2008
January 17 / TORONTO, ON / Bread and Circus, 193 1/2 Baldwin St, Kensington Market / six dollars / With David Celia and Dan Kershaw. more info: 416-336-3399.
January 18 / PETERBOROUGH, ON / Girls with Glasses / The Rusty Snail, 231 Hunter Street West /info: (705) 750-1529.
January 19 / CREEMORE, ON / Mad & Noisy Gallery / Girls with Glasses 154 Mill Street /$12 dollars /Reservations: 705.466.5555 or info@madandnoisy.com
January 24 / TORONTO, ON / The Cameron House/ Girls with Glasses / 9 pm /$10
January 25 / KINGSTON, ON / Girls with Glasses / Leopard Frog Studio Concerts /267 Queen Street /8 pm / $15/$10 students
January 26 / MONTREAL, QC /Girls with Glasses / The Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer /8:30 pm / admission $8, $5 students / with special guest Annabelle Chvostek
January 27 / OTTAWA, ON / House Concert, Girls with Glasses, for tickets and info email meganjerome@hotmail.com
February 08 / LONDON, ON / Aeolian Hall / Girls with Glasses, $12 advance, $15 at the door
February 09 / RIDGETOWN, ON / House Concert: Corner Glass Stage / $20
TORONTO, ON / “Up Your Auntie!” Independent Auntie fundraiser, featuring Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine and John Millard / admission by donation, suggested $20 / email info@independentauntie.ca to reserve tickets
March 06 / TORONTO, ON / Rewriting Equality Conference, Osgoode Hall
March 30 / TORONTO, ON / Special Guest at Echo Choir Concert / Church of the Holy Trinity, 3 pm
April 06 / TORONTO / Toronto International Storytelling Festival / Harbourfront Centre / Queers in your Ears, 1:45 pm, free
April 11 / LONDON, ON / London Music Club
April 12 / COLUMBUS, OH / House Concert 7 pm / $10 / for info:janelarson@columbus.rr.co
April 24 / TORONTO, ON /Not My Dog 1510 Queen St W. 9:30 pm / with NYC’s Athena Reich
May 08/ TORONTO, ON / CIRCA, Supporting Our Youth (SOY) 10th Anniversary Celebration
May 14-June 1 / TORONTO, ON / The Theatre Centre and Independent Auntie present BREAKFAST, 8pm, $20, for tickets call (416) 538-0988
Jun 12 / MONTREAL, QC / Le Cagibi, 5490 St. Laurent, Montreal, $6, with David Celia 9 pm info 514-509-1199
Jun 13 / OTTAWA, ON / Rasputins Cafe, 696 Bronson Ave, $10, 8:00pm, with David Celia www.rasputins.ca
Jun 14 /KINGSTON, ON / Ben’s Pub, $5, Girls Night Out
Jun 18 / TORONTO, ON / Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St, $10, Evalyn directs PRIDECAB, the Buddies Queer Youth Programme year end cabaret extravaganza!
Jun 20 /TORONTO, ON / Not My Dog, 1510 Queen St., PWYC, 9:30, with Sherry Ryan
June 26 / TORONTO, ON/ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Cheap Queers 8:30 pm
Jun 29 / TORONTO / TORONTO Pride, 5:00pm, Proud Voices Stage, James Canning Gardens
Jul 3 / EDMONTON, AB / Blue Chair Cafe, with David Celia, 8 pm, $10
July 4/ CANMORE, AB / The Communitea with David Celia, 8 pm , $10
July 5 / ROBERTS CREEK, BC / The Gumboot Cafe, with David Celia, 8 pm, $10
July 6 / WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA / The Bayview Front Room (upstairs from the Bayview Cash Store), 7:30 pm $10 suggested donation
Jul 9 / DUNCAN, BC/ Duncan Garage Showroom, double bill with David Celia, 8:00pm, $12 advance/$15 at the door
Jul 10 / VANCOUVER, BC / The Railway Club, EARLY SHOW!! 6 pm doors, 7:00 pm start, $10
Jul 11-13 / ATLIN, BC / Atlin Music Festival
Jul 15 / WHITEHORSE, YT / Arts in the Park concert series, free noontime concert, Lepage Park
Jul 16 / DUNCAN, BC / Duncan Cowichan Arts Festival, 7 pm
Jul 19-20 / LONDON,ON / Home County Festival
Jul 25 / TORONTO / Lula Lounge, opening for Mr. Something Something
July 26-27 / GUELPH, ON / Hillside Festival
Aug 7-17 / TORONTO, ON / SummerWorks Festival / performing as part of The Pastor Phelps Project: A Fundamentalist Cabaret / The Cameron House, 408 Queen West / Aug 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 8 pm, Aug 10 and 17 at 3 pm / www.summeworks.ca for tickets and info. Also, I have directed The Emergency Monologues, by Morgan Jones Phillips - check that show out as well!
