Toronto Blues Fest Founders Night: Under the Neon Palms is a landmark live music celebration taking place October 3, 2025 at the legendary El Mocambo in the heart of Toronto. This is the founding chapter of what is set to become one of Toronto’s most beloved annual blues events and we’re inviting forward-thinking brands to be part of it from the very beginning.
Featuring three of Toronto’s most exciting and soulful acts Phil Jay Blues, Little Magic Sam, and Camilo Restrepo.
Founders Night is an evening built by Toronto local artists, for the love of the blues. Expect raw guitar, deep grooves, and the kind of authentic live music energy that only the El Mocambo can hold. Doors open at 7 PM. Tickets are available at elmocambo.com.
Whether you’re a local Toronto business looking to connect with your community or a brand seeking meaningful cultural partnerships, sponsoring Toronto Blues Fest – Founders Night is your opportunity to be remembered as someone who was there from the start.
Toronto has always had a blues soul. From the stages of the El Mocambo to the living rooms where people first fell in love with the sound of a slide guitar, the blues has always been alive in this city.
Toronto Blues Fest exists to honour that tradition and invite even more people in to become new fans, younger audiences, and curious music lovers who haven’t yet discovered what this community already knows.
We are not reinventing the blues. We are opening the door wider.
Founders Night is the beginning of a festival that we hope will grow alongside Toronto’s blues community year after year creating new stages, new audiences, and new moments that connect people to this music in a real and lasting way.
By supporting Toronto Blues Fest, your brand becomes part of that story. You’re not just sponsoring a show. You’re helping build a bridge between the blues community that already thrives in this city and the thousands of Torontonians who are just waiting to discover it.
Your support puts your brand inside the El Mocambo — one of the most iconic live music rooms in Canadian history — on a night that marks the start of something meaningful. And it extends well beyond the venue, with your name and logo reaching our growing digital audience across social media, event marketing, and torontobluesfest.ca.
This is community. This is Toronto. This is the blues. And it starts with Founders Night.
What your support includes: