Small World Music

Small World Music Engaging Audiences
- To create human connections through shared musical experiences.
- To be a resource that expands cultural horizons.
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For more than three decades, Small World Music has celebrated cultural diversity, showcasing local, domestic, and international talent across the GTA while supporting underrepresented, marginalized, and newcomer professionals to build sustainable careers. For more than two decades, Small World Music has been celebrating cultural diversity and showcasing a range of local, domestic, and international talent to audiences across the Greater Toronto Area. Our vision goes beyond simply presenting culturally-diverse artists to include finding ways of working with, showcasing, and supporting underrepresented, marginalized, and newcomer professionals onstage and behind the scenes to encourage sustainable careers, and become a leader in the music industry. Enabling Artists
- To enable equity for culturally diverse artists and their work.
- To create opportunities for emerging, newcomer and underrepresented artists. Connecting Industry
- To be a catalyst for industry change by creating opportunities and building bridges.
- To be a global ambassador of Canada’s multicultural identity.

10/02/2026

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 are coming to Toronto. 🔥

A full-force Afrobeat experience with soaring horns, driving percussion, deep grooves and the unmistakable sound of Egypt 80.

This concert launches Borderless Jazz, Small World Music’s new series exploring jazz beyond boundaries through improvisation, exchange and creative freedom.

Jazz has always travelled, evolved and found new ways to speak. Borderless Jazz celebrates that spirit.

📅 Saturday, October 17
🕗 8 PM
📍 The Concert Hall, 888 Yonge St, Toronto
🔞 19+

Only a few days to go.

🎟️ Get your tickets. Link in bio.

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🎥 Video: KEXP, via KEXP YouTube

From Kingston, Jamaica to the international jazz stage, Alexander brings six decades of music to Toronto this December...
10/02/2026

From Kingston, Jamaica to the international jazz stage, Alexander brings six decades of music to Toronto this December.

The Grammy®-nominated pianist brings together the traditions of American jazz with the sounds of Jamaica, moving through jazz, ska and reggae with his unmistakable approach to swing and improvisation.

For this special holiday concert, Monty Alexander is joined by Lorin Cohen on acoustic bass, Joshua Thomas on guitar and electric bass, and Jason Brown on drums.

📅 Sunday, December 13, 2026
🕗 8 PM
📍 The Creative School Chrysalis, Toronto Metropolitan University

Presented by Small World Music as part of Borderless Jazz 2026,
in partnership with The Creative School Chrysalis.

🎟️ Get tickets : https://tickets.smallworldmusic.com/e/s-w-m-jazz-monty

Borderless Jazz is made possible with funding in part by the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.

Toronto, only a few days to go. 🔥 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 bring Afrobeat to Toronto.📅 Saturday, October 17🕗 8 PM📍 The Conce...
10/02/2026

Toronto, only a few days to go. 🔥

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 bring Afrobeat to Toronto.

📅 Saturday, October 17
🕗 8 PM
📍 The Concert Hall, 888 Yonge St, Toronto

🎟️ Get your tickets at the link in bio

Presented by Small World Music as part of Borderless Jazz.

Borderless Jazz is made possible with funding in part by the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
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From evening until sunrise, Anhad brings together Indian classical artists for an extended all-night mehfil at Parkdale ...
09/29/2026

From evening until sunrise, Anhad brings together Indian classical artists for an extended all-night mehfil at Parkdale Hall.

The program unfolds across a series of sessions throughout the night, featuring Bageshree Vaze, Pankaj Mishra, Zaheer-Abbas Janmohamed, Neha Mahajan, Rashmi Agarwal, Hardeep Chana, Radhika Baskar, Gandhaar Amin, Dhaivat Jani, Arnab Chakrabarty, Shahbaz Hussain, Ravi Naimpally, Tara Kannan, Madhura Londhe and Irshad Khan, alongside a session curated by and .

Come for an evening session or stay through the night as the music continues into the early morning.

📅 Friday, December 11 into Saturday, December 12 - 8 PM to 6:15 AM
📍 Parkdale Hall, Toronto
🎟️ Tickets via link in bio
All ages

Part of ISHQ Festival 2026.

ISHQ Festival is made possible thanks to funding in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, and Toronto Arts Council.

ISHQ Festival est financé par le gouvernement du Canada, Conseil des arts du Canada, le gouvernement du Ontario, Conseil des arts du Ontario, et le Conseil des arts de Toronto
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[Anhad, ISHQ Festival, Indian classical music, all-night mehfil, Toronto, Parkdale Hall]

On December 6, we’re making space for words about ishq and everything that can live inside it: love, longing, memory, de...
09/29/2026

On December 6, we’re making space for words about ishq and everything that can live inside it: love, longing, memory, devotion, heartbreak and the things we sometimes struggle to say plainly.

Mehfil-e-Adab: Voices and Verses on Ishq is an intimate public mehfil of poetry, prose, storytelling and conversation across Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English and other South Asian languages.

📅 December 6
🚪 Doors 5 PM · Program 5:45 PM
📍 Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto

Link in Bio.

Presented by Anjuman-e-Adab in collaboration with Small World Music.

Part of ISHQ Festival 2026.

ISHQ Festival is made possible thanks to funding in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, and Toronto Arts Council.

