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Mike Daley & Charlotte McAfee-Brunner
2025-07-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto)
Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years, Mike Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 35 years, Mike has toured and recorded with Jeff Healey, Classic Albums Live, the Killjoys, Nine Big Dogs and many more. Mike is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley and he holds the position of Assistant Music Director at Church of the Redeemer in Toronto. Mike’s lecture-concerts in Toronto and Richmond Hill under the name ‘Dr. Mike Daley Presents’ regularly attract sellout audiences. For more information, go to mikedaleymusic.com.
Charlotte McAfee-Brunner is an award-winning trombonist, bandleader and vocalist Charlotte McAfee-Brunner has been making waves on the Toronto music scene recently. Her bands include: Charlotte McAfee-Brunner and her Fireflies, Grapevine and Trombone charlotte’s Tiger Band. Accomplished in several musical styles, she continues to perform as a sideman with many other excellent groups in Toronto, infusing any room with an undeniable energy. She is a part of the Happy Pals, Combo Royale, Thomas Steele’s 10tet, Dennis Kwok Jazz Orchestra, The Magnolia Brass Band and has been featured with many other groups. With her heart-stopping vocals and compelling trombone solos, Charlotte McAfee-Brunner is a jazz musician and performer you won’t forget and is regularly featured in some of the hottest venues in town.

Fraser / Daley
2025-07-11 17:30 - 19:30
A popular concert and recording act for over 14 years, Toronto-based Fraser/Daley has released three CDs of original music and performed widely, consistently entertaining audiences with their large and varied repertoire, big sound and spontaneous sense of fun. Alec Fraser hails from Glasgow, Scotland and is a respected bassist and Juno and Maple Blues Award winner. Mike Daley was dubbed by Jeff Healey ‘one of Canada’s finest guitarists’ and has a long list of live and studio credits. Alec and Mike met while working in Healey’s touring band in the mid-2000s and found that they enjoyed singing together after the gig. In 2008 they began playing together regularly in Toronto as Alec perfected a unique bass-drums combination instrument that gives this duo the unmistakable sound of a trio. Their three albums, Fraser/Daley, The Whole Fam Damily and Fifty Miles of Elbow Room have garnered steady sales and strong airplay on blues and folk radio, and Alec and Mike have become sought after for their versatile performances, playing everything from intimate house concerts to street dances. Learn more at fraserdaley.com.

Red Velvet
2025-07-12 17:00 - 19:00
Red Velvet is a high energy band that loves to entertain and get people to dance and rock out! We love playing music and we have a ton of fun doing it together!

Communism
2025-07-13 15:00 - 18:00
Communism is a dance party band with high ideals and high kicks. Original songs and classic dance floor anthems by Donna Summer, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Prince, and much 80’s.

Don Kerr drums (Bahamas, Dan Mangan, Ron Sexsmith, Rheostatics)
Jason Haberman bass (Yaehsun, Yukon Blonde, Dan Mangan)
Mike O’Brien guitar (Zeus, Dan Mangan)
Craig Small – projections

We are Communism – Don, Mike, Jason, & Craig. Joy, unity, and a dance floor for your heart.

Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation
2025-07-14 19:30 - 22:00
The Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation (TWAC) comprise of some of the best musicians in all of Toronto coming together for their love of Tom Waits and paying Tribute to him and his music!

Music Bingo @ Castros
2025-07-15 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a fun and friendly trivia night on the 1st Tuesday of every month at Castros. Free to play and prizes for the winners.

