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BSMT 254

Live music bar and DJ venue in West End Toronto.
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08/24/2026

THIS WEEK’S SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 🔊

🪩28/8 Spike Hellis, Belly Hatcher, Grief Debt & Real Silk (LIVE!). After laying low for the past year plus, one of the most exciting duos in EBM is coming back to Toronto in celebration of their new LP, “Successor” for an absolutely visceral & unrelenting live show. They’ll be joined by Montreal’s Belly Hatcher.8pm / $24.95

🪩Saturday Night Rockers feat The Sattalites. Our monthly LIVE REGGAE series returns with one of Toronto’s most beloved reggae acts THE SATTALITES, who have been rocking dancehalls in this city since 1981! Don’t miss this crucial early evening show!! 8pm / $15 Adv / $20 Door

🪩29/8 DUTTY featuring Skratch Bastid & Choppa Chop. Toronto’s heavy weight ALL vinyl reggae & dancehall session featuring the BBQ Boss, Skratch Bastid & BIG Toes HiFi head honcho, Choppa Chop! The last Saturday of each month means it’s DUTTY time again. Arrive early... guaranteed to be a ram jam session!! 10pm / $20

🪩30/8 From Ghibli to Ryu: Howl Rises (LIVE!). Jazz from the worlds of Studio Ghibli, Cowboy Bebop, and Ghost in the Shell to the legendary Ryo Fukui and Ryuichi Sakamoto. 8pm / $20 Early Bird, $25 Regular, $30 Doors (Cash)

08/17/2026

THIS WEEK’S SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 🔊

🪩20/8 OVERDRIVE. Once again together, in the dancefloor, moving all as one. This time with another local line-up that will have you grooving from beginning to end. Julián CRISTI:ANA Burnin' Vernon. Same templBurnin' Vernonive Music • DJBSMT 254 | Live Music • DJ Venue • Barerapy. Local Djs (plus a couple from Edmonton) playing house music all night long!. 10pm / $20 at the door / $10 early bird / $15 online

🪩22/8 Small Man, Big Mouth BACK AGAIN! Small Man, Big Mouth reunites with KOK & Wiener Kebab for a night of Punk & Noise Rock. 8pm / $15.

08/15/2026

🪩29/8 Saturday Night Rockers feat The Sattalites. Our monthly LIVE REGGAE series returns with one of Toronto’s most beloved reggae acts THE SATTALITES, who have been rocking dancehalls in this city since 1981! Don’t miss this crucial early evening show!!

🔊8pm - 254 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto
🎟️$ 15 Adv / $20 Door - Link in Bio

08/10/2026

THIS WEEK’S SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 🔊

🪩 13/8 CUT FLOWERS (LIVE!). The Toronto vinyl release show for Cut Flowers with Long Branch opening. 7:30pm / $15 at the door

🪩14/8 BELLA HAYES & OST (LIVE!). NDY presents an early evening of Pop Electronica from Baltimore. 6pm / $15

🪩 14/8 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 C3L3BRATION. Our boy Francisco is turning 33 in style (of course), and you’re invited to join an evening of fabulous outfits, people & music. DJs DIVAA & ANTON will keep the dancefloor sweaty blending everything from Techno Pop to Disco to House. FREE when you RSVP!! 10pm / FREE with RSVP

🪩 15/8 DOWN FOR DOWN: DOUBLE DUTCH NIGHT 2. Saharan dust blows across the Atlantic, bringing the double shows by Down for Down - get ready for night 2 at BSMT254! Microtonal desert blues for your shoulders, Latin/African grooves for your hips - dissect it as you wish, but 1+1=2. 7pm / $20

🪩 15/8 STAND FIRM HIFI & DRUMCRAFT PRESENT RUMBLETON’S 50TH BDAY DUB CONFERENCE. Having a little jam to celebrate Rumbleton’s 50th orbit. Doing it in fine style, with great selectors, a great soundsystem, surrounded by great Junglists for a night of great music and positive vibrations. 10pm / $20

🪩 16/8 HOLY S**T AN UNDERGROUND RAP SHOW ‼‼ 4 Toronto MC’s, 2 New York MC’s, 1 New York Beatmaker, Linking, Building, Rapping. 7PM / $10

08/04/2026

We were beyond honoured to have the Dancehall Godfather himself, Mr. Johnny Osbourne Johnny Osbourne back on our stage this past Sunday evening. As expected he absolutely mashed down the place with his pitch-perfect voice riding classic riddims provided by Brooklyn’s Prezident Carter.
Special thanks to Avi at Better™ Gift Shop and Stone Island for making the night possible.

08/03/2026

THIS WEEK’S SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 🔊

🪩 5/8 RHYMETHINK REVOLUTIONARY RAP ROADSHOW. The seditious summer szn edition of the RHYMETHiNK Revolutionary Rap Roadshow. An evening of big beats, mean bars, and a deLISHous aftershow dancefloor. 8pm / PWYC

🪩 6/8 MORE NOISE PLEASE! X COWARD PATROL PRESENT: A FUNDRAISER FOR TORONTO’S NEW NOISE FESTIVAL: SEVERE EXPOSURE! Coward Patrol & More Noise Please! will be presenting a NEW NOISE FESTIVAL Oct 10! This event is to raise funds to help facilitate SEVERE EXPOSURE! 7pm / $15/PWYC

🪩 7/8 FLUX TAKEOVER. Flux Takeover is a night dedicated to forward-thinking electronic music. Crossing between techno, bass, breaks & experimental sounds, the focus is on flow rather than genre. Each set is built as a journey with unexpected turns. 10pm / $10
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🪩 8/8 GLUM “NATURE ISN’T HEALING” RECORD RELEASE SHOW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DOLLY SODS (BUFFALO) ++ Bummer rock sweeties GLUM celebrate releasing their new record, joined by DOLLY SODS from Buffalo, OUTPUT 1:1:1 & the debut of DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK (mems. of Cootie Catcher, Only God Forgives, Leona Hell). 9pm / $20 at the door (no advance)

07/31/2026

🪩 TONIGHT
BACKHOME: Caribana Edition celebrates the sound of the Caribbean diaspora through a blend of global rhythms. An immersive night geared in making the crowd get lost in the music, dance freely, and feel a deep sense of home within the diaspora

Address

254 Lansdowne Avenue
Toronto, ON
M6H3X9

Telephone

+14168016325

Website

http://bsmt254.com/

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