UNCLE OLD THYME
6.00
Québec City / Toronto based rag pickin’, banjo smackin, foot tappin’ busker currently rambling around.
BOSKO BAKER
8.30
Bosko Baker delivers high-energy performances blending American roots music— from country blues & swing to folk & ragtime to hot jazz & jug band sounds — what he likes to call 'street swing.’ With a raw spontaneity honed through years of busking, Bosko and his band, the Do Makers, create unique, foot-stomping shows featuring finger-picking guitar, virtuoso violin, infectious rhythms, and deep musical traditions.
15$ cover after 10pm, with all proceeds going directly to the musicians performing.
DONNÉ ROBERTS
11.30
Singer-songwriter/guitarist Donné Roberts was born in Madagascar. Now based in Toronto, Canada. He’s earned a matchless reputation for his compositions, strong catchy melodic lines that makes his audience sing along with him during live performances, strong message on the lyrics, also the excitement and the high energy and professionalism of his live shows.
Donné Roberts is a passionate performer. When he hits the stage, he carries with him an energy that immediately exhilarates the crowd even if they've never heard his music before. Donné performs mainly in Malagasy mother tongue from his birthplace of Madagascar. Yet this never proves to be a barrier to the audience, providing living proof that music truly does transcend languages.
ORI DAGAN
2.30
Grand Prize Winner at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Canadian jazz singer-songwriter Ori Dagan has attracted a dedicated and growing audience worldwide. With his unmistakably rich bass-baritone, he brings an infectiously deep sense of swing to everything he sings, whether interpreting a standard, spinning a pop tune on its head or introducing his own original music and lyrics. As heard on his recordings "S'Cat Got My Tongue" (2009), "Less Than Three" (2012), "Nathaniel: A Tribute to Nat King Cole" (2017) and "Click Right Here" (2022), in live performance, Dagan surrounds himself with some of Canada's finest talents. He has entertained thousands across Canada as well as the United States, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Macedonia and Germany.