Series Season: 2023

Get ready for an exhilarating musical journey as Montreal-based sensation Rommel hits our Concert Stage, infusing the air with vibrant Brazilian flavors. Combining the infectious rhythms of Afro-beat, the laid-back grooves of reggae, the funky vibes of funk, and the improvisational spirit of jazz, Rommel creates an irresistible fusion of genres that will get the […]

Andrea Ramolo with Kalàscima is an exciting new international collaboration of world music in the Italian language featuring southern Italian electronic/folk band Kalàscima and multiple Canadian Folk Music Award nominee and alternative songwriter Andrea Ramolo. This musical endeavour was created with the intention of introducing Canadian audiences to the ancestral and folk music of southern […]

Celebrate the grand finale of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s centennial season with a dazzling free outdoor concert at Harbourfront Centre this Canada Day! The evening opens with the hilarity of comedian Martha Chaves, followed by your TSO, led by Barrett Principal Education Conductor & Community Ambassador Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser with special guest Jewelle Blackman, star of […]

Experience an unforgettable evening of live music at the Concert Stage as Cat Clyde, a promising indie-folk talent from Stratford, takes the spotlight. Cat Clyde’s performance will captivate the audience with her soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics, setting the perfect tone for a perfect summer night under the stars.  

Formed in 2008, multi-award winning internationally renowned alternative rock band The Strumbellas have built their career on crafting exceptional songs, easily connecting with fans through their honest and relatable lyricism and versatile sound. The two-time JUNO Award winners have spent much of their time on the road, delivering standout performances at such notable festivals as […]

Good food, cold drinks and a smattering of the best artists and genres from around the world make Harbourfront the place to be this summer! For nearly fifty years, Harbourfront Centre has been the place for bold, and diverse programming, and this summer is no exception. Announcing an exciting lineup for summer, locals and visitors […]

Experience a mesmerizing acoustic set by Hasheel, a Hindustani Classical flautist and singer, Yanchan, a Carnatic mridangam player and hip-hop producer, and Anton Apostolov, a dynamic Balkan composer. Hasheel, a senior bansuri student of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and a vocal student of Pandit Ajay Pohankar, has devoted his life to North Indian Classical music since […]

JUNO-winning bassist, singer and composer Brandi Disterheft takes us through an evening of standard and original compositions, all delivered in her powerful and compelling style.  Coup de FoudreWatching Him Meet Her AgainHerbert HutchinsonSurfboardMoonlight in Vermont

Throughout their powerful performance, the womxn of RAW show their strength and vulnerability through the modern interpretation of traditional Japanese taiko drumming.  TatsumakiSempuSun Sun SunYamabikoIsamigomaDoko KaraYatai Bayashi

Canada’s quintessential violinist Erika Raum interprets the dances of Bach on solo violin. As members of her family later join her, the spirit of dance flows into more contemporary but equally familiar sounds.  

The storyteller talks to the band, the band talks back to the storyteller and together they talk to the audience: those spirits who listen and are ready to open their hearts to us.    Our journeys may be historical, retelling tales of origin that flow from the longest river and humankind’s earliest memories of Kush, as […]

As a guitar duo focusing on developing new repertoire, this concert will feature four works written over the past two years specifically for Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald. Canadian composer Dale Kavanagh’s The Ghost of Peggy Cove is a programmatic telling of the East coast folk legend. Amy Brandon’s plesiosynchronous explores the strange space […]

A concert of a cappella choral music fit for a summer afternoon. Opus 8 will sing music all about gardens and the great outdoors, followed by some fabulous close harmony.   B. Britten – Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 Clemens non Papa – Ego Flos Campi a 7 Traditional Arr. Guy Turner – O Waly Waly […]

Forró is a musical genre, a rhythm and dance and an important part of the culture of the Northeastern Region of Brazil. It encompasses various dance types as well as several different musical genres. Forró has become increasingly popular worldwide, with a well-established Forró everywhere! Aline Morales will perform classic Forró tunes and unique compositions […]

Acclaimed Toronto-based drummer and composer Nick Fraser leads this outstanding jazz quartet featuring New York saxophonist Tony Malaby and string players Andrew Downing and Rob Clutton. The quartet’s music is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, with Malaby’s impassioned saxophone improvisations in contemporary jazz and Fraser’s deft drumming. Clutton and Downing provide, by turns, a […]

JUNO-nominated songwriter Lori Cullen, Toronto musician and visual artist Kurt Swinghammer and producer-bassist Chris Gartner come together for a rich set of music infused with folk, jazz and all the flavours of mature emotional music. Her set will include songs from her latest album, BLOOD WONDER, which tells the story of Cullen’s intimate journey of […]

Drawing upon the rich tradition of thousands of years of musical history, the Eastern Sunrise Ensemble is led by Iranian classical percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand. The ensemble hopes to give space for the talents and voices of women from Iran and other nations who may still need the right to free artistic expression in their own […]

From Canada’s largest and leading charitable musical theatre company comes a concert that takes a deep dive into the musicals currently in development at The Musical Stage Company. Delve into the hearts and minds of characters as they yearn for something more. A celebration of hopes, wishes, and wants, Putting It Together: In Concert will […]

Beau Dixon presents Freedom 2.0: Black Music That Shaped The Dream Of America, an exciting and intimate show exploring the triumphant sounds of blues, gospel, reggae, soul and jazz and African American music’s influence on Western civilization during the Freedom Movement and civil rights era. Narrated through song and text, you will hear the works […]

Mi’kmaq fiddler and singer Morgan Toney brings the fiery fiddling of Cape Breton Island with the old songs of the Mi’kmaq People and the ancestral Mi’kmaq, a fusion he calls Mi’kmatic. Some of these songs date back 500 years, so old that modern Mi’kmaq speakers struggle to understand the lyrics. He sings songs meant to […]

Moneka Arabic Jazz reflects Ahmed Moneka’s journey and culture to the Toronto music scene. It introduces maqam-style Arabic music skills that he learned in Baghdad, Iraq, where he grew up, mixed with African groove and rhythm inherited from his African descendants, the well-known Moneka family. When Ahmed’s journey brought him to Toronto in 2015, he […]

Experience baroque music at its finest with this intimate chamber concert featuring members of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra playing Handel, Purcell, Bach and more. Postponed from last season, this program features music connected to Tafelmusik’s Music Director, Emerita Jeanne Lamon, who passed away in June 2021.  G. F. Handel – Sonata in G major, Op. 5, […]

Internationally known as an incubator for Canada’s best orchestral talent, National Youth Orchestra of Canada brings their best and brightest to the Music Garden for a concert of chamber music. Bringing a fresh perspective to everything they play, these musicians are unmatched in exuberance. Come and experience the next generation of Canada’s orchestras. 

Soprano Deantha Edmunds will share selections from her Indigenous classical albums Pillorikput Inuit: Inuktitut Arias for All Seasons and Connections, ending the program with a classical arrangement of Sons of Labrador/Labradorimiut, the anthem of Nunatsiavut by Sid Dicker, from her EP My Beautiful Home. Edmunds hopes this program will give her audience a glimpse into […]