The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall Reviews

The best hall for concerts in the whole area. I have been here so many times. Just love this place, the only one of it's kind in the GTA.

A beautiful venue where the Toronto Symphony Orchestra typically performs. Sign up for TSoundcheck by going to their website for cheap performances if you are under 30. You'll be entitled to two tickets at that cheaper price and you can bring anyone of any age with you. It's a great bargain and a great way to get cultured!

Offers excellent connectivity, stays within the CBD

A spectacular venue to enjoy world class performance and a great time with the amazing artists. This place has so much to offer: symphonies, operas, etc. and I have spent many fantastic nights here...Don't forget to visit Massey Hall where Pat Metheny and Jesse Cook play often...

Cool venue. No issues. Clean and great space for concerts.

The home stage of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Worth the 5 stars for that.

Although the venue can and hosts a multitude of over events, they are best known for the TSO.

The locale has an interesting architecture, arguably shaped like a massive, concrete and glass flan. It is artistic and yet a reminder of the simplistic Brutalist Movement , an architectural style which was all the rage during the 50-70's and today almost universally panned for its basic, usually geometric yet with almost no-frills cues.

However the park around it and the quality of its acts keeps this building alive and a hub for any art lovers in Toronto.

I love this place. There's not a bad seat in the house. The sound quality is excellent and variety of entertainment offerings is amazing.

I came here for a legal convocation. Nice facility.

Beautiful inside out. You should go to watch a show.

This place is beautiful, organized, well made, the sound system is awesome, the seats are comfortable and the staff are nice. Fancy place.

We attended the 20th free noon hour concert and enjoyed it immensely. A beautiful building put to a beautiful purpose. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys classical music.

Classy concert hall. Went here for several musical concerts. Seats were great and the sound was really nice. Well design. 5 stars!

I love this place. We come three or four times a year. Most recently we saw Jaws in Concert!!

Nice place. The place can get confusing with the washrooms and exits in different places. The theatre is top notch and we had a good view even from far up in the balcony.

Came for a number of events, including a National Geographic show and several concerts. The sound is excellent, seating is comfortable , views are good. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Beautiful venue for the TSO. There are so many wonderful shows here to visit. It's a stunning hall and tickets range between 40-100$'ish. Excellent place to bring a date, or to be pampered by high quality excellence of musical performance.

Love the shows. There for National Goegraphics Presentation! Amazing as always!

Good memories here, recalling my school taking trips here on numerous occasions to help youngsters become more worldly and cultured.

We attended a concert during Remembrance day . The concert was nice but little too long for my taste. Hour is good enough, the last hour i was restless especially when the music is monotone . But I liked the words as they could see them on the screen. Very poetic.

Needs more washrooms! Barely made it back to my seats after waiting in line during the entire intermission. It s bad for business too since it means customers have to make the choice of either the washroom or bar but not both.

RTH has a nice ambience, immediately taking you out of the busy flow of life. An interesting structure to walk around and visit in before your show.

Beautiful place to visit and take in some great performances. The only downside at the time of my visit was that the escalators from and to the Subway entrance didn't work. I assume this is a temporary issue.

We attended their Romeo and Juliet performance which was decent.

Beautiful place! I went there for a TIFF showing. The acoustics are truly amazing and the stage is well visible from every seat

Fantastic architecture. Beautiful building on Toronto

Great experience and had amazing live music listings.

Super amazing place with great accessibility and nearby cheap parking spots. Staff are very friendly. Sound quality is very good, probably could be heard better on Mezzanine. Air quality and odor in the hall could also get improved.

Always wonderful to see the TSO. Beautiful venue, only caveat is that washrooms are not plentiful and hard to find

Amazing music performances can be heard here. Breathtaking sound.

good room, good services, great acoustics. from his personal cold, distant, even rude attention. one caregiver for each segment of the room. as if the honorable were a criminal. it is a pity. the rest well

Fantastic venue for live music. There isn't a bad seat in the house. It is the red carpet movie premiere venue for TIFF.
Lots of restaurants in the Entertainment District, TTC stop, connected to the PATH.

Excellent venue for corporate events, trade shows and of course superb acoustics for musical events/shows

Seats are great, even when up in the back balcony areas. Sound was clear. Ushers and staff were courteous and helpful.

Average concert hall, nothing too special about the building itself. Often seen briefly in local TV shows like Traders or Earth Final Conflict

Excellent venue for orchestral music. The TSO plays here regularly.

