Northern Wish Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I have a pair of tix that I won and will not be able to use. Is anyone interested in the pair, if I can have them transferred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Offer closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I just won a pair of tickets through the NOW magazine contest, for the 3rd year in a row. Last year it looked like anyone who entered the contest (via multiple contest outlets) was a winner - when I gave my name at the will call there was a several pages long list of names just for NOW mag contest winners, and a several pages long list of Exclaim mag winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 You are the fourth person (5 if count both of New Rider's wins) I know that won tickets. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Any recommendations from this list of bands? There are only a small handful that I am familiar with. http://toronto.riotfest.org/?sort=day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'm sure you know more of the bands that you are giving yourself credit for, so I will offer Manchester Orchestra on Sat and Lucero on Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 What a terrible name for a festival, unless its a comedy festival which based on the acts it may be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 From the Star today. "Riot Fest co-founder Mike “Riot Mike” Petryshyn definitely seems committed to moving into this market.A native of Buffalo, he fell hopelessly in love with punk rock at an early age through mix tapes given to him by cool cousins from Brantford, would routinely “shoot up to Toronto” for shows and now considers Ontario a “second home” largely because of the musical influence it has exerted upon him. He name-checks Toronto punk pioneers the Viletones and the Diodes and Hamilton’s Teenage Head as formative favourites, and stresses that he doesn’t want the local Riot Fest to be seen as a callous branch-plant operation.“It’s really expensive and a huge risk on our end,” he says. “We wanted to show our appreciation this year for a lot of the Toronto bands and Canadian bands, like City and Colour and Metric and Tokyo Police Club and Pup and stuff like that. Billy Talent should be huge. They’re a great band, you know, and it’s really hard to cross the border for a lot of Canadian acts. And if we can help bridge that a little bit — if people in Chicago or Denver are looking at what we’re doing in Toronto and seeing, like, City and Colour, who are huge in Toronto, right next to The Cure and going ‘What?’ — so be it. Same with Billy Talent and Metric.”" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 “We wanted to show our appreciation this year for a lot of the Toronto bands and Canadian bands, like City and Colour and Metric and Tokyo Police Club and Pup and stuff like that. Billy Talent should be huge. They’re a great band, you know, and it’s really hard to cross the border for a lot of Canadian acts."Those bands have no issues crossing the border, not sure what he is talking getting at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 He's likely talking about work permits, visas for band and crew, stuff like that. Maybe that it's possible but still very expensive or time-consuming. I dunno. Anyways I though it was interesting to read about the guy's connection to the area. AD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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