June 10 to June 22
AGO, the NAISA Space and Trinity Park
Toronto, ON

New Adventures In Sound Art is co-presenting several special events with NXNE in June. At the First Thursdays event at the AGO, enjoy an installation performance by Nataliya Petkova with her sound sculpture [x]Tensions which “reads” and amplifies the sound characteristics of all surrounding surfaces, performing a territorial sound reading. Presented June 11 to 22 is ELASTIC PLANETS by Instant Places (Ian Birse and Laura Kavanaugh), an audiovisual machine that generates infinitely varied digital paintings in concert with a multichannel soundscape. ELASTIC PLANETS LIVE will be performed on June 10. Follow NAISA’s artistic director, Darren Copeland, on an underwater sound walk through Trinity Square on June 13 in which he will project underwater soundscapes onto the square using a portable directional speaker system.

416-652-5115
www.naisa.ca

August 8 to 13
Toronto, ON

The (Toronto) North Star Festival is an invitation to consider, challenge and celebrate our individual and collective ideas and experience of freedom through critical discourse and the arts. The inaugural offering of the festival is presented by the Nathaniel Dett Chorale in association with the Yale Alumni Chorus and the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation. The theme of the festival is an Interrogation of the North Star and the legacy of the Underground Railroad through scholarly papers, choral music and dance. Venues include York University, Black Creek Pioneer Village and the Royal Conservatory of Music, with a Gala Celebration Concert at Koerner Hall on August 13. Visit www.thetorontonorthstarfestival.com or www.nathanieldettchorale.org for more details.

416-712-7740
www.nathanieldettchorale.org

June 29 to September 17
Toronto, ON

Our garden is your concert hall! From June 29 to September 17, let yourself be carried away by the classic sounds of brass, wood and percussive instruments from around the world as Harbourfront Centre’s annual Summer Music in the Garden series returns for its 18th season. Free concerts take place in the Toronto Music Garden on most Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at 4pm and are approximately an hour in length.

416-973-4000
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summermusic

August 18 to 20
Port Dover, ON

A year-round, rural beach-side destination featuring world-class music, wine and food with a main event Jazz & Blues Festival August 18 to 20 at the Port Dover Community Centre, Arena, Patio, and more locations all over Norfolk County! Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Rob Piltch, Mark Kelso, Bill King, Red Hot Ramble, Dee Dee & the Dirty Martinis, Colin Hunter, Joe Sealy, Avery Raquel, Latin, soul, R&B, jazz, blues, merchandise and food vendors, youth stage, catering, illusionist Lucas Wilson and more! Music, food, and wine/beer pairings too!

1-888-655-9090
www.southcoastjazz.com

June 16 to 19
Hamilton, ON

Zula (Music & Arts Collective Hamilton) Presents has been organizing the annual Something Else! Festival of Creative Music since June 2014, along with the year-round series of the same name. The festival (and the series) focus on programming world-renowned visiting artists, revered local musicians and young up and comers, specializing in newer traditions in jazz, improvised music, experimental sounds and the avant-garde. The fourth edition of the festival lineup is nothing short of the cream of creative music today, a fantastic representation of many scenes from around the world. Admission tickets and passes to all six events, chock-full of exciting and imaginative programming, can be purchased via our website.

289-993-1993
www.zulapresents.org