About: Kayla Winkworth

Budweiser Gardens was the seventh stop on this all Canadian joint tour with Matthew Good and Our Lady Peace with support from Ascot Royals on Saturday night, and while it was a more intimate setting being a half arena show it couldn’t have been any better.

Cold Creek County kicked off a three show run in London at Cowboys Ranch last Thursday night and the London crowd sure came to party. If there is one thing the boys of Cold Creek County know how to do other than producing killer music it’s getting a crowd fired up and that they did!

London Ontario was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of two sold out Brett Kissel shows as the We Were That Song Tour rolled into the London Music Hall for two amazing nights of music! 

If you didn’t think it was possible to party on a Monday night you are very wrong, just ask any one of the hundreds that packed into the London Concert Theatre for this stop of James Barker Band – Game On Tour. The night kicked off with JoJo Mason and he wasted no time getting the crowd amped up, and dancing away and even treated the London crowd to a seriously cool version of Blackstreet’s No Diggity that had the crowd going nuts. If you missed JoJo this time don’t worry he will be back in London this summer for Trackside Music Festival.

It may have been -20 outside but Cold Creek County sure knew how to keep the crowd warm on Saturday night in Stratford Ontario as we celebrated the new year a little bit early during the Strat New Years Music Fest held in the beautiful Market Square in the heart of Stratford hometown of Cold Creek County’s own guitarist Trevor MacLeod.

Celebrating 40 years of music Foreigner’s 40th Anniversary tour rolled into Budweiser Gardens Tuesday night. Now if anyone knows me at all they know I’m a 20 something and logistically that means that I wasn’t even alive when both Prism and Foreigner were in their prime, but I’m no stranger to both artists and let me tell you after a show like this I can fully appreciate why these two bands have had such long successful careers.

Dallas Smith brought his Side Effects tour to London’s Centennial Hall last Sunday as the final stop on the Ontario leg of the tour and it was a night full of surprises!

Growing up in Norfolk County fall has easily become my favourite time of year, and when October rolls around my countdown for the Norfolk County Fair starts. As a child and teen I grew up going to the fair every Tuesday for Young Canada Day and cheering on my respective schools. My very first concert was Charlie Major at the fair when I was a kid. So this year having the opportunity to photograph some of my favourite country artists at a fair that I hold so near and dear to my heart was one I’ll never forget.

Last week concerts returned to the Western Fair in London Ontario and kicking off three nights of music at the Metroland Media Agriplex was Sarnia native Eric Ethridge and a rocking American duo in LOCASH who made sure to not only take in our favourite Canadian coffee chain by grabbing themselves a drink at Tim’s but also tried their hand at some skating. Chris and Preston kept the party rocking with their hits “I Know Somebody”, ” I Love This Life” and even a cover of “You Gonna Fly” which they wrote for Keith Urban to an enthusiastic crowd.

We wrapped up our summer festival season this past weekend with Lucknow’s Music in the Fields takeover of Graceland in Lucknow Ontario. There is no denying that this home grown festival deserves some serious recognition for not only bringing stellar lineups year after year but also for their involvement in the beautiful community of Lucknow. The Lucknow Kinsmen are a non-profit community organization and all money raised by initiatives like Lucknow’s Music in the Fields goes right back into their community to support charities, hospitals, schools and other various community projects. Over the past 9 years the Lucknow Kinsmen have been able to donate over 1 million dollars back into their community. A small town festival with HUGE heart if you ask us!