Category Archives: Top 40 & Pop

For the first year in the capital, the Nostalgia Festival, a three-day long series of performances by tribute bands, who performed everything from Michael Jackson to Rush, blew away my expectations.   

The Goo Goo Dolls have been playing the festival circuit this summer.  Last night they stopped at Vancouver’s PNE Amphitheatre.

The 70s super duo from Australia hit the PNE stage with an even of romantic pop songs but the crowd was packed with an estimated 6,000 fans (aka “Airheads”) of ALL ages!

The Piano Guys are four fathers from Utah who make beautiful music together using several different musical instruments, only one of which is actually a piano. Last week they did just that in front of a packed house at TD Place in Ottawa.

Ottawa promoters Spectrasonic have been working hard to bring audio candy to Ottawa audience’s ears for the month of August!

Day 4 finally came, but it was different. I awoke Sunday morning and looked out the window…..rain. It had rained during the night but it was still coming down then. The schedule for Sunday was earlier than the other days so they could wrap up at 5 or 5:30. I packed up my belongings and got ready for the day, not knowing what to expect. I got to the site early, sound checks were just finishing up it was still coming down quite hard. I went onto the stage, the front and the back of the stage floor was wet. All that was dry was an area in the center of the floor. I didn’t know what or if I would be shooting.

The Kings of Leon made a stop in Calgary’s Knoxville Tavern to perform a FREE show as one of the 20 Aurora Illumination concerts across Canada.  If you were one of the lucky folks to win your way in, then you enjoyed a very packed and wild ride without needing to be in the Stampede’s rodeo!

New city performs at Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Photo by Dee Arsenault

Day 4 of The Cavendish Beach Music Festival opened with a new comer to the Canadian music scene “new city”. New City is a electropop band who arrived on the Toronto music scene in 2017 with their hit “Coachella”. While performing at Cavendish Beach Music Fest, New City put on high energy performance, and it was clear they were absolutely loving every minute on stage.

Broods performs at Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Photo by Dominic Harper

Broods are a brother and sister duo who reside from Nelson, New Zealand. As soon as the duo took the stage, it was obvious the crowd was in for one of the most high energy shows of the weekend. The duo started off their set with “Conscious” and sister Georgia Nott took the stage by storm and used every inch of it in her spectacular set.

Dan and Shat perform at Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Photo by Dominic Harper

19 You + Me was the breakout song for duo Dan & Shay and they have taken the country world by storm every since. In January the duo released their latest hit single “Tequila” and to date it has been their highest charting single. At Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Dan & Shay preformed all their top hits, including 19 You + Me, From The Ground Up, and for the first time in Canadian soil, their hit Tequila. During their set, the duo showed off their range and huge musical talent.

Shawn Mendes Performs at Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Photo by Tourbus Entertainment

Shawn Mendes is arguably one of the biggest stars to come from Canada in the last decade.
Mendes opened his set with “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back” and the 13000+ fans at the Cavendish Beach Music Festival site we’re on their feet and screaming. Shawn was absolutely one of the most captivating acts that took the stage during the entire weekend. One of the most incredible facts about Shawn Mendes, is the he is a headliner at major festivals at only 19 years of age.

With that another year of Cavendish Beach Music Festival comes to an end. Stay tuned this fall for announcements on who will be headlining the festival next year.

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Well Day 9 started off a little earlier than the previous day. With it being the second last day…I didn’t want to waste it no matter how just about done I am lol! Some of the highlights on my list included Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine, Jessie Reyez, Rae Sremmurd, Colin James and, of course a sampling of everything in between.

The 30th anniversary of Calgary’s Oxford Stomp took place on lucky Friday the 13th at Shaw Millenium Park – with Barney Bentall, The Chainsmokers, Melissa Etheridge, and John Fogerty! … but you didn’t think a Friday the 13th event would go off without a hitch, did you?!