About Us

 Established in 2018, JazzinToronto is an online resource and concert presenter committed to the burgeoning Toronto jazz scene. Our small team of dedicated volunteers collaborates to create vital content including daily concert listings, video documentation of the live music scene, and event curation across the GTA. Our ever expanding online follower base has turned us into a spotlight for the Toronto jazz community on an international level. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted to present online concerts on our Facebook page by giving musicians temporary access. We promoted the concerts and gave 100% of tips collected to the artists. The "Jazz from Home" series gave solo artists, domestic partneres and student roomates rare opportunities to perform in a very dark time.

In June 2021 we presented our first festival, supported by a grant from Canada Council. The concept was to present live-streamed concerts from 9 different Toronto venues: The Rex, Lula Lounge, The Emmet Ray, Motel Bar, Jazz Bistro, Tranzac, Drom Taberna, The Senator and Koerner Hall. In a welcome surprise, the festival became a hybrid experience as the first pandemic event to allow in-person audiences as restrictions were lifted that week.

In April 2022 JazzInToronto presented the College Street Jazz Festival, presenting concerts at Revival, College Street United Church, Free Times Cafe, Sellers & Newel, Bar Pompette and The Emmet Ray. The lineup featured 90% female-identifying artists, including Laila Biali Trio, Trash Panda Brass, and Tara Moneka's DIJLAH.

Recent projects including curating ongoing series monthly at The ROM, weekly at The Rex Hotel where we present "The Songbird Series" highlighting vocalists and The Only Cafe where we curate a monthly Young Artist Series.

Positions:

Ori Dagan - Artistic Director, Listings Editor

Lina Welch - Founder & Managing Director

Kendra Boyle - Content Creator

Board of Directors:

Ahmed Moneka

Alice Sellwood

Andrew Kaiser

Chloé Watkinson

Donné Roberts

Frank Van Biesen

Heather Bambrick

Michael Bourgeois 

Paul Corby

Peter Sellers

Rudy Ray

Sybil Walker