“Strangers” no more: The Wilderness ready to release new album and hit the road
The Wilderness have been a band for nearly 10 years, but it’s the past 12 months that have been among the most intense in their career.
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Here’s another Canadian summer music festival: Riverfest Elora
It’s good to see so many festivals coming back after that long, awful period of COVID lockdowns. One of the great small-town Canadian music festivals is Riverfest in Bissell Park
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The biggest obstacle to going back to concerts? It could be getting liability insurance.
A year ago in the midst of pandemic hell, a lot of people asked me when I thought we’d be able to go back to concerts. Along with the usual
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Thanks to Gord Downie, Ontario has an official poet laureate
After Gord Downie died, a private member’s bill was introduced in the Ontario Legislature by NDP MPP Percy Hatfield to create the position of an official poet laureate for the
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The Ontario government promises $2.5 million in funding to help the music community during COVID.
The pandemic has decimated so much of the Canadian music industry, so the promise of funding is help musicians is very, very welcome. On Friday (March 12), the Ontario government
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Support live music in London with Revive Live
Looking for something fun to do Saturday night without increasing your risk of exposure to a deadly virus? Support local bands and keep safe by supporting Revive Live, a new
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Ontario wants to kick 2020 out — With Love
What do you do when it’s the end of the worst year in our collective memory and you can’t go out to celebrate? Bring the party inside. From Ontario With
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Ontario patios are opening after the COVID-19 shutdown. Eat and drink but don’t dance or sing.
Ontario continues to take its COVID-19 mitigation protocols seriously as the province slowly reopens for business region by region. Starting Friday (June 19), a good chunk of the citizenry (except
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If you buy concert tickets on the secondary market, you’ll be happy about this. (Why hasn’t this received more attention?)
Ever buy tickets for a hot show from a secondary ticket seller only to later realize (too late!) that the listed price is in US dollars? Given the exchange rate,
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Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces, BC and Ontario, have just come out with proposed legislation
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The Ontario Government handed down its first budget under Doug Ford today (April 11). If you had the time to dig into it (I did because it’s my job), you’ll
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