not to mention these biggies yet but your basic bands don’t gig there…
skydome, the post office, massey, roy thompson, ontario place forum, koerner, meridian,
elgin, winter garden, royal alex, cne bandshell, harbourfront centre, Palais Royale
…much more to come! especially around ontario.
also, there’s some judgement calls when it comes to what constitutes a venue. some places are pubs and don’t really have a stage or sound system while other places do have, they might not have original music. if you have a venue in mind for this list, please send a link using the comments below or facebook. it will be included for your effort.
in toronto, streets running East and West through Yonge are indicated. ie Queen Street East or West. btw is Yonge still the longest street in North America?
you will find video of these and many more venues from around Toronto and outlying communities on youtube.com/torontorox as well as live performance music videos. GTA and other venues that are non 416 have opportunity to sponsor an entry in this list. or simply comment your fav place.
here’s the spinoff; the webseries; the podcast; whatever you call it; i call it Musicians In Bars Getting Beer:
let’s start with the ehs* ‘A’!
Adelaide Hall
250 Adelaide St. W. Second Floor,
AXIS Club
(formerly Mod Club*)
722 College St. W.
The Baby G
1608 Dundas St. W.
416-546-8840
Black Swan
154 Danforth Ave.
Bovine Sex Club
542 Queen St. W.
416-504-4239
Cameron House
408 Queen St. W.
Castro’s Lounge
2116 Queen St. E.
C’est What
67 Front St. E.
416-867-9499
Cherry Cola’s Rock n Rolla Cabaret & Lounge
200 Bathurst St.
416-703-6969
Coda
794 Bathurst St.
416-536-0346
Concert Hall Masonic Temple
888 Yonge St.
The Dakota Tavern
249 Ossington Ave.
647-344-6814
Danforth Music Hall
147 Danforth Av.
416-778-8163
Dora Keogh / Noonan’s Pub
141 Danforth Av.
416-778-1804
Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St. W.
416-531-5042
Drom Taberna
458 Queen St. W
647-748-2099
Drums N Flats
1980 Avenue Rd. also in Ajax ON
The Duke Live
1225 Queen St. E.
416-463-5302
El Mocambo
464 Spadina Av.
Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts
145 Queen St. W.
The Garrison
1197 Dundas St. W.
416-519-9439
The Great Hall
1087 Queen St. W.
416-537-0803
Grossman’s Tavern
377 Spadina Av.
416-977-7000
The Handlebar
159 Augusta Ave.
647-748-7433
Hard Luck Bar
772A Dundas St. W.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Av.
Hirut
2050 Danforth Av.
647-779-1986 (google says 416-551-7560)
History Toronto
1663 Queen St. E.
416-260-5566
Horseshoe
370 Queen St. W.
416-598-4753
Hugh’s Room
*new* 296 Broadview Ave,
*formerly 2261 Dundas St. W.*
416-531-6604
Jazz Bistro
251 Victoria St.
416-363-5299
Junction Underground
Junction Underground / Junction City Music Hall
2907 Dundas St. W.
La Rev
2848 Dundas St. W.
416.766.0746
Lee’s Palace
529 Bloor St. W.
Linsmore Tavern
1298 Danforth Av.
416-466-5130
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. W.
416-588-0307
Lula Lounge
Mill Street Brew Pub
21 Tank House Lane
Monarch Tavern
12 Clinton St.
now AXIS Club formerly Mod Club
722 College St. W.
416-588-4663
Music Gallery
918 Bathurst St.
416-204-1080
The Old Mill
21 Old Mill Rd.
416-236-2641 or 1-866-653-6455
The Only Café
966 Danforth Av.
416-463-3249
The Opera House
735 Queen St. E.
416-466-0313
The Painted Lady
218 Ossington Av.
647-213-LADY
416-557-4902
Phoenix Concert Theatre
410 Sherbourne St.
416-323-1251
The Pilot Tavern
22 Cumberland St.
416-923-5716
The Piston
937 Bloor St. W.
416-532-3989
Poetry Jazz Cafe
1078 Queen St. W.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
190 Princes’ Blvd.
416-263-3800
REBEL
11 Polson St.
416-469-5655
The Rec Room
255 Bremner Blvd.
416-815-0086
The Redwood Theatre
1300 Gerrard St. E.
647-547-4410
Reservoir Lounge
52 Wellington St. E.
416-955-0887
Revival Bar
783 College St.
416-535-7888
The Rex Hotel
194 Queen St. W.
416-598-2475
Rivoli
334 Queen St. W.
416-596-1908
Rockpile
5555a Dundas St. W.
416-504-6699
Sauce
1376 Danforth Av.
647-748-1376
Schuey’s Bar and Grill
1130 Martin Grove Rd.
416-249-1516
Silver Dollar Room
1371 Queen St. W.
416-975-0909
The Smiling Buddha
961 College St.
Sneaky Dee’s
431 College St.
416-603-3090
Southside Johnny’s
3653 Lake Shore Blvd. W.
416-521-6302
Supermarket
268 Augusta Av.
416.840.0501
Tara Inn
2365 Kingston Rd.
416-266-6200
Tranzac Club
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Av.
416-923-8137
Twilight Family Restaurant And Bar
55 Nugget Av.
Velvet Underground
510 Queen St. W.
416-504-6688
3030
3030 Dundas St. W.
416-662-7072
remember reading this? “not to mention these biggies yet but your basic bands don’t gig there…”
skydome skydome,
post office the post office,
massey massey,
roy thomson roy thomson,
ontario place ontario place forum,
koerner hall koerner hall,
meridian hall meridian hall,
elgin elgin,
winter garden winter garden,
royal alex royal alex,
princess of wales theatre
cne bandshell cne bandshell,
harbourfront centre harbourfront centre,
palais royale palais royale
glenn gould studio
there’s a city kept list which means there is no maintenance . i guess everything they have listed still has license to make noise. some of these are great like LOLA and Emmett Ray but they don’t have all the ‘venue’ attributes.
http://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/industry-sector-support/music/music-directories/music-venues-spaces-studios-stores-map/
here’s some old photos of seating charts from an old desk calendar:
…much more to come! especially around ontario.
if you still haven’t seen the one you like, try this link. however, some are extinct.
at an external link