A few to watch for. See www.to-music.ca/events for details on these, and many other concerts and shows.

• Sat. Oct. 13: Reception for José Ortega’s art exhibit opening at IndexG
• Sun. Oct. 14: Royal Drummers of Burundi (2 shows) Markham Theatre
• Thu. Oct. 17: Be Good Tanyas at Great Hall
• Fri. Oct. 18: Béla Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio at Koerner Hall
• Sat. Oct. 20-21: Iris Dement (she’s just released her first album of new songs in 16 years) at Hugh’s Room. Both shows standing room only.  Listen to a recent NPR profile.
• Sat. Oct. 20-21: Uma Nota Festival of Tropical Expressions: music, art, talk, film with a Brazilian flavour