Amazing amazing amazing
I enjoyed the concert.....fantastic

Terrible sound. Can not hear any bass at all. There were six double bass playing and I cant hear any sound from them. Same for bass from Piano too. Not sure if it is the design of the hall that allows bass frequency to escape. Overall, very poor experience. Will not go there any more.

Thoroughly enjoyed Vivaldi's Four Seasons performance; amazing orchestra.

Great venue. The only problem I had was the lack of chairs and tables to sit outside the hall. The seats inside the hall were very comfortable, and the view was amazing.

I attended a 50th Birthday Party. Great spot. Staff was personal and professional. Food was great. Truly a great night

Roy Thomson Hall, MCC Toronto's Christmas Eve Special!

For ME, I honestly do Not Remember ever seeing a show at Roy Thomson Hall, but it might have been possible when I was a child in school. I still do Not remember, however, just the other day both Lori Sand and myself got invited to see the Annual MCC Toronto's Christmas Eve Show which has been going on for the past 28 years!

This was definitely a Perfect Way To Spend Christmas Eve!

The Roy Thomson Hall is quite large and Very Beautiful by the way!

Furthermore, The Show was so Inspirational, Spiritual and Overall was a Very Positive and Moving Experience!

Part of the service was an Important Dedication to Reverend Dr. Brent Hawkes who is officially retiring after putting in 40 years of service with the Metropolitan Community Church.

Here Is The Order Of Service For The Show That We Saw That We Got Straight From The Program:

Sleighride (written by Leroy Anderson)
Andrew Prashad and The Band
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Alana Bridgewater with the Choir. Arr: Diane Leah

Processional:
Dona Nobis Pacem
The Christmas Choir
O Come All Ye Faithful - Please rise in body or in spirit.
Welcome:
Let There Be Light (written by Craig Courtney)
The Christmas Choir
Prayers Of The People:
Worship In Song:
Joy To The World - Please rise in body or in spirit.
The Christmas Story:
Senior Pastor Elect Rev. Jeff Rock
Lessons For Life:
The Gift - Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, CM
O Holy Night (written by John S. Dwight & Adolphe C. Adam)
Eleanor McCain with The Christmas Choir. Arr: Brigham Phillips
Worship In Song:
Angels We Have Heard On High - Please rise in body or in spirit.
The Prayer (written by Carole Bayer Sager & David Foster)
Heather Bambrick and Dale Miller with The Christmas Choir
Sharing The Dream:
Hallelujah (written by G.F. Handel)
The Christmas Choir. Arr: M. Warren, M.O. Jackson & M. Kibble
Prayer Of Reconciliation:
Jesus' Prayer - Please rise in body or in spirit.
Celebration Of Holy Communion:
We celebrate an open communion. Whoever you are and wherever you are on your spiritual path, you are welcome to receive this sacred meal.
Give Us This Day
The First Noel
What Child Is This?
Silent Night! Holy Night!
Jesus Loves Me
Alleluia - Please rise in body or in spirit.
Because You Live
Benediction:
Benediction (written by Diane Leah)
The Christmas Choir
Finale:
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? (written by Elton John & Tim Rice)
Billy Newton Davis, Kristjan Hayden, Mary Kelly, Julie Michels with The Christmas Choir. Arr: Diane Leah.
Carol Of The Bells
The Band

I personally want to Thank Kendrew Pape from the Metropolitan Community Church for Inviting Me there and Lori Sand for being my Very Special Guest as well as the Staff from the Metropolitan Community Church for working so hard to get this show up and running back on Sunday, December 24, 2017.

Sincerely yours,

Howard Paul Shore
Visitor And Guest
Executive, Volunteer Writer For Google And Tripadvisor Websites

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We attended TSO programs for a few years and visited Roy Thomson Hall a lot. Different Orchestras performed from all over the world, different conductors, piano and violin artists performed and we always satisfied with visit. Well organized. Neat place. Good service and very nice staff.

Roy thompson is always a great places were you could enjoy yourselfs for all year entertainment

Surprising amount of homeless and lack of security. Strange people are there at night

A wonderful venue. A little dated but the chairs are comfortable and the acoustics are fantastic.

Spectacular venue with great acoustics. It was the first time I heard a concert where the sound quality was significantly better than my home stereo.

Cool architecture, great orchestra, acoustics are quite weak in the nosebleeds from all the concrete.
Soundcheck is an excellent service. Look into it.