Mike Daley & Wendell Ferguson
2025-07-17 18:00 - 20:00
Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 35 years, Mike has toured and recorded with Jeff Healey, Classic Albums Live, the Killjoys, Nine Big Dogs and many more. Mike is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley and he holds the position of Assistant Music Director at Church of the Redeemer in Toronto. Mike’s lecture-concerts in Toronto and Richmond Hill under the name ‘Dr. Mike Daley Presents’ regularly attract sellout audiences. For more information, go to mikedaleymusic.com.
Born and still residing in Streetsville (Mississauga), Ontario, Wendell became fixated on being a guitar player after hearing Chet Atkins play the instrument. Although he took several years of formal guitar lessons, Wendell was off-and-running as a guitar player, fueled more by listening to and emulating the recordings of some of his guitar idols: Chet Atkins, Les Paul, The Ventures and other guitar gods. Fast forward to 1998 and we find Wendell Ferguson releasing the first in what would be a series of solo albums, mixing his guitar strengths with his off-the-cuff songwriting and his distinctive vocal styling. The first album, “I Pick Therefore I Jam”, was loaded with truly innovative work; not the least of which being a duet offering, “If You’re Gonna Be A Cowboy”, with Russell deCarle of Prairie Oyster fame – their effort earning a nomination for Collaboration of the Year at the 1999 CCMA Awards. Meanwhile Wendell’s guitar work was much in-demand, and he was often called upon to tour in support of top-level Canadian artists, including: Shania Twain, George Fox, Duane Steele, Tommy Hunter, Michelle Wright, etc. Wendell Ferguson’s work has not gone unrewarded. He was nominated for a Juno Award (in 1995, for Group of the Year with Coda The West) and he has been named the CCMA’s All-Star Band Guitar Player of the Year so many times that he is deemed no longer eligible. Wendell Ferguson was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.

Sugar Rush
2025-07-18 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-08-01 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-08-15 17:30 - 19:30
Sugar Rush is the ultimate party band, playing really fun, upbeat covers spanning different genres from classic rock, funk, soul, blues, country, jazz, disco, 80s, motown, hard rock, reggae, oldies, R&B, and folk! Get ready for a full evening of dancing, singalongs and just really good music!
Sugar Rush has been a GTA staple since 2007, returning to the circuit after a brief hiatus, familiar to many a musician and music fan for their jam nights at the Curzon, their Friday night residency at the Loaded Dog, beach parties and corporate events. Anchored by Frankie Dee and Tony Carpino with a rotation of top notch players with special surprise guests and currently featuring Gary Lee Hill. This dynamic crew brings all the best classic rock, funk, soul, blues and much more to keep the floor filled. Always guaranteed sweet sounds with Sugar Rush.

Craig Robertson & The Really Live
2025-07-19 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-08-09 17:00 - 19:00
It’s now been a decade since Craig Robertson released his debut solo album, and during that time the Canadian singer/songwriter has made five more recordings that have found him grow into one of the most compelling voices within the roots music community.

The Del-Fis
2025-07-20 16:00 - 19:00
I don’t know what The Del Fi’s are; the more I think about it, the more I don’t know what to say. But I know it’s right, and I know it’s good. I know it works. I mean, it’s Jerry Leger’s thing, but when I asked him what he would say The Del Fi’s are, all he would tell me is that I (meaning me) am The Del Fi’s, just as you (meaning you) are The Del Fi’s. And because you are you, you understand. Don’t you?
Okay, maybe we should try this again. Jerry Leger is a Toronto singer/songwriter, and one of the best in the world, as far as I’m concerned. If you haven’t heard him, you have no right to be one of these people constantly moaning about how music was so much better when people actually played instruments, blah, blah, blah.
Jerry loves Bob Dylan, Neil Young and John Lennon. Sometimes it sounds as though all three are fighting for space in his songs. But those songs are his own, the product of a natural born storyteller with a sense of rhythm that would make Little Richard’s big toe shoot up in his boot.
Jerry’s songs hit deep in your soul, but he also often loves just making music with folks just to flex some of his old time rock and roll muscles, and explore some of the paths his songwriting normally doesn’t take. That’s kinda where The Del Fi’s come in.
It’s rock and roll that we all care about right? I’m sure you wouldn’t still be reading this if you didn’t agree. So I guess that does make you a Del Fi. Welcome aboard and grab an instrument, we’ve got a show to do.

