# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2nd Fridays: JULY
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 11:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Featuring the Sonomadic Saxophone Quartet, singer Maggie Keogh, and guitarist Kurt NewmanAbout this Event2nd Fridays is a series that builds community, where artists can take risks in a supportive environment and where we strip the stuffiness out of the concert hall and turn it into the city's most interesting living room.Set 1: Sonomadic Saxophone QuartetSonomadic Music is an online records label and live improv series is aimed to further build community within the improvised music scene of Toronto and beyond. Our goal is to facilitate the exploration of how collective musical experimentation can produce counter-cultural eco-systems which resist and refuse the norms of the overculture and forms of subjugation.Sonomadic Saxophone Quartet is:Jonathan Kay - soprano saxophone, esraj, shakuhachi, dragon horn, giraffe horn, bells, tube extensionKayla Milmine - soprano saxophone, rain stick, bells, vocals, tube extensionBea Labikova - soprano saxophone, singing bowls, double-whistles, fujara, tube extensionAndrew Kay - soprano & alto saxophones, Himalayan singing bowls, gong, bells, whistles, tube extensionSet 2: Maggie KeoghSinger and songwriter from Toronto.Dust and stars.Often collaborating with Don Rooke (The Henrys), Andrew Downing (Utopia, Ontario), John Southworth, and more.Set 3: Kurt NewmanKurt Newman is a guitarist and improvisor. A native of Toronto, Canada, Newman moved to Austin, Texas several years ago, and has recently relocated to Santa Barbara, California. Over the past decade, Newman has focused his creative energies on non-idiomatic improvisation, and continues to work on refining his voice as an improvisor. Among his collaborators: (Europe) John Butcher, Mats Gustafsson, Thomas Lehn, Roger Turner, Jaap Blonk; (Japan) Tetuzi Akiyama; (USA) Kyle Bruckmann, Chris Cogburn, Dave Dove, Nick Hennies, Henry Kaiser, Fred Lonberg-Holm; (Canada): Mike Gennaro, Eric Chenaux, John Oswald, Michael Snow, Mauro Savo, Sam Shalabi, Alexandre St-Onge. Kurt has also worked in the field of musical education, co-conducting a weekly improvisation workshop in Austin with percussionist Chris Cogburn, and in collaborations with movement artists-- in particular, Canadian dancer Aimee Dawn Robinson, clown Aaron Tucker (in the trio Perruque, also with Cogburn), and the Austin-based Improvisation Movement Project. Newman has been in a number of bands: Sackville, Picastro, Wrist Error, Marmots, Golden Melody Awards, and Weird Weeds.In addition to improvising and recording a solo album, Newman's current projects also include The Long Telegram, a reductionist shred-metal band, with drummer Nick Hennies, and Daphnomancy, an improvised music and text project with poet Michelle Detorie.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/2nd-fridays-july/100001986080493219
- **Event Categories**: Music, Entertainment, Art, Concerts, Workshops, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: CMC
- **lat**: 43.66601639999999
- **long**: -79.3864274
- **full address**: CMC, 20 Saint Joseph Street, Toronto, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 2nd Fridays: JULY being held?
  - **A:** 2nd Fridays: JULY takes place on Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 11:00 pm at CMC, 20 Saint Joseph Street, Toronto, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 2nd Fridays: JULY?
  - **A:** 2nd Fridays: JULY is organized by Canadian Music Centre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** 2nd Fridays: JULY is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Toronto, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If 2nd Fridays: JULY sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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