6th Annual Toronto Thin Lizzy Celebration

Here it comes, the 6th Annual Toronto Thin Lizzy Celebration, a celebration of the life and music of Phillip Parris Lynott! Saturday July 21st, 2007 at Jeff Healey's Roadhouse (56 Blue Jays Way Toronto).

So here we are after 5 years... 61 separate performances from 31 different artists... 185 songs played... and ready for round six!

One of the goals of the Toronto Thin Lizzy Celebration is to help highlight the amazing diversity in Lynott's music and in the vast array of musicians his music has inspired. To this end, over the years the Celebration has played host to rock, country, punk, acoustic (guitars and pianos!), reggae, jazz, metal performances and even a seriously kick-ass Greek bouzouki band!

This is something that sets the Toronto show apart from other similar events worldwide, in that it is not a night of tribute bands (not, however, that there's anything at all wrong with that..), but instead, a night of artists paying tribute. Every performer who's ever graced the TLC stage has worked their backsides off to learn the songs they've played (this, in most cases, on top of their already busy schedules). This is an act of love, plain and simple... a love of Phil's music and respect for his memory...

For the first four years, the proceeds from the event went to the Roisin Dubh Trust to help defray the enormous cost of erecting a statue of Phil Lynott in the heart of Dublin. 19 years after his untimely passing, this memorial in bronze was finally unveiled to a crowd of 5000 fans, on August 19th, 2005. (For more on that, please check HERE.)

With the statue in place, subsequent show's proceeds have gone to such worthy causes as the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) and the TOMA Foundation for Burned Children.

For a peek at what all the controlled chaos has looked like, please check out James Taylor's site for an archive of Toronto Lizzy Celebration pictures past and present.

Tickets will be on sale at Monster Records (664 Yonge St. Toronto - 416-975-1829 - www.monsterrecords.ca) from May 23rd, 2007.

...and for up-to-date info on the show, please check back here and at our main site www.monsterrecords.ca