NewRider Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I guess The Ford Plant couldn't get the bands together that they wanted for this years Murdered City Music Festival. So, they've replaced it with Ghosts of Brantford Festival! All shows are $5 except Sunday which is free.fri oct 26th --cuff the dukerock plaza centralspiral beachwe're marching onsat oct 27th --uncutdead love trianglestwo more TBAsun oct 28th -- free show!!!the sourkeys (last show EVER)the racoon weddingbrigittearrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 From the FP website: after several months of dealing with booking agents and managers in hopes to bring what we think is the biggest and best names in canadian music to our annual murdered city music festival, we only had them cancel for bigger, more lucrative engagements. in suffering this, we looked at ourselves and thought "why are we going through the humiliation and frustration of getting these bands, who probably wont even understand what we're trying to do at the ford plant in the first place?" so this year we have decided to celebrate the bands that care about independent culture and send a fuck you to all the bands that said no to playing because of money or it simply not being worth their time. what we've tried to do is bring bands with independent spirit and bands that play music to artistically share something with the community. nothing more. some bands we all know and love, some bands you've never heard of... but all of them are wonderful and will blow us all away. so we have decided not to do murdered city this year, and have brought you... GHOSTS OF BRANTFORD FESTIVAL this year, from october 26th until the 28th we will celebrate music, independent culture and most of all, friendship. there will be three full nights of bands, a halloween dance party, pumpkin carving, scary movies, costumes, candy, a guided tour of haunted hot spots in brantford, prizes and plenty more! there may be a few shifts in the schedule but right now the bands are playing as followed: oct. 26th-cuff the duke, rock plaza central, we're marching on, spiral beach oct. 27th-uncut, dead love triangles (with two more to be announced in the next few days) and a late night monster mash dance party! oct. 28th- (FREE SHOW!!) sourkeys last show ever! w/ the racoon wedding, brigitte, arrows saturday and sunday there will be daytime shows with bands playing in haunted parts of downtown! in the coming days we will announce more bands and more festivities. so find a costume, find your dance shoes, make room for candy and get ready to be haunted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 The Ghost Is Dancing and Gravity Wave have been added on the 27th. One more week to go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 The Bicycles are added for the 27th as well now. Also, Friday is $10 not $5. Saturday is $5 and Sunday is FREE for those that might be interested though it looks like I'm the only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 who canceled on the murdered city festival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I don't know all of the names but I know they were very close to closing the deal with Joel Plaskett and he backed out for a gig that pays more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 whoever wrote that blurb on the website smacks of arrogance.the new thing they are doing looks pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yeah I thought it was a little pissy too. I know that they were working very hard to get a really solid three day line-up. Frankly, I'm not disappointed about the fest at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Looks like it could be a fun time I might check otu the saturday or sunday shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I like the line up...some of it I have never heard of though.They couldn't get Joel Plaskett so they threw out the whole thing? Something says that can't be it all.That promo blurb is waaaayyyy to stillepost.We art indier than though because we are appallingly self reverential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 It DEFINITELY wasn't just because of Plaskett! There were several artists that dropped out or couldn't commit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted October 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 What a great weekend. Highlights for me included Spiral Beach (what a talented young band!), Rock Plaza Central (I'd been waiting to see this band for a year and it was worth the wait), The Ghost Is Dancing (big surprise of the weekend for me, I hadn't heard much but they put on a great set), The Bicycles and obviously Cuff The Duke. I didn't care much for Cuff The Duke's new album but the songs play off really well live. All pics are by Kyle Rose.. Spiral Beach Cuff The Duke Cuff The Duke The Ghost Is Dancing The Ghost Is Dancing Me with a pineapple The Bicycles The Bicycles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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