Music Canada Supports Music Education with New Program
As someone who spent a lot of time in the band room in high school and then went on to study music in university, I am a huge supporter of any program that
Read MoreAs someone who spent a lot of time in the band room in high school and then went on to study music in university, I am a huge supporter of any program that
Read MoreOne of the things that the new Ford Conservative government did was delay the previous Liberal government’s plans to impose a 50% cap on the face value when it came to event tickets
Read MoreVancouver rock duo Japandroids have pretty much been touring nonstop since the release of their Near to the Wild Heart of Life twenty months ago. Before guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse
Read MoreWhile Ontario’s new laws surrounding the sales of tickets on the secondary market went into effect July 1, the one thing missing was a hard date for enacting the much-maligned (and deservedly so)
Read MoreWell, well. Could it be that someone in the Ontario Government came to their senses and is perhaps ready to remove the stupid and unenforceable 50% price cap on the sale of concert tickets
Read MoreOntario’s new rules regarding the sale of event tickets–concerts, theatre, sports, etc.–go into effect on Sunday and truth be told, people still don’t know what’s going on. Witness this email from “Dave” who
Read MoreBill 186, which seeks to create an Ontario poet laureate position in memory of Gord Downie, is up for second reading in the Ontario Legislature today. This private members’ bill proposed by NDPer
Read MoreOn this day in 1979, it was announced that that smallpox virus, a disease that killed and disfigured untold millions, had been eradicated. What did it? Vaccines. And now, some music news for
Read MoreAs early as Wednesday, the Wynne government’s new rules for selling concert tickets (and tickets to hot sporting events, theatre productions, etc.) will get third reading as it makes it way into law.
Read More[This is an expanded version of a post from last month. More to come, too. – AC] A year-and-a-half after the country lost its collective crap over the scalping of tickets for the
Read MoreAs concert halls go, Massey Hall is probably Canada’s most famous. The official National Historic Site, which presented its first show in 1894, is being renovated for the first time since the 40s.
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