Local Vibe

The 10th edition of the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema is returning to Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada from Thursday November 18th through Sunday November 21st, 2010 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada. All screenings will be held at the space currently known as the Gig Theatre. The Gig has been fully retrofitted for all film formats and venue sound, and [...]

The votes are in, and the winner of the Kool Fm Koolest Artist is… The Stone Angels 18.8% Night Crash Noir 13.9% Meredith Grant 12.6% Ascot Royals 12.4% Spirits 11.28% The Stars Here 9.22% Todd Donald 8.84% Paul MacLeod 5.64% The Gran Casino 3.76% Happy Camper 3.58% The Stone Angels. (Scot is gloating a bit [...]

(taped message, received at the head office of Local Vibe, top secret) Your mission Scot and Ian, should you decide to accept it is to shoot 50 bands in 2 days in nine venues. We know that it is a daunting task, but we trust you can find enough recruits to assist you in getting [...]

These past months have seen many bands walk across the stage to collect their awards, and many of these very same artists have something else in common…They have recently played gigs in the Kitchener area. Divine Brown was nominated for a JUNO after she was booked to perform at Stardust Nightclub back in February, and [...]

Here is Mel Brown’s Obit from the Kitchener Record March 23, 2009 (Mar 23, 2009) — BROWN, Mel – Peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital on Friday, March 20, 2009 at the age of 69. Beloved husband to Miss Angel for 33 years. Loving father to Michelle Brown and Debora Ramirez of Sacramento and to Tyrone [...]

Today at 11am legendary local blues artist Mel Brown was set to be taken off the breathing machines that have been assisting him since being admitted into hospital on March 1st with a collapsed lung. Brown has suffered with emphysema for years and has required the use of an oxygen tank. In a story in [...]