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The biggest obstacle to going back to concerts? It could be getting liability insurance.

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Garrison, Horseshoe, Insurance, LIability, Live Music, Ontario, Toronto

A year ago in the midst of pandemic hell, a lot of people asked me when I thought we’d be

Thanks to Gord Downie, Ontario has an official poet laureate

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gord Downie, Ontario, Poet Laureate, Randell Adjei

After Gord Downie died, a private member’s bill was introduced in the Ontario Legislature by NDP MPP Percy Hatfield to

Music Industry Music News

The Ontario government promises $2.5 million in funding to help the music community during COVID.

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canadian Music, COVID-19, Funding, Ontario

The pandemic has decimated so much of the Canadian music industry, so the promise of funding is help musicians is

Support live music in London with Revive Live

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments 765 Old East, Delta Stone Duo, DJ Hullewud, Eastside Bar, Heart AttackKids, London, London Music Hall, Ontario, Palasad SocialBowl, Partners in Health, Revive Live, Richmond Tavern, Rizdales, Sarina Haggerty, Sum 41, Texas King, Thunder Queens, Uptown Affair

Looking for something fun to do Saturday night without increasing your risk of exposure to a deadly virus? Support local

Ontario wants to kick 2020 out — With Love

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments AllyDice, Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Chilina Kennedy, CZN, Divine Brown, Jully Black, loony, Loud Luxury, Measha Brueggergrosman, New Year's Eve, NOTIFI, Ontario, Roberta Battaglia, Roy Woods, Ryhan Douglas, Sean Jones, Steele, The Halluci Nation, The Tenors, Tribe Called Red, Wali Shah, Windsor Symphony Orchestra

What do you do when it’s the end of the worst year in our collective memory and you can’t go

Ontario patios are opening after the COVID-19 shutdown. Eat and drink but don’t dance or sing.

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments COVID-19, Ontario

Ontario continues to take its COVID-19 mitigation protocols seriously as the province slowly reopens for business region by region. Starting

If you buy concert tickets on the secondary market, you’ll be happy about this. (Why hasn’t this received more attention?)

December 9, 2019December 18, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concert Tickets, Ontario

Ever buy tickets for a hot show from a secondary ticket seller only to later realize (too late!) that the

Let’s take a close look at the Ontario Government’s new plans for regulating the sales of event tickets.

April 14, 2019April 13, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Ontario, Scalpers, Ticket Resellers

Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces,

Ontario Government proposes new reforms for selling concert tickets

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ontario

The Ontario Government handed down its first budget under Doug Ford today (April 11). If you had the time to

Music Canada Supports Music Education with New Program

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Nerhys 1 Comment Music Canada, Music Canada Cares, Music Education, Ontario, The Three Rs of Music Program

As someone who spent a lot of time in the band room in high school and then went on to

Is the Ontario government again looking at limited the price of event tickets on the secondary market?

October 4, 2018October 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Tickets, Ontario

One of the things that the new Ford Conservative government did was delay the previous Liberal government’s plans to impose

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