LAURA HUBERT
6.00 - 8.00

Canadian vocal treasure, born and raised in Toronto, Laura Hubert has remained a steady force on the city’s music scene over the past 25 years. Although she retired from rock and roll back per se when JUNO-winning indie-rock group Leslie Spit Treeo split up late last millennium, for several decades now she has been singing her soulful interpretations of vintage blues, jazz and Western swing all over the Greater Toronto Area. “I want to participate in the joy of the world, try to keep it light,” says Hubert. “Just trying to have some fun. Sing some songs. Make some music. Give some joy.”

ALLOYS
8.00 - 11.00

Returning for the first time since 2019, Alloys is a jazz chamber brass band led by Toronto trumpet player Max Forster. The 5-piece ensemble combines the improvisational fire of a modern jazz group, the sensitivity of a classical brass quartet and the group interaction of a brass band for a thoughtful and exploratory experience.

Max Forster - Trumpet Charlotte Alexander - French Horn Karl Silveira - Trombone Tom Richards - Sousaphone Stuart Mein - Drums

ALGAE XEROX
11.30-2.00

With roots both in breadth and depth that span country, pop, soul, indie and classical, Algae’s music defies categorization despite an uncomfortable familiarity that places a universal struggle on a pedestal: does anybody really know anything at all? With a light-hearted and ironic approach in his exploration of topics such as grief, sexuality, loss of self, and cynicism. Algae invites his audience to surrender their judgment and submit themselves to the weight of his songs in acknowledgement of the only itch all humans wish to scratch: genuine connection.