100 outstanding individuals, companies and organizations from across the Canadian music and live industries spanning over 20 categories will be honoured on Friday, May 11 at The Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, ON. The full list of nominees is below. The Live Music Industry Awards are brought to you by Canadian Music Week in partnership with the International Festival Network (IFN) and Music Canada Live, and promise to be a memorable highlight of CMW’s Live Music Summit.
Tristan Horncastle visits the Joshua Bates Centre in Athens, Ontario
On two other occasions, the audience at the Joshua Bates Centre, in Athens Ontario saw a star in the making. They knew they had made a connection with a lad who was going places and they would be able to say they “knew him when”. This happened for the third time on Saturday, January 28th when Tristan Horncastle performed for them. This personable, down to earth Maritimer did an acoustic show accompanied by guitarist Brad Bailey. We learned about his life through songs from his first CD, “A Little Bit of Alright” and his recent CD, “Turnin Up a Sundown” which are available on his website.
Country Music Festivals – Are There Too Many?
So let’s start off with the fact that I LOVE LIVE MUSIC. I love it so much that I, a full grown man, feel completely justified in using shouty capitals when I write about how much I LOVE it. Just ask my wife (who will inevitably be asking me why I didn’t put her name in caps) – I would be at a concert every night if I could (with her by my side of course). I have been contemplating writing this post for a couple weeks now and thought after hearing about another big US Country Music Festival closing up shop this summer it was time to post this one.
Ontario – A Hot Bed for Country Music Festivals in 2016
Ok so I think we can officially say that Ontario has quickly become a HOT BED for Country Music Festivals for 2016 in Canada. Seriously its unreal… With nearly 13.8 Million people in Ontario and lets say you take 3% of that population that are ticket buying country music fans. You are looking at just over 380,000 people are looking to buy tickets into an event this summer. The big question is, which one or two are they going to be spending their hard earned cash on?
Cavendish 2016 Set to be BEST YET!
Wow…
So Cavendish released a couple of acts on their line up today as battle of Country Music Festivals in Canada heats up. With Gone Country 3 in London, Havelock Jamboree and Boots & Hearts already having made a splash with some BIG Names as well at Country Thunder entering the Canadian market with a show in Alberta. Canada is a hot bed for Country Music Festivals. But this party looks like its going to be one hell of a weekend out east on the beautiful island of PEI. For those that have never had the chance to visit this absolutely beautiful province we strongly suggest making a destination at some point in your life. Oh, why not for this one… With this 1st Announcement you may have a few fans headed for the shores of Cavendish come July 8-10, 2016. Click here for more info on Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Comment below who else you would love to see added to the 2016 Line Up.
Havelock Jamboree 2016 – 1st Line Up Announcement
So the fine folks over at the storied Havelock Jamboree made a bit of a splash today with their 1st Artist Announcement for 2016 Edition of the Jambo. Here is what we were told today…
