Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC)

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Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC) This initial group was made up of families and teachers from the Suzuki String School of Guelph which was looking for a new permanent home.

Founded in 1992, the Guelph Youth Music Centre is a unique facility that educates, enriches and fosters the development of our youth through music and the arts. The idea of the Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC) began over 30 years ago when a group of community-minded individuals saw a need for a permanent facility in which Guelph youth could participate in music and arts activities. After many years of fundraising, the SSSG saw the need for a larger, community vision. In 1985, the GYMC was formed and was given all funds raised by the SSSG. In 1992, the former Heritage Seed Company, an historic post and beam building along the Speed river, was purchased by the City of Guelph and turned over to the GYMC under a long-term lease. The centre opened in September 2001, following an extensive renovation that relied on more than 30,000 hours of labour and service from more than 100 volunteers. The Centre was an immediate success, providing a forum for affordable leadership, teaching, rehearsal and performance for hundreds of local music and arts students. The Centre includes a beautiful 180-seat Recital Hall, a dance studio and 15 rehearsal and teaching studios.

👻 Showlab's Halloween Throwdown is only a few days away! Saturday, October 24 at the GYMC: Bad Waitress, A Horse Named F...
10/22/2026

👻 Showlab's Halloween Throwdown is only a few days away!

Saturday, October 24 at the GYMC: Bad Waitress, A Horse Named Friday, and TRTEL!

ALL AGES / $10/PWYC / NOTAFLOF

Costumes encouraged! 🎃

Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/showlabs-halloween-throwdown-bad-waitress-and-more
Doors 6:30pm
Music 7:00pm
Guelph Youth Music Centre (75 Cardigan St)

This show is organized and presented by the Showlab team, a group of youth concert producers making live music happen in our community!

Thanks to Ontario Trillium Foundation

🎷 Our Saxophone Ensemble's final performance takes place on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30pm. It's FREE! Room 204 at the ...
10/21/2026

🎷 Our Saxophone Ensemble's final performance takes place on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30pm. It's FREE! Room 204 at the GYMC. 🎷

Friends, family, and community members are welcome to drop in and listen. A wide variety of music will be featured: Haydn, Bach, Hook, Brahms and film scores.

Directed by Bill Rolfe

10/20/2026

Let's make a beat!🥁🎹💻

LoopSchool: Beatmaking and electronic music production lessons at the GYMC with Aimee Copping.

Get one-on-one lessons in making loops, building beats and producing your very own tracks, songs and musical ideas.

Register today: https://guelphschoolofmusic.ca/registration/

10/20/2026
👻 Showlab's Halloween Throwdown is THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th at the GYMC featuring Bad Waitress, A Horse Named Friday ...
10/19/2026

👻 Showlab's Halloween Throwdown is THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th at the GYMC featuring Bad Waitress, A Horse Named Friday & TRTEL! Costumes encouraged! 🎃

ALL AGES / $10/PWYC / NOTAFLOF

Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/showlabs-halloween-throwdown-bad-waitress-and-more

Doors 6:30pm
Music 7:00pm

Location: Guelph Youth Music Centre (75 Cardigan St)

This show is organized and presented by the Showlab team, a group of youth concert producers making live music happen in our community!

More about Showlab: https://www.gymc.ca/showlab

Thanks Ontario Trillium Foundation

10/16/2026

LoopSchool: Beatmaking and electronic music production lessons at the GYMC with Aimee Copping.

Register today: https://guelphschoolofmusic.ca/registration/

When you're a student at LoopSchool, you get one-on-one lessons in making loops, building beats and producing your very own tracks, songs and musical ideas.

Schedule: Offering 45min and 60min lessons on Mondays

Fall 2026: Mondays, 5:45pm - 7:45pm

Winter 2027: Mondays, 5:15pm - 7:15pm

10/15/2026

You may be wondering... What is Showlab?!

Watch part 1 of our video series featuring our awesome Showlab youth mentors, Kali and Amelia, and follow along to learn more about the program.

Showlab is a FREE and NEW program from the Guelph Youth Music Centre that will equip youth aged 14-18 with everything needed to organize and host music events, in a team of your peers.

Register and learn more: https://www.gymc.ca/showlab

Next Sessions:

Session 3: November 3, 2026 - December 3, 2026
Concert 3: December 12, 2026 at 7:00pm at Sonic Hall

Session 4: January 19, 2027 - February 18, 2027
Concert 4: February 20, 2027 at 7:00pm at Silence

Thank you to Ontario Trillium Foundation

👻 We are so excited to bring TRTEL to the GYMC on Saturday, October 24th for Showlab's Halloween Throwdown! 🎃Justin Haid...
10/14/2026

👻 We are so excited to bring TRTEL to the GYMC on Saturday, October 24th for Showlab's Halloween Throwdown! 🎃

Justin Haid is a Canadian Punk/Folk artist by the artist name, TRTEL. No, it's not an acronym. He specializes in writing his own lyrics for his songs. While he's writing songs, he tries to say exactly what he's feeling. Everything in them is 100% truth, so he hopes audiences could find exactly what they're looking for. From being an atheist in a catholic school, to the drama and rumors that high school entails, TRTEL has been there and written about it. Maybe it’s too late for him to fix things, but these songs aren’t for him.

Tickets ($10/PWYC/NOTAFLOF): https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/showlabs-halloween-throwdown-bad-waitress-and-more

Saturday, October 24th / ALL AGES
Doors at 6:30pm
Music at 7:00pm
Guelph Youth Music Centre
(75 Cardigan St)

Thank you to Ontario Trillium Foundation

Press Play is a music club for youth (teen to 24) to explore songwriting, learn music theory, and share original music w...
10/14/2026

Press Play is a music club for youth (teen to 24) to explore songwriting, learn music theory, and share original music with peers.

Our next session is Thursday, October 29, 7-9pm at the GYMC.

FREE / DROP-INS WELCOME !

Press Play is a welcoming, low-pressure space for young and emerging songwriters (teen to 24) to develop their craft, share ideas, and build confidence.

See you there!

https://www.gymc.ca/pressplay

Address

75 Cardigan Street
Guelph, ON
N1H3Z7

Telephone

519-837-1119

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