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Found a ticket!

https://nowtoronto.com/music/the-concert-hall-to-reopen-for-toronto-jazz-festival/#.WQi79_LwZOE.facebook
Legendary music venue the Concert Hall is reopening in June
The 100-year-old live music venue, housed in the old Masonic Temple building, will relaunch during the Toronto Jazz Festival and continue to operate year-round
by Kevin Ritchie
May 2, 2017
Storied live music venue the Concert Hall will reopen for Toronto Jazz Festival.
The 100-year-old venue, which is housed inside 888 Yonge St. – the Masonic Temple building at the corner of Yonge and Davenport – will continue to operate year-round after the June festival. Toronto Jazz Fest, which takes place from June 23-July 2, is also moving to Yorkville where it will host more than 100 free concerts on various stages.
Randy Bachman will mark the new beginning of the space on June 23 with a performance alongside Walter Trout and special guests. Tickets will be priced $19.17, a nod to the year the Concert Hall opened.  
One of two venues inside the Masonic Temple, the Concert Hall saw big-band orchestras perform there in the 30s and 40s and Frank Sinatra's private parties in the 50s. Its legend grew during the rock n' roll explosion of the 1960s: Led Zeppelin played their first Toronto show there in 1969 and it was a favoured rehearsal space for the Rolling Stones.
During the 80s and 90s, the 1,500-capacity Concert Hall became the place to catch popular new wave and alt-rock acts such as Iggy Pop, Smashing Pumpkins, Nina Hagen, The Cure, Beastie Boys, The Tragically Hip, Rage Against The Machine and Sloan.
However, the space ceased holding public concerts after Bell Media bought the Masonic Temple in 1998. The media giant used the six-storey building as a studio for shows such as eTalk and Open Mike With Mike Bullard, as well as MTV Canada and events such as the Polaris Prize.
Bell put the building up for sale 2013 and it was purchased by London, Ontario-based IT firm Info-Tech Research Group for $12.5 million.
"We are excited to partner with the TD Toronto Jazz Festival and reintroduce this historic venue to a new generation of music lovers,” said William Russell, executive director of 888yonge Inc, the company that books events in the building.
Other acts set to play the Concert Hall during Jazz Fest include Allen, Carrington, Spalding, Robert Glasper Experiment, Shabaka & The Ancestors, John LaBarbera Big Band (paying tribute to Buddy Rich), Bokante and By Monk.
The reopening is good news for promoters that have long complained Toronto is in need of more mid-sized concert halls. It's also timely: the 2,752-seat Massey Hall is preparing to close in 2019 for up to 24 months as part of a $135-million renovation.

4 hour documentary- Grateful Dead
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I picked up some good balcony seats today.  Can't wait!

Hey Guys - here are some up coming dates for you. This is for both my solo stuff, as well as, my Grateful Dead infused project "Burt's Cat is Dead". BCD focuses on early to mid 70's inspired dead. 
March 4th - Stop, Drop and Roll, Toronto (BCD)
April 14th - The Casbah, Hamilton (BCD
May 6th - The Horseshoe (with Eat a Peach - Allmans Tribute) - (BCD) ***still a bit tentative
May 27,28 - Living Roots Festival, Fredricton, NB (Mike Solo thingy)
June 10th - Junction City Music Hall, Toronto (BCD)
As for Burt Neilson - I played with Jeff the other night and we are on it, we talked about it, and everyone is in. That being said, we are kinda more interested in a few low key Dakota shows - nothing to big. We want a nice relaxed atmosphere so we can have fun!!! So stay tuned for those...they will be announced most likely at short notice
And, if you want me to play in say Ottawa, or anywere acoustic...find me a place and I am available most weekends! I'm back baby!
Regards,
 
Mike
 

Bump!
This year's cut of my Dark Solstice Mix is up.
Dark Solstice Mix 2016 ~ Ghetto Grooves
Hope you enjoy.

Shut out too... Basherman keep us updated on the re re's bro. Just need 1 GA.

