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Hillside Tickets Go On Sale

Hillside Tickets Go On Sale
The damp and rainy weather Saturday morning couldn’t dampen the spirits of those willing to line-up for the annual, first weekend in May ritual, and we’re not talking about Free Comic Book Day. Despite the weather and the construction that’s tore up much of the sidewalks on Quebec Street, the line-up...

Kazoofest Launches in Guelph

Kazoofest Launches in Guelph
The annual Kazoofest launched in Guelph last night to usher in five fun-filled days of art, music, film, dance and community. Kazoo, which is a Guelph-based non-profit artist run organization, started putting on these annual festivals in 2008 and have been met with ever increasing success, resulting...

Hillside Inside

Hillside Inside
Hillside is a Guelph institution, an oasis on an island in the middle of man-made lake at the end of every July. Franchise opportunities were perhaps inevitable, not to mention lucrative, so it was no surprise when three years ago Festival organizers announced that they were holding a winter edition...

Interview - Night Crash Noir

Interview - Night Crash Noir
It’s Saturday afternoon and the members of Night Crash Noir – singer Nikole Wiseman, guitarist George Bettencourt, bassist Johnny Charmer and drummer Troy Larabie – are understandably elated. The night before they played their first ever show as a band during the GO Music Festival in Kitchener. Kicking...

Interview-The Ascot Royals

Interview-The Ascot Royals
From somewhere in Southwestern Ontario there are rumblings of a band so outrageous, whose live shows are so lively, that they can only be referred to as royalty. But on this evening at Lucky’s Wings in Kitchener, after their sound check is over, all the Ascot Royals have on their minds is food. The...

Interview-Spirits

Interview-Spirits
Brad Germain and Ian Smith were doing okay on their own. Both were lead men for their own separate bands, The Marble Index and The Miniatures respectively. But even rock stars get bored, and the two men here discussed were both at a point where they wanted to try something new, musically. “We were...

The Red Shoes Tour

The Red Shoes Tour
The New Red Shoes Tour pulls into Guelph this Sunday. The multi-Ontario city tour will benefit women’s shelters/foundations across Ontario and promote positive up and coming female artists. The beneficiary of the show at the Albion is Guelph Women and Crisis and every single last penny in profit...

The Cutting Edge Music Festival

The Cutting Edge Music Festival
The Cutting Edge Music Festival (CEMF) is ready to take Kitchener/Waterloo by storm! Boasting a must see lineup, the festival is set to rock Bingeman’s Fun Park for 2 amazing days of live music, camping and non-stop partying from August 1-3, 2009. The festival marks The Roots exclusive appearance...

Get on Go! Music Fest

Get on Go! Music Fest
The third annual GO! Music Festival is set to begin in Kitchener-Waterloo starting tomorrow night. Over 50 bands will play over two nights at several K-W locales; from downtown Kitchener to Uptown Waterloo. Started as a way to highlight local talent; this festival sponsored by The Beat Goes On has grown...

Interview-Christina Martin

Interview-Christina Martin
Written by Seth Rowanwood I was first impressed by Christina Martin when I met her as she walked into the cafe carrying a small suitcase and guitar case in hand. We struck up a conversation and she was as real as her music. I was also a little shocked that she was the artist that had a poster staring...

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