Aug 13 / TORONTO, ON / Gladstone Hotel / “Granny Boots”, a night for queers who need to get up in the morning/ 7:30 to 10 pm / Evalyn hosts and performs, with special guests Mark Shyzer, Chy Ryan Spain, Jay Stewart, Karyn Ellis and more.
Aug 15 / TORONTO, ON / SummerWorks Festival Music Series / opening for Rock Plaza Central / 10:30 pm
Aug 22-24 / PEFFERLAW, ON / Eaglewood Festival
Sept 3 / TORONTO, ON/ The Tranzac Club, Girls with Glasses host Wombat Wednesday’s in the main hall, with special guests: Selina Martin, Snowblink, and Mark Shyzer . Karyn Ellis will be the featured Girl with Glasses. Doors at 8 pm, show at 8:30. $10, or $9 for those wearing glasses, $8 Tranzac members.
Sept 10 / TORONTO, ON/ The Tranzac Club, Girls with Glasses host Wombat Wednesday’s in the main hall, with special guests: The Good Lovelies, and The Saucy Tarts (can can dancers!), LAL, Ziysah, and more… Eve Goldberg will be the featured Girl with Glasses. Doors at 8 pm, show at 8:30. $10, or $9 for those wearing glasses, $8 Tranzac members.
Sept 13 / PETERBOROUGH, ON / Peterborough Pride, Market Hall, 7-10 pm
Sept 17 / TORONTO, ON/ The Tranzac Club, Girls with Glasses host Wombat Wednesday’s in the main hall, with special guests: Anne Lindsay, The Emergency Monologues, written and performed by Morgan Jones Phillips (Winner of the SummerWorks Audience Choice Award!), and Brad Hart doing stand up comedy…GIRLS WITH GLASSES are the feature, together! Doors at 8 pm, show at 8:30. $10, or $9 for those wearing glasses, $8 Tranzac members.
Sept 20 / TORONTO, ON / Brick Works / Sustainability Fair, Peddle Power Party with Mr. Something Something / Evalyn premieres her new bicycle show, tentatively entitled “Two Wheeled Words”.
Sept 24 / TORONTO, ON/ The Tranzac Club, Girls with Glasses host Wombat Wednesday’s in the main hall, with special guests: John Millard and Happy Day, Christine Duncan’s The Element Choir ; Evalyn Parry and her Bicycle Band will be the featured Girl with Glasses, with Evalyn’s new performance “Two Wheeled Words” / Doors at 8 pm, show at 8:30. $10, or $9 for those wearing glasses, $8 Tranzac members.
Sept 28 / TORONTO, ON /The Word On The Street / appearances on CTV Stage (11 am) and Proud Voices Stage (12 noon)
2007
Jan / Whitehorse, YK / Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine at the Nakai Comedy Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
Jan / Dawson City, YK / Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine at the Klondike Arts Centre
March / London, ON / Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine at The McManus Theatre
August 19 / PORT ELGIN, ON / Canadian Auto Workers Women’s Conference
September 8-9 / TORONTO, ON / LabCab Festival, Factory Theatre, 12:45 and 5 pm shows / www.myspace.com/labcabfestival
September 15 / PETERBOROUGH, ON / House Concert contact ziysah@gmail.com
October 3-6 / MONTREAL, QC / MainLine Theatre, Independent Auntie in Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine
October 26 / TORONTO, ON / Strange Sisters, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
October 31 / TORONTO, ON Hysteria Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Mass Hysteria
November 09 / Waubaushene, ON / House concert, with Eve Goldberg, 7:30 pm * $15. Call (705) 538.1463
November 10 / CLARKSBURG, ON / Amnesty International Benefit Marsh Street Community Centre / 8 pm / $20 / More info 519-538-2685
November 21 / ST. JOHN’S, NL / Folk Night at The Ship Pub / 9 pm
December 02 / OTTAWA, ON / House Concert, with David Hein / 7:00 pm / $12 / For tickets and info contact Diana, dianar@magma.ca
December 05 / PETERBOROUGH, ON / The Spill Cafe, with Faith Nolan, presented by The Trent Queer Collective and Trent Women’s Centr
December 06 / TORONTO, ON / CIUT (89.9 in Toronto) airs “14 (for December 6)” and interviews evalyn… tune in!
