Live music -- outdoors!

Selected weekend afternoons in front of the shop.
All shows from 2:00 to 4:00 PM unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, August 14
The Nate Beja Trio


Sunday, August 21
The Rider Raiders x 3/4
featuring Rich Underhill, sax; Tim Hamel trumpet; Great Bob Scott, drums

Coming up in the 2022/2023 Indoor Series...

Wednesday, September 14: Viper's Cloud
Fabulous Gypsy jazz quartet featuring Nat Beja, guitar/vocals; 
Mo M Mitchell, violin; Jacob Gorzhaltsan, sax/clarinet
& a bassist to be named later.
Minimum donation $20

Friday, September 16: from Brooklyn, NY
Grammy Award nominee Stephan Crump, solo bass
Minimum donation $25

Sunday, September 18: jazz vocalist Kalya Ramu
with Ewen Farncombe, piano & Ross MacIntyre, bass
Minimum donation $20

Wednesday, September 28: The Jellyfish
Exceptional improvised jazz featuring
Juno Award nominees Jacob Gorzhaltsan, sax/clarinet; Ewen Farncombe, piano,
& Juno Award winner Ravi Naimpally, tabla

Thursday, September 29: The Alexander Brown Trio
featuring  Alexander Brown, trumpet & two other outstanding musicians
Minimum donation $20

Friday, September 30: Corpusse plus Myke Adaptiv
Minimum donation $20

Tuesday, October 4: Andrew Downing, bass & Tim Posgate, banjo
Minimum donation $20

Wednesday, October 5: New Voices
Annie Elgie & the Tea Party Collective
plus Brigit McDermott & Tiffany Aboagye with Toni Taiwo
More details to follow

Thursday, October 6: The George Crotty Trio
George Crotty, cello; Jonathan Chapman, bass; Matias Recharte, drums
Minimum donation $20

Monday, October 10 & Tuesday, October 11: From Manchester, UK
Mike Garry
Internationally renowned poet and riveting live performer
Collaborator with Iggy Pop, Philip Glass, Patti Smith, The National, and New Order
Writer, with composer Joe Duddell, and performer of a #1 hit in the UK
Presented in collaboration with Gary Topp Presents
Minimum donation $25

Wednesday, October 12: singer/songwriter Les Armstrong
plus singer/songwriter Danté Ravenhearst with Ben McWebb, keys
Minimum donation $15

Wednesday, October 19: Wide Arches
featuring Jacob Gorzhaltsan, sax/clarinet;
Jared Higgins, guitar; Meagan Luchko, vocals
Minimum donation $20

Thursday, October 20: Andrew Scott, jazz guitar
Minimum donation $20

Saturday, October 22: punk rock/fast folk legend Eugene Ripper
Minimum donation $20

Thursday, October 26: The Bad Apples
A Tribute to The Band
Minimum donation $20

Thursday, October 27: Juno Award nominees Alex Bird & the Jazz Mavericks
featuring Alex Bird, vocals; Ewen Farncombe, piano; Jacob Gorzhaltsan, sax/clarinet
Minimum donation $25

Thursday, November 10: singer/songwriter Peter Jane
Minimum donation $10

SPECIAL 11th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Saturday, November 12: Stephen Stanley & Chris Bennett
plus Les Armstrong
Minimum donation $25

Thursday, November 24: Literary Society favourite Kevin Quain
Minimum donation $25

BOOK YOUR SEATS FOR ANY SHOW

 To book your spot at a Literary Society show, simply contact us by email at sellers@sellersandnewel.com or by phone at 647-778-6345. Let us know how many seats and for which show(s) and we'll let you know what to do next. It's that simple.

Admission to all shows is by a minimum donation, 100% of which goes to the performers. Only seats for which a donation has been made can be guaranteed. We can't hold any seat for more than 24 hours, and not at all on the day of ,or day prior to, a performance. Thanks a lot and see you here soon.

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