Canadian Virgin Festivals scrapped for 2010

By Alex Young on June 3rd, 2010

It’s the economy, stupid.

Festivals in Brief: NXNE, Summerfest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Forecastle, Virgin Fest Nova Scotia, No Depression, HARD Summer, and more! Yes, kids, it’s a lot!

By Alex Young on May 12th, 2009

Two things we can take from today: 1.) the festival announcement season is far from over and 2.) festival organizers all like making announcements on Tuesdays. As you’ll see below, there’s a lot going on in the world of summer music festival, so, let’s recap with today’s edition of “Festivals in Brief.”

Virgin plans five Canadian festivals, details first one

By Alex Young on May 6th, 2009

Any doubt that Virgin Mobile wouldn’t be returning to Canada this summer for a series of summer music festivals was put to rest today. After drawing over 150,000 attendees with festivals in Toronto and Calgary last year, organizer have announced plans for five, count ‘em five, events this summer. In addition to Calgary and Toronto, [...]

Festivals in Brief: Summer Camp, Pitchfork, XX Merge, ATP New York

By Alex Young on May 1st, 2009

Sled Island isn’t the only music festival making noise today. Let’s round up all the important info in today’s edition of CoS’ Festivals in Brief: Summer Camp Music Festival: With the festivities for this year’s Summer Camp Music Festival set to kick off in three weeks, organizers have put the finishing touches on the ’09 [...]