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The biggest event in Brantford, since Canada Day. Three days of warm weather and sunshine in August 13-15, 2010 for Brantford’s Own 1st Annual Ribfest at Cockshutt Park in Brantford, Ontario. An astonishing amount of mouth watering ribs and chicken to be prepared and consumed over the weekend.

Come down and enjoy the entertainment while some of the best “ribbers” from Canada will be competing for “best ribs” and other awards.

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 TABU Music Festival

I.R.I.S. Entertainment Presents The TABU Music Festival, August 14th in Waterloo’s Public Square. This FREE all-day, out-door music festival will see the likes of 35 unsigned, local artists in support of The Canadian Testicular Cancer Association in their efforts to raise awareness about testicular cancer.

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 [...]

BEAT ROCKS THE BLOCK A SUCCESS (July 27, 2010 – Kitchener, Canada) On Saturday July 24, 91.5 the Beat held Beat Rocks the Block 2010, the station’s annual free all-day live concert at Centre Block (31 Young Street) in downtown Kitchener. Taking to the stage were Marianas Trench, Down With Webster, Stereos, Carly Rae Jepsen, [...]

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 [...]

Local Vibe continues to be the place to go for live entertainment information and now we are pleased to expand our offerings of entertainment opportunities. Our newly designed Movie Listings page will allow you to choose the city you are interested in viewing the results for, and you will be promptly directed to a single [...]

This weekend will be the 27th year that Guelph will host the Hillside Festival. Over the years this festival has grown into a massive event with several stages and a musical lineup that other festivals are envious of.

For those of you that aren’t familiar with the history of the Hillside Festival, a little bit of background information from their website might provide some insight into the steady growth that has made it what it is today.