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It may be the last official weekend of the summer for 2010, and in St. Thomas the summer is going out with a BANG! Summer Blast 2 was originally planned in the middle of the summer, however now it is aiming to be the festival of the year that reminds us what a summer party is all about!

Originally planned for June 25th to the 27th, Summer Blast 2 changed the date but not the venue…

This year the Kitchener Blues Festival was another solid success that thousands of people were in attendance for. It has been called the most successful one yet, and we were there to catch it for you. Just after the Festival we posted our Interview with David Wilcox which you can find by clicking on David’s [...]

The 5th Annual West Coast Bluesfest will provide an awesome way to spend the last official long weekend of the summer, Labour Day Weekend. The population in Goderich this weekend is going to swell to accommodate this annual festival, but amenities are not going to be a problem. This is a well planned event that [...]

On Saturday August 7th David Wilcox was in town for the 2010 Kitchener Blues Festival. We were lucky enough to sit down with him for a few minutes before he took to the main stage to provide free entertainment for thousands of spectators completely taking over King Street in downtown Kitchener.

The Kitchener Blues Festival regularly brings in top shelf entertainment, and David Wilcox fits the bill perfectly.

The 2010 TD Kitchener Blues Festival has something for everyone! The free 4-day event celebrates the best of the blues – electric, R&B, gospel, swing, acoustic on 5 stages with a spectacular variety of unique bbq foods in a vibrant urban setting. The event always follows the weekend of the “Civic Holiday” in Canada, and [...]

Promoted as Canada’s biggest party, and with the website to back it, the Ribfest portion is taking place in London’s Victoria Park this weekend. Don’t kid yourself, this is way more than ribs…With the Top 10 Rib Rigs we get how this is called a Rib festival out of the way in hurry, so on [...]

The story behind the event The Friday the 13th tradition started in 1981. Chris Simons, a local and owner of a well-known bike shop in Port Dover called ‘Biker’s Delight’, and approximately 25 friends, through word of mouth, got together at the Commerical Hotel {The Zoo}. It was in November and it was Friday the [...]

This year, Friday June 18th and Saturday June 19th are the dates to mark on your calendar for the 2010 Uptown Country Waterloo Festival.

The festivities will begin on Friday night with a special performance at the Waterloo Public Square from 7-9pm featuring Tonya Kennedy with music brought to you by KIX 106.7FM.

5th TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY
DATE: Fri. July 23rd @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
DOORS: 7:00PM
SHOWTIME: 7:30PM
SHOW TYPE: 19+
HOSTS: D’Anise and Sean Ward
TICKETS: $10.00 in advance, $15.00 at the door

Ok, so Rockin The Valley 2 went down last night for a select group of hardcore rock and rollers who couldn’t be held back by the impending rain that pelted us for most of the night. This group of wet people bouncing around in the rain and mud who were affectionately labeled as “Dirtbags” by Chris Raposo, West Memphis Suicide’s frontman, got louder and prouder as the rain got harder and more frequent. For those of you that aren’t aware or can’t understand how this could be considered an affectionate greeting, the term “Dirtbag” is a positive one in the WMS circle of friends. It represents someone with integrity, honesty, loyalty, respect and several other admirable qualities. Anyways, the dirtbags were in full force for the WMS show and all of the other fantastic entertainment organized by Mike Watson, Jason Jansekovich and too many others to list here. This event couldn’t have happened without the many people that pitched in to help, and to those people we would like to say “THANKS DIRTBAGS!”. For those of you that weren’t there, or can’t exactly remember some of what happened, we have included a photo gallery with all of the bands, and just a few of the people that were out playing in the rain.

Early in the day, the tents were set up and the stage was affixed with huge tarps to keep the bands and their equipment dry.

Everyone that came out to the Cambridge Arts Festival throughout the day had a wonderful time. There were events for everyone to participate in and some fantastic entertainment. From the “two fisted twisted” rock and roll of Bobnoxious to the symphony playing inside the Centre for the Arts, there was a diverse display of talent [...]