Music in the Park – June 25, 2025

Exhibition Place, in collaboration with Parkdale Residents Association, is excited to present Music in the Park at ExPlace, a free summer concert series happening Wednesday evenings from June 11 – July 16 at Centennial Park.

Enjoy an evening of live performances by an incredible mix of emerging and established Toronto musicians. Plus, shop from community vendors and grab tasty bites from local food vendors!

Bring your friends, pack a picnic, and settle in for a night of great music under the gazebo.

Don’t forget to share your experience using #MyExPlace and #ParkdaleRA for a chance to be featured on @explaceto!

🕘 4PM – 8:00 PM
🎵 Music starts at 5PM
📍 Centennial Park, 14 Saskatchewan Rd.

Artists

Rory Lavelle

Rory Lavelle is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who recently returned to Toronto following a long stint in Berlin. His lyrical piano and guitar ballads have earned comparisons to classic 70s troubadours such as Harry Nilsson, Paul Simon and Randy Newman, while his politically-charged lyrics place him in the tradition of pop radicals like John Lennon.

His debut EP ‘Just Watch TV and Worry’ was released in 2016, on the eve of Trump’s election. 2017 saw the release of the ‘Cassini’ EP, a space-themed psychedelic song cycle about our precarious planetary situation. Lavelle’s third album, the 12-song LP ‘Cul-De-Sac’, was recorded at Berlin’s renowned Funkhaus studios and released in 2020. He’s currently finishing his new full-length, ‘Persons Without Bodies’, forthcoming in 2025.

Having played widely across Europe in recent years, and coming off a string of recent solo shows in Canada and the U.S., Rory has been gathering a group of songs written during the pandemic for his next LP, the 11-song ‘Persons Without Bodies’.

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Julie Chyurlia

Julie was born and raised in Ottawa. She started studying the piano at the age of three with Sonia Pescatore, a renowned performer, teacher and adjudicator in the Ottawa area. She began performing and competing in local festivals and music competitions at a young age. Throughout her childhood, music was a major focus. Through her dedication, she received numerous awards and yearly scholarships through my associations with the Ottawa Music Club, the Kiwanis Music Festival, the Contemporary Showcase, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

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