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'Where'd the night go?' documentary looks at Toronto's vanishing live music venues

Natasha MacDonald-Dupuis | CBC News | Posted: April 19, 2017 7:24 PM | Last Updated: April 19, 2017

Radio-Canada documentary goes behind the scenes with DIY venues, musicians, DJs

Image | Just John

Caption: Just John, a Scarborough-based rapper, mid-performance at Adelaide Hall. Some musicians and venue owners are concerned that without smaller venues, Toronto's culture will become "homogeneous." (Frederic Lacelle/Radio-Canada)

Thanks to explosive growth in Toronto's real estate market, early 2017 saw a number of the city's live music venues shut down in rapid succession. It's prompted fears of a "homogeneous" Toronto culture and a cityscape composed entirely of "condos and restaurants."
"Where'd the night go?" is a Radio-Canada documentary that goes behind the scenes with Toronto's DIY venue operators, musicians, DJs and promoters that fuel the city's music scene and asks what can be done to keep it healthy and vibrant.
Read more here: Shuttered music venues raise fears of 'homogeneous' Toronto culture
Click below to watch the documentary Where'd the Night Go?

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Caption: A spate of venue closures in early 2017 sent shockwaves through Toronto's music community and raised fears that the city will become nothing but condos and restaurants.

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