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London’s premier live music club, the London Music Hall, was rocking to the sounds of the mid 1990’s on Monday night with alternative rockers Collective Soul. The Georgia based band brought it’s, “See What You Started by Continuing Tour”, to town.

Over the last couple years I have been able to take in a few of the shows that happen during Canadian Music Week.   This year is no different.   We have plans to take in at least 8 or 9 of the shows happening over the 7 days in May (May 2-8) in various venues across Toronto.    Lets start off with a little about CMW.

Boots and Hearts is set to embark on another adventure.   Tickets for 2016’s party go on sale to the general public this THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th a@ NOON!  Here is all the info you need to get your hands on what is sure to be the hottest ticket of the summer!  Could Garth be coming to party for 2 or 3 nights this summer?  Guess we will have to wait to find out!  But being the 5 year anniversary we know it’s going to be good!

The Crowd as Old Dominion hits the stage – Photo: Corey Kelly

Boots and Hearts 2016 Tickets Go On-Sale THURSDAY – September 24th @ noon est. 

Canada’s Largest Camping and Country Music Festival Returns for Fifth Year

Oro-Medonte, Ontario – Republic Live, organizers of the Boots and Hearts Music Festival ,announced last week  that tickets for the 2016 festival will go on sale Thursday, September 24^th at 12 pm EST exclusively at www.bootsandhearts.com  Ticket prices for full event general admission will start at $229.99 and organizers are encouraging fans to act quickly as they expect Tier 1 GA to sell out prior to the first artist announcement.  The festival will take place August 4^th – 7^th, 2016 at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds and all tent and RV camping options, parking and premium tickets offerings will also go on sale at that time and information is currently available at www.bootsandhearts.com

“We’re pretty fired up for what the fifth year anniversary of Boots and Hearts has in store,” said Shannon McNevan, Executive Director, Republic Live.  “We had great feedback from fans on what they’d like to see available at our new home at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds and have made a few changes based on their requests.  We’ve replaced our premium camping area with tent camping PLUS, as we had many requests for larger and closer spaces but without the need to be a premium ticket holder.  We’re also going to be expanding our allotment of premium tickets, which will allow access to the barn, viewing decks, front of stage access and more as we had many fans wishing to upgrade their tickets on-site this year.  We’re encouraging fans to act quickly if they are looking to purchase at the $229.99 price as we fully expect the Tier 1 GA tickets to sell out prior to our first artist announcement.”

Tickets are available exclusively at www.bootsandhearts.com and will go on sale Thursday, September 24, 2015.  Offerings  for Boots and Hearts 2016 include:

About Boots and Hearts

Boots and Hearts is an annual country music festival event run by Republic Live, and will take place at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds, in Oro-Medonte Ontario August 4^th – 7^th in 2016. Boots and Hearts recently won the CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) Festival of the Year Award for the second year running and Canadian Music Week 2015 Festival of the Year.  All tickets and camping offerings will go on sale Thursday, September 24^th at 12 pm EDT  at www.bootsandhearts.com.

We can’t wait to hear who is coming in 2016!

It was a very red hued evening for Canadian Music Week fans at the Smiling Buddah for The Dead South. Dark and mood setting. The four piece from Saskatchewan, came dressed to kill. And kill it, they did. The audience changed when they started to play. They quieted down and moved forward. They danced and they hooted.

It’s Canadian Music Week as some are aware but for those of you not in the GTA that might mean absolutely nothing.  I try to partake as much as possible but with 2 little ones now the time is limited on what to attend so I choose carefully.  This past Thursday night I made the decision to catch Tanya Marie Harris, Leah Daniels and The Road Hammers play one of my favorite venues in the city Boots and Bourbon Saloon.

CMW 2015 starts tomorrow and if you haven’t nailed down your schedule yet let me propose the following options or additions.