Venues across Toronto to host series of free concerts starting this week

Lunch time in Toronto is about to get a bit more lively thanks to a series of free noon-hour concerts to be held at a trio of downtown venues over the coming weeks.

TO Live's Sound Break is a new series of free concerts being held at Meridian Arts Centre, Meridian Hall, and St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, starting this week and running through the end of the year.

These free performances, which will be held at 12 p.m. every Thursday from Oct. 23 to Dec. 18, will feature a diverse line-up of local performers including Indigenous talent, poets, and lauded musicians playing various genres covering everything from hip-hop, jazz, indie pop and everything in between.

The full schedule is as follows:

• Oct. 23: THE Chmst (hip-hop/jazz) at Meridian Arts Centre, lower main lobby
• Oct. 30: Ley Vara (pop/R&B) at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Bluma Appel Theatre lobby
• Nov. 6: The Horah Machine (klezmer) at Meridian Arts Centre, lower main lobby
• Nov. 13: Chuk Fent (alternative/psychedelic) at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Bluma Appel Theatre lobby
• Nov. 20: Basset (indie folk) at Meridian Arts Centre, lower main lobby
• Nov. 27: Belinda Corpuz (pop/folk/jazz) at Meridian Hall, main lobby
• Dec. 4: Lauryn Kovacs (indie pop) at Meridian Arts Centre, lower main lobby
• Dec. 11: Lacey Hill (Indigenous soul) at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Bluma Appel Theatre lobby
• Dec. 18: Eyeda Sophia (hip-hop) at Meridian Arts Centre, lower main lobby

The Sound Break series starts on Oct. 23 and takes places in uptown and downtown Toronto at Meridian Arts Centre located at 5040 Yonge St., St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts located at 27 Front St E., and Meridian Hall located at 1 Front St E.