April 14, 2017 – Finally the improving Spring weather is here and with it, CMW is upon us. Canadian Music Week is Canada’s annual premier music festival now in its 35th year. CMW will take place in dozens of venues around town this week starting on Tuesday and running through Sunday. The festival covers all genres of music, from pop, country, folk and hip hop, but at T-Mak World, we only care about the rockers and this year’s lineup seriously rocks! One Bad Son, Public Animal, Danko Jones are among our favourites, but we’re also looking forward to seeing Chile’s Dr. Vena again.
The best part of CMW is the chance to catch new bands from across the country, along with some foreign bands that we wouldn’t normally get the chance to see. We’re really excited to see the heavy psych rock of the Dead Heavens from NYC at Lee’s Palace at the Dine Alone Showcase. We’re looking forward to Pretty City from Melbourne, Australia and blues rockers, The High Definitions of Columbus, Ohio. Not to mention some local GTA bands like Crown Lands and Crazy Bones. And we never miss the chance to catch Rush-disciples, Moon Tan of Winnipeg.
For those that haven’t had the chance to do all the research themselves, we present our T-Mak World CMW recommendations. This is the schedule we’ll be using to plan our week and if you like #RealRock, you can’t go wrong with any of these selections.
While we want to see all of these bands, sometimes conflicts will force choices. There is a next level of recommendation, the Must See list. The Must See shows are in ALL CAPS in the schedule below.
So who did we miss? Who are you looking forward to seeing that wasn’t listed? We’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below!
Tuesday, April 18th
7 pm Papa Roach/One Bad Son Danforth Music Hall
10 pm Autopilot Nightowl
10:35 pm Maldito Drake Underground
Wednesday, April 19th
7:30 pm Goodnight, Sunrise Adelaide Hall
9:50 pm 54-40 (Indie Awards) Phoenix Concert Theatre
10 pm Miesha & The Spanks Bovine
11 pm Grown Up Avernger Stuff Cherry Cola’s
11 pm Return for Refund Hard Rock Cafe
11:30 pm The Balconies Adelaide Hall
12 am DANKO JONES Velvet Undergound
12 am Dune Rats Great Hall
1 am Diamond Weapon Bovine
Thursday, April 20th
8 pm The High Definitions Smiling Buddha
10 pm The Blue Stones Cherry Cola’s
10 pm Midnight Shine Hard Rock Cafe
11 pm Pretty City Smiling Buddha
11 pm Matt Mays Lee’s Palace
11 pm Goodnight, Sunrise Cameron House
Friday, April 21st
8 pm Dune Rats Lee’s Palace
8:15 pm Certainty Sneaky Dee’s
9 pm Incendies Sneaky Dee’s
9 pm Jesse Roper Dakota
10 pm DEAD HEAVENS Lee’s Palace
10 pm Menage Cherry Cola’s
11:15 pm Crown Lands Hard Luck Bar
12:10 am BLOODY DIAMONDS Hard Luck Bar
12:15 am Certainty Hard Rock Cafe
1 am SUMO CYCO Bovine
2 am A Primitive Evolution Bovine
Saturday, April 22nd
9 pm Crown Lands Bovine
9 pm Dr. Vena Hard Rock Cafe
10 pm ONE BAD SON Horseshoe Tavern
10 pm Moon Tan Bovine
10:30 pm Blve Hills Smiling Buddha
12 am PUBLIC ANIMAL Bovine
12 am Julian Taylor Band Horseshoe Tavern
12 am Miesha & The Spanks Stop, Drop & Roll
12 am Dalhousie Grooves Grace O’Malley’s
1 am Last Bullet Hard Rock Cafe
T-Mak World CMW 2017 Recommendations article by Steve Mallinson
