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Janelle Monae

Weekend Roundup: June 22 to 24

Friday: Janelle Monae offers a high-energy set at the Toronto Jazz Festival

Friday, June 22
More than 1,500 musicians are crowding into the city over the next 10 days for this year’s TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The much-anticipated event’s opening-night concerts include one-of-a-kind guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel take the stage for a solo performance, while modern-day R&B/soul/funk phenom Janelle Monae gets everyone grooving at the Nathan Phillips Square mainstage.

Celebrity air hostess Pam Ann touches down at the Panasonic Theatre for three uproarious nights of comedy. Fasten your seatbelts and follow Ann back to the glitzy golden age of flight—her huge hairdo, candy-pink uniform and disco boots certainly hearken back to that “glamorous” era!

Francophones and Francophiles come together to celebrate the diversity of French culture at this weekend’s Franco-Fête festival. Voila! Harbourfront Centre offers culinary delights, dancing and musique from Canadian artists like Ariane Moffatt and Samian et Anodajay, performing tonight on the WestJet Stage. (more…)

Hot Date: Groove With 1,500 musicians at the Toronto Jazz Festival

Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding is among this year's jazz fest headliners (photo by Carlos Pericas)

JUNE 22 TO JULY 1 Finally, the summer can really find its groove, thanks to the
TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The long-running event now features more than 1,500 of the best musicians from around the world performing more than 350 concerts. The intersection between jazz and other genres like R&B, pop and hip hop is a focal point this year, with headliners including Esperanza Spalding, Janelle Monae, Ziggy Marley, the Robert Glasper Experiment and more. The fest also mixes music and visual art at special Groove and Graffiti workshops, where top taggers discuss their expressive aerosol art form. Various venues, $10 to $95; call 1-855-985-5000 or visit here for showtimes and to buy.