The WholeNote

The WholeNote is a Toronto print and online music publication with a current free magazine, music features, recording reviews, weekly listings, an editorial newsletter and a direct free Ontario event-listing form.

The WholeNote is a Toronto-based print and online music publication operated by WholeNote Media Inc. Its official history traces the project to a 1994 classical-music column and the first issue under The WholeNote name to 1996. The publication says it continues to distribute more than 30,000 free print copies of each issue through more than 800 Southern Ontario locations while maintaining its website, social channels and email newsletter. The current homepage displays a July and August 2026 issue and a newsletter described as generally sending four editorial and event-listing emails per month. Current music work includes a June 8 feature and interview about Kokoroko, Afrobeats, Black audiences and the Toronto Jazz Festival, while the recording archive contains multiple reviews published May 19. Its recurring coverage spans classical and new music, opera, music theatre, early music, jazz, folk, choral and world music, alongside concert reports, recording criticism, education and festivals. The current official listing guide offers a direct, free form for live or livestreamed musical performances and events throughout Ontario. Print listings are due no later than 15 days before publication of the issue covering the event; weekly online listings are due by 6 p.m. on the preceding Tuesday. Submissions follow a standardized event-information structure and remain subject to editing for The WholeNote’s listing style. This route is for event listings, not a promise of publication, editorial coverage or recording review. MusicList publishes only the current form. An older still-accessible listing page gives a different eighth-of-the-month deadline, so it is treated as superseded by the current navigation target and live form. Named staff, every inbox, phone and fax numbers, street and postal details, newsletter fields, submitter identity and contact fields, and submitted venue or event-contact values remain excluded.

Editorial profile

Outlet type

Publication

Editorial languages

English

Editorial formats

Free print music magazine, online music publication, music features and interviews, beat columns and concert reports, recording reviews, free live and livestreamed event listings, weekly online listings update, editorial email newsletter

Coverage

Southern Ontario live music, Toronto and Greater Toronto Area concerts, music criticism and artist interviews, recordings and new releases, music education and festivals, music presenters and community directories

Genres

Classical, new classical, opera, music theatre, early music, jazz, folk, choral, world music, Afrobeats

Coverage region

Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Ontario

Community focus

Southern Ontario music audiences, musicians and presenters, Toronto and Greater Toronto Area music communities, classical and post-classical music communities

Services

publication, free print music magazine, online music publication, music features and interviews, recording reviews, live event listings, weekly online listings, editorial newsletter

Service territory

Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Ontario

Submissions

Open to submissions ↗· Last checked July 26, 2026Official submission form · Direct, no-fee routeRequested materials: Whether the submission is a new listing or a revision, plus the event date and start time, presenter name and concert title, up to five works or composers, or a ten-word description for jazz, world music and other events, up to five performers with instruments or voice types, venue or website and the complete venue address, including the town outside Toronto, a public event-information phone number and single-ticket prices, special notes, repeat performances and applicable genre tags, the submitter’s name, email address and phone number as private form fields

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