RAQUEL MARINA TRIO
6.00
Vocalist, composer, educator, and bandleader Raquel Marina Skilich is recognized for her adaptability, competence, and originality. Raquel recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Comprehensive at the University of Toronto. She is a winner of the 2023 Youth 4 The Ages competition hosted by the Niagara Jazz Festival and often leads her own bands around the GTA performing her own arrangements and compositions. Additionally, Raquel has more than five years of experience teaching voice, piano, and composition lessons to students of all ages. As an emerging Canadian jazz artist, Raquel is optimistic in building a music career to connect with others on a deeper level creatively and authentically.
THE SEAN STANLEY QUINTET
8.30
The Sean Stanley Quintet PROUDLY play Jazz, Swing and the Blues. The music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Erroll Garner as well as Sean's original compositions. Their music ranges from hot and fiery to smooth and sweet but is always based in Blues and improvisation.
15$ cover after 10pm, with all proceeds going directly to the musicians performing.
BAD UNCLE
11.30
A quartet of no-goodniks singing songs of undead graveyard lust and unbathed forestry workers in an accordion driven frenzy of nightmare-folk.
Discarding conventional approach to genre, Bad Uncle has brought their edgy blend of accordion driven, polkabilly thrash, sometimes operatic, disco experimentalism to folks all over Quebec, the East and West coasts of Canada, The United States, Middle Earth and the ocean floor.
BRAINFUDGE
2.30
In the 90's, Bottomley was inspired by the fast-growing funk and groove scene in Toronto and started the Braindfudge collective that continues to this day. Currently including Great Bob Scott (drums), Donne Roberts (African Guitar Summit, guitar) and Richard Underhill and Perry White (The Shuffle Demons, saxophones). “The Fudge” lay Bottomley’s signature rock, Afrolatin and reggae-infused funk grooves thick and heavy, performing regularly at music clubs, festivals and private events across Ontario.