Sunday, December 27, 2015

Your Vintage NYE Roundup!

What are doing....
New Years...New Years Eve....



Welcome to the Jungle NYE Party 
Shameful Tiki Room, 7pm


New Year's Eve Swing & Blues Double Deck Ball with 
Les Petits Nouveaux and Denielle Bassels
Dovercourt House, 8pm, $40-45 (includes dinner)


The Royal Crowns NYE Party 
The Dakota Tavern, 9pm, $20


NYE with the Dreamboats and All Vinyl Souls DJs
Junction City Music Hall, 9pm, $15


Shindig! Soulful New Year's Eve
The Piston, 10pm, $20



New Years Eve with DJ Blush
https://www.facebook.com/events/1062598037104802/
Stones Place, $20, 9pm


Bangs & Blush present NYE 2016!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1655284811386432/
Clintons, 9pm, $20


Retro Roadshow New Year's Party
Dovercourt House, 10pm, $15 advance, $25 door


Bovine New Year's Eve Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/1020709701304205/
Bovine Sex Club, 9pm, $15


Chronologic New Years Eve
The Garrison, 10pm


Down-town Abbey Unleashed: A Grand New Year's Eve Bash
Gladstone Hotel, 9pm, $60


Beam Me Up New Year's Eve Party
129 Spadina Ave, 10pm, $10


Swinging at The Beer Hall: A Roaring 20s Themed Dinner and Dance 
https://www.facebook.com/events/699979740103475/
Mill St Beer Hall, 6pm, $70 (includes 4 course dinner)


New Years Eve Disco Dance Party
Cadillac Lounge, 7pm



A Big Sound New Year's
https://www.facebook.com/events/1513153949000082/
Mod Club, 9pm, $30 advance/$40 at door



Jack De Keyzer & Jerome Godboo's NYE Blues Party
http://www.blogto.com/events/jack-de-keyzernew-years-evetorontochelsea-hotel/
Monarch's Pub - Eaton Chelsea Hotel, 9:30pm, $40


NYE Bash: Thinly Veiled Double Entendres, Flamingo Bay and Luau or Die


Jaymz Bee's New Year's Eve Cocktail Countdown


Pantages Hotel, 11pm

Whatever you choose to do...
we hope you have fun and party responsibly!


Monday, December 14, 2015

Vintage Holiday Classic Film Roundup!

Nothing gets you into the Holidays more than the classics!

We have scoured the theatres and local TV channels to bring you your Vintage Holiday Classic Film Roundup!



Dec 17
6.3p - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna reed (1946) at Revue Cinema
7pm - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) at Royal Cinema
9.3p - Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton (1993) on CTV

Dec 18
7pm - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) at Royal Cinema
8pm - A Christmal Carol - Reginald Owen (1938) on TCM
9.3p - Home Alone Quote-A-Long - Macaulay Caulkin and Joe Pesci (1990) at Bloor Cinema
9.3p - Christmas in Connecticut - Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan (1945) on TCM
1am - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum (1949) on TCM

Dec 19
11a - Home Alone - Macaulay Caulkin and Joe Pesci  (1990) at Carlton Cinema
1pm - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Chevy Chase (1988) at TIFF Lightbox
2pm - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1983) at Revue Cinema
8pm - Gremlins (1984) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 20
3.3p - Little Women - Elizabeth Taylor (1949) at TIFF
3.3p - A Muppet Christmas Carol - Michael Caine (1992) at Bloor Cinema
7pm - Sound of Music Sing-A-Long - Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (1965) on CTV2
7.3p - Dr Seuss: Grinch That Stole Christmas on CBC
8pm - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Chevy Chase (1988) on CBC

Dec 21 
7pm - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) at Cineplex (select theatres)
7pm - Frosty the Snowman (1969) on CBC
8pm - Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas on CBC
8.3p - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Chevy Chase (1989) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 22
8pm - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1983) on CBC
9pm - Scrooged - Bill Murray (1988) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 23
3pm - White Christmas - Bing, Clooney, Kaye and Ellen (1954) at Bloor Cinema
5.3p - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1983) at Bloor Cinema
7pm - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) at Cineplex (select theatres)
8pm - Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank (1957) on TCM
8pm - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) on CTV2
8.3p - Die Hard Quote-A-Long - Bruce Willis (1988) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 24
5am - Bush Christmas (1947) on TCM
9am - A Christmas Carol - Reginald Owen (1938) on TCM
12.3p - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) at Cineplex (select theatres)
2pm - Christmas in Connecticut - Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan (1945) on TCM
4pm - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum (1949) on TCM
4pm - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1984) at Revue Cinema
6pm - Meet in in St Louis - Judy Garland (1944) on TCM
7pm - White Christmas - Bing, Clooney, Kaye and Ellen (1954) on CBC
8pm - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) on CTV
8pm - The Bishop's Wife - Loretta Young an Cary Grant (1947) on TCM
11.3p - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) on CTV
11.3p - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) on CBC

