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Music venues in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Air Canada Centre
The Air Canada Centre (ACC) is a multi-purpose arena
located on Bay Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is the home of the
Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association, the Toronto Maple Leafs
of the National Hockey League, and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse
League. It was also home to the Toronto Phantoms of the Arena Football League
during their brief existence. The arena is popularly known as "the ACC" or "the
Hangar" (the latter nickname coming from its sponsorship by Canada's largest
airline, Air Canada). The Air Canada Centre is the eleventh busiest arena in the
world.
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Cameron Public House
The Cameron Public House is a small bar, hotel, and
informal cultural centre located at 408 Queen Street West, just west of Spadina
Avenue in downtown Toronto, Canada. The Cameron has a front lounge and a back
room, both with the capacity for audiences of no more than sixty people. It has
been described as a unique Toronto crossover of CBGB's and the Chelsea Hotel in
New York.
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El Mocambo
The El Mocambo Tavern (462-464, Spadina Ave., Toronto ON
M5T 2G8) (aka "The El Mo") is a live music and entertainment venue in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Located on Spadina Avenue, just south of College Street, the
bar played an important role in the development of popular music in Toronto
since the 1940s. It is perhaps best known for hosting two Rolling Stones shows
on March 4 and 5, 1977 that were recorded for release on the band's Love You
Live album.
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Exhibition Place
Exhibition Place is a mixed-use property on the Toronto
shore of Lake Ontario, a few kilometres west of the central business district.
The 197–acre area features expo, trade, and banquet centres, theatre and music
buildings, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and
national historic sites. From mid-August through Labour Day each year, the
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), from which name Exhibition Place is derived,
is held on the grounds. During the CNE, Exhibition Place encompasses 260 acres
(1.1 km2), expanding to include nearby parks and parking lots. The CNE features
games and a midway, among a host of attractions. The fair is one of the largest
and most successful of its kind in North America, and an important part of the
culture of Toronto, the province, and the nation itself. The grounds have seen a
mix of protection for heritage buildings along with new development.
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Four Seasons Centre
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a
2,071-seat theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which had its grand opening
Wednesday, June 14, 2006. The theatre, designed by Jack Diamond, is at the
southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West, across from Osgoode
Hall. The land on which it is located was a gift from the Government of Ontario.
However, the first actual performances commenced in September 2006 with the
first Canadian production of Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen.
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The Guvernment
The Guvernment is the name of a nightclub complex in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1996, it was incarnated from the former RPM
nightclub which closed its doors after several years at the same location.
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Harbourfront Centre
Harbourfront Centre is a key cultural facility on Toronto,
Ontario's waterfront, situated at 235 Queen's Quay West. Established as a crown
corporation in 1972 by the federal government to create a waterfront park, it
became a non-profit organization in 1991. Funding comes from corporate sponsors,
government grants, individual donors and entrepreneurial activities.
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Horseshoe Tavern
The Horseshoe Tavern (known as The Horseshoe or The 'Shoe
to Toronto locals) is a concert venue located at 370 Queen Street West
(northeast corner of Queen at Spadina) in downtown Toronto, and has been in
operation since 1947. Owned by "JC", the venue is a significant part of Canadian
musical lore. It is captured in the memories of thousands of concertgoers, and
in books such as Have Not Been the Same.
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Hugh's Room
Hugh's Room is a restaurant and folk music venue in
Toronto, Ontario. Located on Dundas Street in the city's Roncesvalles
neighbourhood, the club was opened in 2001 by Richard Carson and named in memory
of his brother Hugh, a former folk musician who had dreamed of opening his own
performance venue before his death of cancer in 1999. Although primarily a folk
club, Hugh's Room also sometimes books jazz, blues, classical and comedy artists
as well.
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Lee's Palace
Lee's Palace is a concert hall located on the south side of
Bloor Street West east of Lippincott Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The
facility consists of a converted motion picture theatre and can accommodate
several hundred guests.
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Massey Hall
Massey Hall is a venerable performing arts theatre in the
Garden District of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The theatre originally was designed
to seat 3,500 patrons but, after extensive renovations in the 1940s, now seats
up to 2,752.
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Mel Lastman Square
Mel Lastman Square is a public square at North York Civic
Centre in the North York community of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It
is named for former North York mayor (and later Toronto mayor) Mel Lastman.
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Mod Club Theatre
Mod Club Theatre (commonly called Mod Club) is a nightclub
in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its address is 722 College Street, which
is in Little Italy. The venue hosts many concerts and DJ nights, featuring
genres like rock, pop electronic music and hip hop.
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Molson Amphitheatre
Molson Amphitheatre (commonly called the Amphitheatre) is a
semi-enclosed outdoor concert venue in Toronto, Ontario. Its address is 909 Lake
Shore Boulevard West, and it is located on the grounds of Ontario Place. The
venue hosts many diverse acts, including genres like rock, pop, and jazz. The
first act to play this venue was Bryan Adams, May 18, 1995.
