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The Rivoli is a bar, restaurant and performance space, established in 1982, on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Exterior view in 2026
Event stage in the back room
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a 2025 Canadian science fiction comedy film directed by Matt Johnson, from a script he wrote with Jay McCarrol. It is based on their 2007–2009 web series, Nirva
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…Canadian mockumentary-sitcom web series Nirvana the Band the Show, as well as its sequel television series Nirvanna the Band the Show and feature film Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Series creators and lifelong best friends Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol star as fictionalised versions of themselves attempting to book a show at the…
Theatrical release poster
Matt Johnson (left) and Jay McCarrol, who played fictionalised versions of themselves, at a Q&A in Los Angeles
The scenes at Toronto's CN Tower were filmed without permits.