Nowruz: An Evening of Music + Community
Thursday March 19
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (Downstairs)
651 Dufferin St – Toronto
Doors 9:30pm
All Ages
Discounted tickets are available to members of the Iranian community to use at your own discretion.
$26 tickets
plus taxes and fees at bit.ly/WMFC2026
Get caught up on our first e-newsletter of 2026! 🎉 Check out stories on our international musical escapades, a new music festival + conference we're supporting by @wavelengthmusic.bsky.social, and messages from our friends at @torontosymphony.bsky.social ⬇️
app.scsend.net?q=email/view...
🔉Wavelength Music Conference: Day One Schedule! 🔉
Thursday March 19 @ Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. W.
9am-4pm
Tickets: bit.ly/WMFC2026
Thank you for joining us for the Kingdom of Birds album release! Make sure you put VERMIN on all your playlists: it’s full of emotion, energy, and expression.
Hand-picked openers Rosie Wyse + Last Waltzon didn’t just warm the room up, they lit it on fire. It was a show to remember!
📸 Maggie Rose
❤️🔥Rosie joins a lineup of DIY art-punks on the last night of February for frenzied thrashing and noisy catharsis:
Saturday February 28, 2026
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s
651 Dufferin Street
Doors 8pm
Single tix $20.5 ($15 adv plus taxes & fees) at DICE.FM
Ticket link: bit.ly/VerminWL
🔊THIS SATURDAY: Rosie Wyse at Wavelength!
Rosie Wyse has been gestating on new music since her last release in 2020. As she builds the cinematic world in her next record, Wavelength talked to Rosie about her classical influence the vulnerability expressed in her music.
youtu.be/p2kihjEnvhg
If you see any synths you’re interested in experimenting further with, you’re in luck! Synth Palace has recently relocated to Toronto, and has them available for rental. Go check them out : www.synthpalace.com
March 19 – 21
InterAccess
32 Lisgar St. (Atrium) – Toronto
Open 11am-7pm
FREE admission
www.wavelengthmusic.ca/festival-eve...
🎛️Pet all these synths, and more! FREE interactive installation from March 19-21 at Inter/Access
Check out these fascinating synthesizers, sourced by Tri City Synths and Synth Palace , that will be showcased alongside mannny more during this three-day event.
Friday March 20
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (Downstairs)
651 Dufferin Street – Toronto
Doors 9:30pm
All Ages
link.dice.fm/C8c127108bf2
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference:
Toronto’s Mad Iris formed in 2023 with the look, sound, and feel of a mid-'90s garage band. Frontwomen Kaiya Rosie and Ela Hinatsu blend bratty screams with hushed sighs, contrasting kaleidoscope guitar distortion and roaring drum beats.
📣LOCAL SUPPORT ADDED! ARTU joins Sessa + Kolumbo
🪘🪇🥁🪇🪘
Thursday May 14, 2026
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s
651 Dufferin Street
Doors 8pm
Single tix $30.74 ($22 adv + taxes & fees) at bit.ly/SessaWL
All Ages/Licensed
Salar joins us for an evening of music + community, amplifying Iranian artists and their contributions to Toronto’s music scene during their fight for freedom:
March 19
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s
651 Dufferin St
9:30pm
All Ages
Discounted tickets available to members of the Iranian community
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference:
Salar Ansari is a Detroit-based DJ/producer blending Persian roots with deep, soulful techno. His live PA performances, using a mixer and outboard effects, adapt to the room for an engaging experience.
Cinna joins us for an evening of music + community, amplifying Iranian artists and their contributions to Toronto’s music scene during their fight for freedom:
March 19
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s
651 Dufferin St
9:30pm
All Ages
Discounted tickets available to members of the Iranian community
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference:
Cinna Peyghamy is a composer & sound artist born in France from Iranian parents. At the centre of his setup is the tombak, a traditional percussion instrument, blending the boundaries between acoustic & electronic, traditional & contemporary.
This tour will meet outside Wavelength’s old haunt Sneaky Dee's at College/Bathurst at 11:30am, and ends by 1:30pm at Trinity Common, where attendees can hang before the Melissa Auf der Maur memoir launch at the AGO (sold out!)
The Market has been a welcoming space for immigrants across diverse cultures and played a key role in Toronto’s musical history. Recently, it has been at the forefront of affordable housing & community ownership movements such as the Kensington Market Community Land Trust, who will co-host the tour.
Led by Wavelength co-founder/director and Any Night of the Week author @jdovercourt.bsky.social with special guests Orville (Kojo) Smith and others, this 90+ minute walking tour will guide visitors through the city’s unique and vibrant Kensington Market neighbourhood.
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference: Kensington Market Musical History Walking Tour
March 21
11:30am-1:30pm
FREE – RSVP on DICE at bit.ly/MusicWalkKensington
Public programming, donations welcome
JUST ANNOUNCED:
An Ambient Evening at St. Anne’s featuring Jessica Moss + Pursuit Grooves + Nick Schofield + Kilometre Club
Saturday April 25, 2025
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s
651 Dufferin St
Doors 6pm
$26 + taxes & fees at DICE.FM
bit.ly/AmbientAnnes
ALL AGES / Licensed
Poster by Robert Voyvodic
Dastgâmachine joins us for an evening of music + community, amplifying Iranian artists and their contributions to Toronto’s music scene during their fight for freedom:
March 19
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s
651 Dufferin St
9:30pm
All Ages
Discounted tickets available to members of the Iranian community
Coming to the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference:
Dastgâmachine embrace a legible and unique form of psychedelia, incorporating the sounds and production techniques of dub, techno, and musique concrete into the Dastgâ system of arranging classical Persian art music.
Have you preordered our upcoming issue yet? 👀
Click here to see who's featured in Musicworks 153:
musicworksmag.myshopify.com/products/win...
Don’t miss Hong Kong skyscraper shoegazers Lucid Express at Wavelength Music Festival + Conference in Toronto!
Friday March 20
The Baby G
1608 Dundas St. W. – Toronto
Doors 8pm
19+
www.wavelengthmusic.ca/festival-eve...
OUT TODAY: Instant Comfort by Lucid Express via @kaninerecords.bsky.social
Instant Comfort is the sound of a young band who have now traveled the world, seen what it has to offer, held it for a moment, before watching it slip through their fingers...
This will be an incredible opportunity to learn and discuss topics affecting live, independent music, and to empower delegates to be change makers in the sector!
Wavelength Music Conference
March 19 + 20, 2026 - Toronto
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. W.
9am-4pm
link.dice.fm/uf29f7b08f2f
