Toronto Music Advisory Council
Anton Mak
Why won’t Toronto venues book hip-hop?
Despite being the highest-grossing genre in the world, hip-hop often struggles for space on local stages Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Queen West venue Nocturne to close in July
The 10-year-old goth club's owner says a major rent hike is to blame Read more
Amanda Fotes
Fucked Up played the abandoned Lower Bay subway station at CMW
Lower Bay Station, the de-commissioned TTC stop, was the unusual setting for a memorable all-local concert featuring Fucked Up, Deliluh, Tyriqueordie and E-Saggila. Check out photos and our review here. Read more
Sasha Niveole
Q&A: Coda's Joel Smye on the state of Toronto's dance scene
As the Bathurst club turns four, Smye takes stock of gender parity behind the decks, competition from DIY parties and vanishing music venues Read more
Samuel Engelking
Vanishing music venues: a progress report
From investing in music hubs to reviewing Toronto's music city partnership with Austin, these are the threads to follow across the venue crisis this year Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
The best and worst music stories of 2017
From vanishing (and reappearing) venues to the Indigenous Next Wave, these are the most fascinating stories we've been following this year Read more
Could there ever be another Massey Hall?
As the venue undergoes a massive renovation, what can we learn from its history? Read more
Zach Slootsky
The Toronto Music Advisory Council is the legislative equivalent of a funnel
Their latest meeting found the group in existential crisis – but they approved every motion anyway Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Toronto Music Advisory Council is supporting the Agent Of Change principle to help save music venues
Ahead of the council's next meeting, we look at what it is and how it could help Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Toronto music venue closures spark community concern
A snail's-pace city council and lack of diversity and access are destroying our biggest cultural export Read more
Amanda Fotes
Vanishing music venues: three months into 2017 and we've already lost seven
Meanwhile the condo boom explodes, raising real estate prices and shuttering businesses in its wake. The crisis is finally on the city's radar, but will change happen fast enough to save our music incubators and cultural hubs and stop more artists fr Read more
Shane Parent
5 Things We Learned At City Hall’s Event Planning Panel
Some nitty-gritty advice for indie promoters looking to throw a concert in a public park or non-traditional venue Read more
Council unanimously votes to make Toronto a Music City
But whether or not the city's official music strategy becomes a reality will depend on the 2017 budget Read more