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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.
April 23, 2025 moe. / Ticket Stories

042397 moe., Ottawa, ON

On April 23rd, 1997 I saw moe. for the first time. The show was at Zaphod’s, a small bar in downtown Ottawa…

April 22, 2025 IMAX/laser shows / Ticket Stories

042211 IMAX: Born to Be Wild 3D, Gatineau, QC

I hesitate to bow to hyperbole, but I’ve been weeping and wailing and gnashing my teeth trying to figure this ticket stub out…

April 21, 2025 theatre / Ticket Stories

042105 Bread & Puppet, Ottawa, ON

I’ve had a thing for puppets for as long as I can remember…

April 20, 2025 Kevin Breit / Sisters Euclid / Ticket Stories

042012 Sisters Euclid, Oakville, ON

You’d think that a guy who was in Toronto to climb the steps of the CN Tower would take it easy the night before the climb and I probably would have if my favourite guitar player wasn’t playing…

April 19, 2025 Ticket Stories / tours

041909 Budweiser Brewery Experience, Merrimack, NH

I’m a big fan of pulling off the highway at the slightest provocation and I’ve been known to happily drive miles out of my way in search of the flimsiest of attractions…

April 18, 2025 The Dead / Ticket Stories

041809 The Dead, Worcester, MA

April 18th, 2009 was the second show in a two night engagement between me and The Dead, the latest name (at the time) for the remains of post-Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead…

April 17, 2025 George Thorogood / Ticket Stories

041790 George Thorogood, Ottawa, ON

Thorogood raged his hits and I kept my arms raised in delight throughout…

April 16, 2025 Ticket Stories / Tortoise

041604 Tortoise, Ottawa, ON

The Capital Music Hall was a large venue right downtown on Ottawa’s Rideau Street, just across from Maverick’s…

April 15, 2025 Bruce Cockburn / Ticket Stories

041511 Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa

On April 15th, 2011 I saw Bruce Cockburn at the soft-seat hexagon that is the National Arts Centre. It’s a pretty great room to see a performer like Cockburn…

April 14, 2025 Barenaked Ladies / Bob Wiseman / Steven Page / Ticket Stories

041493 Barenaked Ladies/Bob Wiseman, Ottawa, ON

This concert was my first time seeing both BW and BNL so yeah, it was pretty epic for me…

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