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Jaymz Bee’s Caravan Of Music Boosts Unison

The irrepressible impresario has created a novel night of musical fun to fundraise for the Canadian industry's favourite charity. Tom Cochrane, Andy Kim, Damhnait Doyle, and Mary Margaret O'Hara are joined by a coach-load full of A-list Toronto talent.

Jaymz Bee’s Caravan Of Music Boosts Unison

By FYI Staff

Toronto's irrepressible impresario, Jaymz Bee, has come up with a novel scheme aimed at boosting the coffers of the Unison Fund. Billed as Jaymz Bee’s Caravan of Music, it is a four-hour musical journey set in the famed event space and boutique hotel, Old Mill Toronto.


For just $40, attendees receive a “passport” that gets you into 10 rooms feature 20 bands rotating sets. Performers in the rooms include Alex Pangman, Barbra Lica, Big Rude Jake, Melissa Lauren and Nathan Hiltz, Lily Frost, Michael Dunston, Jay Douglas and Eric St-Laurent, Bill McBirnie and Bernie Senensky, the Ichkhanian Levant Trio, and Ted Quinlan Trio.

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Stay in one room a while or see a tune or two. As you exit the room, your passport gets stamped and when completed entrants are eligible for entry to a draw featuring "fabulous prizes" at the end of the night. There is also a chill room, an open-mic jam and a room showing silent movies with live accompaniment. 

This occasion features a Gala Dinner from 6-8 pm and a concert with Tom Cochrane and Friends that include Andy Kim, Mary Margaret O'Hara, and Damhnait Doyle. Gala ticket holders also have full run of the Caravan that goes 8 to midnight.

Event sponsors are NOW, Vesuvius Music, Slaight Music, Moricone Investments, Wayne Anaka, Zoomer, and Long & McQuade.

Tickets on sale here 

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Music News Digest: CRTC Aims To Fill a Gap for Indigenous Radio in Toronto and Ottawa
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Music News Digest: CRTC Aims To Fill a Gap for Indigenous Radio in Toronto and Ottawa

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The CRTC recently launched a call for applications for FM radio stations to serve Indigenous communities in Toronto and Ottawa. Broadcast Dialogue reports "the call follows the demise of First Peoples Radio’s ELMNT FM stations, which went off the air on Sept. 1 last year. Launched in the fall of 2018, the stations had a goal to 'fill the gap' for urban Indigenous listeners under-represented in the radio landscape. They carried an 'Indigenous-variety' format, featuring both English and Indigenous-language spoken-word and musical programming, with 25% of the playlist dedicated to Indigenous talent.

In its call, the commission says in its view, "there is a need and a demand for radio stations to serve the needs and interests of those communities."

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