‘Tis the season once again where artists, musicians and industry folk alike start taking to social media to drum up support for the award du jour. Over the last few weeks I’ve seen posts from members of Country Music Alberta as well as from the Country Music Association of Ontario membership all asking for support for each of the respective 2024 awards. In the very near future we’ll start seeing the same but on a national scale as the Canadian Country Music Association will start balloting for their own 2024 Awards taking place this fall in Edmonton.
SIERRA PILOT ANNOUNCES US/CANADA TOUR WITH POP EVIL
NEW SINGLE “TURPENTINE” OUT NOW
TOURING WESTERN CANADA MARCH 2024 WITH SKID ROW AND BUCKCHERRY
TOURING US/CANADA APRIL 2024 WITH POP EVIL
RIVER TOWN SAINTS ANNOUNCE ONTARIO ‘SPRING FLING TOUR’
TO BE JOINED BY ELYSE SAUNDERS, COTY ROBINSON AND BRIAN JOHN HARWOOD
NEW SINGLE ‘BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT’ OUT NOW
Rising star Charlotte Cardin lights up Ottawa’s TD Place
After crisscrossing the globe, Charlotte Cardin brought her headlining 99 Nights Tour to Ottawa’s TD Place on February 6, 2024. Toronto music collective, New West, opened the show.
Alexisonfire + City and Colour Announce 2024 Born & Raised Festival
Today, Alexisonfire, City and Colour, Dine Alone Records and Live Nation Canada have announced the return of the beloved Born & Raised festival. Back for its second year, the two-day event will once again take over Montebello Park in the artists’ cherished hometown of St. Catharines, Ontario on Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6, 2024. Tickets for this all ages event go on sale Friday, February 2 at 10am ET at ticketmaster.ca.
Heart hitting the road for the first time in 5 years
The legendary rock band HEART has announced their highly-anticipated return to the road for the first time after a five-year hiatus. Presented by AEG Presents, the Royal Flush Tour 2024 will see the band embark on a North American and European tour. HEART is set to kick off their tour on Saturday, April 20 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. and will visit several Canadian cities including a stop in Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre on Aug. 1.
Burton Cummings to headline Kemptville Live Music Festival
The 2024 Kemptville Live Music Festival presented by Explore North Grenville is honoured to announce that we will welcome Canadian music icon Burton Cummings back to the Live stage Friday, July 19, 2024.
Heavy-Hitting Tracks & Melodic Moments: Beartooth At MTELUS
Saturday, January 20, 2024, On a cold winter night in the heart of downtown Montreal, Beartooth took the stage at MTELUS for a sold-out show that left the crowd buzzing with energy.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Thievery Corporation bringing 1st leg of 2024 tour to Canada
Twenty-five years into their genre-defying electronic music career, Thievery Corporation’s founding principles of D.I.Y. and inclusion have become key themes in mainstream social conversation. After a dozen highly acclaimed full-length albums, remix LPs, concert recordings, and over two decades of incendiary live performances that have thrilled audiences worldwide, Thievery Corporation’s music and message is more relevant and important now than ever.
Raising Hell: Zakk Sabbath’s Thunderous Tribute to Black Sabbath
Zakk Sabbath took the stage with an electrifying force that reverberated through Midway from the very first chord. The air was charged with anticipation as Zakk Wylde, Blasko, and Joey Castillo paid tribute to the iconic Black Sabbath with a raw, unbridled energy that transported the audience back to the golden era of heavy metal.
Photo by Yuri Woodfall
