Come Hear the Yorkville Sound
During the 1960s, Yorkville flourished as the hub of Canada’s bohemian scene, Toronto’s equivalent of New York’s Greenwich Village or San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. A haven for artists, students and other counterculture types, it was a time when Canadian songwriting blossomed and the careers of many local musicians were launched. If you entered one of its many clubs and coffee houses you might have heard the music of future folk and rock stars like Ian & Sylvia, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot, or lesser-known artists like Kensington Market, David Wiffen and Bonnie Dobson.
On Friday, October 21st, the Toronto Reference Library will host a concert reliving Yorkville’s magical music scene of the ‘60s. Come out and enjoy free performances by:
- Klaas Von Graft and Judith Orban
- Chick Roberts, Harvey Kotler and Eddie Sokoloff of The Sinners
- Tony Quarrington
- Riverboat performer Dede Higgins
- Keith McKie of Kensington Market, with John Jackson and Scott Kennedy
- Stan Endersby of The Tripp and Livingston’s Journey
- Rick Fruchtman of The Passing Fancy
- Juno Award winner Cathy Young
- George Olliver of The Rogues and Mandala
- And much more!
The Yorkville Sound
Friday, October 21, 7-10 PM
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.
