With twelve candles on the cake, OBEY Convention returned to Halifax from May 30 – June 2 to celebrate by giving us a wide variety of genre-defying talents. With acts coming in from across Canada and the U.S., we were treated to DJ’s, hip-hop artists and many other unique performances. Continue reading OBEY Convention 2019: The Ups, Downs, and All Arounds of Atlantic Canada’s Most Diverse Festival
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Future Forest Prepared for Another Otherworldly Experience – Announce Full 2019 Lineup
Future Forest, the only natural conclusion for two consecutive decades of re-watching Hook on VHS, have just announced their 2019 lineup along with the release of their poster. The EDM (and all genres contained therein) festival features more than 140 artists, is located on 200 acres of forest in Ripples, New Brunswick forty-five minutes outside of Fredericton, and it all takes place between July 26 – 29, 2019. Continue reading Future Forest Prepared for Another Otherworldly Experience – Announce Full 2019 Lineup
Paddlefest – A Festival Bursting At Its Seams
Paddlefest. It is supposed to be New Brunswick’s first music festival of the Summer — not in any official capacity; it’s not mentioned anywhere in their brochure, and the calendar year would disagree with that point by more than a full month. But there is an unspoken collective acknowledgement that we will be outside, on the third week of May, enjoying the beautiful seaside town of St. Andrews, live music and the fact that we are no longer knee-deep in snow. Continue reading Paddlefest – A Festival Bursting At Its Seams
OBEY Convention Forced to Rebrand
A couple of months ago, Andrew Patterson received a package in the mail on Valentine’s Day, but it wasn’t roses or a box of chocolates.
It was a cease and desist letter asking him to discontinue using the name “Obey” for Halifax’s OBEY Convention music festival, now in its twelfth year. Continue reading OBEY Convention Forced to Rebrand
The 2019 East Coast Music Awards Make Business and Pleasure Indistinguishable
“The stage was so perfectly lit you could see the drummer.”
That’s what I tell my friends and family whenever they ask me about the 2019 East Coast Music Awards.
It was loud and there were too many people to easily find familiar faces. There were many rooms labeled with the ECMA logo on the door but many of them were empty; designated for future or past events. Continue reading The 2019 East Coast Music Awards Make Business and Pleasure Indistinguishable