Wavelength Music
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Toronto’s artist-run, non-profit concert series for independent music from all genres since 2000. 25 years! UP NEXT: Wavelength Summer Thing @ Trillium Park on August 16!
Presented w/ Sonic Boom Völur + Charles Spearin & the Local Singers with Fleshtone Aura + A Horse Named Friday + +DJ BODY////GRAVE In association with the art exhibition “Where Walls Meet Sky” August 27 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s 270 Gladstone Ave. Doors 8pm All Ages On sale now: bit.ly/WLruins
Wavelength Summer Thing returns on August 16! This annual celebration of live music returns to Trillium Park. With a main stage & lake stage, local talent will shine in genres ranging from indie-folk to alternative hip-hop to Afro-Brazilian percussion. bit.ly/SummerThing26
🎧🎶Ahead of Triples' performance this Sunday, they have put together a mix of tracks to get you in the mood for the Wavelength Block Party! Featuring a patchwork of influences, artists include Heatmiser, Superdrag and more. Head to YouTube and listen: bit.ly/TripleWL
Inspired by Mumbai’s street-drumming ensembles and underground dance music, Sunken Cages creates cinematically charged tracks. Ahead of his Toronto stop at Wavelength’s Block Party @ St. Anne’s on June 21, he has put together this banger mix! 🎧 bit.ly/SunkenCagesWL
👑This weekend, Wavelength comes to Kingston for a showcase and celebration of live music! Hot Garbage + The Strange Happenings + Ace of Wands May 29 @ 10:00 pm The Toucan 19+ FREE Reimagining Music Venues discussion May 30 @ 4:30 pm Broom Factory All Ages FREE ticketscene.ca/events/61442/
TONIGHT! 8PM Doors 8:30PM - ARTU.mp3 9:30PM - Kolumbo 10:30PM - Sessa May 14 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s 651 Dufferin Street 🎫Limited tickets available at the door, very few advance tickets left at bit.ly/SessaWL
🔊 ATTN EVENT ORGANIZERS + ARTIST ENTREPRENEURS: We’re now inviting like-minded co-presenting partners to be among the first to access the revitalized space in the lower level of historic St. Anne’s Parish Hall, as part of our Venue Pilot program. Please visit bit.ly/WLvenuepilot to learn more!
Just Announced! On Sept 22, Wavelength x Transmit Presents the Canadian musician behind Sunset Rubdown and Moonface, co-frontman of Wolf Parade, songwriting member of Swan Lake, and keyboardist for Frog Eyes and Fifths of Seven, Spencer Krug. Tickets on sale Thurs @ 10AM bit.ly/SpencerKrugTO
JUST ANNOUNCED: Wavelength @ St. Anne’s Block Party! While the world gathers in Toronto for the FIFA World Cup, come on down to Wavelength @ St. Anne’s for a good old-fashioned block party! June 20 + 21 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (Parking Lot, 270 Gladstone Ave.) FREE + ALL AGES bit.ly/WLblockparty
🎨🧶Calling all creative indie arts sellers! Wavelength would like to feature your goods at one (or more!) of our upcoming outdoor festivals this summer. Whether it be zines, pottery, vintage wear, personalized poetry, or something beyond - show us what you got!
🌃✨THIS MONTH: An Ambient Evening at St. Anne’s! Grab a bean bag and get ready to be transported! This evening promises to loop your mind forwards and back, with textures crunching under your toes and wiggling in your ears. April 25, 2026 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s 651 Dufferin St bit.ly/AmbientAnnes
JUST ANNOUNCED: SONIC BOOM 25th Anniversary Party Co-presented with Wavelength FEATURING The Sadies @thesadiesofficial.bsky.social Kiwi Jr. Badge Époque Ensemble Roach The Get Alongs Paste Sun Parker + special guests May 9 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s 651 Dufferin St Doors 6pm bit.ly/SBoom25
A special thank you to our funders and partners that make the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference possible!
