We invite you to join us for an afternoon of music on Sunday, June 1st at 4pm with jazz chorale ensemble, 8 to the Bar, led by Sheila Brand, with Steven Webb (Beach United’s Music Director) on the piano.
Suggested ticket price is $15, with proceeds going towards Beach United Church’s music and community programs.
Have you always wanted to Beach United and learn more about its history? We will have our Doors Open all weekend (Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 from 10am-5pm) as a part of the City of Toronto event. Entry is free and our building is fully accessible.
As a part of our programming, we will have organist Sebastian Moreno perform and demonstrate on our historic Guilbault-Thérien organ on Saturday, May 24 at 4:00pm.
On Sunday, May 25 at 10:30am, join us for a special music-filled worship service, as our music director Dr. Steven Webb guides us through the history of North American folk music and its relation to contemporary acts of worship and justice. Later in the afternoon at 2:00pm, we invite the public to participate in our jam session (feel free to bring your own instrument, or just your voice!) in our Main Hall.
We look forward to welcoming you into our space.
Beach United Church is excited to present the multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Rebecca Hennessy for our final Jazz & Reflection concert of the season on Saturday, May 3rd at 4:30pm (after our Ecofair!), alongside Tania Gill on piano and Michael Herring on upright bass.
Join us for an afternoon of swinging jazz, along with a cash bar to celebrate the end of our season!
RSVP here (suggested minimum $15)
ABOUT REBECCA
Rebecca Hennessy is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. On February 7th, 2025, she released a live album recorded at the Jazz Room in Kitchener-Waterloo featuring her full-band, Makeshift Island. This live album follows two other vocal albums released since 2020,“Joy Will Find Us”, and “All The Little Things You Do”. All three albums feature wold-renowned guitarist Kevin Breit (Sisters Euclid/Norah Jones), Michael Herring (Juno nominated), Dave Clark and Tania Gill.
She has also performed and recorded with internationally recognized artists including Adele, Kevin Breit, Ron Sexsmith, Andy Kim, Owen Pallett, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Ab Baars and Ken Vandermark. She was the bandleader and trumpeter for Massey Hall’s Women’s Blues Revue (2013-2022) and in 2018, won the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Jazz Artist Award and was nominated for Montreal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz in 2016.
This year’s Ecofair at Beach United will be on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 from 10am-2pm. Get inspired, get involved, and bring the entire family. There will be food, vendors, and exhibitors – bring something in to our Repair Café, or your bike for a free tune-up!
If you are still interested in being a vendor or non-profit exhibitor, please fill out our online application form. If you are interested in volunteering the day of, please fill out this form.
And if you are curious as to why a church might be interested in environmental issues, please take a look at this blog post. For photos and videos of previous Ecofair events, see below.
Ecofair 2024 photo album on Facebook
Ecofair 2023 photo album on Facebook
