Doors Open 2023: Pop-up Performances

Date: May 27 & 28, 2023, 10:30 am–5:30 pm
Price: FREE

During Doors Open, watch and listen as local artists bring the Museum and Park to life with free live performances throughout the day, sponsored by TD. 

Pop-up Schedule

Dwit Hathi
10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 12:30 pm

Toronto-based musician and guitarist Dwit Hathi is currently pursuing higher music studies at Humber college. Originally from Ahmedabad, India, Hathi has been a student of the North Indian classical tradition, and his musical style involves a lot of influences, from his South Asian roots to contemporary jazz, fusion, rock, and pop music through which he showcases a deep sense of musicality when it comes to composing and arranging music. Hathi also leads a contemporary jazz quintet in Toronto and regularly performs at various festivals and local venues across the city.

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Roa Lee
11 am, 12 pm, and 1 pm

Roa (HyunYoung) Lee is a Gayageum musician from Korea. She began playing when she was seven years old and received formal training at a high school and university for traditional performing arts. Interested in collaboration and incorporating the Gayageum with various music genres, Lee's music blends traditional Korean with different elements from a diverse selection of other genres. 

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Running Rivers
1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm

Combining elements of Western classical music, jazz, funk, and blues with South Asian classical and folk traditions, Running Rivers combines unique colours, moods, and resonance from their varied palettes of expression and experience. Running Rivers' unique sound is rooted in understanding, humility, insignificance, and a celebration of the collective human experience. 

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Grace Scheel
2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm

Grace Scheele is a contemporary harpist, composer, and improviser dually based in Kitchener and Toronto. Her music hones minimalistic textures within noise landscapes — creating a sound that is “a pliable, fluid, continuum…that’s as beautiful as it is unconventional” (Canadian Music Centre). Scheele interweaves electronics, structured improvisation, and sampling, reimagining the pedal harp as an electroacoustic instrument. 

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In the event of any inclement weather, all performances will be moved indoors. 

Getting to the Museum

The Museum is easy to get to by public transit. From downtown, take the 100A from Broadview station, the 25B, or the 925 from Pape station. From the north, take the 925  bus southbound on Don Mills Rd (route begins at Steeles). Use the TTC's Trip Planner to plan your route.

The Museum is accessible by car via Don Mills Rd, Eglinton Ave East, or the Don Valley Parkway (DVP). Take the Wynford Dr exit.

Bicycle parking is available free of charge.

Doors Open Toronto

Doors Open is a free event that invites the public to discover Toronto’s sites of architectural, historical, and cultural significance. Since its inception in 2000, Doors Open Toronto has attracted more than two million visits to nearly 700 unique locations. It is Canada’s largest Doors Open event and one of the three largest in the world.