{"id":691,"date":"2025-10-01T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/?p=691"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:56:23","slug":"yup-its-newzapalooza-time-of-the-year-live-karaoke-band-edition-of-torontos-media-event-of-the-year-set-for-nov-22-2025-tickets-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"Yup, it&#8217;s Newzapalooza time of the year! Live karaoke band edition of Toronto&#8217;s &#8220;Media Event of the Year&#8221; set for Nov. 22, 2025. Tickets on sale!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-679\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-300x75.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-1024x256.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-768x192.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-1536x384.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-2048x512.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewzaTwitterBannerSM-1-500x125.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-one years after Toronto newsroom hacks stormed the stage to take part in the first\u00a0<strong>Newzapalooza<\/strong>\u00a0battle of the media bands, the stage is set for another <strong>special live karaoke edition<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0media social event of the year (if we must say so ourselves), featuring once again\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanwhitlock.ca\/theapproximators\"><strong>The Approximators<\/strong><\/a>, a merry band poised to back you, no matter the level of your chops.\u00a0Come on out to rub elbows with colleagues. It doesn&#8217;t get any better than this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deets:\u00a0<strong>Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at <a href=\"https:\/\/theduketoronto.com\">The Duke on Queen St. E<\/a><\/strong> A benefit for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cafdn.org\/\"><strong>Children\u2019s Aid Foundation of Canada<\/strong><\/a>, as always. It\u2019s for the kids!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixtree.com\/e\/newzapalooza-2025-live-band-karaoke-19f2a7b3c5a9\"><strong>Tickets available here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one years after Toronto newsroom hacks stormed the stage to take part in the first\u00a0Newzapalooza\u00a0battle of the media bands, the stage is set for another special live karaoke edition\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0media social event of the year (if we must say so ourselves), &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/?p=691\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newzapalooza.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}