List of blues venues in Canada

Canadian blues bands also appear at a range of venues, including bars, taverns, lounges, and community centre concert series. Only a small number of these venues specialize in blues music; in most cases, venues will have a "blues night" or an occasional blues series. Some of the best-known blues venues in Toronto are Healey's (named for former owner, the late Jeff Healey) and The Silver Dollar Room. Other well-known Canadian venues include Boon's House in Hamilton, Ontario, The Black Cat Bone in Montreal, Bistro à Jojo in Montreal, Blues at the Bow Live in Alberta, Blues On Whyte in Edmonton, The Shamrock Hotel in Calgary, The Yale in Vancouver and Bearly's House of Blues and Ribs in Halifax.

Venues

Eastern Canada

• Bearly's - Halifax, Nova Scotia;
• Fat Tuesday’s Pub - Moncton, NB;
• Your Father’s Mustache - Halifax, NS;
• The Tantramarsh Blues Society (www.mta.ca/tbs) presents blues at George's Roadhouse in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Ontario

• Readers Cafe - Dunnville;
• The Musicians' Ball (held in January)- Hamilton;
• Live at City Hall - Stratford;
• Healey's - (Jeff Healey's club) in Toronto;
• The Silver Dollar Room - Toronto's blues club;
• Whistler's - Toronto club offering live blues on Tuesdays;
• Lil' House of Blues - Whitby;
• The Rainbow Bistro - Ottawa;
• Tango Coffee Bistro - Stratford;
• Tulky's Sports Bar and Grill - St. Catharines/Welland;
• Irene's Pub - Ottawa;
• Harwood Blues Cafe - Ajax;
• Fitzy's Crab Shack - Barrie;
• Blues on the East Side, Cambridge;
• Boomers 96, Hamilton;
• Peter's Place - Innisfil;
• Brandee’s Restaurant, Kingston;
• Bourbon St. Lounge, Kitchener;
• 100 Georges, North Bay;
• Attic Lounge, Oshawa;
• The Dukes Hotel - Port Colborne;
• Harp (The)- Port Credit;
• Capitol Theatre, Port Hope;
• Alleycatz, Toronto;
• Appleby's, Toronto;
• Big Daddy’s, Toronto;
• Blues on Bellair, Toronto;
• Cadillac Lounge, Toronto;
• C'est What - Toronto;
• Chicago’s (contact is Mark Stafford) Toronto;
• Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto;
• Happy Hog Roadhouse - Tottenham;
• Aardvark Blues Cafe, Windsor;
• House Rockin' Blues Lounge - Hamilton^[1]

Quebec

• Bistro à Jojo - Montreal,
• The Black Cat Bone - Montreal,
• Barfly - Wednesday nights in Montreal,
• Brasserie l'Unik - Thursday nights in Montreal,
• Le St-Laurent Bar Blues - Repentigny,
• Smoke Meat Pete's - Ile Perrot,
• Auberge des Appalaches - Sutton en Blues series from mid-October through November in Sutton,
• Pub Limoilou - Quebec City.

Western and Northern Canada

• Blues at the Bow, Bow Island - AB;
• Blues On Whyte, Edmonton, AB;
• The Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, AB;
• The Shamrock Hotel, Calgary, AB;
• The Red Onion, Calgary, AB;
• The Drake Hotel, Canmore, AB;
• Blue Grotto, Kamloops, BC;
• Buds On Broadway, Saskatoon, SK;
• Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest, SK;
• The Yale - Vancouver, BC;
• The Fairview - Blues On Broadway - Vancouver, BC;
• Northern Arts and Cultural Centre - Yellowknife, NT;
• Greatwoods Music Festival, Beausejour, MB;
• The Shamrock Hotel, Calgary, AB
• The DReam Cafe Penticton, BC
• Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest, AB;
• Calgary International Blues Festival, AB;

See also

• List of music festivals in Canada
• List of blues festivals
• List of folk festivals in North America

References

1. Boon's House Rockin' Blues Lounge

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