Dec 25
2.3a - The Shop Around the Corner - Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart (1944) on TCM
4.3a - Little Women - Katherine Hepburn (1949) on TCM
6.3a - Little Women - Katherine Hepburn (1949) on TCM
12.3p - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum (1949) on TCM
2pm - The Man Who Came to Dinner - Bette Davis and Monty Wooley (1941) on TCM
6pm - It Happened on 5th Avenue - Anne harding and Don DeFore (1947) on TCM
8pm - Miracle on 34th Street - Maureen O'Hara and Edmund Gwenn (1947) on CBC

Dec 26
7pm - Sound Of Music Sing-A-Long - Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (1965) at Tiff Bell Lightbox Theatre


My TOP 3!
If you don't have time for all of the above...
do me a personal favour and check out my personal top 3!


Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Barbar Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet 

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.




The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Wooley

When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.



White Christmas (1954)
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.





Other great notable movies! 
(that are not playing publicly this year - as far as we can tell!)


And So They Were Married - Mary Astor and Melvyn Douglas (1936)
Remember the Night - Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray (1940)
Holiday Inn  - Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire (1942)
I'll be Seeing You - Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten and Shirley Temple 
Never Say Goodbye - Ida Lupino and Errol Flynn (1946)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
A Carol for Another Christmas - Sterling Hayden (1964)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
When Harry Met Sally -  Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal (1989)
Trading Places - Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy, Dan Akroyd (1989)
Edward Scissorhands - Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp (1990)


Monday, November 30, 2015

The seven days until KITSCHMAS!


KITSCHMAS!
It's our favourite time of the year!


This weekend we started off our 7 day count down with this retro Advent calendar.

Each day we will reveal another part of the event you can look forward to!  Follow along every day on Facebook...otherwise stay tuned for Saturday when we reveal them all here!

In case you are not aware, the Toronto Vintage Society throws THE BEST vintage events!  We do everything we can to insure there is a 360 degree vintage experience where there is something for everyone!



This year's Kitschmas event theme is WHITE KITSCHMAS!  You can only imagine the amazing ways we will utilize this awesome theme!  

We are excited to have amazing bands, acts, appearances, photo booth. vintage karaoke, carolling and more!

We want to take a minute to thank our top line sponsor Mill St Brewery without whom none of this would be possible...and our patrons would be thirsty!



Join us here, on Facebook...or just show up at the Cadillac Lounge on Saturday December 5th. Doors open at 7pm. $10 advance tickets available online.  $15 at the door .

We hope to see you there!

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Your VINTAGE WEEKEND Roundup! Nov 26th-Nov 27th:



HIGHLIGHTS: Merry Scotchmas with Glenfiddich and Big Rude Jake/Bygone Theatre: Retro Radio Hour's Winter Wonderland/Vintage Prom: Tia Brazda, Heather Ballantine and Hipshakers/RIP IT UP! 50s/60s Dance Party ft DJ Precious Brett/Live Band: AstroSurf & The Turf Two/ Shindig - "Soul Sister Special!"/The Big Band Tap Revue with @Toronto Jazz Orchestra/Lesliville Flea 


THURSDAY, Nov 26th:
12pm - In Love with the Stars (archival collections from 30s - 90s) at TIFF Bell Lightbox
12.30pm - Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict at TIFF (shows all day)
6pm - Merry Scotchmas with Glenfiddich and Big Rude Jake at Doll Factory by Damzels
8pm – Live Blues and Dancing: ‘Jack De Keyzer’atMonarchs Pub

