OPEN - Toronto's ESL culture and lifestyle magazine


Toronto is host and home to many international language students, working-holiday visitors, recent immigrants and tourists. Part city guide, part English study resource, OPEN introduces local art, music, neighbourhoods and culture.

CONCERTS THIS MONTH:

WAVELENGTH MUSIC SERIES (EVERY SUN. NIGHT)
Sneaky Dee’s (431 College)
NEW MUSIC FROM TORONTO’S UNDRGROUND

THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC (MARCH 1)
Mod Club (722 College)
INDIE ROCK / POP

THE HIVES (MARCH 3)
Kool Haus (132 Queen’s Quay E)
ROCK

DEERHOOF (MARCH 5)
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne)
INDIE ROCK

BLACK MOUNTAIN (MARCH 5)
Lee's Palace (529 Bloor)
ROCK

JASON COLLETT (MARCH 6)
Lees Palace (529 Bloor)
SINGER / SONGWRITER

THE ACORN (MARCH 6)
Horseshoe (370 Queen W)
ROCK / FOLK

SLOAN (MARCH 6)
Supermarket (268 Augusta)
ROCK / POP

ABDOMINAL (MARCH 7)
Supermarket (268 Augusta)
HIP HOP

THE BREEDERS (MARCH 8)
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne)
INDIE ROCK

FINGER 11 (MARCH 8)
Massey Hall (178 Victoria)
ROCK

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS / TOKYO POLICE CLUB / + more (MARCH 8)
Fairmont Royal York Hotel (100 Front West)
INDIE ROCK

マキシマムザホルモン (MAXIMUM THE HORMONE) (MARCH 8)
Kathedral (651 Queen W)
JAPANESE METAL

HAWKSLEY WORKMAN (MARCH 8)
Danforth Music Hall
SINGER / SONGWRITER

RZA as Bobby Digital (MARCH 9)
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne)
HIP HOP

BON JOVI (MARCH 10, 12, 13)
Air Canada Centre
ROCK

QUEEN WEST FIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISER (MARCH 10)
Reverb/Holy Joe's, $10 suggested donation (651 Queen W)

BOB MOULD BAND (MARCH 10)
Mod Club (722 College)

GREGORY ISSACS (MARCH 10)
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne)
REGGAE LEGEND

RONLEY TEPER (MARCH 14)
Tranzac (292 Brunswick)
SINGER / SONGWRITER

C'MON (MARCH 14)
The Horseshoe (370 Queen W)
ROCK

KALAN PORTER (MARCH 15)
Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth)
POP

JOSE GONZALEZ (MARCH 15)
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne)
SINGER / SONGWRITER

PAUL POTTS (MARCH 15)
Roy Thomson Hall (King / Simcoe)
OPERA

IRON MAIDEN (MARCH 16)
Air Canada Centre (40 Bay)
METAL

JUSTICE (MARCH 17)
The Sound Academy (11 Polson)
ELECTRONIC

YUNDI LI (李云迪) (MARCH 18)
Roy Thomson Hall (King / Simcoe)
CLASSICAL PIANO

LENNY KRAVITZ (MARCH 20)
Air Canada Centre (40 Bay)
ROCK

MSTRKRFT (MARCH 20)
Guvernment (132 Queen’s Quay E)
ELECTRONIC

CARIBOU (MARCH 20,21)
Lees Palace (529 Bloor)
ELECTRONIC POP

FOO FIGHTERS (MARCH 22)
Air Canada Centre (40 Bay)
ROCK

CHROMEO (MARCH 20)
Opera House (735 Queen E)
ELECTRO / FUNK

DAVID GUETTA (MARCH 20)
Circa (126 John St)
ELECTRONIC

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO / JUNIOR SANCHEZ (MARCH 21)
Circa (126 John St)
ELECTRONIC

SUM 41 (MARCH 27)
Kool Haus (132 Queen’s Quay E)
POP / PUNK

CRYSTAL CASTLES (MARCH 28)
Circa (126 John St)
ELECTRONIC

MORCHEEBA (MARCH 30)
Opera House (735 Queen E)
TRIP HOP

THE ROOTS (MARCH 30)
Kool Haus (132 Queen’s Quay E)
HIP HOP

EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON (MARCH 30)
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne)
SINGER / SONGWRITER

JAY Z & MARY J BLIGE (APRIL 2)
Air Canada Centre (40 Bay)
HIP HOP / R&B

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