Toronto date on the next tour... and looking like he may be at NOLA jazzfest since he's in the south around then..
4/14-15 - The Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY
4/20 - The Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
4/21 - Sweetwater 420 Festival - Atlanta, GA
4/29 - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater - Austin, TX
4/30 - House of Blues Houston - Houston, TX
5/2 - Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
5/3 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
5/5 - Egyptian Room - Old National Centre - Indianapolis, IN
5/6 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
5/7 - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON
5/25 - The Fillmore Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
5/31- Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, CO (w/Vulfpeck)
6/3 - Big Sky Brewery - Missoula, MT

Here's one of my favorite clips from the show.
 
 

This cool note landed in our business inbox recently:

 
 

Good call.  Here it is:
https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/15610399/The.Tragically.Hip.A.National.Celebration.480p.x264-mSD
 
 

Some vids I too. If you can get through the Grace, Too without tears, you're not human :0)
 
At the Hundredth Meridian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBp98emsJgY
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgXdU_cGTc
Grace, Too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQwrq2KHH9k
Gift Shop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQwrq2KHH9k
Ahead By A Century:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG8jIAAoiMc
Fiddler's Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ-5PJDB2FA

We might do Sunday. We'll be at my wife's parents' place, which is three hours from the venue. If the weekend goes according to plan we'll leave the kids with their grandparents and head down. Although if we do I will likely end my perfect streak of always being inside for Phish at SPAC.

Thanks, Dave. I checked, and they're also playing the night before, Friday, Sept. 30, at the Danforth Music Hall, as well as a three-day run in Western Canada in June:
June 22 - Winnipeg - Pyramid Cafe
June 23 - Saskatoon - Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
June 24 - Calgary - Sled Island

Aloha,
Brad

Shocking news.
I'm already thinking back to when the Tragically Hip played a school dance at my highschool when I was in grade 10.  I didn't know them at the time and I think they may have still been primarily a cover band.  The only song I remember was their cover of "Money" in the style of the beatles,  I was big into the beatles so that made me really like them.
The times when my friends and I would sneak on some private property near lemoine's point in Kingston with beer, build a fire and play Up To Here and Road Apples all night on a ghetto blaster.  
The time a friend and I went on a last minute road trip to brockville in my crappy first car to see The Hip play a little music festival and saw how much the band had changed, and had become rock stars.  
The time I volunteered at the first Another Roadside Attraction in Kingston at a Queens U stadium. While working the artist entrance back gate, let Gord Downie in after busting his balls and pretending I didn't recognize him and asked for ID.  He didn't have any and said he's late for soundcheck.  I laughed and let him in.  He laughed,  then he asked for a smoke and a light. I gave him one, but I didn't have a light and wanted to smoke too.  Gord takes off to the stage, thanking me.  5 minutes later, he's running across the field back to the gate.   He arrives and says "Hey, I got you a light!". He lights my smoke, and heads back for soundcheck    I learned how swell of a guy he is that day.
 
 
 
 
 

In that it doesn't cost anything.  It's not like we're trying to get Lanois out of the Don jail or anything.
http://www.blogto.com/music/2016/05/theres_a_big_rooftop_concert_in_toronto_this_weekend/
http://www.torontowoofest.ca
 

Fuggin right. This is going to be stellar!

Marco Benevento has been added as the opening act.
http://levonhelm.com/store/The-Barr-Brothers-Friday-May-6-2016_moreinfo.html
Aloha,
Brad

No one rocked the Chapman Stick as much as the guy from Blue Quarter.

I'd be more excited if Grand Theft Bus were touring again. 

I'm totally doing this.
It is not on their website yet but I saw the announcement yesterday.
Sooooooooo cool.

Barr Bros are doing a Midnight Ramble on May 6. Can't find any more info right now, but thought some would like to know.  

3 tiered pricing for a third tier festival. Makes sense to me.

That might just have been the most exciting, and the coldest, sporting event I have ever attended!
 
Who's with me on the Greyhound to Winnipeg?