FRIDAY, Nov 27th:
12pm - In Love with the Stars (archival collections from 30s - 90s) at TIFF Bell Lightbox
12.30pm - Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict at TIFF (shows all day)
5.30pm - Straight Eights at Castro's Lounge
8pm - Bygone Theatre: Retro Radio Hour's Winter Wonderland at Imperial Pub
9pm - Vintage Prom: Tia BrazdaHeather Ballentineand Hipshakers at The Great Hall
9pm - Social Dances at Lindy Hop Revolution - IT'S PARTY TIME!!
9.30m - RIP IT UP! 50s/60s Dance Party ft DJ Precious Brett/Live Band: AstroSurf & The Turf Two at Burdock
10pm - F*ck Cancer: Benefit with Evil Elvis at Cadillac Lounge
10pm - The Rizdales at The Dakota Tavern
10pm - Friday Night Fish Fry with DJ Misty(soul/ska/vintage r&b/rockn'roll) at The Old Laurel
10pm - Shindig - "Soul Sister Special!" at The Piston
10pm – Record Party (motown, rockabilly and old Detroit rock.) at Castro's Lounge
10pm - DJ BLUSH (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place

SATURDAY, Nov 28th:
12pm - In Love with the Stars (archival collections from 30s - 90s) at @TIFF Bell Lightbox
12.3p - Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict at TIFF (shows all day)
1.30pm - Niagara (1953) at TIFF Bell Lightbox
4.30pm - The Happy Pals! (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm –The Cosmotones (rockabilly) at Castro’s Lounge
7pm – Saturday Night Swing: Featuring Alex Pangmanat the Dovercourt House
7.30pm - The Big Band Tap Revue with Toronto Jazz Orchestra at Harbourfront Centre (Brigantine Room)
8p - Women's Blues Revenue at the Massey Hall
10pm - PANIC: New Order Spotlight (80s) at Cabal
10pm - Shake, Rattle and Roll (50s/60s) at Clintons
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

SUNDAY, Nov 29th:
6am - Sunday Antique Market at St Lawrence Market
10am - The Leslieville Flea at SH Armstrong Community Centre
12.30pm - Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict at TIFF (shows all day)
1pm - Waltz Workshop and Dance at the Old Ancaster hall
2pm - Solo Rock n Roll Choreo Workshop at Soda Pop Hop
1pm - Tea and Tour Sundays at Gibson House
4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars (big band jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm - Don't Bother to Knock (1952) at TIFF Bell Lightbox
7.30p - The Big Band Tap Revue with Toronto Jazz Orchestra at Harbourfront Centre (Brigantine Room)
8pm - Punk '77 Sunday at The Painted Lady
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's: Bad Girls Club

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:
Weegee: Murder is My Business (vintage photography) at Ryerson Image Centre (runs until Dec 13)
Gothic: Dark Heart of Film at TIFF Bell Lightbox (runs until Jan 2)
Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox (runs until Jan 24)
My Diary: A Woman’s Life in Victorian Scarborough atScarborough Museum (runs until Jan 31)
In Love withe the Stars at TIFF Bell Lightbox Film Reference Library (runs until April 2)
Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century at Bata Shoe Museum (runs until June 2016)

RADIO SHOWS:
Wednesdays, 10pm and Saturdays, 12:01am - Whistle Bait (1950s rockabilly) www.whistleradio.ca
Thursdays, 7pm – The Redline Rockabilly Show on CFBU 103.7 FM
Fridays, 6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman CIUT 89.5 FM
Fridays, 7pm – Rock n Roll Riot on 97.7 The Beach(Wasaga)
Fridays, 8pm – The Rockabilly Room on 100.3 CKMS (Kitchener)
Saturdays, 3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt (vintage/vinyl) on CIUT 89.5

Monday, October 26, 2015

Your VINTAGE HALLOWEEN Roundup!


We will still be posting all events later this week...but here is what you can look forward to for the Halloween week!

