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Mind Your Own Business // Show Booking Best Practices

Finding the right venue to play can be hard, even for the most seasoned touring band. How do you contact the venue? Should you call? Just email? They’ll be able to fit you in a prime slot in two weeks, right? Wrong.

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The Lunchbox: Board Games and Musical Movies

Good art engages the mind — so does a good game! … and every once and a while, you should probably step back from the Internet.. Two guests today, both presenting you with very interesting opportunities to have fun in this city. My first guest, Travis Grant, is the co-founder of the soon-to-be-open board game

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The Stogies Restore My Faith In Rock N’ Roll, One Show At A Time

The Stogies Restore My Faith In Rock N’ Roll, One Show At A Time The Stogies Played The Capital January 16, 2015 No amount of weather could keep Halifax’s The Stogies out of Fredericton Friday night. The Capital assembled a great night of rock January 16th with The Stogies, Brother, and Fredericton’s newest ensemble, Mrs.

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The Lunchbox: Interview: David Ivany (The Hollywood Star Room, Christmas In July Parade)

If you’ve been in Fredericton for a while, you know that new performance venues don’t pop up very often — they usually just change names. I’d been wondering just what building had become The Hollywood Star Room when its proprietor, David Ivany, happened to contact me the other day. He shared with me where this brand

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