Thursday, March 31, 2016

Your Vintage Weekend Roundup! March 31st-April 3rd!



Source: Toronto Archives

HIGHLIGHTS: 
How I Won the War (Beatles) 
Les Femmes Fatales
WITH IT / Oldies 990 Dance Party 
Toronto Downtown Record Show / Old Book & Paper Show
Combo Royale / Swingin' Blackjacks
Born to be Blue (Chet Baker)
The Crossroads

THURSDAY, March 31st:
12pm- Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre (other times avail)
7pm - How I Won the War (1967/Beatles) at Revue Cinema
10p - Les Femmes Fatales: Femme Worship at Revival Bar

FRIDAY, April 1st:
5:30pm - The Straight Eights at Castro's Lounge
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place

SATURDAY, April 2nd:

11:45am- Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre (other times avail)
1pm - Toronto Lindy Hop: Open Practice Sessions at dovercourt House
4.30pm - The Happy Pals! (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
7pm – Saturday Night Swing with Tia Brazda at Dovercourt House
9pm - The Pepper Shakers at Michelle's Place

9.30pm - The Swingin Blackjacks at Dora Keogh
10pm - Shake Rattle and Roll at Clintons
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

10pm - Oldies 990 (50s/60s) at Gladstone Hotel
10pm - With It Dance Party (mod/soul/ska) at The Piston

SUNDAY, April 3rd:
10am - Gadsden's Old Book and Paper Show at Wychwood Barns
11am - Toronto Downtown Record Show at 953 Broadview Ave
2:15pm- Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre (other times avail)
4pm – New Orleans Connection Allstars at Grossman's Tavern
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's (Burlesque): Vintage Vamps
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge

9pm - The Crossroads (swing/blues) at Imperial Pub

OUTER GTA:
Fri, 1st: 6pm - Annual Antique & Collectible Show at Woolrich Memorial Centre (Elmira, ON)
Sat, 2nd: 9am - Annual Antique & Collectible Show at Woolrich Memorial Centre (Elmira, ON)

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:
Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective (director/1960s) at TIFF Lightnox Theatre (select dates/show times until April 2)
Benjamin Brown: Architect at Urban Space Gallery (runs Feb 12-April 23)
National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division 1941-71 at Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) (runs until May 8)
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
Sunday, 6pm - This is Lounge/ Cocktail Nation on www.thisislounge.blogspot.ca

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Your Vintage LONG Weekend Roundup! March 24th-27th!



HIGHLIGHTS: 

The Millwinders / Tia Brazda
Rock into Spring / Retro Radio Hour 
Retro-Synthpop Party / Panic 13th Anniversary
Shindig / Beam Me Up Disco / Lunacy Cabaret
Jane Austen Dancing / Heritage Antique Show

THURSDAY, March 24:

12pm - Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre

8pm The Lost Boys (1987) at Cardinal Rule
9pm - The Millwinders at The Dakota Tavern
10pm - DJ Vivs (45s/vintage vinyl) at Sweaty Betty's
10pm - Retro-Synthpop Party at Velvet Underground

FRIDAY, March 25:

11am- Penny Serenade at Rainbow Cinema Market Square
2pm - Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre
5:30pm - The Straight Eights at Castro's Lounge

8pm - Retro Radio Hour: Nifty 50s at Imperial Pub
9pm - The French Connection (1971) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre
9pm - Ramones, Blondie and The Jam Tribute at Cherry Colas
9pm-  Special 4th Friday Blues (Blues Dancing): Louis Armstrong Edition at 805 Studio
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - DJ Teenage Werewolf (60s/retro/motown/punk/rockbilly) at Swan Dive
10pm - Shindig at The Piston
10pm - Beam Me Up: Edition Special - World of Disco at the Piston

SATURDAY, March 26:

