Never been to an In The Round? These concerts focus on the stories behind the music, and the songs themselves. The music is stripped back to allow listeners to really experience the songs at the most authentic level. What it also means is that we won’t be having ‘sets’ per se – all four songwriters will be on stage together the whole time!

Gillian Nicola (Host)

The first thing that strikes listeners about Hamilton’s Gillian Nicola is the strength of her vocals. This rising singer/songwriter calls on influences of folk, rock and alt-country to bring a sound both unique to her and that honours her diverse taste.

Lindsay Foote – Music

Lindsay Foote writes poetry to sing, blurring the lines between folk, bluegrass, and roots. Her “Going Gone” EP boasts lush acoustic arrangements while exploring love, loss, and facing the truth even in the toughest moments.

Braeden Mitchell

Braeden Mitchell, a singer-songwriter from Toronto, ON, just released his sophomore EP, Glory Days. Braeden doesn’t want you to simply listen to his songs – he wants you to feel them. When writing a song, his intention is for the listener to experience it on an honest level and find comfort from it.

Tae

As a singer-Songwriter, Tae uses her love of folk music as motivation for her own style, with inspirations such as Johnny Cash, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan.

Bredren Version 11

Come on down for a fun night filled with music by BREDREN featuring the Resinators, MC Caddy Cad, General Genius, keyboard legend Bernie Pitters, DJ Chocolate….and special guests FreeDubStar with a special tribute to Raffa Dean.

DJ Adverb x live drumming by Brian Domingues. Bartop Burlesque w Ms Honey B Hind

photo: soundcloud

The Painted Lady is happy to welcome Melanie Peterson back to their stage with special guest Jesse Thomas.

Melanie Peterson

Melanie Peterson is a Saskatoon born, Toronto-based, folk-pop singer/songwriter with a “lovely lilting voice and strong songwriting chops” (Kerry Doole FYI Music News)

Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas is a 27 year old Canadian singer-songwriter from Nova Scotia. Captivating melodies, rich and raw vocal quality as well as meaningful lyrics are what you’re in for.

Music DJ by Salazar featuring Ms Rubie Magnitude

There could be some topless-hoolahooping beer-chugging smooth-velvet moves that occur tonight. But…you’d really have to come to The Painted Lady to find out.

Come join us to listen to the performances by Janel Asadova, Emma Campbell, Alex Forsythe, Paige Kash, Kes Logan, Donya Mashkuri and Claire Poulter-Baker. These six young talents will be playing their own songs or their favorite songs.

Sunday Sing Strips!

Join us for SUNDAY STRIPS! at the beautiful Painted Lady. Every 1st Sunday* features Sing Strips!. The only place in town you can find all live singing burlesque!!

June 4 features:

Bella Canto

Sassy Ray

Ivory

Open Mic Mondays at The Painted Lady

Featuring Host Nelson Sobral and the Monday Night Magic Band

WHEN:
10pm every Monday.
Sign up at 9pm sharp.

Special feature performer every Monday at 9:15pm

HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE ON STAGE?:

2 songs per performer.

IS IT ONLY ACOUSTIC?
Short answer… No.
We’re Electrified. And Acoustic.

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC…?
All genres welcome. We’ve engineered them all… You’ll sound great.

I’M A MAGICIAN. I’M A VENTRILOQUIST. I’M A COMEDIAN. I’M A MIME. MAY I STILL PERFORM?

Short answer… No. We’re keeping it strictly music. Beat poetry, Rap poetry excepted (Shram) as it’s musical.

We’ve welcomed various diciplines in the past, and we’ve had a great time, yet we’ve decided it’s best to organize a separate night to allow the necessary space, time, and unique vibe they each deserve. Sorry folks, but on the bright side, please come in + talk to us about a show idea!

EQUIPMENT & PERSONNEL PROVIDED by  T  H  E    P   A   I  N  T  E  D    L  A  D  Y :

Electric Guitar (Stratocaster)

2 Electric Guitar Amps (Great clean and distorted tones; Great all-round amps)

Electric Bass (Fender Squier Vintage Classic Precision electric bass)

Electric Bass Amp (beautiful sounding MarkBass TUBE Bass Amp)

Drum Kit (super sounding 5pc Sonor Select Force S-Drive Canadian Maple kit & a full complement of  Sabian cymbals)

Keyboard: Yamaha 88 key fully-weighted keyboard

Terrific sounding PA in a great sounding room.

Shure + Sennheiser Mics, Stands, D.I.’s etc…

Professional F.O.H. (Front of House) Engineer to help you sound your best.

A talented and supportive Open Mic Host… : )

Doin’ it Right w/ Bex and Blanco

If you’ve ever thought, “what is there to do on a Tuesday night?”, come to the Painted lady. Bex and I Do it right. A groovy, funky open format DJ set of all the cheddar; accented with craft beers poured by possibly one of the best smiles in the biz.

~Tuesday Tunes~

It’s officially summer, come celebrate!

Lilly Mason

Lilly Mason is a Vancouver born, Toronto based versatile Soul/Indie/Pop singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. She is a true improviser, and her lyrics ring out with passion, honesty and deep feeling.

Emily Rockarts Music

With her catchy and endearing story based pop songs, Emily Rockarts is starting to catch on in Toronto’s crowded music scene. Her songs explore the wide eyed optimism of moving to new cities, the expansive depth of oceans, and the stratospheres of space.

Chelsea Reed

Chelsea Reed has been building a unique and important identity in the alternative-pop scene since her musically formative years growing up in Newcastle, NSW.

Special guest: Arlene Paculan Music

With her song, I’m Worth It, her goal is to remind individuals to trust and believe that they can achieve anything they put their minds to.  She aims to campaign the idea globally and to be an empowering positive voice for women.