December 11 / TORONTO, ON / The Tranzac Club / 7:30 to 9:30 pm / evalyn with her bicycle band in the front rooM
2006
Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, March 2006
2005
Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto / The Mysterious Shorts, Independent Auntie / Nov 2005
Pride Fest, Peterborough ON / Sept 2005
Blue Skies Festival, Clarendon ON / August 2005
West Coast Poetry Festival, Vancouver BC / July 2005
The Crossroads Bellevue, Seattle, WA / July 2005
Sexy Pride, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre / Director of PRIDE CAB / June 2005
Thundering Women Festival, ThunderBay, ON / June 2005
Harbourfront Centre, World Stage Cafe / April 2005
Burning Word Festival, Whidbey Island, Washington / April 2005
Girls with Glasses Tour, Ontario, March 2005
DVD Concert taping, Lula Lounge, Toronto / Jan 2005
2004
Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax / November 2004
Cardin St. Cafe, Guelph, ON / Oct 2004
Acoustic Harvest, Scarborough ON / Sept 2004
The Lincoln Center Out of Doors, New York / August 2004
Harbourfront Gobsmacked Festival, Toronto ON / August 2004
Peterborough Folk Festival, Peterborough ON / August 2004
Hillside Festival, Guelph ON / July 2004
Pride Ottawa, Ottawa ON / July 2004
Pride Toronto, Toronto ON / June 2004
The Railway Club, Vancouver / April 2004
Seattle Slam, Seattle WA / April 2004
Duncan Garage Showroom, Duncan BC / April 2004
Toronto International Storytelling Festival /April 2004
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO / March 2004
Goodfolk, Fayetteville, Arkanasa / March 2004
House Concert, Wichita, Kansas / March 2004
Iron Horse Inn, Wichita, Kansas / March 2004
Clean Irene and Dirty Maxine National Arts Center Fourth Stage, Ottawa / March 2004
Listening Post Productions, Delaware / March 2004
Wilno Tavern, Wilno ON, Feb 2004
Centrepoint Theatre, Ottawa opening for The Arrogant Worms, Feb 2004
The Black Sheep Inn Wakefield, QC with Kat Goldman Feb 2004
Orillia Ontario, Orillia Folk Music Society, “FridayFolk”, Swanmore Hall Feb 200
Hugh’s Room Opening for Martyn Joseph / Jan 2004
House Concert, Minneapolis, MN / Jan 2004
Ginkgo’s Coffee House , St. Paul, MN / Jan 2004
Nia / C’est What, Toronto presented by Mariposa Festival/ Jan 2004
2003
Vancouver Storytelling Festival, Vancouver BC / November 2003
Spoken Word Heard, Vancouver BC / November 2003
Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine, Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, Rochester NY/ October 2003
Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine, Atlantic Fringe, Halifax NS / Sept 2003
Ginger’s Tavern / Halifax, NS / August 2003
Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine at Summerworks Festival / Toronto / August 2003
Killaloe Fair / Killaloe ON / July 2003
Hillside Festival / Guelph ON / July 2003
Pendle Hill / Philadelphia, PA / July 2003
Brooklyn Friends Meeting / Brooklyn, NY / July 2003
University of Pittsburg / Johnstown, PA / June 2003
Rasputin’s Folk Cafe / Ottawa June 2003
Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine at the Ottawa Fringe Festival / June 2003
Mitzi’s Sister / Toronto / June 2003
The Hooch / Toronto, ON / June 2003
The Bookstore Cafe / Kingston, ON / May 2003
Penny Lang Tribute, Sala Rosa / Montreal, PQ / May 2003
The Black Sheep / Wakefield, Quebec / May 2003
Missasippi Pizza Pub, with Anna Fritz / Portland Oregon / May 2003
Portland University / Portland Oregon / May 2003
House Concert / Berkeley, CA / May 2003
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, Toronto / May 2003
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto (Artists Against the War “One Big NO!”) April 2003
Toronto /Hugh’s Room (CD RELEASE for UNREASONABLE) / March 2003
