ROASTED CHESTNUTS IX
Dec
20
7:30 PM19:30

ROASTED CHESTNUTS IX

Roasted Chestnuts IX, an annual gathering of music and storytelling hosted by the Queer Songbook Orchestra, is a holiday fundraiser with a focus on chosen family and queer joy. With several special guests from our 2SLGBTQ+ Toronto community joining us on stage, we offer an evening to come together and reflect on the holidays through the lens of queer experience. Expect laughter, tears and intergenerational connection in an evening that has been dubbed by past attendees as "Our Christmas".

This event is supported by the Queer and Trans Research Lab at the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto.

December 20
7:30pm
Hart House Theatre, U of T
All Ages
$34 (no additional hidden fees)

Limited free tickets available for 2SLGBTQ+ youth, please email info@queersongbook.com to get on the list.

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Dec
17
7:30 PM19:30

ROASTED CHESTNUTS VIII

Dubbed “Our Christmas” by past attendees, The Queer Songbook Orchestra invites you to our eighth annual holiday show, Roasted Chestnuts. With an intimate combination of music and storytelling, we’ll reflect together on the holidays through the lens of queer experience, celebrating chosen family and queer joy. Expect laughter, tears and intergenerational connection at this all ages event!

Funds from this year’s Roasted Chestnuts support the Queer Songbook YOUTH Orchestra (QSYO). Formed in Spring 2022, the QSYO is an avenue for queer, trans, questioning and allied youth to further their musical training while actively engaging in 2SLGBTQ+ representation and community building. The QSYO (and other fabulous guests) will be featured on several selections at this Roasted Chestnuts performance!

FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO 2SLGBTQ+ AND ALLIED YOUTH, please contact info@queersongbook.com to get on the youth list!

Roasted Chestnuts is an event for all ages, with general admission seating. Masks are strongly encouraged.

*The Opera House is an accessible venue with a private, accessible washroom.

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Jul
12
8:00 PM20:00

QSO at Bellwoods Brewery

The QSO has partnered with Bellwoods Brewery to create a new beer, the second in Bellwoods series “A Beer They Made”. It’s a refreshing, summery lager infused with dandelion and perfect for these hot days and warm nights. We’re taking over the Ossington location on July 12 to play our only Toronto show of the summer, CLICK HERE FOR TIX AND MORE INFO.

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Jun
7
5:30 PM17:30

QSYO at Walk With Amal Event with the Luminato Festival

The Queer Songbook Youth Orchestra will be featured performers for Amal’s welcome to Toronto, taking place at Nathan Phillips Square on June 7. Alongside other guests Dreamwalker Dance Company with Phil Davis, Joshua “Classic Roots” DePerry, Isaiah Gilsen, Digging Roots, Kuné Music Collective, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Union Station, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Institute for Canadian Citizenship, National Ballet of Canada and more.

FREE EVENT CLICK HERE FOR INFO

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QSO Presents Roasted Chestnuts VII, an annual holiday fundraiser
Dec
20
7:30 PM19:30

QSO Presents Roasted Chestnuts VII, an annual holiday fundraiser

Please click here for tickets

An annual gathering of music and storytelling, hosted by the Queer Songbook Orchestra, Roasted Chestnuts is a holiday show with a focus on chosen family and queer joy. With several special guests from our Toronto community joining us on stage, we offer an evening to come together and reflect on the holidays through the lens of queer experience. Expect laughter, tears and intergenerational connection in an evening that has been dubbed by past attendees as "Our Christmas".

This year funds are being raised to support our newly developed Queer Songbook YOUTH Orchestra (QSYO). An ensemble we formed in the spring of 2022 to provide an avenue for queer, trans, questioning and allied youth to further their musical training while actively engaging in 2SLGBTQ+ representation and community building. The QSYO will be featured on several selections at this Roasted Chestnuts performance.

FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO 2SLGBTQ+ AND ALLIED YOUTH, please contact info@queersongbook.com to get on the youth list.

**This is an ALL AGES general admission, seated event.

**Masks will be strongly encouraged for audience members at this event.

**The Opera House is an accessible venue, with a private, accessible washroom.

**If cost is a barrier, please contact info@queersongbook.com to arrange for alternate pricing.

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Dec
21
7:30 PM19:30

Roasted Chestnuts VII

Our annual holiday fundraiser is back and in person again this year!

Join us December 21 as we return to the stage for our 7th annual holiday celebration and fundraiser. We’ll be performing our favourite songs of the season and inviting members of the community to share personal stories of 2SLGBTQ+ experience connected to the holidays.

This is an ALL AGES event, and proceeds from the evening will support our new initiative the Queer Songbook YOUTH Orchestra.

$28
www.qsoroastedchestnuts.eventbrite.ca

PLEASE NOTE:

*Proof of vaccination will be required for entry and masks must be worn inside the venue

**Free tickets are available for 2SLGBTQ+ youth, please email info@queersongbook.com

***The Opera House is an accessible venue

****All tickets are general admission and the venue will be approximately 65% seated with the rest standing room

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Dec
17
8:00 PM20:00

QSO Presents Roasted Chestnuts - Virtual Edition

6th Annual Holiday Fundraiser
In Support of Black Women in Motion

$15/Single Ticket $30/Household Ticket

Maintaining our commitment to providing a space for queers to gather during the holiday season and share in personal reflections and and a gayly curated selection of songs, we are adapting our annual holiday fundraiser to a virtual format and invite you to join us in a very queer evening together - but distant.

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Jan
28
8:00 PM20:00

QSO Video Shoot

Join us for a special live taping of an abridged QSO show, with several of our favourite songs and stories together.

Doors 730pm
Show 8pm

All tickets general admission, $10 cash at the door only.
FREE for 2SLGBTQ youth, and anyone for whom the cost is a barrier - please email info@queersongbook.com in advance to be placed on the comp list.

*Seating is general admission, with a mix of chairs, floor seating, and standing room.

**The Gladstone Hotel is a fully accessible venue, with a ramp entering from Queen Street into the Melody Bar, at which point you may cross directly over to the Ballroom. Accessible washroom located in the lobby.

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Roasted Chestnuts, QSO's 5th Annual Holiday Fundraiser
Dec
22
8:00 PM20:00

Roasted Chestnuts, QSO's 5th Annual Holiday Fundraiser

Join us as we present our 5th annual holiday celebration and fundraiser, playing classics from Dolly Parton to Donny Hathaway, and inviting members of the local 2SLGBTQ community to share stories of personal experience based around the holiday season.
Tickets and more info AVAILABLE HERE

FEATURING SEVERAL SPECIAL GUESTS
ALL AGES

Proceeds from the evening will be donated in support of ACT. The AIDS Committee of Toronto works to reduce new HIV infections in Toronto and promotes the independence, dignity, health and well-being of people living with HIV and AIDS and those at increased risk of HIV.

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Mar
31
7:30 PM19:30

QSO 5 Year Anniversary

Marking 5 years since the inaugural performance of the Queer Songbook Orchestra, the QSO are gathering to celebrate and reflect on many of the songs, stories and collaborations of the past years. 

ALL AGES
ACCESSIBLE VENUE
FREE TICKETS FOR 2SLGBTQ YOUTH, please email info@queersongbook.com to be placed on the youth list

For more info and advance tickets please visit here
Tickets also available at Glad Day Bookshop and Soundscapes

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