Tuesday Oct 27th:
7.3p - The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) at The Royal Cinema - Toronto​ 
9pm - The Dreamboats [50s/60s Pop & Rock]​ at Cherry Colas 

Wednesday Oct 28th:
7pm - An American Werewolf in London (1981) at The Royal Cinema 
7pm - Halloween on AMC Fear Fest
9pm - Carrie (1976) at Royal Cinema
9.3p - Alohaween! (weird toronto/burlesque) at Bovine Sex Club​

Thursday Oct 29th:
2pm - Halloween on AMC Fear Fest
7.3p - Freaks (1932) on Turner Classic Movies: TCM​
9am - The Devil Doll (1936) on TCM
10.3a - House on Haunted Hill (1958) on TCM
12p - Macabre (1958) on TCM
5.3p - Bucket of Blood (1959) on TCM
7pm - Haunted Toronto Scavenger Hunt starts at Royal Conservatory of Music (advance ticketing)
8pm - Dirty Rock Circus (burlesque) at Lee's Palace
9pm - Creepy Double Bill: Dracula's Daughter (1936) & She Wolf of London (1946) at Revue Cinema​
9.3p - After Dark: Lantern Tours at Fort York National Historic Site​

Friday Oct 30th:
8am - 6.3pm - Horror Content (1956-72): Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, Crescendo on TCM
4pm - Halloween on AMC Fear Fest
7pm - Dial M For Murder (1954) at Fox Theatre​
7pm - Haunted Toronto Scavenger Hunt starts at Royal Conservatory of Music (advance ticketing)
7 &10.3pm - The Rocky Horror Picture Show withToronto Shadow Cast at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema​
9pm - The Shining (1980) at Fox Theatre
9.3p - After Dark: Lantern Tours at Fort York
10p - Halloween on AMC Fear Fest
10p - Shindig!​: Death at the Drive IN (50s/RnR) at The Piston​
1.3-5.3am - Horror Content (1943-46): Leopard Man, Ghost Ship, Body Snatcher, Isle of the Dead, Bedlam on TCM

Saturday Oct 31st:
7am-11.3pm - Horror Content (1932-68): Doctor X,  White Zombie, Dementia, Vampire Killers, Homicidal, Tingler, House of Wax, Devil's Bride, Dorian Grey, Curse of the Demon, Them!, Mark of the Vampire on TCM
12p - Halloween Treat, Tricks and Traditions (heritage house) at Scarborough Museum​
4pm - The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) at Fox Theatre
4.3p - An American Werewolf in London (1981) at The Royal Cinema
7pm - The Exorcist (1973) at Fox Theatre
7pm - Halloween Swing Ball: Bertie & The Gents at Dovercourt House
7pm - Haunted Toronto Scavenger Hunt starts at The Royal Conservatory of Music​ (advance ticketing)
7 &10.3pm - The Rocky Horror Picture Show withToronto Shadow Cast at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
9pm - Hawllstar's 5th Annual Halloween Haunt at Cherry Cola's Rock 'n' Rolla Cabaret & Lounge​
9pm - Stomp Records 20th Anniversary Party with The Brains​, East End Radicals & Los Kung Fu Monkeys (rockabilly/psychobilly) at Horseshoe Tavern​
9.3p - Halloween (1978) at Fox Theatre
10p - CATL's Halloween Party with DJ Swankenstein​ at The Dakota Tavern​
10p - Chronologic Halloween (all eras) at Lee's Palace​
10p - Scream Me Up Halloween Disco at 8-11 Gallery
10pm - Shake, Rattle and Roll Annual Halloween Bash (50s/60s) at Clintons​
10p - Retro Roadshow​: Halloween Popstars & Icons (retro/80s) at Virgin Mobile Mod Club​
11a - PANIC: Halloween Edition (retro/80s/industrial) at Cabal

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Your VINTAGE WEEKEND Roundup! Oct 22 to Oct 25th




HIGHLIGHTS: Vintage Clothing & Textile Show / Saturday Night Swing: Evening in Paris with Les Petits Nouveaux / Rue Morgue CineMacabre Movie Nights: Return of the Living Dead / Kitty Nights Toronto: Dusk Till Dawn 

THURSDAY Oct 22nd: 
12pm - Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century at Bata Shoe Museum(runs until June 2016)
5pm - My Diary: A Woman’s Life in Victorian Scarborough at Scarborough Museum (on until Jan 31st)
7.30pm - The Haunted Walk of Toronto with Mackenzie House. Visit starts at Hockey Hall of Fame
8pm - Tour Guys: Fact or Fiction Ghost Tour starts at Old City Hall
8pm - The Ghosts and Spirits of the Distillery starts at 30 Gristmill Lane
8pm – Live Blues and Dancing: Ria Reece Band Release Party atMonarchs Pub
8pm - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Live at Walmer Centre Theatre
9.30pm - @Rue Morgue CineMacabre Movie Nights: Return of the Living Dead at The Royal Cinema - Toronto - Toronto -

