Presented by RBC October 17th, 2025 Lyric Theatre, Meridian Arts Centre
On Friday October 17, 2025, at Meridian Arts Centre in North York, Toronto, Canada's biggest night in Songwriting returns with five new incredible inductees: Andy Kim, Gino Vannelli, Jane Siberry, Ian Thomas and Triumph.
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at the 2025 Legends Induction, proudly presented by RBC. Hosted by broadcaster and musician Tara Slone, the evening will showcase some of Canada’s most celebrated songwriters and performers: k.d. lang, Tom Cochrane, Chantal Kreviazuk, Murray McLauchlan, Ed Robertson, and Kevin Drew, alongside a cross-section of emerging and established voices including Charlie Edward, Clerel, JJ Wilde, Kairo McLean, RÊVE, and more. The evening will also feature a special performance by Phil X with inductee Rik Emmett.
2025 Inductees
Andy Kim
The composer of Sugar, Sugar and Rock Me Gently, Kim built a career on fearlessness and reinvention, from Brill Building beginnings to Canadian icon.
Triumph
The hard-rock trio from Mississauga defined Canadian arena rock with Magic Power and Fight the Good Fight and redefined the concert experience.
Jane Siberry
A poet of song, Siberry has defied category for four decades with a catalogue spanning the mystical and the intimate.
Gino Vannelli
With his blend of soul, jazz, and pop, Vannelli earned international acclaim and broke barriers as a genre-defying singer-songwriter.
Ian Thomas
With hits like Painted Ladies and The Runner, Thomas is a genre-spanning craftsman who’s written for America, Santana, and Bette Midler.
Featured Performances
Chantal Kreviazuk
Phil X
Charlie Edward
Housewife
JJ Wilde
Kirk Diamond
Kevin Drew
Noah Derksen
Clerel
RÊVE
Sam Drysdale
Kairo
Special Guests
k.d. lang
Tom Cochrane
Ed Robertson
Murray McLauchlan
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The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) is a national, bilingual, and non-profit organization with a mandate to honour and celebrate Canadian songwriters.
Since 1998, we’ve inducted some of the worlds most prolific songwriters to ever come from Canada. Legendary songwriters honoured at past ceremonies include; Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, Leonard Cohen, Oscar Peterson, David Foster, Gilles Vigneault, Gordon Lightfoot, Robbie Robertson, Robert Charlebois, Rush, Dan Hill, Luc Plamondon, and Paul Anka, among many others.
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