11am- Penny Serenade at Rainbow Cinema Market Square

11.30am Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre
1pm - Rocco and His Brothers (1960/italian/subtitles) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre
4:30pm - Jane Austen Dancing: Workshop at Dovercourt House
4.30pm - The Happy Pals! (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm - Lily Frost and Thelonious Hank at Castros Lounge
7pm – Saturday Night Swing with Roberta Hunt & the Gents at Dovercourt House
8pm - Lunacy Cabaret: Punk Rock Circus at The CircusAcademy

8.30pm - Jane Austen Dancing: Regency Masquerade Ball at Dovercourt House
8.30pm - Tia Brazda at 120 Diner
9pm - Rock into Spring: The Greasemarks, Eddy Blake and The Honky Tonk Heartbreakers at Junction City Music Hall
10pm - Shake Rattle and Roll at Clintons
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

11pm - PANIC: All Request (80s/synthpop) at Cabal

SUNDAY, March 27:
10am - Heritage Antique Market at Centrepoint Mall
11am- Penny Serenade at Rainbow Cinema Market Square
12pm - Born to be Blue (Chet Baker) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre
4pm – New Orleans Connection Allstars at Grossman's Tavern
6:15pm - Rocco and His Brothers (1960/italian/subtitles) at TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre

9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's (Burlesque): Biblical Burlesque
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:

Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective (director/1960s) at TIFF Lightnox Theatre (select dates/show times until April 2)
Benjamin Brown: Architect at Urban Space Gallery (runs Feb 12-April 23)
National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division 1941-71 at Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) (runs until May 8)
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

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Your Vintage Weekend Roundup! March 17th-20th!

Photo courtesy the Toronto Archives



HIGHLIGHTS:

Electro Swing 4 Yr Anniversary with the SWINGROWERS
Swankenstein's Swizzle Stick Cinema - KORLA
LA Nights /The Breakfast Club 80s/ Retro Roadshow
Hell Bent Rockers / The Dreamboats  
Swingin Blackjacks / The Hipshakers
Bellwoods and Leslieville Flea
Beatlemania



THURSDAY, 17th:

8pm - Cinemacabre: Takes from the Crypt (1972) and Blood in Four Colours (1988) at Royal Cinema
8pm- Ghosts of the Distillery: Haunted Walks Toronto
8.30pm - In A Lonely Place (1950) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
10pm - LA Nights: St Patricks Day (70s/80s) at The central

FRIDAY, 18th:

5:30p - The Straight Eights (rocakbilly) at Castro's Lounge

8pm - Cinemacabre: Takes from the Crypt (1972) and Blood in Four Colours (1988) at Royal Cinema
8pm- Ghosts of the Distillery: Haunted Walks Toronto
9pm - Hell Bent Rockers: Rockin in the Spring at Cadillac Lounge
9pm - The Dreamboats (opening for SATE) at The Silver Dollar Room
9.30pm - Beach Party Boys (Beach Boys tribute band) at Linsmore Tavern
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Elegantly Wasted (80s/90s) at Round Venue
10pm - The Swingin' Blackjacks (rockabilly) at Grossman's Tavern
10pm- The Get Up!  (funk/soul/disco) at The Lowdown
10pm - Electro Swing: 4 yr Anniversary with the Singrowers at Revival Bar

SATURDAY, 19th:

11am - Bellwoods Flea at Magpie

2pm - Labyrinth at Fox Theatre
4.30pm - The Happy Pals! (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm - March Moonshine Medicine Show at The Central
6pm- Denielle Bassels at 120 Diner
7pm – Saturday Night Swing (2 Floors) with Jump Devils featuring Big Rude Jake & Sugarfoot Stompers at Dovercourt House
7pm - Decadence -1920s at The Painted lady

8pm- Ghosts of the Distillery: Haunted Walks Toronto
9pm - Thigh High (burlesque) at Underground Cafe
9.30pm - Ziegeunerweisen (1980) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
9.30pm - The Hipshakers (RnR) at Axis Gallery
10pm- Chronologic at The Garrison
10pm- Bangs & Blush: Beatlemania at Clintons
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

