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alt="The Rivoli bar and music venue on Queen West in Toronto in summer 2020"

The Rivoli is for sale

The Queen West landmark's owners want the bar's legacy to continue and for "the right people" to buy the business

Jul 07, 2020

Richard Trapunski

Review: Bush Tetras played a rare Toronto show

One of the defining bands from New York's no wave heyday, the four-piece easily filled the Rivoli with jittery punk energy

Jul 07, 2020

Kevin Ritchie

The GTOs move in for the Overkill

On July 6, a realty listing quietly went up for the Rivoli and Twitter started to swirl: is Toronto losing.

Jul 07, 2020

Glenn Sumi

Nirvanna the Band the Show puts Toronto front and centre in hilarious new show for VICELAND

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol are determined to carve out space for homegrown TV, shooting improvised scenes at well-known landmarks with unsuspecting Torontonians. We found out the hard way

Jul 07, 2020

Kate Robertson

Rivoli to close for renos in February

No shows on the main floor, but it’s still business as usual upstairs

Jul 07, 2020

Michael Rancic

The audience is the DJ at Kid Koala’s inventive Satellite concerts

Known for his high-concept performances, the Montreal scratch DJ found a way to top himself for his new record

Jul 07, 2020

Carla Gillis

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