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

After 1,243 days of renovation and restoration, Massey Hall reopens. It’s awesome.

Massey Hall, Hart Massey’s gift to the city of Toronto back in 1894, reopens tonight after about three-and-a-half years of

A couple of years ago, Live Nation bought an old off-track betting site east of downtown Toronto with the goal

Jo Ryder, the Toronto duo, knows that Toronto music venues have gone through some trying times. The video for their

[This is from Ross Macdonald who has been keeping an eye on a little venue outside Ottawa that keeps booking

If you’re over 30, you might be able to relate to this. (Via Tom) Stretch. Then try some music news

That was some internet outage yesterday, huh? When Amazon goes down, you know it was bad. We’re okay now, so

We’ve all see it. Some guy (or woman) becomes unruly at a bar/club and has to be removed by security.

Skull cakes? Kinda cool, actually. As for music news on Thursday, October 15… Coronavirus update 1: Remember that no social

Hello, Newman. You do bring up some good points. More info in today’s round-up of music news for October 10,

Drunk pigs result in better bacon? Uh, okay. Off to look at music news for July 23, 2020. Coronavirus update

This has been a rough few months for concert lovers, but it could turn into the end of the road

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver