Covering July and August 2025: With more good arguments than usual this year not to head south for your summer’s musical pleasures, make Ontario your staycational home base. There’s a fine sample of 18 festivals in our Green Pages, for day tripping or extended rambles. And with outdoor unconventional venues coming to the fore, chances are better than usual you are going to hear old favourites coming differently alive in new contexts, and music you wouldn’t have thought to seek out, rubbing shoulders delightfully or provocatively with what you know you like. Plus we dig into how “The Hamilton Plan” was the right idea at the right time for Steeltown in the 70s and 80s, and just possibly might be an idea whose time has come again. And more.
Volume 30 Issue 6 | July & August
VOLUME 30 NO 6SUMMER 2025MUSIC! LISTINGSlive and livestreamedSTORIESprofiles, previewsand interviewsRECORD REVIEWSand Listening RoomTHE GREENPAGES21st AnnualSummerMusic GuideAQUA