Montreal, Quebec, Sala Rossa, opening for Annabelle Chvostek / March 2003
Gordon Best Theatre / Peterborough, ON / march 2003
Minneapolis, MN, Friends Meeting House / Feb 2003
The Shamrock Lounge / Wichita, Kansas / Feb 2003
Scattergood Friends School / West Branch, Iowa/ Feb 2003
CSPS / Cedar Rapids, Iowa/ Feb 2003
University of Oklahoma / Stillwater Oklahoma/ Feb 2003
GoodFolk Productions, Fayetteville, Arkansas/ Feb 2003
Friends Meeting House / Little Rock, Arkansas/ Feb 2003
Folk Alliance Conference, Nashville, TN/ Feb 2003
The Backstage Café / Elizabethtown, Kentucky , with Eve Goldberg and Trevor Mills/ Feb 2003
The Rudyard Kipling/ Louisville, Kentucky with Eve Goldberg and Trevor Mills / Feb 2003
Vic’s Downtown Espresso Bar, Indianapolis, IN with Trevor Mills and Eve Goldberg / Feb 2003
Sarnia, ON, Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre, with Trevor Mills and Eve Goldberg/ Feb 2003
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore Ann Arbor Michigan, with Eve Goldberg and Trevor Mills / Feb 2003
Clinton’s Tavern / Toronto / with Claire Jenkins / Jan 2003
Hugh’s Room/Toronto/Girls Play Boys/ Jan 2003
2002
Hugh’s Room/Toronto/ New Folk Night/Dec 2002
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute/Toronto/ December 6th Memorial/Dec 2002
CBC Radio/Here and Now/ House Guest/Dec 2002
Tallulah’s Cabaret/Toronto/ KYTES Annual Auction/Nov 2002
Metropolitan Community Church/Toronto, Rainbow Services Cabaret/Nov 2002
Circe Women’s Festival/Lansing, Michigan/Nov 2002
National Arts Centre/Ottawa, ON/Nov 2002
The Robin’s Nest/Cambridge, ON/Tri-Pride/Oct 2002
El Corozon/Montreal, QC/Oct 2002
The Great Hall/Toronto/AKA Players/Oct 2002
York University/Toronto/Oct 2002
Hugh’s Room/Toronto/Oct 2002
Pope Joan/Toronto/ Toronto AIDS WALK fundraiser/Oct 2002
Vancouver Poetry Slam/Vancouver, BC/ Feature Poet/Sept 2002
Vancouver Rowing Club/Vancouver,BC/ Succulent Adventure Launch/Sept 2002
Java Joe/Vancouver, BC/ Oxfam Canada/Sept 2002
Crazy Wisdom/Ann Arbor, Michigan/Aug 2002
Freetimes Café/Toronto/Aug 2002
CBC Radio/Metro Morning/Spoken word feature/Aug 2002
Women’s Voices Festival/Plantagenant, Ont/July 2002
Rasputins Café/Ottawa, Ont/July 2002
The Black Sheep Inn/Wakefield, Quebec/July 2002
The Freetimes Café/Toronto/July 2002
CBC Radio/Metro Morning/Spoken word feature/July 2002
University of Illinois/Normal, Illinois/Friend General Conference/July 2002
A Room of One’s Own/Madison, WI/June 2002
University of Iowa/Iowa City/June 2002
House Concert/Wichita, KA/June 2002
House Concert/Lawrence, KA/June 2002
Pride Festival/Kitchener-Waterloo/June 2002
The Red Spot/Toronto/Clit Lit -Mayworks/May 2002
The Tim Sims Playhouse/Toronto/All Girl Revue/May 2002
Holy Joes/Toronto/IndieFemme/May 2002
C’est What/Toronto/Girls with Guitars/May 2002
The Black Swan/Toronto/BioDiversity Picnic/May 2002
Clinton’s Tavern/Toronto/with Eve Goldberg and Trevor Mills/May 2002
Earlham College/Richmond, Indiana/April 2002
Practically Outrageous Conference/San Fransisco, CA/April 2002
Bezerkely Poetry Slam/Berkeley, CA/April 2002
Berkeley Friends Church/Berkeley, CA/April 2002
CBC Radio/National Poetry Face Off/Hugh’s Room/ April 2002
CBC Radio/Metro Morning/Spoken word feature/March 2002
Bluma Appel Theatre/Toronto/FEMCAB, Nightwood/March 2002
Earl Haig Secondary School/Toronto/March 2002
National Arts Centre/Ottawa/Ottawa Folk Festival Series/Feb 2002
Crazy Paul’s Oasis/Killaloo, ON/Feb 2002
Hugh’s Room/Toronto/with Eve Goldberg and Trevor Mills/Feb 2002
KYTES/Toronto/with Nancy White/Jan 2002
2001
Ottawa Folk Festival
Toronto Pride
Raspustin’s Café/Ottawa/Nov 2001
Ottawa Folk Festival/Ottawa, ON, August 2001
Gordon Best/Peterborough ON
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts
Kissing Girls Cabaret, Madison
Hugh’s Room, Toronto, opening for Connie Kaldor