JULY 3
FANFARE BY THE LAKE: Queen’s Quay Trumpeters
TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN
Hanging out on the waterfront  is one of our favourite things to do in July. Little Norway Park is a great meeting spot for going on adventures east or westward.  Just west of Little Norway, at the bottom of Spadina, sits the Music Garden, Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Cello Suite-inspired green space. Over the summer they have a music concerts on Thursday at 7 and Sundays at 4 (weather-permitting).

JULY 4
HOT TICKET OF THE WEEK!
CHUCK PROPHET
EL MO
8:30 PM
$ 12
The Rock Elite is so enthusiastic about this, we’re not even sure we should tell you about it! The Californian guitarist has worked with such notable musicians as Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, Aimee Mann and Alejandro Escodevo, to name a few.

JULY 9
TINARS & SCREAM PRESENT
GLADSTONE ART BAR
8-10PM
FREEEEEE
Toronto wordy people ask: does art only exist in the act of interpretation? Poet Kevin Connolly’s “Plenty” will be interpreted by artists from a variety of disciplines. Gadzooks! says coolarama.