Local Vibe

Well we have had a great start here at Local Vibe and over the course of the last year we have seen quite a few changes and met many friends along the way. What the future holds for us is unknown at this point, but you can be sure that it is only going to [...]

Today is the day that everything kicks off for this years Kitchener Blues Festival. With multiple stages and a plethora of talent performing over several days, you are going to need to plan carefully to make sure you don’t miss out on all the wonderful entertainment. To make it easier for you to complete this planning, we have refined the schedule of entertainers and re-posted it here for your easy access.

Tonight you will find a FREE event taking place at the Downtown Business Tent at the corner of King and Frederick Streets.

Indies, the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the starship ‘Vibe’. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new venues, to seek out new bands and new music forms, to boldly go where no mag has gone before.
Set phasers to “RAWK”
Report to Captain Rochead from Scotty on The Stone Angels.
The Stone Angels are one of the [...]

The Vibe Tribe managed to catch the Stone Angels at the Boathouse for the GO Festival Launch prior to tonight’s show at The Hive. Check out the video from their January show at The Velvet Lounge and you’ll see why they were voted Kool FM’s Koolest new artists.

Naku and Ian interview the Stone Angels at [...]

(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 [...]

Warning. This video contains raw, graphic footage of musicians being shot.
It’s one thing to walk up to a musician, and tell him you are a writer, or if you pull out a camera and take a shot when they are onstage. That most of them are used to. It’s another when you a group of [...]

We will be doing several live webcasts or “vibecasts” tonight, and invite you to join us. Ian R, Ian M, Kerry, Naku and I are going to The Boathouse to catch Lucas Stagg and Paul MacLeod. A few of The Stone Angels are going to stop in, then some of us are going to Molly [...]

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 she [...]

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 [...]