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The Music Hall
The Music Hall is a theatre on Danforth Avenue in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Originally constructed as a movie theatre in 1919, the building
was first known as the Allen's Danforth, after its owner the Allen Theatre
Chain. Promoted as "Canada’s First Super-Suburban Photoplay Palace", the theatre
opened in the midst of both a building boom along Danforth Avenue (due to the
opening of the Prince Edward Viaduct) and a boom in the construction of movie
theatres following the First World War. Allen's Danforth opened on August 18,
1919, and the first feature film shown was Goldwyn Pictures' Through the Wrong
Door starring Madge Kennedy.
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Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza that forms the
forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen
Street West and Bay Street, and named for Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from
1955 to 1962. The square opened in 1965, and, as with the City Hall, the square
was designed by architect Viljo Revell. The square is the site of concerts, art
displays, a weekly farmers' market, the winter festival of lights, and other
public events, including demonstrations.
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The Orbit Room
The Orbit Room is a Toronto bar owned by Alex Lifeson (a
member of the band Rush) and Tim Notter. The restaurant is managed by Tim
Wilson. The venue is decorated in the style of a 1950s New York cocktail lounge,
and plays host to many different kinds of live music; particularly R&B, funk,
and jazz. It is located at 580-A College Street, within Toronto's "Little Italy"
district, accessible by streetcar. There is street parking. They serve some
food; more on certain nights of the week.
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Palais Royale
Palais Royale is a dance hall at the foot of Roncesvalles
Avenue in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Lake Ontario. Originally built as a boat
works, it became notable as a night club in the now-defunct Sunnyside Amusement
Park, hosting many prominent 'big band' jazz bands. Since the Park's demolition,
the building has ceased to be a nightclub, being used for special occasions and
concerts. It has recently been remodeled and is in use for special occasions and
meetings.
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Phoenix Concert Theatre
The Phoenix Concert Theatre is located at 410 Sherbourne
St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has hosted many popular musicians such as The
Rolling Stones, Plus 44, Rage Against The Machine and Gordon Downie.
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Polson Pier
Polson Pier, previously known as The Docks Waterfront
Entertainment Complex or The Docks, is a multi-purpose entertainment venue in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in largely industrial Port Lands area of
the city along the shore of Toronto Harbour.
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Ricoh Coliseum
Ricoh Coliseum is an ice hockey arena at Exhibition Place
in Toronto. It serves as the home arena of the Toronto Marlies, the American
Hockey League farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was formerly known as the
CNE Coliseum.
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The Rivoli
The Rivoli is a famous bar, restaurant and performance
space on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario. The club originally earned a
reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, and many major Canadian
comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in
the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows.
The Drowsy Chaperone premiered at The Rivoli and went on to subsequent
productions and eventually a highly successful run on Broadway.
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Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome, is a
multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower
near the shores of Lake Ontario. Originally opened in 1989, it is home to the
American League's Toronto Blue Jays, the Canadian Football League's Toronto
Argonauts, the site of the annual International Bowl American college football
bowl game, and as of 2008, the National Football League's Buffalo Bills' second
playing venue in the Bills Toronto Series. While it is primarily a sports venue,
it also hosts other large-scale events such as conventions, trade fairs,
concerts, funfairs, and monster truck shows. The stadium was renamed "Rogers
Centre" following the purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications in 2005.
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Roy Thomson Hall
Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall located at 60 Simcoe
Street in Toronto, Ontario. It is the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and
the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Opened in 1982, its circular architectural design
exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior. It was designed by Canadian
architects Arthur Erickson and Mathers and Haldenby. The hall seats 2630 and
features a pipe organ built by Canadian organ builders Gabriel Kney of London,
Ontario.
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Royal Conservatory of Music
The Royal Conservatory of Music, also known as The Royal
Conservatory or RCM, provides music and arts education, evaluative standards,
publishing and performance to people of all ages and stages across Canada and
around the world in pursuit of its mission to develop human potential. The Royal
Conservatory’s head office is located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by
Edward Fisher in 1886 as The Toronto Conservatory of Music, and in 1947 George
VI incorporated the Conservatory through royal charter. Florence Minz is the
current Chair of the Board and Dr Peter Simon is the President.
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Sneaky Dee's
Sneaky Dee's is a bar on the south-east corner of the
College and Bathurst intersection in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its
original location was on Bloor Street west of Bathurst, but it moved to its
present location in 1990.
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Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts is a major
performing arts venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Toronto Centre for the Arts
The Toronto Centre for the Arts, previously known as the
"Ford Centre for the Performing Arts", opened in 1993 as the "North York
Performing Arts Centre" and is designed by Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler
for musicals, theatre productions, and other performing arts.
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Yonge-Dundas Square
Yonge-Dundas Square (commonly called Dundas Square) is a
privately owned and administered public square in downtown Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. It is located on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street.
Although Dundas Square was originally plotted by the Queen's Rangers in the
early 19th century, it was opened as a public square to the public only in
November 2002, and a "grand opening" concert was held on May 30, 2003.
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