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Remember the days of going out to see a live performance? Grabbing dinner and drinks beforehand? Dancing for hours on end?

An exhilarating new livestream concert series delivers those same vibes right to your living room. For free. Wednesday Night Special by Uma Nota Culture and hosted by Me Time (Sarah Barrable Tishauer), showcases top DJs spinning everything from old school hip hop to deep house, alongside riveting performances by multi-faceted local artists.

Each week’s performances will be paired with fantastic takeout from select Toronto restaurants, available for purchase to enjoy during or pre/post show.

Participating restaurants include:

- The Carbon Bar
- Drom Taberna
- Enoteca Sociale
- Fantastic Baby! Cafe
- Five Points Hot Chicken
- Kimchi Korea House
- La Palette
- La Palma
- Matty's Patty's Burger Club 
- The Opium Bar
- Osteria Rialto
- Saffron Spice Kitchen
- Smokeshow BBQ and Brew
- 416 Snack Bar

Uma Nota Culture Founding Artistic Director Alex Bordokas says, “We are taking a little corner of the internet to present some underground Toronto musicians and DJs, and team up with local restaurants to try and create some synergy. We want people to take in these artists, cast them on their TV, laptop or whatever, and dig into the music, dive into the style, the genre… that and enjoy tasty food. We have some prime DJ sets as well if you want to just groove post-meal.” He calls the series, “an exercise in keeping the faith in difficult times and sparking recovery to what will hopefully be a new and bright future of renewed and joyous human interaction.”

The four-part event, presented and produced by Toronto non-profit arts presenter Uma Nota Culture, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage and the City of Toronto’s Winter Activation program, can be streamed through umanota.ca and mixtofestival.com. Check out the exciting lineup:

Wednesday March 10
Recorded at BSMT 254 
Lola Bunz and DJ Elle, Toronto hip-hop rising star
DJ Grouch -  Old school hip hop

Wednesday March 17
Recorded at BSMT 254 
Dub Chronicles – Classic and original dubwise roots reggae  
DJ Sabbath - Rare reggae vinyl selector with guest emcee Steppa 

Wednesday March 24 
Special presentation recorded at The Paradise Theatre
Ahmed Moneka - Iraqi singer, composer, and percussionist
DJ Win - Mix of deep world, downtempo electronica, and deep house

Wednesday March 31
Recorded at BSMT 254 
Maria and the Band - Brazilian folk music
DJ Juana Go-go - Latin and Brazilian rare groove vinyl

So mark your calendar and dance the night away while supporting local artists and restaurants.

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