Hugh's Room

Hugh's Room
Hugh's Room in September 2008.
Address 2261 Dundas Street West
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 43°39′17″N 79°27′08″W / 43.654832°N 79.452202°W / 43.654832; -79.452202Coordinates: 43°39′17″N 79°27′08″W / 43.654832°N 79.452202°W / 43.654832; -79.452202
Type Nightclub
Genre(s) Folk
Capacity 200
Construction
Built ?
Opened April 2001
Website
Hugh's Room

Hugh's Room is a restaurant and live music venue in Toronto, Ontario.[1] It is located on Dundas Street West in the city's Roncesvalles neighbourhood.

The club was opened in 2001 by Richard Carson and named in memory of his brother Hugh, a former folk musician who had dreamed of opening his own performance venue before his death of cancer in 1999.[2]

Primarily a folk music club,[1] Hugh's Room also sometimes booked jazz, blues, classical and comedy artists as well.[3] Noted artists who have performed at the club include Pete Seeger,[4] Serena Ryder,[4] Sylvia Tyson, Odetta, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith, Maria Muldaur and Richie Havens. Odetta's performance at the venue, on October 25, 2008, was her last-ever live performance before her death on December 2 that year.[5]

On January 8, 2017, Hugh's Room closed its doors for financial reasons.[3] Several days later, a community committee announced plans to restructure the venue's accumulated debt and reopen.[6] The club reopened in April 2017, following a successful fundraising initiative and the formation of a non-profit committee to manage the venue.[4] The new corporation is called Hugh's Room Live.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hugh's Room anchored Toronto’s grassroots folk scene". Toronto Star, January 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Requiem for Hugh’s Room: Much-loved folkie venue a victim of cash-flow problems". The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Music community reeling from closure of west-end venue Hugh's Room". CBC News, January 8, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hugh's Room to reopen April 19". Toronto Star, March 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Weiner, Tim (December 3, 2008). "Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77". The New York Times (December 3). Retrieved December 3, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Hugh's Room Reveals Plans to Restructure and Reopen". Exclaim!, January 12, 2017.


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