ISHQ Festival est financé par le gouvernement du Canada, Conseil des arts du Canada, le gouvernement du Ontario, Conseil des arts du Ontario, et le Conseil des arts de Toronto
heritage .council



[ISHQ Festival, Mehfil-e-Adab, poetry, prose, storytelling, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, South Asian literature, Toronto]

What happens to the music of home when home is no longer somewhere you can return to?In 2010, filmmaker Amar Chebib () ...
09/29/2026

What happens to the music of home when home is no longer somewhere you can return to?

In 2010, filmmaker Amar Chebib () travelled to Damascus and Aleppo, drawn by the traditional sacred music of Syria. Six months later, the revolution began.

What started as a film about music became the story of three musicians turned refugees, and of the songs, memories and connections they carried with them.

Wajd: Songs of Separation is a film about displacement, but also about what remains. The music we remember. The people we carry with us. The ways a song can keep us connected to a place, even from far away.

On December 2, we gather at Small World Centre to experience their stories together.

📅 December 2
🚪 Doors 6:30 PM · Film 7 PM
📍 Small World Centre
🎟️ Tickets via link in bio

Part of ISHQ Festival 2026.

ISHQ Festival is made possible thanks to funding in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, and Toronto Arts Council.

ISHQ Festival est financé par le gouvernement du Canada, Conseil des arts du Canada, le gouvernement du Ontario, Conseil des arts du Ontario, et le Conseil des arts de Toronto
heritage .council



[Wajd, Songs of Separation, Syrian music, documentary film, migration, memory, home, Toronto film screening, ISHQ Festival]

Sounds of Korea brings together pansori singer Sangah Lee () and Korean wind instrumentalist Dasom Baek () for an intima...
09/29/2026

Sounds of Korea brings together pansori singer Sangah Lee () and Korean wind instrumentalist Dasom Baek () for an intimate evening of Korean musical storytelling.

Pansori is a Korean form of storytelling where narrative unfolds through voice, rhythm and dramatic expression. Here, Sangah’s vocal storytelling meets Dasom’s daegeum and sogeum, bringing voice and traditional wind instruments into conversation.

📅 Friday, November 13, 2026
🕗 Doors 7:30 PM | Show 8 PM
📍 Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto
🎟 Tickets at the link in bio

Presented by Small World Music as part of ISHQ Festival 2026.

ISHQ Festival is made possible thanks to funding in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, and Toronto Arts Council.

ISHQ Festival est financé par le gouvernement du Canada, Conseil des arts du Canada, le gouvernement du Ontario, Conseil des arts du Ontario, et le Conseil des arts de Toronto.
heritage .council



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Nafas: Dasom Baek brings the breath and texture of Korean traditional wind instruments into conversation with improvisat...
09/29/2026

Nafas: Dasom Baek brings the breath and texture of Korean traditional wind instruments into conversation with improvisation, percussion, looping and electronics.

Korean daegeum and sogeum performer and composer is joined by percussionist Eunji Kim for an intimate performance moving between delicate acoustic sound, rhythmic textures and layered electronic soundscapes.

📅 Thursday, November 12, 2026
🕖 Doors 7 PM | Show 7:30 PM
📍 Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto
🎟 Tickets at the link in bio

Presented by Small World Music as part of ISHQ Festival 2026.

ISHQ Festival is made possible thanks to funding in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, and Toronto Arts Council.

ISHQ Festival est financé par le gouvernement du Canada, Conseil des arts du Canada, le gouvernement du Ontario, Conseil des arts du Ontario, et le Conseil des arts de Toronto.
heritage .council

As part of ISHQ Festival, Hasheel and Seyblu bring Chai & Jam back for five intimate sessions built around improvisation...
09/29/2026

As part of ISHQ Festival, Hasheel and Seyblu bring Chai & Jam back for five intimate sessions built around improvisation, exchange and the unexpected.

Indian classical music meets jazz, R&B and whatever the room inspires that evening. No two sessions are meant to feel the same.

Come for the music. Stay for the conversation, the chai, and those moments that can only happen live.

📅 November 5, 6, 12, 14, 19 & 20
📍 Toronto
🎟️ Tickets via link in bio

Episode 1 · Nov 5 · 918 Bathurst
Episode 2 · Nov 6 · 918 Bathurst
Open Jams · Nov 12 & 19 · Typist Studios & Coffee
Episode 3 · Nov 14 · Aga Khan Museum
Episode 4 · Nov 20 · Annabel’s Music Hall

Part of ISHQ Festival 2026.

ISHQ Festival is made possible thanks to funding in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, and Toronto Arts Council.

ISHQ Festival est financé par le gouvernement du Canada, Conseil des arts du Canada, le gouvernement du Ontario, Conseil des arts du Ontario, et le Conseil des arts de Toronto.
heritage .council

09/28/2026

Nani Vazana live in Toronto.

Singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Nani Vazana performs original music in Ladino, drawing from Sephardic musical traditions alongside contemporary influences.

Hear her live at Small World Centre this October.

📅 October 1
📍 Small World Centre, Toronto
🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

Presented by Small World Music.

The 2026 Small World Music Series is sponsored by TD Canada and funded by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts ,Ontario Arts Council | Conseil des arts de l’Ontario , and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council

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