Local Vibe

Maxwell’s Music House is proudly hosting the finals of their Battle of the Bands on Monday night. One of Waterloo’s finest venues and the regions top entertainers is a healthy mix for a Monday night.
Follow The Fleet was the winner of the first week, gaining their spot in the finals. Far From Rich took the [...]

On November 19, 2009 at Molly Blooms on Manitou Drive in Kitchener there will be a fantastic lineup of local talent performing for the chance to make it into the final round of the Kitchener Singer Songwriter Competition. The competition was loaded with talent in the previous contest held in Cambridge, of which tonight’s first [...]

The Hive in downtown Kitchener and I.R.I.S. Entertainment are hosting The Indie Feast on Saturday, September 12th. All of the bands that have been the weekly winners of the Battle of The Bands taking place at The Joint are scheduled to perform on a flatbed trailer in the parking lot of The Hive.

The Hive has extended their patio license for the event to make sure that everyone can fit in to catch these awesome bands. The entire parking lot is going to be utilized for this event which is going to ensure this is party to remember. The bands planned to take the stage are as follows.

This story was originally published in the Sudbury Star which can be found HERE!
If you think your band has the sound and website (or MySpace) to win this fantastic contest, make sure you get your entries in before the deadline of September 15th, 2009.
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Slither Productions has decided that since you can’t get the [...]

The Kitchener Songwriting Competition is still accepting applications until August 31, 2009. The highly successful Cambridge version of this event saw people turned away towards the end as they had completed the roster of applicants, so if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, you had better get your application in soon.

RJ Entertainment is putting this 13 week long event on with the help of Molly Blooms Irish Pub at 10 Manitou Drive in Kitchener.

Hello again friends. I just wanted to take a moment to remind you of RJ Entertainments next songwriting competition which is set to begin Monday September 7th, 2009 on Monday nights starting at 6pm and runs until November 30th at Molly Blooms Irish Pub on 10 Manitou Dr. in Kitchener. The deadline for entries is [...]

This long weekend you have your work cut out for you when choosing how and where to celebrate. Of course there is The Cutting Edge Music Festival happening right here in Kitchener, and for those of you that want to try something on for size a little bit out of the area, there is The Grand Bender which is taking place at The Grand Bend Motorplex.

If the combination of camping, kickin musical acts and a “got ass?” bikini contest grabs your attention, you are going to want to choose the latter.

Well our Intern Contest has come to a close and after we went through many submissions to determine exactly who we thought was best to join our team for the coming events and beyond, we have narrowed the search down to two finalists.
We appreciate all of the interest that we received during this promotion, however [...]

The Great Lakes Songwriting Contest is still accepting applications until September 1st. Although this event isn’t actually local to us here in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, some local talent has done very well at this contest in the past. Most notably Allister Bradley, the winner of the recent Cambridge Singer/Songwriter Competition put on by RJ Entertainment [...]

The Cambridge Singer/Songwriter Competition has come to a close with a full house at Mulligan’s Sports Grill. Robbie Hancock of RJ Entertainment has outdone himself with the caliber of talent that he was able to attract for this competition. Local Vibe has been present for a couple of the weekly events that were qualifiers for this fantastic event and were never disappointed. This final segment was a culmination of many weeks of various artists playing their hearts out on the stage to try and win a spot in the semi-finals, which took place on June 17th and 18th. When it came down to this week, only 10 remained and the turnout to see who would take the top prizes was rather awesome.

The final night of the songwriting competition between 10 of the top qualifying competitors. The top 3 will take prizes including a $1500 first prize. Tickets are on sale at Mulligan’s in Cambridge and are $10. If you have already purchased the 3 day pass to include the semi-finals, you are good to go and [...]

This week the Cambridge Singer/Songwriter Competition being presented by RJ Entertainment and hosted by Mulligan’s Sports Grill is kicking it up a notch and swinging into the SEMI-FINALS, which means that one of the 20 performers that have advanced to this level are going to see who is talented enough to move on to the [...]

Every Wednesday at Mulligans Sports Bar, Robbie Hancock of RJ Entertainment hosts the Cambridge Songwriting Competition. This event is sponsored by Budweiser and all entry fees that are generated are recycled back into the competition.
The winning songwriter will receive a first prize of $1500 with second prize being a Takami guitar and rounding off with [...]