10pm - Retro Roadshow: Popstars and Icons at Dovercourt House
10pm - The Breakfast Club 80s Party: 2 Yr Anniversary at Blnd Tgr

SUNDAY, 20th:

10am - Leslieville Flea at Fermenting Cellar Distillery District
10am - Heritage Monthly Antique Market at Cloverdale Mall
1pm - Post A Letter: Gratitude Edition at Toronto's First Post office
3pm - Wintergarten Orchestra at Ces't What
4pm- Silent Revue presents: Parisian Revue with Lubitsch's SO THIS IS PARIS! at Revue Cinema
4pm – New Orleans Connection Allstars at Grossman's Tavern
7pm - Swankenstein's Swizzle Stick Cinema: KORLA at Shore Leave

9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's (Burlesque): Bad Girls Club
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:

Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective (director/1960s) at TIFF Lightnox Theatre (select dates/show times until April 2)
Benjamin Brown: Architect at Urban Space Gallery (runs Feb 12-April 23)
National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division 1941-71 at Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) (runs until May 8)
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

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Your Vintage Weekend Roundup! March 10th-13th!

Source: Chuckman Collection

HIGHLIGHTS: 

Surf vs Rockabilly - 
Heatseekers, King Beez, Doghouse Rose and The Surfrajettes 
Motorama Custom Car Show and Motorsports Expo
Trinity Bellwoods and Parkdale Flea
Kitty Nights - Les Coquettes
Beam Me Up Disco Disco Disco
Spring Vintage Fashion Flea Market
Surfin' Sunday - High Tides


THURSDAY, 10th:

8pm - Leon Bridges at Massey Hall
8pm - Neon Dreams: 8 Million Ways to Die (1988) at Royal Cinema
8.30pm - Surf vs Rockabilly:  Heatseekers, King Beez, Doghouse Rose and The Surfrajettes at Cherry Colas
9pm - Tokyo drifter (1966) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre



FRIDAY, 11th:

10am - Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo (classic cars) at International Centre
11am - Reel Heritage: Film Ephemera and Collections 
at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
5:30pm - The Straight Eights at Castro's Lounge
7pm - Waltz Dance Party at Dovercourt House
8.30pm - Trash Palace: Dinosuarus (1960) at Cine Cycle
9pm - The Warriors (1977) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place

SATURDAY, 12th:

10am - Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo (classic cars) at International Centre
11am Goonies (1985) 
at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
11am - Trinity Bellwoods Flea: March Edition at 824 Dundas St W
4.30pm - The Happy Pals! (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
7pm – Saturday Night Swing with Les Petits Nouveaux with Denielle Bassels at Dovercourt House
8.30pm - Branded to Kill (1966) 
at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
9pm - The Pepper Shakers (RnR/Rockabilly/Country) at Michelle's Place
9pm - Kitty Nights: Les Coquettes (burlesque) at Revival Bar
10pm - Shake Rattle and Roll at Clintons
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

10pm - Beam Me Up: Disco Disco Disco at The Piston

SUNDAY, 13th:

10am - Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo (classic cars) at International Centre
10am - Parkdale Flea at Goodfellas Gallery
12pm - Spring Vintage Fashion Flea Market at The Garrison
4pm – New Orleans Connection Allstars at Grossman's Tavern
7pm - Surfin' Sunday: High Tides at Shameful Tiki

9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's (Burlesque): It's Only Rock n Roll
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge


OUTER GTA:

Fri, 11th: 9pm - Rockabilly Night: the Treble Men at Cat'n'Fiddle (Hamilton)
Sun, 13th: 10am - Nostalgia And Small Antique Show at Woodstock Fairgrounds

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:

Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective (director/1960s) at TIFF Lightnox Theatre (select dates/show times until April 2)
Benjamin Brown: Architect at Urban Space Gallery (runs Feb 12-April 23)
National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division 1941-71 at Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) (runs until May 8)
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

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Your Vintage Weekend Roundup! March 3rd-6th!


