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Roxodus

Music News 

Remember the ill-fated Roxodus Festival? There’s a big auction of the company’s assets

November 23, 2019November 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Roxodus

Had things gone according to plan, the Roxodus Festival would have been one of the music highlights of this past

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WTFest opens doors to Roxodus ticket holders

July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Beaches, Roxodus, The Sheepdogs, USS, WTFest

The dust continues to settle after Roxodus was abruptly canceled last month. Now another festival is stepping up to offer

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UPDATE: Roxodus Music Festival promoters MF Live files for bankruptcy. Town considers civil lawsuit.

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Roxodus

Had everything gone according to plan, tens of thousands of people would be talking about the great time they had

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The Roxodus Music Festival cancellation: An update on what went wrong and what happens next.

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Roxodus

Had everything gone according to plan, the stages and other structures for the first-ever Roxodus Music Festival would have been

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40 Days Until Woodstock 50. How are things going? (Hint: Not well.)

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Field Trip, Hair in the Fair, Rifflandia, Roxodus, Woodstock 50

This has been a rough summer for music festivals, especially in Canada. The abrupt cancellation of the Roxodus Festival north

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019May 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drake, Fugees, Fyre Festival, Mick Jagger, Nickelback, Playlist stuffing, Roxodus

Let’s see if we can get through the week without the hosting service of this website getting pooched again. This

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Music News 

Roxodus Music Festival announces sale of single-day passes

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Roxodus

Roxodus, the massive four-day (July 11-14) music festival that will debut at Edenvale Airport northwest of Barrie, Ontario, has just

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Music News 

Ontario’s Roxodus music festival keeps getting bigger, fourth day added starring Aerosmith, Matt Good and more

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments Aerosmith, Roxodus

Roxodus, the first-time music festival set for Edenvale Airport northwest of Barrie just keeps getting bigger. What began as a

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Music News 

Would your band like to play a massive outdoor music festival this summer? Then read this.

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments ReverbNation, Roxodus

The inaugural Roxodus Music Festival will take place at the Edenvale Airport northwest of Barrie from July 11 to 13.

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More acts added to July’s Roxodus Festival

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck, Collective Soul, Headstones, Orianthi, Roxodus

Roxodus, the first-year rock festival (and already the biggest festival Canada will see this year) set for Edenvale, Ontario, on

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Random music news for Monday, February 4, 2019

February 4, 2019February 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Buddy Holly, Danny Carey, David Bowie, Facebook, Grammy Awards, Lyft, Mick Jagger, Music Writing, Photoshop, Quadrophenia, Rolling Stone, Roxodus, Sega Genesis, Steereo, Tool, Uber, Woodstock

Today is Facebook’s 15th birthday. In music news for February 4, 2019… Why is this music festival sending out invitations

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