Midnight Run

Join us on October 10th for an intimate evening of reimagined acoustic covers and originals by Stardust Society, a new group featuring Janis and Steve Trayes and Ryan Coulter.

Link in Bio for tickets 🎫 🎶 Doors at 7, music by 7:30pm.

📖🍃SEPT EVENTS🍃📖

As the air begins to cool, MNR has a wide selection of refreshing events happening in September, you will not want to miss a single one!

🎸 Sept 18th ~ LIVE MUSIC from Nash Danger & friends
- Doors at 7pm
- Tickets are $15, link in bio to purchase
- This show will feature 5 amazing local artists. Be there!

✍️ Sept 29th - POETRY OPEN MIC
- Doors at 6:30, reading by 7pm
- Please join us to read or listen to some heartfelt poems.
- We are trying a new first come first serve method for this event, so come early to reserve your seat, limited capacity for this open mic! :)

📚MARGINS EVENTS
- Please visit The Margins Club for all details on these various bookish/admin events
- Links to register can be found on the Margins instagram page ❤️⬆️

Candy and Jesse bring you an evening of originals and covers accompanied by guitar and ukelele. 🎸

Candy Young is a local artist who has been playing ukelele and songwriting for over 15 years. She describes her music style as laid-back indie pop. She takes writing inspiration from the world around her and life experiences that many can relate to.

Jesse Cooke is another talented local musician who has been playing music for the past 25 years. He relates his music style as a mixture of blues, folk, and acoustic fingerstyle.

Link in bio for tickets 😊

Summer is definitely here, and so are our iced drinks 🧊☕️

Stay tuned as we slowly roll out a new menu of summer beverages.

Starting with an MNR classic, house made lemonade is back!! 🍋

Enjoy a classic lemonade or pair it with one of the following:
• Iced tea
• Matcha
• Mango juice

Come by the cafe to cool down and enjoy a lemonade 🏖️☀️

Songwriter Showcase | July 10th | Doors at 7:30pm 🎵

MNR presents a night of relaxed singer-songwriter music.

Join artists Sean Barrett, Brock Wiebe, and Danni Tess to the stage for an evening of covers and originals.

These local musicians will intertwine various genres from easy-going folk to indie rock, there will be something for everyone’s musical taste.

Doors will open at 7:30pm, music starting by 8pm.

Link in bio to purchase tickets, seats are limited! 🎸

☀️🎤 JUNE EVENTS🎤☀️

Hey friends, here’s what’s going on at MNR in June, all tickets can be found in our bio or at midnightruncafe.ca

🪲🎵Soft Animal Tour🎵🪲
- Friday June 5th, doors at 7:30pm
- Join Emily and Rachel for a night of original tracks and covers.
- Emily and her band bring you an experience of music ranging from grungy art-rock to sophisticated and heartfelt ballads.
- This tour celebrates Emily’s first single release and highly anticipated album.
- Tickets are $15, link in bio to purchase.

📚Margins Quiet Reading Night
- Wednesday the 10th, 6-8pm
- Tuesday 30th, 6-8pm

💙🎤R&B Night with Ayesha and Abu🎤💙
- Sat June 13th, doors at 7:30pm
- Ayesha and Abu are two local talents that share a love for the genre of RnB.
- This evening of covers and originals will combine jazz with sultry RnB, allowing you to connect to the story behind the lyrics.
- Tickets are $15, link in bio to purchase.

😂 Comedy Night 😂
- Sat June 20th at 7:30pm
- Enjoy a night of laughs brought to you by professional comedians.
- Tickets available on eventbrite using link in bio!

📝Promted Poetry Night📝
- Poetry open mic just got elevated! Join hosts Jill and Meghan for a night of writing and reading.
- The group will listen to two songs which will act as writing prompts for your poetry. After a group writing session, those who wish to share their words will be invited to the stage to share what inspired them.
- Bring your own notebook and pen!
- This event is first come first serve (and there is a limited capacity so come on time 😉) Doors will open at 7pm, the event will start around 7:30pm.

R&B Night with Ayesha and Abu 🎤💙

Join us for a stripped back night of RnB with two local artist Ayesha and Abu.

Ayesha combines her background in jazz with her 90s/2000s upbringing to produce powerful ballads and sultry RnB songs with a fresh perspective. Inspired by Jhene Aiko and Kehlani, Ayesha writes with impactful minimalist production that provides the springboard for the listener to connect with the story behind the lyrics.

Abu is a Guelph-based vocalist, pianist, and songwriter blending elements of R&B, soul, gospel, and jazz into intimate, emotionally driven performances. After years immersed in Toronto’s live music scene — performing at jam sessions, live shows, and recording with musicians across the city — he developed a musical style rooted in storytelling, improvisation, and soulful connection.

His single “When I’m With You” is available on all streaming platforms, with more music and live performances to come.

This event will make for the perfect date night or intimate evening with friends. Doors for 7:30, music by 8pm. Link in bio to grab your tickets!

Emily Steinwall is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter from Toronto, who is on tour in celebration of the first single from her highly anticipated sophomore album entitled “but, there’s beauty in the fall from Grace”. The album follows up her 2021 release , “Welcome to the Garden”, which won the SOCAN songwriters prize that year. In the wake of the latter’s verdant exploration of wide-eyed love and cosmic belonging, its sequel fully embraces darkness and strives to find the beauty within it. Join Emily and her band for an evening of music that ranges from grungey art-rock to sophisticated, heartfelt ballads.

Opening for Emily is talented local artist and singer songwriter Rachel Hickey.

This show is happening on June 5th, doors at 7:30pm. Tickets are limited to buy them now!! Link in bio to purchase 🎶

☀️🎤 MAY EVENTS🎤☀️

Here’s what the cafe is bringing you in May….

📚Margins Silent Book Club
- May 1st & 11th at 6pm
- Bring your own book to read in quiet, and make some new friends afterwards

🎵 Joel Betts & Charlie Weston - Live Music
- Fri May 15th ~ doors at 7:30pm and music by 8pm
- These two solo acts bring you a night of original folk/country tunes paired with some covers that you already know and love.
- Tickets available using the link in bio

✍️ Poetry Open Mic
- Thurs May 21st (doors at 6:30pm, reading by 7)
- Join fellow poets to enjoy some shared words.
- Please note that you must use the link in our bio to sign up if you are reading and also if you are just joining us to listen!

😂 MNR Comedy Night
- Fri May 22nd at 7pm
- Get ready to laugh at comedy night, hand picked comics promise to deliver a chuckle to all!