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.

Hugh's Room

Hugh's Room in September 2008.
Address	2261 Dundas Street West
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	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

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.

In 2020, the Hugh's Room management announced that it was looking for a new building as it could not secure an affordable lease at its current site.[7]