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Mike Daley & Wendell Ferguson
2026-01-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto)
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
2026-01-16 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-30 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-13 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.

Lily Frost
2026-01-17 17:00 - 19:00
Lily Frost is a dramatic, stylish performer who draws from the aesthetic of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the soundtracks of Quentin Tarantino, and the hot & bothered emotional drama that goes on between us fascinating humans. The poetry of Rimbaud, the erotica of Anaïs Nin, and torch singers like Julie London & Juliette Greco serve as strong influences. Frost has toured from Paris to Los Angeles and has shared stages with Pink Martini, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Coldplay and many more. Her awards include the Video Silver Sun through Bravo, a Gemini nomination for her theme song co-write for the hit TV series “Being Erica”, and Vancouver Female Vocalist of the Year in 2003. Lily’s songs have been frequently placed in TV shows and movies such as Grey’s Anatomy, Crazy Beautiful, Chevy Cobalt, Charmed, Felicity, and many more. Her efforts are now focused on curating a show that combines swing, rockabilly, burlesque, dance & fashion in an event called Big City Social.

The Del-Fis
2026-01-18 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-15 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.

Bring Your Own Vinyl Night
2026-01-20 19:00 - 23:00, 2026-02-17 19:00 - 23:00

Mike Daley & Jenie Thai
2026-01-22 18:00 - 20:00
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.
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.

Daley / Miczek / Cross
2026-01-23 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-06 17:30 - 19:30

Danny Marks
2026-01-24 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.

Red Velvet (Rescheduled to Feb 21st due to the weather)
2026-01-25 15:00 - 18:00
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!

The 501 East
2026-01-26 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-16 20:00 - 22:00

Music Bingo @ Castros
2026-01-27 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 & Samantha Windover
2026-01-29 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.
To hear Samantha Windover’s voice for the first time is nothing short of a musical revelation. Warm and rich like a classic record, it carries through the air with ease, delivering lyrics that capture life’s universal yet deeply personal moments.
It would be fair to say that music helped raise Samantha. By the time the Orillia-based singer was ten, she was already performing at music festivals and touring regularly. Now only in her mid-twenties, Samantha boasts an enviable career: having worked with industry legends such as Beau Dixon, Russell de Carle, and Lori Yates, played countless festivals and concerts, and released multiple singles—with a highly anticipated EP on the horizon.
Her first big break came through the Children’s Miracle Network, where she toured for a number of years as part of the show before her talents led her to taking part in the affiliated Patsy Cline tribute shows, touring multiple cities to raise money for the charity. Her connection to Cline’s music was unmistakable, and it wasn’t long before she became a staple at the annual Patsy Cline birthday concert, shared the stage with Duff MacDonald for the Hank and Patsy hoedown show in Orillia, and recorded demos of “Walking After Midnight” and “Crazy” for Heather Morgan in Toronto.
Alongside these performances, Samantha never stopped singing at gigs big and small. So far she has graced the stages of venues and events like the Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough, Hugh’s Room in Toronto, and most notably, the main stage of the Mariposa Folk Festival, where local media gave her the title of “Mariposa Scene Stealer”.
While mostly known for her love of old country, her musical influences are broad, ranging from Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Frank Sinatra and Joni Mitchell to Loretta Lynn, Bob Dylan, and of course Patsy Cline. Nowhere are these influences more apparent than in her own written songs.
Samantha’s songwriting process is deeply personal, drawing from life experiences and her own emotions, putting more of a focus on storytelling. At the age of 16, she made her debut as a songwriter with the folk-rock-infused Western Horizon. With lilting vocals that flow like the wind, the song’s words came to her while driving with her father in their home of Orillia. “I was driving with my dad, talking about what kind of song I wanted to write,” she explains. “At some point he looked at the western horizon we were driving past and said, ‘Let’s start with that.’ After that the words for the song, about my love of being in Orillia, just flowed.”
Other songs include the touching Life Goes On, about the death of a beloved family friend, and One of These Days, a honky-tonk style breakup song with the amazing line “One of these days you’ll call me back, but all you’ll get is my voicemail track,” and her latest, a cover on Caroll Baker’s heartfelt song, Picture My Love on You, recorded with the star’s blessing.
Currently, Samantha is working on an upcoming EP. The four-track Second Decade is slated for a 2025 release and will be produced by recording the album in Peterborough with producer James McKenty.
The road to success is a long one, but throughout the years Samantha Windover has proven time and time again that she’s willing to put in the miles. With a voice brought up by musical legends and songwriting that puts her heart out into the world, her incredible talent and dedication to the musical craft has taken her a long way already. Where she goes from here, only she knows.

Gypsy Rebels
2026-01-31 17:00 - 19:00
We’re a Toronto-based Gypsy Band that features a repertoire of traditional and original Roma Gypsy with a fresh ‘Toronto’ vibe!

Rocky Verweel & Queen City Blues
2026-02-01 15:00 - 18:00
Rocky Verweel and Queen City Blues is a six piece Blues /Roots / and R&B band .The Band includes a 2 piece horn section and our upbeat and soulful sound is ideal for Festivals ,Bars ,private parties or anywhere live music is appreciated.

Tracey Gallant
2026-02-01 15:00 - 18:00
Tracey is a captivating and lively performer known for her infectious energy. She is based primarily in Toronto, Canada, but she has also travelled and performed on many stages throughout Canada, the US, overseas (the middle east, Morocco), and throughout the Caribbean. Tracey is a versatile singer and covers an extensive and diverse range of musical styles, and also writes her own original music. (Soon to be available). Tracey maintains a regular performance schedule around the city, so be sure to get out and catch a show!

Mike Daley & Dylan Bell
2026-02-05 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.

Gary Lee Hill featuring Stacie Tabb
2026-02-07 17:00 - 19:00
Join Gary Lee Hill, Stacie Tabb and killer rhythm section for an evening of rocking tunes.
Stacie Tabb – Vocals & Percussion
Gary Lee Hill – Guitar & Vocals
Joe Palawan – Keyboards
Da-Rell Clifton – Drums

Super Bowl Party
2026-02-08 18:00 - 22:00
Join us for drinks, pizza and watch the Super Bowl

Trivia Night @ Castros
2026-02-10 19:00 - 21:00

Mike Daley & Selena Evangeline
2026-02-12 18:00 - 20:00
Growing up with the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald, Chaka Khan, Prince, Sting, Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder helped shape the artist that is Selena Evangeline. She was a grand prize finalist in Caribbean Idol in 2011 and the winner of Avon’s first-ever Global Talent Search – Avon Voices. As a songwriter, her snapshots of real life have won her an Ontario Independent Music Award for Best Urban, an honourable mention in the 2007 and 2008 John Lennon Songwriting contest, and had nine of her songs from “This Girl’s Life” (her debut album as Selena 7tySix) featured on CTV’s “Da Kink In My Hair”.
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.

ANDREA DeBOER with Carlos Lopes and Peter Bleakney
2026-02-14 17:00 - 19:00

Jenie Thai
2026-02-19 18:00 - 20:00
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.

Rob Quail Trio
2026-02-20 17:30 - 19:30

Red Velvet
2026-02-21 17:00 - 19:00
