Burton Cummings essentially sold out his show three times over at Vancouver’s PNE Fair. The Amphitheatre was at capacity; the beer garden held a giant screen to air the show was at capacity; the Tim Horton’s stage with seating in the food area was, you guessed it, at capacity … and people were standing around along the outside of it all, without a view, but hoping to hear some of the music.
Jann Arden took to the stage at Vancouver’s PNE with a near capacity crowd of fans young and old. As usual, she not only entertained the crowd with her hits from the past few decades, but in between songs, she infused the audience with her signature dry humor.
The Rockin River Music Festival in Merritt kicked off today with a roller coaster of emotions – and weather! The day started off hot and lacking any sort of breeze but by the time evening rolled around the tables had turned. The clouds and wind came in full force – making the bathing suit wearing crowd scramble back to their campsites for hoodies and blankets.
I’ve always wondered, why, with a strict zero tolerance ban on all fires – including propane – though people were still smoking and throwing their butts around so why not let them cook their dinner?!
The Coca-Cola stage featured The Static Shift and Billy Talent to close out the Calgary Stampede. The music and the crowd was wild and left you wishing there was more to come back to tomorrow. Unfortunately, there are 51 weeks until the next Stampede.
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!
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?!
Sound Check Entertainment was the only media outlet on site to cover 54-40 perform at the Big Four Roadhouse during the Calgary Stampede!
Train’s first stop ever in Calgary was to headline the RoundUp music festival.
The best thing about the Calgary Stampede music stages has to be the diversity as much as the talent of the line-up. It’s NOT just country music. The organizers have gone through great lengths to ensure diversity of genres. The headliners from July 9th proved that.
Meghan took over and completely owned the Nashville North at the 2018 Calgary Stampede!
