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LIVE OR ONLINE | September 1 to October 8, 2026 Friday September 4 ● Sep 04 5:00: Emerging Artists Association. T.U. Jazz Fest 2026. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. info@ tujazz.com. Also Sep 5 & 6. Sunday September 6 ● Sep 06 5:00: The Emmet Ray. Lesley Mitchell-Clarke & The Fabulous Melotonins. Emmett Ray, The, 924 College St. reso@ erbar.ca. Monday September 7 ● Sep 07 3:00: University of Toronto. Labour Day Carillon Recital. Soldiers’ Tower War Memorial, 7 Hart House Cir. www.alumni. utoronto.ca/soldierstower or 416-978-3485. Tuesday September 8 ● Sep 08 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday Organ Recital. Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto), 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals. Friday September 11 ● Sep 11 7:00: Heliconian Hall. Jennifer King in Concert: Souvenance. 35 Hazelton Ave. www.jenniferkingpiano.com/event/6645867/770136412/ jennifer-king-in-concert-souvenance. ● Sep 11 7:00: Ontario Philharmonic. Inspirations: Remegio and Ontario Philharmonic - The Fusion of Fire and Spirit. Royal Conservatory of Music - TELUS Centre - Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. www.rcmusic.com/concert/ ontario-philharmonic or 416-408-0208. ● Sep 11 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club/London Irish Folk Club/Goderich Celtic Roots Festival. Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell. German Canadian Club, 1 Cove Rd., London. 519-319-5847 or folk@iandavies.com. Tickets available at Grooves and Long & McQuade North. ● Sep 11 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Carole Pope. Hugh’s Room Live - Green Sanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www.showpass. com/carole-pope2. ● Sep 11 10:00: Small World Music. Backroom: Nooriyah. Annabel’s Music Hall, 200 Princes’ Blvd. www.tickets.smallworldmusic.com/e/s-w-m-backroom-nooriyah. Saturday September 12 ● Sep 12 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Magisterra Piano Trio. Wilfrid Laurier University - Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. www.k-wcms.com/concerts. ● Sep 12 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Maria Doyle Kennedy. Hugh’s Room Live - Green Sanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www. showpass.com/maria-doyle-kennedy-2. Sunday September 13 ● Sep 13 2:30: Barrie Concert Association. Romance of the Violin. Bethel Community Church, 128 St. Vincent Street, Barrie. www. barrieconcerts.org or 705-436-1232. Monday September 14 ● Sep 14 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Ben and Tom Waters. Hugh’s Room Live - Green Sanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www.showpass.com/ben-and-tom-waters. Tuesday September 15 ● Sep 15 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday Organ Recital. Cathedral Church of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865 or www. stjamescathedral.ca/recitals. Wednesday September 16 ● Sep 16 7:00: Royal Canadian College of Organists - Grey Bruce Centre. Pipe Organ of the Year Award Concert. St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 553 Gould St., Wiarton. www. greybrucercco.com. ● Sep 16 7:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Paintings at an Exhibition. Georgian Shores United Church, 997 4th Ave. E., Owen Sound. www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca. Thursday September 17 ● Sep 17 7:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Payadora. Heartwood Concert Hall, 939 2nd Ave. E., Owen Sound. www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca. ● Sep 17 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. A Concert Celebration; 20 Years at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca. ● Sep 17 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Jovan Santos Neto Celebrates the Music of Hermeto Pascal. Hugh’s Room Live - Green Sanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www.showpass. com/celebrate-the-music-of-hermeto-pascal-with-jovino-santos-neto. Friday September 18 ● Sep 18 Stonebridge Wasaga Beach Blues. 5:00: Big Motor Gasoline. 6:10: Mike McKenna’s Slidewinder Blues Band. 7:20: Messenjah. 8:30: Pearl - A Janis Joplin Experience. 9:50: Thunderstruck - The AC/ DC Experience. Stonebridge Town Centre, 291 Main St., Wasaga Beach. 705-817-6954 or www.wasagabeachblues.com. ● Sep 18 7:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Celestial Harmonies. Historic Leith Church, 419498 Tom Thomson Ln., Leith. www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca. ● Sep 18 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La traviata. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363- 8231 or 1-800-250-4653 or tickets@coc. ca. Also Sep 26, 27(2pm), Oct 2, 4(2pm), 7, 9, 13, 15, 17(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. ● Sep 18 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Happy Birthday Leonard with Micah Barnes and Barbara Lynch. Hugh’s Room Live - Green Sanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www.showpass.com/ happy-birthday-leonard-with-micah-barnes. Saturday September 19 ● Sep 19 Stonebridge Wasaga Beach Blues. 12:05: Eyes of Violet - Junior Jam. 12:40: MacKenzie Blues Band. 1:50: James Legere Band. 3:00: Fog Blues and Brass Band. 4:20: The Mike McCarthy Band. 5:40: Vinyl Paradise. 7:00: Jimi. 8:20: LMT Connection. 9:40: Mudmen.. Stonebridge Town Centre, 291 Main St., Wasaga Beach. 