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venues

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’!

remember reading this? “not to mention these biggies yet but your basic bands don’t gig there…”

skydome skydome, 1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto, ON M5V 1J4

post office the post office, 40 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5J 3A5

massey massey, 178 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 1T7

roy thomson roy thomson, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5

ontario place ontario place forum, 909 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON M6K 3L3

koerner hall koerner hall, 273 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

meridian hall meridian hall, 1 Front St E, Toronto, ON M5E 1B2

elgin elgin, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1M4

winter garden winter garden, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1M4

royal alex royal alex, 260 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1H9

princess of wales theatre , princess of wales theatre, 300 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1J2

cne bandshell cne bandshell, 100 Prince Edward Island Crescent, Toronto, ON M6K 3C3

harbourfront centre harbourfront centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8

palais royale palais royale, 1601 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON M6K 3C1

glenn gould studio , 250 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3G5

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