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 Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
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Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
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Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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