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Nikki Yanofsky arrives on the red carpet at the 2014 Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday June 15, 2014.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

A weekly feature that highlights the 10 best music happenings in Toronto. Here's what's on this week, Jan. 23 to 29

Slim Twig The Toronto art-rock auteur, born Max Turnbull, celebrates A Hound at the Hem, an album rejected by his Canadian label but which found love (and distribution) in the United States. Jan. 23, 9 p.m. $9. Silver Dollar, 486 Spadina Ave., 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com

Nikki Yanofsky The Montreal jazz-pop ingenue collaborated with legendary producer Quincy Jones for her coming-of-age album Little Secret, a mix of Winehouse-mannered neo-soul, bursts of big pop and jazz-style decoration. Jan. 24, 8 p.m. $39.50 to $89.50. Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St., 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com.

Canadian Opera Company: Don Giovanni Big-time Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov defies convention with an inventively dark take on Mozart's opera and its insistent titular seducer. Jan. 24 to Feb. 21. $69 to $354. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W., 416-363-8231 or coc.ca.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Mozart Mass in C Minor The TSO's celebration of Mozart continues, here with fragments from unfinished operas Zaide and Lo sposo deluso that share a program with the grand Mass in C Minor. Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. $38.75 to $105. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St., 416-872-4255 or tso.ca.

Elliott Brood They're calling it an "eat and greet." For an extra $50, fans of the roots-rock trio Elliott Brood can chow down before the show on dinner served by the Rose and Crown restaurant, with a southern-styled menu suiting the main musical fare. Jan. 24, 8 p.m. (6 p.m., dinner). $23 to $73. Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St., 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com.

Deadmau5 The mouse-hatted maestro of electronic dance music hosts the Guvernment's last ever party. Jan. 25, 10 p.m. Sold out. Guvernment, 132 Queens Quay. E., ticketweb.ca.

Michael Jerome Browne The American-born Montrealer, arguably the finest acoustic blues artist in this country, launches his latest album Sliding Delta, named after an old Mississippi train so slow it slid, not chugged. Jan. 25, 8 p.m. $10 to $15. Rivoli, 334 Queen St. W., 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com.

Let's Get Lost A screening of Bruce Weber's 1988 documentary on jazz legend Chet Baker is followed by a chat with saxophonist Pat LaBarbera, who played with the troubled trumpeter in Toronto. Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m. $15. Bloor Hot Docs, 506 Bloor St. W., 416-637-3123 or bloorcinema.com.

Elizabeth Shepherd and Kevin Breit The two eclectic jazz-leaning artists share a stage for Ms. Shepherd's ongoing series The Mixtape Sessions, a casual but adventurous project. Jan. 28, 8 p.m. $20. Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria St., 416-363-5299 or jazzbistro.ca.

New Country Rehab Bluegrass extrapolation, from a musically curious crew. Different guests drop by each week, with the banjo songster Old Man Luedecke interpreting fellow wordsmith Loudon Wainwright III this Wednesday. Jan. 28, 6 p.m. Dakota Tavern, 249 Ossington Ave., 249 Ossington Ave., 416-850-4579 or dakotatavern.com.

JUST ANNOUNCED

Nikki Yanofsky Jan. 23 (cancelled). Hamilton Place Theatre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Amelia Curran March 6. Great Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com

Spandau Ballet April 27 (rescheduled from Feb. 3). Massey Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds May 3 and 4. Sony Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Rush June 17 and 19 (on sale Feb. 6). Air Canada Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

BOOKING AHEAD

Classic Albums Live: The Beatles' Let it Be Jan. 30. Roy Thomson Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com

Marilyn Manson Feb. 2. Sound Academy, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Ani DiFranco Feb. 2. Danforth Music Hall, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Rufus Wainwright Feb. 6. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com

Sturgill Simpson Feb. 8. Horseshoe, 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com

Wavelength Music Festival Feb. 13 to 15. Various venues, wavelengthtoronto.com

Theophilus London Feb. 20. Tattoo, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

ZZ Top March 5. FirstOntario Centre, Hamilton, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Cannibal! The Musical Feb. 10 to March 1. Panasonic Theatre, 416-872-1212 or mirvish.com

Sleater-Kinney March 2. Sound Academy, 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com

Tom Cochrane March 13. Massey Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com

Will Butler March 27. Horseshoe Tavern, 877-435-9849 or ticketfly.com

Damien Rice April 11. Massey Hall, 1-855-985-5000 or masseyhall.com

John Mellencamp April 29. Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

John Mellencamp May 1 and 2. Sony Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Diana Krall May 22 and 23. Massey Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com

Lana Del Rey, with Courtney Love June 3. Molson Amphitheatre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Field Trip June 6 and 7. Fort York Garrison Common, fieldtriplife.com

Chris Botti, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra June 22. Roy Thomson Hall, 416-872-4255 or masseyhall.com

U2 July 6 and 7. Air Canada Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Foo Fighters July 8 and 9. Molson Amphitheatre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

Taylor Swift Oct. 2 and 3. Rogers Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

The Who Oct. 19 and 21. Air Canada Centre, 1-855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca

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