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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 Bennyfit Show: A Night to Celebrate Music and the Life of Benjamin Reid Ashton. On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 the world got a little darker. Benjamin Reid Ashton passed away at the early age of 15 months. Cherished son of Matt and Amanda Ashton, longstanding fixtures in the London Music Scene, Ben was a [...]

The 11th annual Bluesfest International London is rolling into downtown London, with yet another fantastic lineup of live music performances that are going to knock your socks off!!

The schedule for this years festival

From July 19th to August 22nd, Stratford’s streets, riverbanks, gardens, restaurants, churches and concert halls are filled with over 100 concerts, recitals, street theatre and cabarets. This summer marks the return of some of the audiences’ favourite performers over the past 10 years. Enjoy world renowned musical artists performing in the intimate surroundings of our heritage churches and halls; free afternoon concerts on open barges along the river to after-theatre cabarets and evening jazz concerts in cool restaurants.