Has lockdown made you cancel your world tour? Make an album. Quarantined and can’t play a live show to a sweaty crowd? Release a single. Isolated and can’t throw a Blu party? Embark on a virtual tour of promotion. Stay at home order got you missing festivals and after hours clubs? Become a l…
The City of Thunder Bay’s pivot to a virtual format for its popular summer concert series is being recognized.
The Interstellar Outdoor Cinema has set up shop temporarily in the north parking lot of the Intercity Shopping Centre. Scores of cars lined up at dusk Wednesday night for the Reel Paddling Film Festival, sponsored by Wilderness Supply Thunder Bay. This evening, the big screen will show a con…
Kevin Johnson, owner of Aly’s Mini Putt and Fun Centre, is ready with tickets for the Alyssa Hope Charity Barbecue and Celebration. The fun begins Saturday at noon and continues until 4 p.m. at Aly’s Mini Golf and Fun Centre at Boulevard Lake. The fundraising event will feature performances …
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery will be reopening today, but one of their popular annual fundraising events won’t be happening this year.
Cassandra Armstrong loves to read.
The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra has received a six-figure donation.
ThunderCon is the latest event to cancel its 2020 edition because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Residents in a Riverview Drive neighbourhood were treated to a mini afternoon concert by members of the St. Patrick Cathedral Choir on Sunday, April 26.
Taylor Gorrie has been interviewing people for her Taylorpedia video series since she was nine years old.
HERITAGE. Ownership. Nimbyism. Environmentalism. Consumerism. Reconciliation. A satirical look at the contemporary cultural debate in Canada comes to the stage of Magnus Theatre in a new play by Drew Hayden Taylor. In a story based on actual events from the recent past, wild rice is at the c…
Cambrian Players production of Four Weddings And An Elvis by Nancy Frick (presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.) opened to a full house last Wednesday night in their new theatre at 818 Spring St.
DAVID Karasiewicz, the artistic director of the Definitely Superior Art Gallery has a different view of what constitutes gentrification, but we agreed that the addition of the gallery to the stretch on Algoma between Red River and the Marina Overpass could have similar benefits as they have …
TWO MCs and one DJ. They (still) be getting down with no delay. What does 20 years of beats, rhymes, shows and brotherhood look like? It looks like Wax Philosophic.
Coming home for the holidays has been a pop culture theme for at least as far back as when Bing Crosby first wistfully crooned the classic hit I’ll Be Home for Christmas in 1943.
The Wake the Giant music festival is returning in 2020 with tickets already available online.
NOTE to self; cell phone reception is extremely weak when riding a B.C. ferry. After several dropped calls I finally connect, once again, with East Coast rock and roller Matt Mays. There’s a certain familiarity on the other end of the phone, a place we’ve both been before.
Those looking for a scare on the big screen will have plenty to choose from during the third annual Terror in the Bay Film Festival.
When moving ThunderCon to its new location on the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition grounds for it’s fifth anniversary, a partnership with SilverCity theatre appeared to be a perfect fit.
Caly Norris hadn’t been at the Buskers Festival for very long Sunday before she already had a balloon animal and watched a man juggle lit torches.
The first Festival of India held in Thunder Bay was in the Bora Laskin auditorium at Lakehead University 10 years ago.
Before the vendors have packed up and the fences are down and Marina Park has been returned to it’s usual state after the Thunder Bay Blues Festival, organizers are already planning next year’s event.
Paul James is one of the most exciting and energetic Canadian musicians — past and present.
It’ll be old home weekend at the Thunder Bay Blues Festival this year. Much of the very best in classic Canadian popular music will be on hand at Marina Park on the weekend of July 5-7 with R&B, modern country, alt-rock and some surprises in the mix. A Canadian Bluesfest is the event’s n…
Randy Bachman captivated the crowd with both songs and stories during his show at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium on Thursday night. The 75-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist has been entertaining audiences for decades and has over 40 million records sold.