FRIDAY Oct 23rd:
5.30pm - Straight Eights at Castro's Lounge
7pm - Leon Bridges at Danforth Music Hall
7pm - Haunted Toronto Scavenger Hunt starts at Royal Conservatory of Music (advance ticketing)
7.30pm -The Haunted Walk The Haunted Walk of Toronto with Mackenzie House Visit starts at Hockey Hall of Fame
8pm - The Ghosts and Spirits of the Distillery starts at 30 Gristmill Lane
9pm - Social Dance at Lindy Hop Revolution
9pm - Friday Night Fish Fry (RnR/R&B /soul/Garage/ at The Old Laurel
9pm - Bad News: All Sixties Dance Party at Handlebar
9pm - Matadors and Nasties (rockabilly/psychobilly) at Cherry Cola's Rock 'n' Rolla Cabaret & Lounge
10pm – Record Party with DJ Double Denim (60s/70s) at Castro's Lounge
10pm -DJ Blush 50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Fast Times 80's Dance Party at The Piston
10pm - LA Nights (70s/80s) at The Central

SATURDAY Oct 24th:
1pm - @Toronto Lindy Hop Open Swing Dance Practice at Dovercourt House
4.30pm - The Happy Pals (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm – The Cosmotones (rockabilly) at Castro’s Lounge
7pm – Saturday Night Swing: Evening in Paris with Les Petits Nouveaux atDovercourt House
7pm - Original Haunted Walk of Toronto with Mackenzie House Visit starts at Hockey hall of fame
8pm - The Ghosts and Spirits of the Distillery starts at 30 Gristmill Lane
8pm - Tour Guys: Fact or Fiction Ghost Tour starts at Old City Hall
9pm - Bad News: Raw Sixties Soul at Handlebar
9pm - Lindi Ortega at Virgin Mobile Mod Club
9pm - Kitty Nights Toronto: Dusk Till Dawn (burlesque) at Revival Bar
9pm - TMW/iM presents : Beatles vs The Stones at Junction City Music Hall
9pm - Patron Saint of Plagues: House of Haunt, Zack Power, Ruby's Revenge (psychobilly) at The Smiling Budha
9.30pm - 1977 Punk Rock Night: Tributes to The Jam, The Ramones, and Blondie at Linsmore Tavern
10pm – Fast Times-80s Dance Party at The Piston
10pm - Shake, Rattle and Roll (50s/60s) at Clintons
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

SUNDAY Oct 25th
6am - Sunday Antique Market at St. Lawrence Market
10a - Vintage Clothing & Textile Show at Wychwood Barns
1pm - Tea and Tour Sundays at Gibson House
2pm - Rosie & The Riveters at Hugh's Room
2.3p - Swingin'OUTea for 2 Dance Social Swing dance at The 519
4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars (big band jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
4pm – Alistair Christl Trio at The Duke Live.com
5pm - Common Ground (Blues/Funk/Soul/Jazz) at Linsmore Tavern
8pm - The Ghosts and Spirits of the Distillery starts at 30 Gristmill Lane
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's (burlesque): Un Dead

OUTER GTA:
Oct 23-25 - Jump n Dance in Quebec City
Oct 23rd, 9pm - Hellbent Rockers Bday Bash (rockabilly) at Sip Club (Guelph)
Oct 24, 5:30 - Swing Dance and Dinner at The Verdi Club (Amherstburg)

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:
Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century at @Bata Shoe Museum (runs until June 2016)
Weegee: Murder is My Business (vintage photography) at @Ryerson Imaging Centre (runs until Dec 13)
Motown: The Musical - (runs until Nov 1st)
My Diary: A Woman’s Life in Victorian Scarborough at @Scarborough Museum (runs until Jan 31st)

RADIO SHOWS:
Thursdays, 7pm – The Redline Rockabilly Show on 103.7 CFBU
Fridays, 6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman CIUT 89.5 FM
Fridays, 7pm – Rock n Roll Riot on 97.7 The Beach (Wasaga)
Fridays, 8pm – TheRockabilly Room on 100.3 CKMS (Kitchener)
Saturdays, 3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt (vintage/vinyl) on CIUT 89.5