Music

Join multi-award winner and national radio host Laila Biali back at one of her favourite venues featuring long-time collaborators Kelly Jefferson (sax), George Koller and Ben Wittman. Come experience their brand new project "Dreamland: Joni Mitchell and The Canadian Songbook Reimagined", an unforgettable night of iconic songs and heartwarming stories.

Alex Pangman grew up a couple of generations late to have sung with Benny Goodman but the vibrant vocalist is known as Canada's Sweetheart of Swing. The JUNO nominee and JAZZ.FM91 host possesses the requisite taste & talent to breathe new life into the sturdy songs of the 1930s when she sings with her Alleycats quintet.

While facets of Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby can be found in Alex's zesty delivery, that crisp clear voice is unequivocally her own. A superb song stylist, Alex has a loyal fanbase from her critically acclaimed work and performances across Canada, having performed at Koerner Hall with John Pizzarelli, Massey Hall opening for Willie Nelson, at stages like the Reservoir Lounge, or playing for swing dancers everywhere.

Her Alleycats are crackerjack musicians who also love the musical style and bring it to life with their expertise. They are John MacLeod cornet, Peter Hill piano, Glenn Anderson drums, and Chris Banks bass.

This special Smooth Rock performance is an annual fundraiser event for Operation Walk Canada. All proceeds support our surgical missions to Guatemala and Ecuador. Since 2006, Operation Walk Canada has been travelling to Guatemala and Ecuador to provide hip and knee surgeries to patients who have no access to care. Thank you for your support!

About Operation Walk Canada:

https://www.operationwalk.ca/about-operation-walk

The Yacht Rock Show pays authentic tribute to the 70s & 80s Smooth Rock/L.A. Studio Sound

Cruise through this nostalgic journey with faithful renditions of the iconic smooth rock sounds of the mid 70s & 80s that defined a generation. Experience an unforgettable musical voyage at this yacht rock party - layered with lush harmonies and smooth grooves, The Yacht Rock Show performs classic hits from artists that shaped the genre, including: Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, The Doobie Brothers, Box Skaggs, Steely Dan,, Player, Little River Band, Ambrosia, Toto & Styx & more.

The Fitzgeralds are Canadian Champion fiddling and step dancing siblings – Tom, Kerry & Julie
Fitzgerald, along with award winning guest artists. Each holiday season, the group performs an
engaging, live version of its “Ontario Folk Music Award” nominated album, The Fitzgeralds - A
Canadian Christmas! Live performances feature the group’s signature triple fiddle arrangements of holiday favourites, songs by great Canadian composers, original compositions, and the crowd favourite...Ottawa Valley step dancing! Guest artists this year include Canadian Step Dance Champion Kyle Waymouth, Canadian Bluegrass Fiddle Player of the year Alanna Jenish, and Juno-nominated percussionist Tony Nesbitt-Larking! Dust off your ugly Christmas sweater, and join The Fitzgeralds as they provide a heart-warming, cheerful, and truly Canadian soundtrack to your holiday season!

The Arrogant Worms have spent over three decades making fun of a big dumb world. Their songs have been played on the radio, the internet, and in outer space (on the space shuttle Endeavour). The Worms began at Queen’s University in 1991 when some members of the student cabaret group, The Queen’s Players, started writing songs and sketches for the campus radio station CFRC. Soon the group became The Arrogant Worms (Chris Patterson, Mike McCormick, and Trevor Strong) who have since toured ceaselessly across Canada (and select other parts of the world), released 13 albums, and recorded with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Their song, The Last Saskatchewan Pirate, has been covered by bands such as Captain Tractor and The Longest Johns, and their Happy Happy birthday song is a viral sensation with over one hundred million views of the various fan videos on YouTube. More than thirty years after they began, The Arrogant Worms continue to provide tuneful and silly escapism for everyone who needs it.

The Doobie Brothers are one of the most iconic Classic Rock bands of all time, having sold millions of albums and topping the charts with great hit songs such as China Grove, Long Train Running, What a Fool Believes, Black Water and, of course, Listen to the Music. After five decades, their music is still in heavy rotation on Classic Rock radio stations world wide.

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC BAND is a tribute to the Doobie Brothers consisting of some of the best musicians and singers in Canada. These highly skilled musicians meticulously reproduce each and every great hit song live to give audiences a true experience of seeing and hearing the Doobie Brothers Band perform live. You will want to see this amazing show over and over again.

Big Bandemic welcomes you back the days of Wonderland Gardens!

An afternoon of big band swing featuring the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, and more!

Emm Gryner is a 3-time Juno Award nominated Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist. She has been sought after by David Bowie and Def Leppard to sing and collaborate with them on tour and on recordings, including the new Stripped Version of “Pour Some Sugar On Me” featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Emm also helped make the first music video in outer space when Chris Hadfield enlisted her to create a new version of “Space Oddity” which was partially recorded aboard the International Space Station. Emm’s new album “Business & Pleasure” is a foray into yacht rock and features an all-star list of Nashville musicians who have worked with Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, Taylor Swift and Toto. Emm is constantly crossing genres and defying the odds of what is possible in the music industry as an independent female recording artist.

"An Elvis Christmas" Starring two award wining tribute artists, Matt Cage & Mat Shank. An Elvis Christmas a salute to Elvis' Christmas album which has sold more than twenty million copies, making it the best - selling Christmas album in United States, and on Planet Earth. That's no small feat, considering that holiday music spun by pop stars has become a genre unto itself in the ensuing decades.The arrival of winter at graceland was always a special time of the year for Elvis. It meant the holiday season was fast approaching and the anticipation of all the fun things the season would bring, including decorating for Christmas, opening Christmas presents with friends and family. Although his passion lay at the piano with fellow friends and musicians to sing classic traditional favorites and nod to his gospel roots. An Elvis Christmas salutes and pays tribute to these incredible songs.

'Ladies & Gentlemen' Angel Wing Productions presents, "An Elvis Christmas"

Willow Switch is a dark folk music duo that embodies the crossroads of tradition and subversion. The band consists of saw-player and guitarist Andra Zlatescu and banjo player Robin Henry. Together they call upon the spirits of the land to create ambient haunting harmonies and sing open the doorways to other realms.

Their debut album, released in October 2023, is a musical journey through the dark spiritual dirges that evoke a sense of foreboding, much like a cold fog billowing down a mountain. Willow Switch's melodies are equally eerie and captivating, luring listeners into the dark, uninhabited corners of the woodlands. Their sound has been called “doom-folk”, “heavy meadow”, “folk noir”, “the crossroads between Appalachian and Black Sabbath”. If you venture fearlessly into the secret heart of the forest you can find out for yourself.

At the core of Willow Switch's music lies a deep reverence for folkloric stories. They spin tales of civilization lost and reclaimed by nature, exploring themes of grief for old almost-forgotten pathways, and weaving those threads of memory into dreaming up new futures. Through their music, Willow Switch seeks to carve out a new path in the folk music landscape, reviving the traditions of the past and breathing new life into them.

Join Willow Switch on their musical journey as they bring their unique brand of haunting folk music to the world. Let their music transport you to another realm, where spirits roam free and the ancient stories of the land are waiting to be told.
TUNES@NOON at The Aeolian is supported with thanks to The Paul Seed Fund through London Community Foundations and is a London UNESCO City of Music project.