Photo - City of Toronto Archives


HIGHLIGHTS: 

Toronto Vintage Clothing and Antique Show
HOLD TIGHT with DJ Misty and Blush
Tear it Up with The Swingin' Blackjacks
Break Time: Numero Uno
Labyrinth Quote-A-Long
WITH IT with DJ Nico and Magnificent
Turn Back inTime 80s Dance Party
From the Home Front to the Western Front
Under Cover Vinyl Yard Sale
Nostalgia and Vintage Toy Expo
Toronto's 182nd: The Flood

THURSDAY, 3rd:

6.3p - Grindhouse Nights: Revenge of the Ninja (1983) and Ninja III (1984) at Sneaky Dee's
8.30pm - Easy Rider (1969) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre

10pm - DJ Vivs (vintage vinyl) at Sweaty Bettys

FRIDAY, 4th:

5:30pm - The Straight Eights (rockabilly) at Castro's Lounge

6.30pm - Only Angels Have Wings (1939) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
8.30pm - Janis: Little Girl Blue (Janis Joplin) at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
9pm - Chinatown (1974) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
9pm - The Fast Folk Underground (Stark Naked and the Fleshtones - surf/punkabilly/rock) at the Cavern
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Tear it Up with The Swingin' Blackjacks (rockabilly) at Cadillac Lounge
10pm - Break Time: Numero Uno (soul/funk/jazz/disco) at The Lowdown
10pm - SoulSkank featuring The Soul Proprietor at The Piston
10pm - Hold Tight w/ DJ Misty and Blush (soul/funk/disco/RnR) at Rivoli
10.30pm - Combo Royale at Grossman's Tavern

SATURDAY, 5th:

10am - Toronto Vintage Clothing and Antique Show at Queen E Building CNE
11am - Looney Tunes Classics at 
TIFF Lightbox Theatre
1pm - Toronto Lindy Hop: Open Practice at Dovercourt House
4.30pm - The Happy Pals! (jazz/swing) at Grossman's Tavern
6pm - Janis: Little Girl Blue (Janis Joplin) at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
7pm – Saturday Night Swing with Ragweed Jazz Band at Dovercourt House
8pm - Spielberg-Lesque at The Great Hall

8pm - 40 Years After: 50s-70s at Drums N Flats
8.30pm - Labyrinth Quote-A-Long (1986) at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
9.30pm - Sonic Boom: Kiss tribute at Linsmore Tavern
10pm - Shake Rattle and Roll (50s/60s) at Clintons
10pm - DJ Blush (50s/60s/70s) at Stones Place
10pm - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

10pm - Turn Back Time: 80s Video Dance Party at Gladstone Hotel
10pm - WITH IT! (60s/mod/soul/reggae) at the Piston

SUNDAY, 6th:

10am - Toronto Vintage Clothing and Antique Show at Queen E Building CNE
10am - Under Cover Vinyl and Collectibles Yard Sale at Royal Canadian Legion Hall
10a - Toronto's Nostalgia and Vintage Toy Expo at The International Center
3pm - Toronto's 182nd: The Flood at St Lawrence Hall
3.3p - L'Avventura (1960) at TIFF Lightbox Theatre
4pm – New Orleans Connection Allstars at Grossman's Tavern
4 & 8.30pm - 
Janis: Little Girl Blue (Janis Joplin) at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
9pm- Crossroads (frmly 1st Sunday Blues & Swing) at Imperial Pub
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge

LONG RUN SHOWS/EXHIBITS:

In Love withe the Stars at TIFF Bell Lightbox Film Reference Library (runs until April 2)

Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective (director/1960s) at TIFF Lightnox Theatre (select dates/show times until April 2)
Benjamin Brown: Architect at Urban Space Gallery (runs Feb 12-April 23)
National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division 1941-71 at Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) (runs until May 8)
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