Canadian Music Week - March 5-8, 2008
It's coming up fast so be prepared for it.
Canadian Music Week brings together 500 Canadian and international srtists, who will play at roughly 40 venues (mostly in the downtown core). Get your wrist-band for $30 + tax. It's the only way to take in as many performances as you can. Use this TICKETBREAK link to order online. You'll still need to pick up your wristbands in person, but the convenience of ordering online will make it worth it. Here's a map to their location for pick=up...
All the details for CMW are at http://cmw.net . Sadly, the organizers once again make it difficult to go through the performers list online. You either have to search for bands that you hope might be there, or spend ages bring up band lists for every letter of the alphabet. When will they ever learn.
Attending an event like this requires a handy pocket-guide, which could easily be made available as a .PDF file for printing. Where is it?
And, as for finding the venues, you're still better off using our Clubs page with its interactive map.
Hopefully, next week's EYE and NOW will have extensive coverage of what they recommend and how to make the most of this mini-festival.
Unlike North X Northeast in June, it could be chilly, so dress for it. We personally like to see several different bands in different venues each night in order to make the most of the event, so that means a fair bit of walking unless you don't mind running up cab fares.
But, in some cases, venues will keep a common theme for the performers booked there for the evening, so you may find one or two that will do the trick for you.
Canadian Music Week brings together 500 Canadian and international srtists, who will play at roughly 40 venues (mostly in the downtown core). Get your wrist-band for $30 + tax. It's the only way to take in as many performances as you can. Use this TICKETBREAK link to order online. You'll still need to pick up your wristbands in person, but the convenience of ordering online will make it worth it. Here's a map to their location for pick=up...
All the details for CMW are at http://cmw.net . Sadly, the organizers once again make it difficult to go through the performers list online. You either have to search for bands that you hope might be there, or spend ages bring up band lists for every letter of the alphabet. When will they ever learn.
Attending an event like this requires a handy pocket-guide, which could easily be made available as a .PDF file for printing. Where is it?
And, as for finding the venues, you're still better off using our Clubs page with its interactive map.
Hopefully, next week's EYE and NOW will have extensive coverage of what they recommend and how to make the most of this mini-festival.
Unlike North X Northeast in June, it could be chilly, so dress for it. We personally like to see several different bands in different venues each night in order to make the most of the event, so that means a fair bit of walking unless you don't mind running up cab fares.
But, in some cases, venues will keep a common theme for the performers booked there for the evening, so you may find one or two that will do the trick for you.
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posted by Charles Whaley at Friday, February 22, 2008
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