Your VINTAGE WEEKEND Roundup! Nov 27th–30th!

A great Vintage weekend is ahead of us!

Toronto Vintage Society will be lending a helping hand on Friday to Rosie the Rebel's BLAST FROM THE PAST: Vintage Prom!  We are super excited as we always wanted to attend an event like this!

General Admission tickets still available: click here for details! 

THURSDAY, Nov 27th :
10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
12p – A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
5pm – Christmas Open House at Colborne Lodge
7.3p - Yasgurs Farm : Motown Movember at Lula Lounge
8pm – Live Blues and Dancing: The Jack de Keyzer Band
at Monarchs Pub
10pm – Good Rockin’ Tonight (50s/RnR) at Holy Oak Café

FRIDAY, Nov 28th:10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
2pm - Bygone Theatre: Rope (20s crime play) at Gibson House & Zion Schoolhouse
5:3p – The Straight Eights (RnR/Rockabilly) at Castro's Lounge
6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman 100.3FM
7pm – Retro Replay (retro gaming) Friday at Back Space Toronto
9pm – Record Party (60s/70s) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Rosie The Rebel Boutique - Toronto: Blast from the Past – Vintage Prom at The Great Hall
10pm - Shindig!: 60s Rock n Roll Explosion at The Piston

SATURDAY, Nov 29th:
10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
2pm - Bygone Theatre: Rope (20s crime play) at Gibson House
2pm – Holiday Burlesque Workshop at City Dance Corps
3pm – Air Steps Lindy Hop Workshop at Dovercourt House
3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt CIUT 89.5 FM
4pm - Happy Pals (jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
4.3p – Big Rude Jake (rockabilly/blues) at Castro’s Lounge
7pm – Saturday Night Swing: Shannon Butcher Swing Band
at Dovercourt House
8pm – Ray Price Tiribute and Rizdales CD Release Party at Hugh's Room
9pm – Oldies Dance at Legends on Queensway
10p - Shake, Rattle and Roll with Bangs & Blush at Clintons
10p - Shake-A-Tail at Sneaky Dee's
11p – PANIC: New Order Spotlight at Velvet Underground

SUNDAY, Nov 30th:
10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
6am - Sunday Antique Market at St Lawrence Market
10a – The Leslieville Flea: Holiday Market at SH Armstrong Community Centre
10a – The Post Market: Holiday Market at The Great Hall
12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars at Grossman's Tavern
4pm – Ronnie Hayward Trio at The Duke Live.com
4pm – Roots and Branches (Swingabilly) at Cadillac Lounge
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's

NOTABLE OUTER GTA:
Fri, Nov 28th
8pm – Rock Around the Rose: Sock Hop with the Retro Rockers at Rose Theatre (Brampton)
Sat, Nov 29,
2pm - Marty Allen and James Anthony at the Black Swan (Burlington) 9pm - Wilds Cards at Simcoe Blues Jazz (Oshawa)
9pm - Pearly Jenkins and Lucky Strike at The Pig's Ear Tavern(Peterborough)

As always...please forward on any other event information!

Your VINTAGE LONG WEEKEND Roundup! Oct 9-13!

As we embark on this treasured Fall Holiday Long Weekend - lets give THANKS for Toronto! 

An amazing city with no shortage of vintage!

So before over-doing it with Turkey (or Tofurkey) and all the fixins' - leave a little room for some of the vintage events happening this weekend!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

THURSDAY, Oct 9th:
5pm – Bourbon Thursdays with Live Jazz at Jump
7pm - Vintage Crawl Toronto in Downtown Toronto Central and West (see website for map)
8pm - Ghosts and Spirits of Old Town at The Distillery District (advance tickets)
8pm – Live Blues and Dancing: Shawn Kellerman Band at Monarchs Pub
9pm – Toronto Haunted Walk starts at the Hockey Hall of Fame (advance tickets)
10pm – Vinyl Rock n Roll with Dj Viv at Sweaty Betty’s

