Villa Risi builds weekend live music into an Italian fine-dining setting, using resident vocalists, duos, trios and featured guests. Its event capacity reaches about 210, but the musical style ranges from jazz and Italian material to Latin, pop, R&B, disco and dance. Polished acts that can move between dinner-hour listening and livelier late-evening material should be a strong match.
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Old Flame’s Newmarket ale house uses its historic downtown brewery setting as a community event space and actively welcomes live music. Acoustic performers, singer-songwriters and local bands are the most natural fit for the room’s social brewery atmosphere. Artists should approach it as a community-oriented taproom booking where a warm, accessible set can work better than a highly theatrical production.
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- 21+
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- Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter
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- 140 Main St S, Newmarket, ON L3Y 3Y7, Canada
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- 289-803-9111
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