Skip the tourist-heavy 6pm slot. The 11pm quartet nights are where the city's players actually play.

The Rex jazz late set
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The Baby G
Small-room shows on Dundas West, sound better than half the mid-size rooms in the city.
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Bambi's, Ossington
Late-night dance floor that peaks around 1:30 a.m. with the kind of DJs who don't announce sets.
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Bar Le Ritz PDB
Small-room shows in Villeray, notoriously good sightlines, notoriously cheap beer.
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Datcha, Plateau
Basement Balkan-adjacent house, open till 3, best after midnight.
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