OTTAWA, ON – Multi-Platinum selling progressive pop band Marianas Trench have announced their second headlining tour in Canada this year, “Marianas Trench and the Last Crusade,”which kicks off on November 1st in Prince George, BC at CN Centre. VIP tickets will be available on Wednesday, September 7th at 10am local time. General admission tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, September 9th at 10am local time. Go to www.marianastrench.net for more info and to purchase tickets.
Rascal Flatts feat. Jason Blaine tear it up in Halifax.
Rascal Flatts featuring Canadian Country singer Jason Blaine performed at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, NS late last week. Jason Blaine is no stranger to Halifax having performed here many times and is always loved by fans and welcomed back.
Boots & Hearts Through the Lens of Mike Highfield
We will have 3 instalments of Boots and Hearts Images all focusing on individual photographers. Our 1st instalment is covering the images Mike Highfield captured at Boots & Hearts 2016.
My Tragically Hip…
The Tragically Hip are Canada’s musical equivalent to maple syrup and only 8 days remain until the boys from Kingston rock out potentially one final time (if you’re an eternal optimist). You can consider yourself practically a lottery winner if you have seen or are going to see one of the four final shows. I haven’t won the “lottery” for this final tour, but I am a Hip fan to the core.
River Town Saints steal final day of Boots and Hearts from headliners!
Four days of incredible music with world class headliners and a rising group out of the Ottawa area stole the final day of Boots and Hearts with an incredibly high energy, Main Stage worthy, show on the Front Porch Stage on Sunday afternoon.
Dooly’s Beach Blast has best one day lineup of Artists.
Atlantic Canada has a new Country Music Festival, Dooly’s Beach Blast, which has come and gone this past weekend. The show took place at Parlee Beach, Shediac New Brunswick. This event will not be forgotten and will talked about for sometime. Some talk will be for good reasons and some for not so good reasons.
Boots and Hearts kicks off bigger and better than ever!
Much of the Sound Check team, myself included, has converged on Burls Creek this weekend for one of the most important events in the history of our organization, Boots and Hearts.
Home Sweet WayHome!
It was a sweltering weekend in Oro-Medonte and the weather wasn’t the only thing that was hot. With an attendance upwards of 40,000 people (a 5,000 person increase from last years inaugural event) WayHome was the place to be.
Rain hits RBC Bluesfest but doesn’t dampen spirits on first weekend!
It wouldn’t be RBC Bluesfest, or any outdoor festival, if rain didn’t factor into the equation for at least a day or two of the event. But, to me anyway, that’s what makes it all the more special and memorable.
On this day in 2011 Sound Check Entertainment was born!
It’s hard to believe that it’s really only been 5 years since I first put pen to paper (so to speak) to write the first ever post for Sound Check Entertainment. Back then it was called the Hoedown Blogger and the platform was under the banner of the Ottawa Citizen but had it not been for that day none of what followed would be possible.
