022516 NACO plays Queen, Ottawa, ON
On February 25th, 2016 I went to the National Arts Centre for We Are The Champions: The Music Of Queen; despite the title of the show I knew exactly what I was in for…
Category: Ticket Stories
022484 Coney Hatch, Richmond Hill
I did not attend this concert. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a story…
022398 Peavey Dealer Training Week, Meridian, MS
One day my boss decided that I should take Peavey’s week-long Music Instrument (MI) Dealer course that took place in Meridian, Mississippi, and the boss said he would be footing the bill. I was in…
022295 Universal Studios, Orlando, FL
Just as the park was closing I pulled my girlfriend towards the JAWS ride. “C’mon!” I yelped, “We still have time…
022189 The Spoons, Moncton, NB
Once I started going to see live music there was basically no stopping me aside from the fact that I lived in a geographical area that was largely ignored by musicians big and small. With such a dearth of options I ended up jumping at even the barest inkling of live music…
022010 Olympic Curling: Canada vs Great Britain, Vancouver, BC
As the Vancouver 2010 Olympics approached I did a little wheelin’ and dealin’ with our ticket package and ended up with passes to a curling competition…
021910 Olympic Ski Jumping, Whistler, BC
I’m sure it comes as no surprise that this was the first (and only) time I’ve attended a ski jump competition…
021810 Neil Young Tribute, Vancouver, BC
A congregation of eclecticity under the helm of an equally eclectic record producer best known for directing tribute concerts to an incomparably eclectic string of artists that includes Tim Buckley, Randy Newman, Bill Withers, Walt Disney and the Marquis de Sade…
021715 M.C. Escher and Jack Bush exhibits, Ottawa, ON
On February 17th, 2015 I went to Ottawa’s National Gallery for a pair of special exhibitions…
021625 Matthew Byrne and Sherman Downey, Victoria, NL
Matthew Byrne and Sherman Downey are solo performers who regularly tour together playing on each other’s songs…
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