FRIDAY, Oct 10th:
6pm - Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly/county) at Castro's Lounge
6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman 100.3FM
7pm – Friday Night Jazz at Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
7:3p - The Haunted Walk: Mackenzie House Visit starts at Hockey Hall of Fame (advance tickets)
7:3p – Marilyn (Monroe) – After at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
8pm - Ghosts and Spirits of Old Town at Distillery District (advance tickets)
9pm - Record Party (50s-70s) at Castro's Lounge

SATURDAY, Oct 11th:
11am – Air Steps Lindy Hop Workshop at Dovercourt House
3pm - The Boxcar Boys at C'est What
3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt 89.5FM
4pm - Happy Pals (jazz) at @Grossman's Tavern
4.3p – Big Rude Jake (rockabilly/blues) at Castro’s Lounge
7pm – Sat Night Swing: Climax Jazz Band at Dovercourt House
7pm - Urban Capers Scavenger Hunts: Haunted Toronto starts at Queen’s park (advance tickets)
8 & 9p - Ghosts and Spirits of Old Town at Distillery District (advance tickets)
9pm – Oldies Dance at Legends on Queensway
9pm - Evil Elvis, Loaded Dice (Canada) and Official Cadillacs and Cadavers atCherry Cola's Rock 'n' Rolla Cabaret & Lounge
9pm – Swing Night with Combo Royale at Gladstone Hotel
9pm – "Beam me up" (soul/disco) at The Piston
9:3p – British Invasion Month: No Quarter (Led Zep) at Linsmore Tavern
10p - Shake, Rattle and Roll (50s/60s) at Clintons
10p - Shake-A-Tail (50s/60s) at Sneaky Dee's

SUNDAY, Oct 12th:
6am - Sunday Antique Market at St Lawrence Market
4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars at Grossman's Tavern
4pm – Ronnie Hayward Trio at The Duke Live.com
8pm - Ghosts and Spirits of Old Town at Distillery District (advance tickets)
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's: Dark & Disturbing
9pm – 1977! Punk Rock Resurrection at Junction City Music Hall
11p – Retro Party at Velvet Underground

MONDAY, Oct 13th:
10a - Heritage Antique Market at Centrepoint Mall
7:3p - Big Band Night at Seven44 Restaurant & Lounge
9pm - Rockabilly Mondays with the Cosmotones at Castro's Lounge
10pm - Manic Mondays (80s/90s) at The Dance Cave

NOTABLE OUTER GTA:
Sat, Oct 11 – Hell Bent Rockers at Casbah (Barrie)

As always...please forward on any other event information!

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Jack Lux Vintage features the TVS Blogger Mannequins!

In case you haven't stopped in yet (many of us have already made multiple trips)...the JACK LUX Vintage Pop-up shop landed in Toronto back in July and has taken the vintage shopping community by storm!











 
We felt honoured when they contacted us for their Blogger Mannequin Initiative.  We were asked to dress 2 mannequins to be featured in their shop window at 536 Queen St West starting Sept 12th until the 19th!

Bloggers throughout Toronto were approached for this initiative. The mannequins will rotate weekly.

For our mannequins - we wanted different lengths, textures and eras...we also wanted the mannequins to be eye catching in the shop windows!  In hindsight, we should have dressed a male mannequin as an homage to all the great TVS men in Toronto...but sorry guys we simply squealed and ran around the store pulling just about everything down from the racks! 

2 other bloggers on the Toronto Vintage Society 

team were approached to style mannequins, see them here: 

Liz's from The Vintage Inn and 

Shermy's from Shermette!

Liz wearing her Fall ready shirt waisted dress - 
newly acquired from Jack Lux of course!

Shermy hanging out with her signature styled technicolor mannequins!


This history of how the company came about is quite interesting too.....

