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Toronto Waterfront Blues Festival
:: For the second year the Toronto Waterfront Blues Festival
returns to Woodbine Park in The Beaches neighbourhood with a blend of old and new, Canadian and international artists.
Performers include: Living Blues Magazine 2008 "Blues Artist Of The Year"
Lurrie Bell, the return of Memphis Blues and R&B diva Reba Russell, Juno Award and multi Maple Blues Award winner Jack de Keyzer, Handy Blues Award nominee Larry Garner, multiple Maple Blues Award nominee Treasa Levasseur, Maple Blues Award winner David Rotundo, Maple Blues Award nominees Braithwaite & Whiteley, Maple Blues Award nominee Steve Strongman and 2008 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search winners Scott McCord & The Bonafide Truth.
For complete details, schedule and prices, please click here
June 12- June 14 Woodbine Park, N. side of Lakeshore opposite Ashbridges Bay ( directions here ) Pink Martini :: The fabulous Pink Martini, "beautiful and sophisticated," as declared by The New Yorker, returns to Toronto after a highly successful debut on March of 2008. In
writing about the group's last appearance in March, the Toronto Star wrote, "Pink Martini represents all that Toronto aspires to - sophistication, cosmopolitanism, and a type of delight that sometimes
involves dressing up and carousing…with its heterogeneous tastes and facility in languages, the pop orchestra might have sprung from our own diverse metropolis, but hails instead from Portland, Oregon." And
the National Post wrote, "Like the cocktail they're named after, Pink Martini packs a punch when you get past the frothy sweetness…It's music to dress up for, in heels and pearls; music that gets the
ballroom buzzing."
The Portland, Oregon-based "little orchestra" was founded in 1994 by Lauderdale, a Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist, to perform at political fundraisers for
progressive causes such as civil rights, the environment, affordable housing and public broadcasting. In the years following, Pink Martini grew from four musicians to its current twelve, and has gone on to
perform its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Canada and the United States.
Fri. June 19
@ 8:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $50 - $70 Phone: 416 872-4255 or order online by clicking here TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival :: The sounds of jazz will have feet tappin' and fingers
snappin' as the 23rd edition of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival swings its way into summer, running from June 26 to July 5. Be a part of the action as more than 1,500 musicians, performing in over
350 concerts, descend upon Toronto for the city's largest music festival.
We have a complete listing of all the artists who will be performing at this year's festival, available by clicking here
June 26 - July 5 Nathan Phillips Square, Four Seasons Centre, Harbourfront Centre, and various other venues | Tickets:
pricing and ticket ordering are available by clicking here The Beaches International Jazz Festival :: Toronto's best-loved jazz festival plays host to over a million guests during a week-long celebration of jazz, entertainment and fun!
The
festival starts at a new location for this year, Woodbine Park across from Ashbridges Bay for July 18-20, then moves to three nights of StreetFest July 24 -26, (featuring more than 50 bands along a 2
kilometer stretch of traffic-free Queen Street East in the lakeside Beaches community) The festival finishes up with two days of continuous Main Stage concerts at the Beaches' Kew Gardens July 26 & 27.
July 18 - July 27 Woodbine Park, Beaches Neighbourhood, Kew Gardens | For Further Information and a schedule of concerts, please click here
Due to Queen St. being closed through the entire Beaches neighbourhood, it's best to take the TTC as parking is extremely limited. Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock w/ Orchestra :: Pianists Lang Lang and Herbie Hancock reunite after their thrilling, dueling-keys performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008. The hottest artist on the classical music planet and the legendary jazz pianist join forces to perform a variety of solos, duets and concertos for two pianos, with orchestra, by such masters as Gershwin, Bernstein, Ravel, and others.
"...a genre-crossing revamp of George Gershwin's ''Rhapsody in Blue'' was the perfect showcase for these two hugely talented ivory tinklers."
-- Entertainment Weekly on 50th Grammy Awards performance.
Aug. 5
@ 8:00 PM Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. | Tickets: $70 - $200 Phone: 416 872-4255 or order online by clicking here Ornette Coleman :: Fifty years ago, saxophonist Ornette Coleman shook up the world of jazz with
The Shape Of Jazz To Come,
a groundbreaking album whose influence has been felt by virtually every jazz musician. Coleman has always sought that most prized quality in jazz: freedom. His profound artistry was recognized in 2007 with both a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Sept. 24 @ 8:00 PM Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. | Tickets: $70 - $90 Phone: 416 872-4255 or order online by clicking here
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