Nowruz: An Evening of Music + Community Thursday March 19 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (Downstairs) 651 Dufferin St – Toronto Doors 9:30pm All Ages Discounted tickets are available to members of the Iranian community to use at your own discretion. $26 tickets plus taxes and fees at bit.ly/WMFC2026
🔉Wavelength Music Conference: Day One Schedule! 🔉 Thursday March 19 @ Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. W. 9am-4pm Tickets: bit.ly/WMFC2026
Thank you for joining us for the Kingdom of Birds album release! Make sure you put VERMIN on all your playlists: it’s full of emotion, energy, and expression. Hand-picked openers Rosie Wyse + Last Waltzon didn’t just warm the room up, they lit it on fire. It was a show to remember! 📸 Maggie Rose
🎛️Pet all these synths, and more! FREE interactive installation from March 19-21 at Inter/Access Check out these fascinating synthesizers, sourced by Tri City Synths and Synth Palace , that will be showcased alongside mannny more during this three-day event.
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Toronto’s Mad Iris formed in 2023 with the look, sound, and feel of a mid-'90s garage band. Frontwomen Kaiya Rosie and Ela Hinatsu blend bratty screams with hushed sighs, contrasting kaleidoscope guitar distortion and roaring drum beats.
📣LOCAL SUPPORT ADDED! ARTU joins Sessa + Kolumbo 🪘🪇🥁🪇🪘 Thursday May 14, 2026 Wavelength @ St. Anne’s 651 Dufferin Street Doors 8pm Single tix $30.74 ($22 adv + taxes & fees) at bit.ly/SessaWL All Ages/Licensed
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Salar Ansari is a Detroit-based DJ/producer blending Persian roots with deep, soulful techno. His live PA performances, using a mixer and outboard effects, adapt to the room for an engaging experience.
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Cinna Peyghamy is a composer & sound artist born in France from Iranian parents. At the centre of his setup is the tombak, a traditional percussion instrument, blending the boundaries between acoustic & electronic, traditional & contemporary.
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Kensington Market Musical History Walking Tour March 21 11:30am-1:30pm FREE – RSVP on DICE at bit.ly/MusicWalkKensington Public programming, donations welcome
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Dastgâmachine embrace a legible and unique form of psychedelia, incorporating the sounds and production techniques of dub, techno, and musique concrete into the Dastgâ system of arranging classical Persian art music.
OUT TODAY: Instant Comfort by Lucid Express via @kaninerecords.bsky.social Instant Comfort is the sound of a young band who have now traveled the world, seen what it has to offer, held it for a moment, before watching it slip through their fingers...
This will be an incredible opportunity to learn and discuss topics affecting live, independent music, and to empower delegates to be change makers in the sector! Wavelength Music Conference March 19 + 20, 2026 - Toronto Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. W. 9am-4pm link.dice.fm/uf29f7b08f2f
Announcing our program - more speakers to be introduced! March 19 + 20: Wavelength Music Conference It’s time to get together: a two day program of talks, panels, workshops, and gatherings aimed at independent musicians, industry professionals and the general public!
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Hailing from France and based in Montreal, Hélène Barbier switches between English and French atop aggressively anti-complicated avant-pop melodies. Surrounded by talented musicians, she creates an imbalance through juxtaposition.
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Pizza Bush have been lighting Toronto venues on fire since 2023. From pithy songs about Jazz bros, to sarcastic numbers about the woes of being a landlord, their music blends genres like folk, punk, & bluegrass with angelic three-part harmonies
NEXT WEEK: Toronto’s essential post-punk power trio Kingdom of Birds comes to Wavelength with the release of their latest and greatest LP, Vermin. Featuring extreme precision and faithfulness to their live sound, the album is full of dirty, ear-worming riffs and versatile vocal performances.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Melissa Auf der Maur encore memoir launch! Canadian alt legend MAdM’s launch at the AGO sold out so quickly, we had to add a second date! For this music-centric talk, Melissa will chat in conversation with Emilie Hanskamp, Toronto music journalist and creator.