Local Vibe

I had the huge honour of interviewing members of Finger Eleven for the Local Vibe e-zine (http://localvibe.ca).  We met backstage and while their lead vocalist, Scott Anderson, warmed up, I chatted with Rick Jackett and Rich Beddoe (their guitarist and drummer).  Their passion was infectious.  They had such exuberant candor when it came to talking about their [...]

It was no surprise to see hundreds of people lined up down the street and around the corner to get into this year’s “Beat Rocks the Block” in downtown Kitchener this past Saturday. After all, the event was showcasing the likes of Stereos, The New Cities, Marianas Trench, and of course Finger Eleven, along with [...]

What a day. Leaving Cambridge for K-town the threat of rain didn’t dampen the VibeTribes spirits. With our junior journalists and two new interns in tow a dozen of us swarmed the event like bees to honey. 13 bands, 12 hours and 30,000 people. After setting up our table behind 91.5 The Beat we prepare [...]

Well 91.5 The Beat has done it again with a fantastic event with this years Beat Rocks The Block. They managed to top last years attendance with over 30,000 people walking through the gates to feast their eyes and ears on amazing entertainment provided by all 13 of the bands including the likes of Finger [...]

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, [...]

This year at Beat Rocks The Block, 91.5 The Beat has pulled together a fantastic mainstage presence which you can read about HERE, and through the sponsorship of Crosby VW Audi they have managed a slam-dunk performance lineup for their second stage that has been properly coined as “The Beat’s Next Big Thing Stage”. This [...]

With the countdown running down and only 8 more sleeps until 91.5 The Beat’s huge FREE concert event “Beat Rocks The Block” planned to take over downtown Kitchener, we at Local Vibe thought it would be a good opportunity to offer you some information on the talent that is going to be performing that day. [...]

Due to the huge response we are getting in the last couple of days of our intern contest, we have extended our deadline until Sunday July 19th at 11:59PM. With more and more people finding out about it in the final days we just want to ensure that we are considering all of the people [...]

Last year 91.5 The Beat brought a huge party to downtown Kitchener with over 22,000 people coming out to check out some fantastic bands that included Prize Fighter, Creature, Crash Parallel, Brian Melo, ill Scarlett and Sloan. Beat Rocks The Block 2009 is going to be bigger and better as they are building on their [...]