Queer Music Jam is a Toronto based community dedicated to creating an inclusive and empowering space for everyone who identifies as a woman, non-binary, or trans. It aims to address the challenges faced by individuals of marginalized genders in traditional musical environments.

At Queer Music Jam, we provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere where people can socialize, connect, and express themselves through music. Our jams are specifically designed to be beginner-friendly, fostering a supportive environment for individuals of all skill levels.

Whether you’re an experienced musician or just starting out, Queer Music Jam offers the opportunity to rock out and have fun. Join us as we come together to celebrate diversity, creativity, and the joy of making music.

The next jam will be Saturday August 8!

The Big Queer Music Jam will be held at Tranzac Club on August 8 (7:30PM-10:30PM)

Jam Space

TRANZAC CLUB
292 Brunswick Avenue
Queer Music Jam will be hosted in the Living Room

HOW TO RSVP

Please contact @queermusicjam through Instagram to sign up and to RSVP a spot. $20 e-transfer will be needed to reserve a spot to help cover the studio room fee. 3 spots will be available for folks where the studio fee is a barrier – no questions asked!

** The $20 is non-refundable to ensure we can afford the room. Please only RSVP if you can make it to the jam! If you cancel, your spot will be offered to another singer or musician for free to help fill that space in time for the jam.

AVAILABLE GEAR

For our jams, Tranzac Club is already equipped with:
– 2 guitar amps
– 1 bass amp
– 1 upright piano
– 1 drum set
– 4 microphones for singers

WHAT TO BRING: your instruments, cables, sticks, tuners, and any gear you need!
Lynx Music also has keyboards for rent for $10. If you are acoustic and would like to be amplified, feel free to bring a microphone or a piezo pickup and we can plug you in direct to the soundboard.

Our approach

The setlist for the Big Queer Jam:

Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
The Cranberries – Zombie
Queen – I Want To Break Free
4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
Radiohead – Creep
Tracy Chapman – Give Me One Reason
The Killers – Mr. Brightside
Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag

In the jam, we’ll play along to the recording twice and then try playing without the music. Queer Music Jam is a communal style, practice jam – think of it like a camp sing-a-long meets live karaoke with some cool queers.

We will have booklets of chord charts available for musicians and lyric books for singers at the jam. Please note that these are simplified chord charts for beginner guitar and bass players to play along. If you’d like to learn the actual chords and riffs to the songs, there are tabs and resources available online through sites like Ultimate Guitar. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with the setlist songs ahead of the jam.

Sign ups for songs will happen the week of the jam! On this jam we can have up to 45 musicians in the room (compared to our usual capacity of 15) so this will be a BIG jam. Spots will be shared and we will rotate musicians with each song to ensure that many folks get the chance to play.

The sign up sheet will just be for those who are singing on a microphone, plugged into an amp, or playing on the piano or drums because these spots are limited. If you are singing off microphone or are acoustic, you are welcome to jam on any song without needing to sign up!

Queer Music Jam Library:

4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
Adele – Rolling In The Deep
Alanis Morissette – You Oughtta Know
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know
Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You
Alvvays – Archie Marry Me
Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Avril Lavine – Sk8er Boi
Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
Beyoncé – Halo
Blink-182 – What’s My Age Again
Bon Jovi – Livin On A Prayer
Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
Britney Spears – Oops I Did it Again
Cardigans – Lovefool
Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Charles Bradley – Changes
Coldplay – Yellow
Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper – True Colours
Daniel Ceasar, H.E.R – Best Part
Destiny’s Child – Say My Name
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Doja Cat – Say So
Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Hole – Celebrity Skin
Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine
Janelle Monae – Make Me Feel
Joan Jett – I Love Rock n Roll
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin
Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl
Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson – Behind These Hazel Eyes
Kim Petras – My Coconuts
Lady Gaga – You And I
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
Lil Nas X – That’s What I Want
Lizzo – Juice
Lizzo – About Damn Time
Marvin Gaye – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Melissa Etheridge – Come To My Window
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Mitski – Nobody
Muna – What I Want
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Nirvana – Lithium
Oasis – Wonderwall
Otis Redding – Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay
Outkast – Hey Ya
Peaches – Boys Wanna Be Her
Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness
Queen – I Want To Break Free
Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl
Rihanna – Umbrella
Radiohead – Creep
Robyn – Dancing On My Own
Shania Twain – Man I Feel Like a Woman
Spice Girls – Wannabe
Taylor Swift – All Too Well
Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Tegan and Sara – Closer
Temptations – My Girl
The Band – The Weight
The Beatles – Hey Jude
The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Cranberries – Zombie
The Fugees – Killing Me Softly
The Killers – Mr. Brightside
The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
TLC – Waterfalls
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Tracy Chapman – Give Me One Reason
Village People – YMCA
Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody