Errant Records launches as a trans-owned, queer run Canadian music label and management company – Launch party Sept 9, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, September 2, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Montreal, Music, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Entertainment attorney and business strategist, Dani Oliva, known for his work with GRAMMY winners, Billboard #1 songwriters, and leading music companies, has officially launched Errant Records, a trans-owned, LGBTQ+ run Canadian music label and management company dedicated to cultivating groundbreaking talent and delivering truly artist-first representation. Rooted in Canada, but with a powerful global reach, […]

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Summerworks Performance Festival celebrates 35 years, with 11 days of theatre, dance, music, and live art – Aug 7 to 17, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, August 6, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Dance, Events, Featured Events, Festivals, Music, Theatre, Toronto

Entering its 35th year, SummerWorks Performance Festival returns with a landmark season of bold performance, intimate creative experiences, and daring artistic interventions exploring time — personal and collective, real and imagined. From August 7–17, 2025, artists and audiences will gather across Toronto for 11 days of theatre, dance, music, and live art in theatres, in public parks, […]

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The Q Musicale queer music festival takes over The Distillery Historic District – June 10 to 14, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 4, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer, Toronto

After a wildly successful debut in 2024 that drew thousands, and packed Toronto’s Gay Village, The Q Musicale returns — bigger, bolder, and prouder than ever. In partnership with the iconic The Distillery Historic District, and recognized as a Major Cultural Event of Pride Toronto, The Q Musicale is expanding into a landmark five-day festival, […]

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Billy Idol releases new album and tours with Joan Jett – May 23, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, May 22, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Toronto

Punk Rock legend Billy Idol’s first full-length album of new music in over a decade, Dream Into It, makes its chart debut at #7 on the U.S. Top Albums Chart and #4 on the U.S. Current Rock Album Chart. The album includes performance and co-writing contributions throughout from Idol’s longtime guitarist/collaborator Steve Stevens plus appearances by Canada’s own Avril Lavigne, along with tour mate Joan […]

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JUNO Awards Collection – three music documentaries available to stream free on CBC Gem as a lead up to the JUNO Awards on March 30, 2025

posted Saturday, March 29, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music, Streaming Online

The 54th annual JUNO Awards will be hosted by Michael Bublé live from Vancouver on all CBC platforms Sunday, March 30, 2025. As a prelude to the Awards CBC has compiled three wonderful music documentaries that are free to stream on CBC Gem. The JUNO Awards Collection celebrates all things musical with documentaries including GODDESS […]

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A Night of Cinematic Rock with 5th PROJEKT at The Boxing Loft – March 22, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Friday, March 21, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Theatre, Toronto

5th PROJEKT is a cinematic Art-Rock band from Toronto that crafts an immersive experience that feels like stepping into a film, by layering ethereal melodies, hypnotic rhythms, a voice that pulls you into a dream, and textured soundscapes into something truly otherworldly. Step into a psychedelic dreamscape where sound and storytelling intertwine. Expect a powerful vocal performance […]

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Queer LA glimmer rock band Vienna Vienna on tour with K Flay, performing in Toronto – March 10,2055

posted Sunday, March 9, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Music

Vienna Vienna is an exciting new artist carving out his own musical genre by blending vibrant, shimmering guitars with infectious melodies and personal lyrics with a queer twist, to create a sound he’s coined, “glimmer rock.” Vienna Vienna’s sound is melody-forward, built on a foundation of shimmering reverb, electric guitar riffs full of personality, and juicy […]

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A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet portrays Bob Dylan perfectly, both in character and in song

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music

New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial […]

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Save Love This December – Toronto musicians create charity holiday song for Save The Children Canada

posted Wednesday, December 4, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Music

The Holiday Season is upon us, and as we gather with friends and family to share the joy, it’s hard to not also think about the hurt in the world, the divisions, the wars, and especially so many children in pain and having little hope for the future. That was what inspired singer/songwriter Antoine Elhashem […]

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Ukrainian punk band Gogol Bordello’s film screening of “Scream of My Blood” will be followed by a Q&A and live performance – Nov 4, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Friday, November 1, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Music, Toronto

Eugene Hütz and Sergey Ryabtsev from the international punk band, Gogol Bordello, will be hosting a Q&A session and spirited live performance here in Toronto on November 4, 2024 following the film screening of Scream of My Blood.  Gogol Bordello is a wild, visionary cadre of immigrant musicians, artists and outsiders, whose border-blasting message of inclusion and personal liberation, […]

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