Definitely Superior Art Gallery is on the move. With the pending sale of the former Eaton’s building in the downtown north core, the gallery and other arts groups within the building have been served eviction notices.
Thunder Bay will be represented at the Juno Awards once again this year.
John Mellencamp brought his Sad Clowns and Hillbillies tour into the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium Saturday night. The sold-out show was one of 20 concerts the performer will do as he makes his way from the Maritimes to British Columbia over the course of two months.
Organizers of two annual events have joined together to help you “get your geek on” in an entire day — and night — of “geeky goodness.”
Denver McKinnon couldn’t let his family head for camp on Friday without completing a time-honoured and tasty family tradition — heading to Ribfest.
A traveling community art exhibit is underway at Paterson Park this month bringing awareness and healing for those who are traumatized by sexual assault.
The jazzy notes of musician Robin Ranger and his band matched the relaxed summer vibe on Thursday as City Hall Sounds got under way for its sixth season.
Another finger-licking, dance-kicking, muscle-pumping, engine-revving Ribfest is set to draw thousands to Thunder Bay’s Waterfront Business District from Aug. 24 to 26.
The Live On The Waterfront concert series hit its stride Wednesday night at Marina Park. Featured acts included Five Alarm Funk, The Martin Blanchet Jazz Quintet: Cafe Paris as well as the band Hunt and Gather.
Thunder Bay musician Arley Hughes described opening this year’s female-driven Thunder Bay Blues Festival on Friday as “freaking incredible.”
A Canada-versus-U.S.A. strongman competition is new this year for Thunder Bay’s Canada Day celebrations. The world-class lifting event for men and women from both sides of the border is among the many entertaining features that will draw crowds to Marina Park on Canada Day.
IT’S BEEN a minute since Edwin has visited Thunder Bay, yet he can still recall fond Northern memories spanning decades in his career as both a band frontman and solo artist.
WHO doesn’t love Sloan? You know, those east coast dudes with the catchy choruses and shaggy hair who have had so many singles you’d be hard pressed to find a music lover who couldn’t sing along at least a few songs. Sloan are mighty Canadian indie-rock kings; they are also a Juno-Award winn…
The Northwest Film Fest is following the lead of other festivals around the country, including the Thunder Bay Blues Festival, with this year’s slate of films highlighting women.
WHILE reading Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, it became very clear that there was only one director who could turn this book into a movie. Fortunately, Warner Bros. felt the same way.
FOUR Canadian music events are joining an international pledge to fight inequality in the industry by vowing to have gender parity across their lineups by 2022, the Canadian Press reports.
ALICIA Vikander is the second Oscar-winning actress to take on the role of Lara Croft after Angelina Jolie’s turn as the character in the 2001 and 2003 films based on the popular video game franchise.
When Lucille Atlookan was diagnosed with lupus, she kept the information mostly to herself.
‘MUSICIANS form incredibly strong bonds with their instruments. I think it’s to do with what they represent to us. My guitar is my voice. I’ve spent so many hours using it to communicate my emotions and ideas. Many people who watch my videos or see my shows have never heard me speak except t…
Hedley has moved their concert on Friday from Fort William Gardens to the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
ONE of the most interesting developments within the entertainment industry as of late is the ever-increasing amount of original programming being produced by streaming services such as Amazon Prime and Netflix.
NOT EVEN Mother Nature can keep a metal god down. Max Cavalera is many things to many people. An inspiration and an influencer.
WHEN I was an overly eager artist wannabe at 22, I drew a hundred small pictures for a self-learning toy called Dakobijigan. Gerardus Vervoort, a math professor at Lakehead University was developing self-learning tools for commercial use. We first worked on a project called Secret Surprise w…
SATURDAY brings the return of the always highly anticipated Jeans ‘n Classics to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra stage. This time, they are taking on two of the greatest pop/glam/rock geniuses in music history — David Bowie and Prince.
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