Box Concerts

Sending music to neighbourhoods and seniors in the GTA

Box Concerts features professional singers performing 30-minute sets of classical, musical theatre, and popular songs, including original Canadian works. Box Concerts was conceived to reach people, especially seniors, who feel isolated by the pandemic. After seeing great successes with families and kids, it has evolved into a stage that travels Toronto, bringing thrilling music to those who may never have been to a concert. For the past four summers, Box Concerts has delivered over 300 performances to the delight of over 5,000 Torontonians in long-term care homes, parks, and local neighbourhoods.

What is a Box Concert?

Box Concerts is a curbside performance from a travelling box that unfolds to reveal a one-person concert stage on a trailer! Each 30-minute performance features a different singer. Box Concerts are suitable for the whole family and are available for private residences, community hubs, and senior homes in the City of Toronto.

Be a neighbourhood hero and host a box concert for free

Following four years of box concerts, we’ve discovered music’s powerful role in uniting neighbours and strangers. We’ve often found our neighbourhood audience to be almost 80-90% of’ never-been-to-a-live-concert’ people discovering opera for the first time.

“I’ve had the box concerts on my street for four years. Not only has the attendance grown each time, but the attendance of kids has grown each time and it’s been pretty heartwarming… they even reference it in conversations with each other. This last summer kids and little ones were spontaneously dancing and at the end of the concert rushed the ‘stage’ to ask Alicia the singer questions like she was a popstar!”

Neighbourhood Box Concerts host

Tapestry wants to empower more neighbourhood heroes to introduce live classical music and opera to Torontonians. To this end, it is launching a pilot program that allows you to book Box Concerts for free if you can bring people together. 

• Commit to hosting Box Concerts in the summer of 2024
• Commit to gathering at least 25 people to attend
• Flyer your street, post in your neighbourhood FB or WhatsApp group

Be a local hero, and bring Box Concerts to your street or cul-de-sac! Contact us for information on how to do it.

Book a Private Box Concert Performance

Book a concert for your home and treat your neighbours to an opera performance on our travelling stage. Box Concerts are the perfect addition or reason for a family get-together, street party, or celebration.

Box Concerts are simple to book and easy to organize. Read the Private concert booking information, book your slot online and invite your friends and neighbours. It’s as easy as that. Box Concerts are only available to residences in the City of Toronto.

What will happen on the day? We will share the contact information for the production coordinator with you and confirm the time and location of the performance in advance. Our team will arrive 30 minutes before the concert to park the trailer and set up the stage. The team consists of two people: the performer and the production coordinator. Set-up will take approximately 20 minutes: the team must unpack the stage, plug in the equipment to the outlet you provide, and perform a brief soundcheck.

What if it rains? The production coordinator will determine if the Box Concert can take place pending the weather conditions on the day of the Box Concert and will contact you if they cannot proceed. If that happens, the Box Concerts coordinator, Dona, will call you to arrange a later date.

Box Concerts Sponsorship

You can sponsor a performance for care facilities, retirement homes, or neighbourhood associations. Contact our Director of Advancement, Stephanie Applin, to learn more about sponsorship. Sponsorship starts at $350.