Moonshine Café Re-opening The new Moonshine Café has got across their final hurdle and have obtained theit liquor license! They are now open for business and ready to welcome you with their legendary hospitality (though it won’t be the same without John). Follow them social media for show announcements and visit the website calendar to see all upcoming events. https://www.themoonshinecafe.com

Calling All Blues: Following a schedule switch and the departure of co-host Sugar Brown, ciut’s flagship blues show, Calling All Blues is now broadcasting on Tuesday nights (8pm) and they have just announced the return of one of the original co-hosts. Andrew Galloway, head honcho at Electro-Fi Records. He will be back in rotation with Brooke Blackburn and Blues Doctor Julie. www.ciut.fm

Single Season: Bywater Call are excited to announce their first studio single of 2025 “Hold Me Down”, just shy of their only Toronto show of the year at TD Music Hall on Oct 3rd. The band is currently engaged in extensive touring throughout Canada, the USA, EU and the UK and will be on the road through December.

Blue Room has released the first track release from their forthcoming album, BR 5.. The song is called ” Lose My Number” with Russ Mackay producing. Check it out on Spotify

Musicians Take Note: Juno Award Submissons are now open!! Visit junoawards.ca/submissions for everything you need to know, including eligibility details, new category information, and timelines. The Early Bird Deadline is October 3 and the Final Deadline is November 6, 2025 (11:59 PM PT / 2:59 AM ET November 7)

Folk Awards: The 31st annual Ontario Folk Music Awards will take place on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at the National Arts Centre and will formally launch the Folk Music Ontario Conference. Angelique Francis, will host the show and will perform with her band, alongside additional performances by Evan Rotella, Julian Taylor, Larry Folk, Sam Drysdale, and Savannah Shea. Presented in partnership with the National Arts Centre, Established in 1987 and now in its 38th year, the 2025 Folk Music Ontario Conference will take place October 15-19 in Ottawa, Ontario at the Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre and welcomes attendees from across the country to the event.  https://folkmusicontario.org

Slidin’ Teddy: Everybody’s favourite guitar player, Teddy Leonard, has been added as the (only) Canadian endorsee for a world renowned guitar slide manufacturer based out of the UK.  He joins the ranks of Sonny Landreth, Mark Knopfler, Doug MacLeod and numerous other slidemeisters on the music scene.  Diamond bottlenecks are hand-blown lead crystal glass guitar slides.  Before he moved to London (Ontario) you could find Teddy playing around town most every night but he still shows up regularly with the Hogtown All-Stars, the Maple Blues Band, Gary Kendall and Erin McCallum. www.diamondbottlenecks.com