"Jack Lux has one of the largest vintage collections in Canada, having acquired most of 

the collection from Centre National du Costume, a costuming trust established by the 

Quebec Government.  The CNC curated and identify a wide and diverse range vintage 

clothing dating between the 1920s and 1990s.  The collection was used by filmmakers and 

production houses that were shooting in the province of Quebec. In 2005, the organization 

was dismantled and Jack Lux was able to acquire the vast collection — which at last 

count included more than 200, 000 items of men and women’s apparel and accessories."

With a successful Montreal business flourishing, they decided to bring over 5000 pieces to Toronto and open a pop-up shop located at 536 Queen St West. With shout outs from BlogTO, Now Magazine, She Does the City and many more it's no wonder that everyone is talking about this shop that is chocked to it's rafters with vintage!

The company also has a strong team backing it in both cities, Both the PR manager Micki and store manager Jason have been friendly and lovely to work with!  

Jack Lux plans to stay in town until October - hopefully we can bring you an exclusive shopping opportunity...and just in time for Hallowe'en!  

Stay tuned!

A Summer in Vintage

As summer snuck in directly behind winter here in Toronto,  we find ourselves out soaking in the weather, wearing and enjoying the vintage all around us!

There is so much going on that we have let our posts fall to the way side. Patio vs posting?  Is there any contest? 

There is just so much vintage to absorb right now....so here is a quick roundup of what has been up and what is yet 

to come for June!

Pin Up Picnic

June 1

Great Lakes Surf Battle 

June 6 and 7

Electro Swing Club TO - Vintage Cabaret 

June 13

Trailer Park Picnic at Damzels East 

June 21

Gatsby Garden Party at Spadina House & Museum  

June 22

Mike Mahilini and His Hawaiinaires

June 22

Goin' Steady - The Final Party  

June 28

 We hope to see you out there enjoying 

all this greatness with us!

YOUR Vintage Journey...ready to try something NEW??!!

The best thing about the Toronto Vintage Society is that we have have been able to connect all forms of vintage... 

If you love the fashion...we can get you swing dancing...if you love kustom culture we can get you to enjoy a burlesque show...if you are a Toronto history buff we can get you out to watch a rockabilly band...and so on and so on...

With 4 BIG events up this week and the finale of a great exhibit...maybe we can get you to cross over into some uncharted territory and enjoying some new vintage pass times!??

ELECTRO SWING TO

"Toronto's monthly speakeasy dance party where vintage sounds meet modern beats.  Featuring DJs, live bands, visuals, burlesque and YOU! Dress to excess!"

A Dashing Dame from a past TVS best dressed contest!

 Anything goes!

Denielle Bassels killing it...

...and the crowd loving it!

SWING FEVER - 1940s DANCE PARTY

"The year was 1942 and the world was at war...Life was humdrum with the men away, the rations and the uncertainty. What everyone needed was a night out to escape. To get lost in the up-tempo rhythms and sounds of the big band boogie."

 This doesn't look humdrum to me!

I got my tickets!  This will be MY first! 

...and maybe this will be me by the end of the night!?

SPADINA HOUSE: DRESSING FOR DOWNTON - COSTUME EXHIBIT and TOUR

Final Weekend!

"Spadina Museum is pleased to host an exhibit of costumes from the TV show Downton Abbey, one of the most popular and critically acclaimed period dramas ever produced. The exhibit features 20 costumes from the production, a selection of dresses and accessories from the City of Toronto collection of the same era and Downton Abbey-themed tours of the restored house."

Can you picture a better back drop for this exhibit?

The costumes are impeccable. 

They were both vintage and reproduced!

The tour of this historical house built in 1866 is my favourite part!

GREAT CANADIAN TEASE: BURLESQUE BRUNCH "Diamonds Are Forever"

Here is your chance to try a little "legs with your eggs" and a "dash of sass with your hash." 

 This outfit is to die for!

FINALLY...you already know we are MAD MEN crazed...our very own MAD MEN Season Premier Party is days away and we can't wait!

We've been ogling the new season's style...

We have been practicing....

...and we can't stop MAD MEN -ing ourselves!

IF this week you could pick something NEW to try (but still Vintage LOL)...what would it be?