705-817-6954 or www.wasagabeachblues.com. ● Sep 19 4:00: Friends of Music at St. Thomas’s. Daniel Ramjattan, Classical Guitar. St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron St. 416-979-2323. ● Sep 19 4:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Return of the Light. Georgian Shores United Church (Owen Sound), 997 4th Ave. E., Owen Sound. www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca. ● Sep 19 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Joseph Petric, Accordion & Ari Cohen-Mann, Oboe. Wilfrid Laurier University - Savvas Chamberlain Music Building, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms. ● Sep 19 7:30: Danforth Mennonite Church. The Autumn Concerto. 2174 Danforth Ave. 647-858-9708. ● Sep 19 7:30: Guitar Society of Toronto. Jeffrey McFadden, Solo Classical Guitar. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com or 416-648-1660. ● Sep 19 8:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Sarah Slean. Harmony Centre, 890 4th Ave. E., Owen Sound. www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca. Sunday September 20 ● Sep 20 Stonebridge Wasaga Beach Blues. 12:10: 93 North. 1:30: Joe Murphy + The Water Street Blues Band. 2:50: The Tonewheels. 4:10: David Gogo. 5:30: Miss Emily. 6:50: The Last Waltz - A Musical Celebration of The Band.. Stonebridge Town Centre, 291 Main St., Wasaga Beach. 705-817-6954 or www. wasagabeachblues.com. ● Sep 20 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Discovery Series: Joaquin Valdepeñas Conducts. Royal Conservatory of Music - TELUS Centre - Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www. rcmusic.com/performance. ● Sep 20 3:00: SweetWater Music Festival. Carnivals & Rhapsodies. 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● Sep 20 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211 or www.christchurchdeerpark.org. ● Sep 20 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Penderecki String Quartet with Brian Dickinson. Hugh’s Room Live - Green Sanderson Hall, 296 Broadview Ave. www.showpass.com/ penderecki-quartet-w-brian-dickinson. Tuesday September 22 ● Sep 22 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday Organ Recital. Cathedral Church of St. James , 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865 or www. stjamescathedral.ca/recitals. ● Sep 22 7:00: Christ Church Deer Park. Fall Lecture & Workshop Series: Lecture 1- Why Do We Sing? - A Theological Basis for Church Music. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211 or www.christchurchdeerpark.org. Also Sep 29, Oct 6, 13, 20 & 27. ● Sep 22 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Sofya Gulyak, Piano. Wilfrid Laurier University - Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. www.k-wcms.com/concerts. Wednesday September 23 Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms. ● Sep 25 7:00: Piano Lunaire. Harvest Moon: First Night. nanoSTAGE, 1001 R Bloor St. W. 416-825-2744. BEETHOVEN & FARRENC SEPT 25-27 KOERNER HALL ● Sep 26 7:00: St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church. The Elmer Iseler Singers: In Concert. 1 Greenland Rd., North York. www. stmarkstoronto.org or 416-444-3471. ● Sep 26 7:30: Barrie Concert Association. Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir. Collier Street United Church, 112 Collier St., Barrie. www.barrieconcerts.org or 705-436-1232. ● Sep 26 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La traviata. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363- 8231 or 1-800-250-4653 or tickets@coc. ca. Also Sep 18, 27(2pm), Oct 2, 4(2pm), 7, 9, 13, 15, 17(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. ● Sep 26 7:30: Confluence Concerts. Global Voices. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647- 678-4923. Also Sep 27(3pm). ● Sep 26 7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Masterworks 1: Beauty and Power. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. www.centreinthesquare.com/event/ kws-masterworks-1-beauty-and-power. Toronto Operetta Theatre Cabaret Series GALOP OFFENBACHIEN SAT. Sept 26, 2026 4PM www.TORONTOOPERETTA.com ● Sep 23 7:30: China National Symphony Orchestra. A Moonment to Remember: A Symphonic Chamber Music Concert. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 416-895-2281. ● Sep 23 7:30: NonStop Broadway. Hamilton Karaoke & Sing-Along. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. Thursday September 24 ● Sep 24 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Classics: Yuja Wang Plays Prokofiev. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. www.tso. ca or 416-598-3375. Also Sep 26(7:30pm) & 27(3pm). Friday September 25 ● Sep 25 8:00am: Old Mill Toronto. Blackburn Brothers. 21 Old Mill Rd. www.oldmilltoronto.com/event/blackburn-brothers. ● Sep 25 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Michael Lewin, Piano. Wilfrid Laurier University - Maureen Forrester tafelmusik.org ● Sep 25 7:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Beethoven & Farrenc. Royal Conservatory of Music - TELUS Centre - Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www. tafelmusik.org. Also Sep 26(7:30pm) & 27(3pm). Saturday September 26 ● Sep 26 4:00: Friends of Music at St. Thomas’s/Apocryphonia. Comtessa Medieval Ensemble & Diapente Renaissance Quintet. St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron St. 416-979-2323. ● Sep 26 4:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. TOT Cabaret Series: Galop Offenbachien. Edward Jackman Centre, 947 Queen St. E., 2nd Floor. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754 or www.ticketmaster.ca/artist/2443008. ● Sep 26 7:00: Piano Lunaire. Harvest Moon: Second Night. nanoSTAGE, 1001 R Bloor St. W. 416-825-2744. The Chamber Orchestra of the China National Symphony Orchestra 2026 Canada Tour September 19-29,2026 Vancouver · Toronto · Ottawa · Montreal Theatre: Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts Address: 10268 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, ON Scan the QR code to purchase tickets. Use promo code "twn" to enjoy 10% off. thewholenote.com September 2026 | 25
