Name: Toronto Makam Music Forum 2026 - PERFORMANCE PASS
Start: 2026-09-19T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-19T22:00:00-04:00
Location: East End United

Toronto Makam Music Forum 2026 - PERFORMANCE PASS

Labyrinth Ontario is the Toronto-based chapter of a worldwide organization founded by Ross Daly in Crete. Their mission is to create a Canadian hub for mediterranean and west-Asian modal music though educational, performance and archival streams. If you wish to learn more about Labyrinth Ontario, please visit the website at:www.labyrinthontario.com

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This  performance pass  grants you access to all ticketed events of the Toronto Makam Music Forum!

East End United

Toronto-based modal music presenter Labyrinth Ontario announces the inaugural Toronto Makam Music Forum, taking place from September 15-19, 2026 at East End United Church (310 Danforth Ave) and East End Arts (450 Broadview Ave). This is a major event celebrating the growing importance of Makam, the microtonal musical system of West and Central Asia and the Mediterranean, in Toronto. The Forum investigates theories, politics and aesthetics of Makam, creating a space for all those who seek to question common ethnographical frameworks surrounding musical categories, and explore Makam as a living, evolving practice. This three day pass grants you access to all the ticketed evening events: Performance: Mehdi Rostami + Folios of Turkish Makam🗓️September 17⏰8 PM - 10:0 PM📍East End United (310 Danforth Ave) Performance: Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Sam Shalabi + Folios of Iranian Dastgah🗓️September 18⏰8 PM - 10 PM📍East End United (310 Danforth Ave) Performance: Sami Abu Shumays’ Music Group🗓️September 19⏰8 PM - 10 PM📍East End United (310 Danforth Ave) Conversation circles will be held on September 17 + 18, prior to each performance. Facilitated by Jonathan Adjemian, PhD from the Programme in Social and Political Thought at York University and Labyrinth Ensemble musician Yang Chen for these evolving conversations:🗓️September 17, 18⏰6:30 PM - 7:30 PM📍East End United (310 Danforth Ave)💵FREE Additional free programming includes: Advanced Umm Kulthum Music Group with Sami Abu Shumays🗓️September 15, 16, 17, 18, 19⏰11 AM - 2:30 PM📍East End Arts (450 Broadview Ave)💵FREERegister: https://forms.gle/cAXM4XqNi71Se9U56 All Levels Makam Workshop with Sami Abu Shumays🗓️September 15, 16⏰4 PM - 6 PM📍East End Arts (450 Broadview Ave)💵FREERegister: https://forms.gle/cAXM4XqNi71Se9U56 Full Forum information is available at bit.ly/TMMF26 The Toronto Makam Music Forum is supported by Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and Canada Arts Presentation Fund - Department of Canadian Heritage.

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