Music Festival Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Diesel Bird, a big Canadian online music festival is scheduled for TODAY.

With COVID-19 deep-sixing any gigs and festivals for the foreseeable future, more artists are turning to online avenues for playing

Indie Week promotes itself as the premiere emerging artist festival in Canada with five days and nights of music, showcases,

Sad news out of Toronto festival-land as the city’s beloved Field Trip announced it is taking a hiatus in 2019,

For the most populous province in Confederation, Ontario, should have more choice when it comes to multi-day outdoor music festivals.

Canadian metal bands are now able to apply to Wacken Metal Battle for the chance to play Wacken Open Air

The differences are sometimes subtle, but each live music event has its own smells. Maison Margiela, a Paris company looking

The final Vans Warped Tour has come and gone in Toronto and wow, what an experience! I needed a few

Porta-potties are gross things at the best of times but never more so at music festivals. This video of flying

We don’t normally equate a modern music festival with The Golden Girls, but… Read more here.

A couple of years ago, I had a chance to visit the DMZ in Panmunjeom along the border between North and

Fat Mike, NOFX frontman and head of Fat Wreck Chords is going to do the world a favour by staging

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
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Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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