New York, NY (April 2, 2020) – As the live performance sector struggles to find its footing in the face of COVID-19, Side Door is increasing its ongoing commitment to serve artists by creating shows anytime, anywhere. with the platform now including ticketed live-streamed shows. Unlike many live streams being hosted online during the pandemic, Side Door shows are bucking the trend of free performances in favor of setting up private, ticketed streaming events as a means to generate revenue for artists. They are also waiving any commission fees for the month of April, ensuring all ticket sales go directly back to the performers.
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Brad Paisley Amplified Life for Abbotsford on his 2020 tour
Smaller cities and towns across Canada are absolutely loving that Brad Paisley’s “Life Amplified” tour is by-passing all usual the major market stops. The show at the Abbotsford Centre is about as close to the big city as he’s getting and you can bet the crowd was appreciative of all the customized little details. A lot of care and attention went into acknowledging the area … even the Fraser Valley Knights hockey team was represented with the mascot and some of his video footage played on the big screen.
Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival Adds an Extra Day of Music – Lineup Announced
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Special Edition of the Blue Jay Songwriters Sessions – JUNOs style
The wildly popular Blue Jay Sessions that originated as an experiment at Calgary’s Oak Tree Tavern during the 2019 Stampede, later resurfaced during CCMA week dur to popular demand. It now seems to have become an event staple in Calgary given there’s another upcoming Valentine’s Day weekend session. For the first time, the Sessions will be held in a new city and province …This March they’re making their way East, into Saskatchewan for a special JUNO edition … and they’re not just supplying amazing artists, they’re going to have specially branded BlueJay Sessions beer thanks to Russell Brewing!
ACMA awards 2019 – 2 Edmonton Bands Dominate
Alberta’s Country Music Association held their 9th annual awards weekend in Red Deer last weekend. The sold out award show, hosted this year by Jess Moskaluke, was the largest to date and offered up a lot of fun – and learning leading to the awards show Sunday night festivities.
Alberta’s Country Music Artists Converge on Red Deer in Full Force
The Alberta Country Music Awards show weekend kicked off Saturday afternoon in Red Deer Alberta. It’s a sold out even after they were permitted more seating by the fire marshall and the largest expected attendance in the show’s history!
Alberta shows Tebey love with back to back sold out shows!
Alberta LOVES Tebey and the fans proved it. On his first headlining tour, the Sherwood Park (Edmonton) stop became his 1st sell out show … but it didn’t stop there as the next night in Red Deer ALSO sold out! All this at the tail end of an artic freeze that had the province virtually paralyzed with extreme cold weather warnings!
Blue Jay Cafe songwriters circle sessions continue to be a hit
Another day another standing room only crowd at the Blue Jay Café for CCMA week in Calgary … another day of more people wishing they could have snagged a ticket.
That’s a wrap on the innaugural SummerSet Music Festival
The last weekend of summer … the last day of SummerSet …it went out with a bang!
Oowatanite when SummerSet brought Classic Rock to the Fort
The inaugural weekend of Summeret plans to bring us 3 days of music from 3 different genres … they did that on purpose! Day 2 gave us a night of Canadian Classic rock and another artist in the line up because of the weekend.
