The Lazy Cat Café - Open Stage

07/23/2019

Vern was a regular at the Lazy Cat. He and his kitty need some financial help, large or small. Thanks!

Meet Muswell In the winter of 2006, a cute little stray cat started hanging around my front door. Being of modest financial means and never having had a cat before, I wasn't considering adoption. But when he showed up, I obliged with food and water. He kept coming, I kept feeding him and soon e...

02/03/2019

Playing a whole I hr set at Linda Lavender's Birthday Party. Reservations recommended. Feb 15th at Relish Bar and Grill.

06/19/2018

Nice obituary by Gary at Toronto Moon. Peter was a great guy who played and featured at our open mics, The Lazy Cat, and Woodshed, and in a short period of time became a favourite. We’ll miss him.

Although it did not come as a surprise to anyone —except possibly Peter Mathieson himself— the passing of the veteran Folk singer and wit the morning of Monday June 18 nevertheless was a cause for …

02/01/2018

Lazy Cat Cafe on Indefinite Hiatus...

To the Bain Community

The January 2018 Lazy Cat Cafe hosted a wonderful afternoon featuring singer-songwriter and recording artist Paul Irvine and celebrating the end of Linda Lavender's 8-year tenure as host. We were honoured by performances by story teller and singer Pat Bisset and the legendary Mose Scarlett, both Bain Co-op residents. On a bittersweet note, the afternoon also marked the beginning of an indefinite hiatus for the Lazy Cat.

The Community Centre is an amazing space that made the Lazy Cat one of the best open mic venues in the city of Toronto for the last 20 years. The space is bright and intimate and unlike any other open mic.

The Lazy Cat Cafe was originally conceived, organized, and attended by Co-op families and friends as a space to showcase all kinds of talents within the Co-op.

In recent years the Co-op members have been less involved in running the Cafe and the nature of the performances became more of a singer-songwriter-performer show case.

The use of the space for free depends on the event being sponsored by Co-op members. We are grateful to Adele Fuller for maintaining our connection to the Co-op for the last few years. But it is true that the “spiritual” connection to the Co-op had become tenuous over time.

The out-going Lazy Cat team encourages members of the Co-op to step forward, take control and re-create the Lazy Cat Cafe. We are willing to provide any assistance or expertise necessary to make the transition smooth.

We are grateful to have shared the space and our efforts with the Co-op residents and express the hope that The Lazy Cat Cafe will be revived under new leadership.

From The Lazy Cat Team

01/29/2018

Some shots from yesterday's (January 28, 2018) Lazy Cat Cafe.

01/26/2018

Hi everyone,
I’m looking forward to this Sunday’s Cat.
It will be my last as host and organizer.
I have had a good run (since 2010) and have decided to focus on writing, performing and producing my own music.
My plan was to resign in June after this season ends. But the Co-op has cancelled our upcoming bookings for the room and this has helped me decide to do it now.
I want to thank you for your commitment to the Cat and for making it a personally and communally rewarding event for all these years.
Special appreciation to my Cat collaborators David Shilman, Anil Joshi, Adele Fuller, and John Glover.
At the time of writing this note, the future of The Lazy Cat Cafe is uncertain.
Stay tuned to the page for some retrospective photos and stories. And please post your own photos, stories and memories. https://www.facebook.com/lazycatcafe/?ref=settings
Warmest regards,
Linda

Join us at the Bain Co-op Community Centre on the last Sunday of every month, from 3-5:30, September - June, for outstanding music, coffee, tea and home-baked snacks, a craft table for kids, and good company.

10/29/2017

Great show to a full house at the 'Cat' this afternoon. Please post pics if you've got 'em and video footage if you took it.

10/29/2017

Today's feature rockin'/folkin'/bluegrassin' it!

09/20/2017

After the "Cat" wraps this Sunday if you still feel like jammin', we've been invited to this by Lynn Mantle of The Bain: Hi Linda, we're jamming this Sunday in the North Lindens courtyard from 4. Hoping you could let folks know that they're welcome to join us after the Lazy Cat wraps. We will go until 10 or possibly a little later. We move courtyards around 7 ish to the North Oaks where we will be making music by the campfire. I am bringing my electric piano out and we'll have a couple amps but mostly unplugged.

09/13/2017

Andy Du Rego, friend of the Lazy Cat Cafe, will no longer be working with us on a regular basis. We welcome John Glover to our team and to the monthly Cat as co-host and organizer.

September 24 - first Cat of the season! Save the date...details to follow!

02/01/2017

Upcoming Features:

Feb. 26, '17 Barb Pearson
Mar. 26, '17 Jack & Anita
Apr. 30, '17 Anne Moffatt