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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 10, 2026 Dave Holland / Ticket Stories

041000 The Dave Holland Quintet, Ottawa, ON

On April 10th, 2000 my good friend Wayne brought the Dave Holland Quintet to the Alumni Theatre at Carleton University…

April 9, 2026 comedy / Martin Short / Steve Martin / Ticket Stories

040916 Steve Martin and Martin Short, Rama, ON

When a friend told me that Steve Martin was going out on a minitour with Martin Short I immediately searched for tickets and had my heart broken. The half-dozen or so dates were all pretty far away and most importantly they were all sold out…

April 8, 2026 Prosetry / uncategorized

Instruments For Africa needs YOUR help!

Instruments For Africa set to return to Zambia…

April 7, 2026 Travel Logs

Perulog XIII: It’s a Long Way to the Top

This would be the most difficult day of the Inca Trail…

April 6, 2026 Mike Gordon / Ticket Stories

040614 Mike Gordon, Burlington, VT

The Higher Ground people are famous for their tight security at the door and it always takes longer than you think it will to get it, no matter how many times I go through the process…

April 5, 2026 Stewart Copeland / Ticket Stories

040516 Stewart Copeland, Ottawa, ON

I was so excited to see Stewart Copeland play at the Dominion Chalmers Church…

April 4, 2026 Paul Simon / Ticket Stories

040491 Paul Simon, Ottawa, ON

April 4th, 1991 was my first time seeing the great, great Paul Simon. The show was relatively small, taking place in the 9,000 seat Ottawa Civic Centre just a short stroll from Carleton University’s campus…

April 3, 2026 Travel Logs

Perulog XII: First Steps on the Inca Trail

It’s not every day that one sets out to begin a four-day hike along the world-famous Inca Trail…

April 2, 2026 Public Relations / Ticket Stories

040285 Public Relations, Toronto, ON

This is another one of the increasingly common “exceptions” that are creeping into these ticket stories…

April 1, 2026 Metallica / Queensrÿche / Ticket Stories

040189 Metallica/Queensrÿche, Moncton, NB

When Metallica hit the stage they did so in a blistering cavalcade of open-E palm-muted sixteenth notes absolutely synched with Lars Ulrich’s double kick drum flams. Out of the gate they were undeniably the tightest band my young ears had ever heard and I was hooked in for the next two hours…

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