Castro's

Trivia Night @ Castros
2025-07-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto)
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.

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.

Sugar Rush
2025-08-01 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-08-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-08-29 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.

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, 2025-08-30 17:00 - 19:00

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

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

Craig Robertson & The Really Live
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.

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.

The 501 East
2025-08-18 20:00 - 22:00

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.

Danny Marks
2025-08-23 17:00 - 19:00
This iconic rocker’s roots go back to the sixties as a founding member of Capitol Records’ group, Edward Bear. After a span as a journey man session musician throughout the seventies, Danny settled in to the club scene, establishing a cult following as a genre bender in music and humor.
A house band gig at Toronto’s famed Albert’s Hall led him to host his own nation-wide TV show, Stormy Monday. Through the eighties, Danny starred in CBC radio’s hit series the Hum Line.
Most recently, Danny Marks recorded two original music albums, Guitarchaeology and True, before paying tribute to Toronto’s R&B roots with Big Town Boy in 2005.
Danny’s in his thirteenth year as the radio host of JAZZ.FM91’s Saturday night blues show, bluz.fm.
As a child, young Danny would lock himself in his room with a stack of 45’s, an old Seabreeze record player, and a fantasy of having his own radio show. More than a few years later this pre-pubescent propensity paid off.

The Del-Fis
2025-08-24 15:00 - 18:00
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.

Music Bingo @ Castros
2025-08-26 19:00 - 21:00

Mike Daley & David Celia
2025-08-28 18:00 - 20:00
Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years, Mike has toured Canada, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation, the Travellers and others.
David is an innovative singer/songwriter and astonishing guitar player, known for his spontaneously driven live performances. His songs have an open alt/folk style that’s also been described as “Beatlesque”.
He tours frequently across Canada and to Europe where he has played festivals such as Glastonbury (UK), Blue Balls (CH), Le Rock (FRA) and more. Also a Producer who has worked with More Please!, Mike Celia, Plants and Animals and more recently, German/Spanish songwriter Marla.
David has played with Canadian folk legends Ian & Sylvia and Gordon Lightfoot is a fan. As a result of playing sideman to Emiliana Torrini, he was invited to be one of the headliners at Braedslan Festival 2016 in Iceland.
“One of Toronto’s best guitar players” ~ CBC Radio 2

The Gary Kendall Trio
2025-08-31 15:00 - 18:00
Gary Kendall, originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario has been a working musician since the late 1960s. He is a multiple Maple Blues Award winner as bassist of the year[1] and a Juno Award winner with the Downchild Blues Band. His distinguished musical career was so honoured by the Maple Blues Awards as early as 1993 and a Juno Award in 2014.[2] Since 1999, Kendall has acted as the musical director of the Maple Blues awards program.[3]

Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation
2025-09-01 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!

Mike Daley & Dylan Bell
2025-09-04 18:00 - 20:00
In a word… multifaceted. Juno-nominated Dylan Bell is a vocalist, instrumentalist (piano, bass, guitar, percussion), composer/arranger, music director and producer/engineer. Dylan has worked with groups ranging from vocal jazz, (Cadence, Hampton Avenue, the Swingle Singers, FreePlay Duo, The Watch), to vocal pop (Retrocity, the Nylons) to eclectic jazz and world music (Autorickshaw, Ray Montford Group), to classical (Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Lara St John) to flat-out rock ‘n’ roll (Honeymoon Suite). He’s played stages across the world from his native Toronto, to Stockholm, Sweden, to Calcutta, India, and his compositions and arrangements are performed across the world from Arnprior to Zurich. His book “A Cappella Arranging” (co-written with Deke Sharon) was published in 2013.
Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years, Mike has toured Canada, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation, the Travellers and others.

Mike Daley & Friends
2025-09-05 17:30 - 19:30
