri Fabergé/Drew Smith/Jonathan Pappo/Morgan Waters] (P.S. I Love You / SAP) / Dina's Tavern 2025-11-23 (Sunday). $15. [more info]

Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-25 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

Bijuriya ["...an exuberant medley of drag and humour, as well as an eclectic array of musical genres... code-switches between drag, song, and sound as it navigates its creator’s dual personas."] (feat. Gabriel Dharmoo) / Buddies in Bad Times 2025-11-26–2025-11-29 (Wednesday–Saturday). $13–$78. [more info]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. V.Vecker / Khôra & Colin Fisher / Caleb Klager) / Le Monde 2025-11-28 (Friday). $20/pwyc, all ages. [FB event]

Music Gallery presents (feat. Markus Floats with members of the Egyptian Cotton Arkestra / HOMEBODIES) / Friends House 2025-11-29 (Saturday). $20-$30 PWYCA. [more info]

Cosmic Homeostasis XXX / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-30 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.). $pwyc, all-ages/family-friendly. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. claire rousay) / Standard Time 2025-12-02 (Tuesday). $14.85, 19+. [tickets + more info]

Track Could Bend #111 (feat. Sarah and Rob [Sarah Peebles & Rob Cruickshank] / Michael Palumbo) / Wenona Lodge 2025-12-02 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Equinox and Solstice Residency (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-03 (Wednesday). $10 suggested. [FB event]

Military Genius (Context, NA) / The Baby G 2025-12-05 (Friday). $21.53, 19+. [FB event]

Pine Trees and Blue Sky [featuring Marcos Balter's Violin Concerto and works by Jessica Ackerley, Toshio Hosokawa, Anna Höstman, and Haotian Yu] (feat. Continuum Contemporary Music) / St. George's Grange Park 2024-12-06 (Saturday). $22.63 (general admission), $19.44 (senior / arts worker), $11.98 (student). [FB event]

Theo Vandenhoff (Fresh Snow) / The Baby G 2025-12-06 (Saturday). $19/94, 19+. [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]

Not Dead Yet presents: S.H.I.T.mas 2025 (feat. S.H.I.T.) / East End United Church 2025-12-27 (Saturday). $22.49, all ages. [FB event]

Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-12-30 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-27 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-24 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-31 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

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Shows this week:

The Harry Vetro Quartet [Harry Vetro/Harrison Argatoff/Maxwell Stover/Andrew Furlong] / The Emmet Ray 2025-11-10 (Monday). $12. [more info]

Solo Bass x 2 (feat. Dan Fortin / Mike DeiCont) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-10 (Monday). [more info]

Musicia Universalis (feat. Colin Fisher Quartet (Colin Fisher/William Hunt/Ben Dwyer/Spencer Cole]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-11 (Tuesday). $20/pwyc. [FB event]

Roy / Cameron House (Front Room) 2025-11-12 (Wednesday – 6:00 p.m.) [more info]

Brodie West presents (feat. The Donna Lee Band [Brodie West/Reg Schwager/Josh Cole/Nick Fraser with special guest Julien Wilson]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-12 (Wednesday – early) [more info]

Soundstreams Presents: For the Birds [performing two works from Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d’Oiseaux alongside two world premieres of two new Soundstreams commissioned works, composed by Kalaisan Kalaichelvan and Maria-Eduarda Mendes Martins, each written in response to one of the Messiaen works being performed] (feat. Louise Bessette) / Hugh's Room 2025-11-12 (Wednesday). $free with reservation. [more info]

mdbm [Michael White/Don Rooke/Blake Howard/Maggie Keogh] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-12 (Wednesday). [more info]

Cheryl Duvall [premiering "Amor Fati", for solo piano and offstage electronics — an hour-long work by James O’Callaghan which unfolds in complete darkness] / Canadian Music Centre 2025-11-13 (Thursday). $15 arts workers/seniors, $20 general. [more info]

Ariane Morin's Residency Concert Series: Turkish Trio (feat. Ariane Morin/Ferhan Dogmusoz/Naghmeh Farahmand) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-13 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

The Afton Project [album release concert!] [Laura Swankey/Aline Homzy/Andrew Marzotto/Michael Davidson/Devin Patten/Eric West] / Annette Studios 2024-11-14 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Slash Need [Sit & Grin record release] / HRT / Doctor Cement) / St. Stephen-In-The-Fields 2025-11-15 (Saturday). $24.94, all ages. [FB event]

Batuki Music Society presents (feat. Okavango African Orchestra & Friends wsg Lorraine Klaasen, Pape Ndiaye, Adama Daou, Dally Dominic) / It's Ok* Studios 2025-11-15 (Saturday). $20 advance/$25 door, all-ages. [FB event]

Long Winter 14.1 (feat. Vivek Shraya [New Models album launch] / Tarek Funk / noonjeem / Wink) / Allan Gardens (Children's Conservatory) 2025-11-15 (Saturday). $20/PWYC [advance tickets skip the line], all-ages. [FB event]

The Mike DeiCont Trio [Mike DeiCont/Leland Whitty/Eric West] / Sellers & Newel 2025-11-15 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Whitney K / Monarch Tavern 2025-11-16 (Sunday). $24.73, 19+. [FB event]