The 501 East
2025-07-21 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-18 20:00 - 22:00

Trivia Night @ Castros
2025-07-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-19 19:00 - 21:00

Lucas Stagg & The Junctioneers
2025-07-27 15:00 - 18:00
Based in the heart of Toronto’s Junction, Stagg has toured endlessly and released over a dozen albums in the past two decades, each a reflection of his choice of the troubadour life. By turns confessional and narrative, the songs are presented in an unadorned performance style that throws their lyrical and melodic content into sharp relief. It’s edgy and cartoony; country, blues and rock ‘n’ roll.

Adam Beer-Colacino
2025-07-31 18:00 - 20:00
Adam Beer-Colacino (often known as ABC) has been an unparalleled staple of the Toronto music scene for the better part of the past decade. His playing and singing conjure up a hearty gumbo of roots, blues and soul. Unpredictable and joyful, it’s always a deep dive with ABC.

DJ Rob
2025-08-01 22:00 - 2025-08-02 02:00

Isaak Bonk & The Roast Chicken Ramblers
2025-08-04 15:00 - 17:00

Rob Quail Trio
2025-08-07 18:00 - 20:00

The 64 South featuring Carlos Lopes
2025-08-08 17:30 - 19:30

9-Volt Delight
2025-08-10 15:00 - 18:00
Jason Kenemy, Aaron Comeau, Dave Clark, and Dan Mock create an instant connection that is electrifying – exploratory and vulnerable, tight and soulful

Staig & Billings
2025-08-14 18:00 - 20:00
Chris Staig’s music has been described as “a winning combination of power pop, roots rock and singer/songwriter pop.” Chris Staig has been described as a “songwriting Charles Atlas”

Yukon Cigar
2025-08-16 16:00 - 2025-08-17 19:00
Yukon Cigar was lit in 2005. The idea? To take an earthy, hushed songwriting style and set it on fire. Now, after years on the Toronto club circuit (playing the likes of Cameron House, Castro’s Lounge, C’est What, El Mocambo, Rancho Relaxo, and the NXNE festival), mainstays Craig and Peter have taken to backyard parties and neighbourhood pubs, just two acoustics and a growing list of standards. With countless songs in the fire, here lies the promise of sweet sing-alongs to come.

Red Door Relic
2025-08-17 15:00 - 18:00
Red Door Relic will be bringing an evening of music full of 90’s gems that we know our passionate music lovers will really appreciate! Take our word for it, this night is going to be a lot of fun and this band will definitely impress!

Red Door Relic is your backstage pass to the soundtrack of the 90s and beyond. With a setlist packed full of 90s bangers, rock anthems, and alt-rock deep cuts—from Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and The Tragically Hip to Rage Against the Machine, Foo Fighters, and everything in between—this four-piece is here to remind you why you fell in love with music in the first place.

From grunge to groove, acoustic-driven ballads to riff-heavy crowd-pleasers, Red Door Relic delivers the songs you forgot you knew every word to—until you’re singing them at the top of your lungs. No wigs, no gimmicks—just four friends who love to play loud, tight, and true.

Featuring:
Jordan McMullen – Lead Vocals / Acoustic GuitarJim Buckley – Lead Guitar / VocalsRyan Grinnell – Bass / VocalsDan Gillespie – Drums
If you’re ready for a night of wall-to-wall nostalgia with just enough edge to keep it real, Red Door Relic will see you at the front of the stage.

Chris Scian
2025-08-21 18:00 - 20:00

Jenie Thai
2025-08-22 17:30 - 19:30
When you meet her, Jenie Thai is composed, pleasant, amiable, friendly, and — she won’t like the word but you have to live with it — sweet. She has an open face, long hair, a ready smile and an easy laugh.
And she is also tough, and gritty, and plays barrelhouse piano steeped in the blues — and if that wasn’t enough to get your head around, she also writes and sings tough and tender ballads, direct from her heart to yours.
There’s a new album, Night on Fire, with a sold out show at Toronto’s Hugh’s Room and — while she now calls Toronto home — she lives on the road, and there’s dust on her shoes, love in her heart, and a whole lot of music in her soul.
