X Avant

Toronto's X Avant Festival Details 2023 Edition
PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2023
Organizers from the Music Gallery have unveiled details for the 18th edition of the X Avant Festival as they gear up to return to Toronto t...
Toronto's Music Gallery Announces X Avant XVI: You in Mind Hybrid Festival Lineup
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2021
The Music Gallery takes Toronto's oft-repeated "all are welcome here" diversity mantra to new heights with this year's X Avant festival XVI...
Toronto's X Avant Unveils 2020 Virtual "Transmissions" Lineup
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2020
The X Avant New Music Festival in Toronto is set to return in 2020 with a new virtual edition dubbed "Transmissions." Taking place from Oc...
X Avant Night Five: "James Tenney: Resistance"
918 Bathurst, Toronto ON, October 15
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2017
Billed as "a concert and outreach activities dedicated to the politicized work" of the late James Tenney, this final night (October 15) of...
X Avant Night Four: Avrha / bizZarh / Drawing With Knives
Tranzac, Toronto ON, October 14
PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2017
Stepping away from this year's festival hub at 918 Bathurst, X Avant zigzagged its way down to Brunswick Avenue for a day of programming at...
X Avant Night Three: 'Intérro' featuring Jason Sharp, Tanya Evanson, Kaie Kellough and Kevin Lo / E-Saggila
918 Bathurst, Toronto ON, October 13
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2017
While the bill originally promised a headlining set from radical industry disruptor Chino Amobi, a bad case of food poisoning had other ide...
X Avant Night Two: Elisa Harkins / Laura Ortman / Mourning Coup
918 Bathurst, Toronto ON, October 12
PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2017
Presented in collaboration with Revolutions Per Minute, the second night of this year's X Avant (and the second night of RPM Live's 2017-18...
X Avant Night One: Man Forever / Germaine Liu / Luyos MC
918 Bathurst, Toronto ON, October 11
PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2017
For its 12th year, the Music Gallery's flagship X Avant festival is returning with a lineup befittingly curated under the broad theme of "r...