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Author: Todd Snelgrove

I've been having a lot of fun these past fifty-odd years. I've busked and bicycled through more places I can count, taught music and caught dengue fever, managed a band that toured all over North America and worked with Canada's National Orchestra for two decades. I've traveled countless miles to see a thousand concerts, played hundreds of gigs, won in Vegas and lost in Estonia, worked as a concert promoter, university instructor, janitor, and entertainment writer, seen the Grateful Dead and hiked the Dogon Valley, ran the stairs of the CN Tower and pedalled across Scandinavia once and Newfoundland twice. I've visited the graves of Alexander the Great and the great Robert Johnson, drunk excessively with some of the best and worst people you can imagine, and I've slept in some very, very weird places. Several years ago I started writing some of it down, and much of it is collected here for your perusal.
January 25, 2026 Hot 8 Brass Band / Ticket Stories

012515 Hot 8 Brass Band, New Orleans, LA

It should come as no surprise that the Hot 8 Brass Band consists of eight trombone, trumpet, and sousaphone players and they are hot…

January 24, 2026 SUBA / Ticket Stories

012425 SUBA, Ottawa, ON

I have been a major fan of the kora since the first time I saw the great master Toumani Diabaté perform…

January 23, 2026 Radio Zydeco / Ticket Stories

012319 Radio Zydeco, New Orleans, LA

The Maple Leaf is one of my favourite dive bars in the world…

January 21, 2026 sports / Ticket Stories

012111 67’s vs Spirit, Ottawa, ON

On January 21st, 2011 I went to see the Ottawa 67’s play hockey against the Saginaw Spirit at the Civic Centre…

January 20, 2026 Ticket Stories / tours

012019 Tabasco Factory Tour and Museum/Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, LA

On January 20th, 2019 I had the pleasure of visiting Avery Island, home to the factory that makes the world famous Tabasco sauces…

January 19, 2026 Ticket Stories / Tiempo Libre

011908 Tiempo Libre, Ottawa, ON

What could be a better antidote to the blistering cold of winter in Ottawa than an evening of Cuban music in the comfy warmth of the National Arts Centre…

January 18, 2026 Durwood / Scott H. Biram / Ticket Stories

011819 Scott H. Biram/Durwood, Lafayette, LA

I was pretty happy with the perks that came with booking a room at the Blue Moon Saloon…

January 17, 2026 Bob Snider / Bob Wiseman / Marianne Dissard / Ticket Stories

011709 Bob Wiseman/Bob Snider/Marianne Dissard, Wakefield, QC

The Black Sheep books musicians that are so good that they could shut down most venues in cities a hundred times bigger… 

January 16, 2026 Al Di Meola / Ticket Stories

011625 Al Di Meola, Clearwater, FL

From the outset this show was fire…

January 15, 2026 Phish / Ticket Stories

011516 Phish, Riviera Maya, Mexico

The concept of seeing one of my favourite bands in a beachfront setting was mouthwateringly attractive to me…

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