All Posts Tagged With: "The Gertrudes"
The Skeleton Park Community Songbook: The Gertrudes
In my search for some good tunes to share and help set us up for a fantastic Fall weekend, I came across the latest addition to the Skeleton Park Community Songbook. Hopefully you’ve heard of this project already, but in case you haven’t the Skeleton Park Community Songbook is being led by organizers of the [...]
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Culture Days
Last weekend Canada celebrated the second annual Culture Days, a three-day event filled with opportunities to see, hear and discover culture in and around your city. Artists volunteer their time and creativity to share hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind the scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, [...]
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Skeleton Park Sing-along
The entire community is invited to an outdoor sing-along at Skeleton Park. Bring your guitar, your voice, and a comfortable chair for an evening of music making. Suggest songs for the set list right here and link to chords and lyrics. Let’s play it all – from nursery rhymes to classic rock ballads, Canadiana and [...]
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Bruce Peninsula, The Gertrudes and Snow Blink
Come see Kingston’s fabulous folkestra, The Gertrudes, Toronto’s alt-gospel all-stars, Bruce Peninsula, and the dazzling duo, Snowblink blow the roof out at St. James! $5 at the door!
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KDG Season Opener
Tonight’s the night, as the Kingston Derby Girls make their long awaited return and kick off the 2011 season at the Memorial Centre. From the crazy uniforms and fear-inducing nicknames, to the epic spills and electrifying half time show, our Derby Girls sure do know how to put on one hell of a show, fuelled [...]
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Kingston Derby Girls
Kingston Derby Girls and Skeleton Park Music Festival proudly present Kingston’s first roller derby bout of 2011 – a double header! Featuring Kingston’s Sindarollas and The Disloyalists vs. Peterborough Roller Derby with live entertainment by: Sheezer, Slick Whippet, Rueben deGroot and The Gertrudes. Doors open at 5:30pm, Entertainment at 6:00pm, Bout start at 6:30pm Tickets: [...]
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Apple Crisp Compilation Number 5
Just over a month ago, I was reminiscing about TV Desserts, a fantastic series produced for the Apple Crisp Musical Video Club featuring local talent including P.S. I Love You, The Gertrudes, and Sheesham and Lotus, just to name a few. As the folks behind the popular video series have been busy with other projects, [...]
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Apple Crisp Release Party
Just in time for Christmas, Apple Crisp Records is releasing its first full length vinyl compilation, AC5. The 12” LP will feature many of Kingston’s finest, including PS I Love You, The Gertrudes, Cherry Chapstick, Rueben deGroot, False Face, Audio Park, Madam Raz, Music Maul, and many more. If you attend the release party at [...]
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Flash Mob at Market Square
How appropriate. In the same week that we’re running our Nuit Blanche poll, a poll that’s already registered a record number of votes and set a new benchmark for most visitors on a single day, our friends over at the Kingston Arts Council posted an amazing video of a flash mob taking over Market Square. [...]
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Weekly Poll: Kingston’s Indie Rock Band
During my teenage years, I unfortunately had very limited exposure to the local indie music scene. Whether it was simply in short supply in small town Ontario, or lingered in the shadows of what was being sold on radio and music video stations, my introduction to homegrown, emerging acts was somewhat delayed. After living in [...]
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