Rifflandia 2011 made its First Wave Line Up Announcement this week! The Line Up to-date includes City and Colour, Broken Social Scene, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Ra Ra Riot, The Cave Singers, USS, Awolnation and many more! These acts will be performing on The Rifflandia Park Stages. This recently announced new outdoor venue at Royal Athletic Park, allows the festival…
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Call For Audition! CBC Cover Me Canada
Are you an unsigned musician over 12years old? CBC has issued a call for online performance auditions for a new music series, COVER ME CANADA, airing this fall on CBC-TV. Unsigned musicians and groups are asked to submit video performances, by July 8, 2011, of their cover versions of one of the following Canadian classics: Sundown…
What On Weekend – June 23 – 25, 2011
Summer’s officially here…let’s get the party started! Thursday, June 23rd – 90Six Dance Party featuring DJ Lady Miss Kier (from Deee-Lite), since I’m here in Toronto this looks like it’ll be on the agenda. – back home in Vancouver there’s a great benefit event; heroes with heART: Katarina Thorsen’s Interactive Portrait Event! Friday, June 24th – In…
Nineties Nostalgia with Evan & Julianna – Lee’s Tavern
Evan Dando & Julianna Hatfield – Lee’s Palace – NXNE 2011 Nineties grunge kids and slackers mingled with hipsters at Lee’s Palace in Toronto for Evan Dando and Julianna Hatfield’s first gig together for eight years. The last visit saw Julianna backing up Evan’s set but this show was an equal-billing acoustic set. Alternating between each…
BC Lions Host Rugby Sevens Half-Time Game
This week, on June 22nd, during the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders game at Empire Field, the BC Lions is proudly showcasing the exciting sport of rugby sevens and supporting the Abbotsford International Sevens Event by hosting a half-time game between the Dog River Howlers and the Pacific Tyee -a select team of Canadian National…
Top 5 Ways To Fill Your Day At NXNE Festival
Since I’m in Toronto for North by Northeast Interactive, Film & Music Festival I thought I’d share the experience, with a few fun ways to fill your day at the Fest. 1. Learning; some great topics are covered in the hundreds of Interactive sessions. 2. Relaxing; the rooftop pool at host hotel Hyatt Regency on…
Polaris Music Prize – Long List Announced
First awarded in 2006, the Polaris Music Prize is annually awarded to the best Canadian full-length album. Chosen by a jury of 200 members of the Canadian music media the 2011 Long List was recently announced at The Drake Hotel in Toronto. From this long list of 40 nominees the jury will now choose the…