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Toronto’s empty-venue livestream concert series kicks off this week
After a January postponement, City Hall Live Spotlight starts Thursday, March 18, with a free concert by Lido Pimienta from Phoenix Concert Theatre By Richard Trapunski
Lido Pimienta at the Grammys. She performs this week at Phoenix Concert Theatre.
Now that Toronto has moved into the grey zone of COVID restrictions, empty-venue concerts are back – and so is City Hall Live Spotlight.
The free Toronto livestream concert series kicks off this Thursday (March 18), at 7:30 pm with a performance by Lido Pimienta from the Phoenix Concert Theatre. The Toronto-based artist caught a lot of attention (including support from lots of BTS fans on Twitter) for a gorgeous performance this past weekend at the Grammys, and it should prime you for a full set.
Livestreams cancelled as music venues forced to close – even virtually
Live venues found new life with online concerts until Ontario imposed a stay-at-home order. So why can film shoots continue? By Richard Trapunski
PUP played a livestream concert from Sneaky Dee s last year.
Most of Toronto’s music venues have been closed since last March, but many have found a way to come back to life with livestream concerts.
Not anymore.
With Ontario’s latest emergency stay-at-home order, the city’s struggling music venues have been forced to close their doors again – even virtually.
Since the order took effect last on January 14, there’s been a new wave of concert cancellations and postponements – a small reminder of the one that tore through the entire live events calendar when the COVID pandemic first shut everything down last year.
TORONTO Organizers behind a number of livestreaming concerts and theatre shows in Ontario say the province’s stricter stay-at-home orders have forced them to sideline an array of upcoming virtual events. Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music says it has either postponed or cancelled dates for 19 different ticketed livestream shows that were booked over the […]