Daily ticket stories
I’m not sure exactly what date I might have attended the 2003 Ottawa Folk Festival but a little research suggests it might have been August 24th, for it was on that day that Jane Siberry and Trout Fishing in America played…
On August 23rd, 1999 I saw the great Bill Frisell at Ottawa’s legendary Barrymore’s Music Hall. This wouldn’t be the last concert I saw in the old decaying theatre but it was among them…
M’lady and I had been circuiting through the United States seeing a cornucopia of concerts (of course) and we had one more show left on our itinerary…
On August 21st, 2017, as my regular morning bike ride took me past Lansdowne Park it occurred to me I had only seen Guns N’ Roses once, and that had been twenty-five years before. So when I arrived home and saw that ticket prices had dropped to just $50 for the cheap seats (+40% in fees) I bit…
I don’t recall when or how I became a fan of Dale Chihuly’s work…
Blues Traveler, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and the great Neil Young who was fronting Booker T and the MG’s, all in an outdoor stadium on a beautiful day; it was a dreamy lineup…
Amazingly enough, when m’lady and I awoke on the morning of August 17th, 2018 we still didn’t have a plan…
When I woke up in my tent on August 16th, 2018 life was looking pretty good…
August 15th, 2018 was a very big day for m’lady and I…
I saw lots of great music over the course of the 2008 Ottawa Folk Festival, including a veritable festival unto itself on August 14th, 2008, the first night of the festivities…
Todd Man Out 