Live Music in Bloor-Yorkville

Experience the refined rhythm of Yorkville’s legendary and modern music scene.

Once a hotbed of peace and poetry, the village of Yorkville launched 1960s Canadian folk luminaries like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and Gordon Lightfoot—along with James Taylor and Simon & Garfunkel—on the iconic stage at the Riverboat, once Canada’s most famous coffeehouse.

Today, Bloor-Yorkville is home to top cultural venues like Koerner Hall, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Gardiner Ceramic Museum, and some of Toronto’s best jazz and live music venues. It all comes alive each June during the Toronto Jazz Festival.

Scroll down to explore live music venues, record shops, and listening lounges nearby.

Downtown Toronto

Yonge Street was once ground zero for Toronto’s music scene. In the 1960s, Canadian icons like...

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Junction, Roncesvalles & Parkdale

A walk from The Junction through Roncesvalles into Parkdale reveals some of Toronto’s most...

Little Portugal

Dundas Street West from Lansdowne to Shaw is one of Toronto’s prime locales for street...

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Queen Street West

Art meets commerce on vibrant Queen Street West, the historic area that drove Toronto’s...

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Little Italy

One of Toronto’s social and cultural hotspots, the area along and adjacent to College St...

More to love about Bloor-Yorkville’s music scene

Yorkville’s musical legacy lives on in intimate concert halls, elegant lounges, and open-air jazz performances that echo its bohemian past.

Koerner Hall offers some of the city’s best acoustics, while neighbourhood bars and cafés host curated lineups for discerning ears. Whether you’re here for the Toronto Jazz Festival or just following the sound of a saxophone down a leafy side street, Bloor-Yorkville remains one of Toronto’s most sophisticated places to experience live music.

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