<![CDATA[Royal City Scene - Home]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:17:06 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Live music at DemoCampGuelph]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:22 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2012/01/live-music-at-democampguelph.htmlThis Wednesday January 25, Guelph is blending science and the arts.  DemoCampGuelph is celebrating it's 19th event at the Ebar and we're celebrating afterwards with the musical stylings of Guelph's own Nathan Coles Trio-esque!
What is DemoCamp you ask?   (I'm glad you asked!)
"DemoCampGuelph is for anyone in and around Guelph interested in software, the web and technology!  Startup junkies, wage slaves, consultants, students, indie professionals, engineers, designers, money and marketing people."
You do not need to demo to attend!  Come on out and see some demos (products, frameworks, scripts, businesses, etc.) and stay for the best part.  The music!  If you can't make it out to the early part (DemoCamp), come on out for the real fun!
Local favorite Nathan Coles and his new band will be playing.  Music should start around 9 PM.
Admission to both events is free, but a $5 donation is suggested.
I hope to see you there!

DemoCampGuelph Wednesday January 25.
6:30PM
Free
Nathan Coles Trio-esque
9PM
Free ($5 donation is suggested)
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100 Mile Riot is an all-day, all-night festival celebrating the amazing diversity of talent of woman-identified people from Guelph and surrounding area. The festival is a fundraiser for the local Women in Crisis Centre as well as a revolutionary national program in Haiti, lead by a coalition of women activists, that is addressing sexual violence through art, advocacy, safe shelter, and legal services. This festival will be organized in collaboration with the V-Day campaign, which was started by activist Eve Ensler. V-Day has raised over $60 million and distributed the funds to grassroots, national and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls through yearlong events such as this festival and culminating performances of The Vagina Monologues and MMRP (A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer). We hope to shine a spotlight on the amazing artists in our community making their own kind of noise.

Performances by:
Sheezer
Rouge
Jenny Omnichord
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers
The Folk
Sarah Mangle
D Eve Archer
Ariadne's Thread
Amy Bronson
Nabi Loney
Dj Jungle Cat
Madam D
Meme Smith
And many more TBA!

The festival begins Saturday January 21 at 3PM at Van Gogh's Ear in Guelph and runs to the wee hours.
TICKETS: All- Day Passes available for only $12 from The Cornerstone, UC 217, and ticketbreak.com.

AA til 9pm
19+ 9 pm- 2 am

Brought to you by V-Day Guelph and Fortnight Music.
]]><![CDATA[Just a regular Sunday night in Guelph]]>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:46:46 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/12/just-a-regular-sunday-night-in-guelph.htmlTonight (Sunday December 4 2011) in Guelph is one of those nights.  You know, one of those nights that has so many live shows going on, it would be impossible to catch it all.  One of those nights that make Guelph, well,  Guelph.
Kicking off the night tonight is Toronto's Sunparlour Players.  They're touring their latest album Us Little Devils to great reviews.  They're opening up for the one and only Sadies.  If you've never seen the Sadies live, I highly, highly recommend.  They are true wizards on the guitars.  Their show will leave you in awe.
The Sadies & Sunparlour Players play Van Gogh's tonight at 7:30.  More information on Facebook.
The other show of the night is Toronto singer-songwriter Emma-Lee.  Emma-Lee has one of those rare voices that will stop you dead in your tracks, etch itself into your soul, and force you to reassess those matters of the heart. But her voice is just the bait; it’s her songs that hook you.
Emma-Lee is opening the night for Toronto duo Whitehorse.  Led by husband and wife Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, this band brings the two sizable individual talents in to one incredible band.  They've been met with great reviews too.
Whitehorse & Emma-Lee play The E-Bar tonight at 8:00.  More information on Facebook.

These are early shows tonight, so get out there and take in some great bands!
]]><![CDATA[Bring Q to Guelph]]>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:51:41 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/11/bring-q-to-guelph.htmlA local initiative is afoot to bring CBC Radio's Q with Jian Ghomeshi show to Guelph for a live broadcast!
If you'd like to find out more and get behind the cause, check out the Rob Campbell's blog, the Facebook page, or event page!
Let's do this Guelph!  Ghomeshi will be picking the winning city live on air December 8th.
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Guelph's Bry Webb (The Constantines, Harbourcoats) was featured on Friday November 25 on CBC Radio 1 Q with Jian Ghomeshi.  Webb plays songs from his latest solo effort Provider.
(released by Idée Fixe Records on November 15, 2011. )
Have a listen!
]]><![CDATA[Donovan Woods on TSN]]>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:35:48 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/11/donovan-woods-on-tsn.htmlIf you listened to our interview we did with Donovan Woods last week, (link here!) we mentioned that he would be performing his song My Cousin Has A Grey Cup Ring live on Sunday November 27 as part of TSN's live coverage of the 99th Grey Cup.
As it turns out, he will be interviewed as well as performing the song on Saturday November 26 as part of TSN's weekend long CFL coverage.  Coverage starts at 1PM.

]]><![CDATA[Here we grow again!]]>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:08:19 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/11/here-we-grow-again.htmlI'm excited to announce that Royal City Scene has added another contributor!  Help me in welcoming Mike Cowbrough!
Mike will be using his superior wit and keen sense of humor to capture band interviews.  He brings mad podcasting skills and a personal interest in the inner workings of the music industry to the team.
Look for Mike's first interview with Donovan Woods on Royal City Scene very soon! ]]><![CDATA[Matt Andersen & Old Man Luedecke at River Run Centre]]>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:32:38 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/11/matt-andersen-old-man-luedecke-at-river-run-centre.htmlWell, it's been a while since I've had a band-i-think-you-should-see type post.  Two great performers and song writers will be in Guelph this Friday.
New Brunswick Bluesman Matt Andersen and Nova Scotia banjo troubadour Old Man Luedecke will be playing the River Run Centre this Friday night.
Hopefully you're not saying "who the hell is Matt Andersen and what the H is a Luedecke!?"  (By the way it's pronounced Loo-de-ka.)
Andersen was my highlight of Hillside 2010, including toping my list of best 2010 performances.  Ole Man Luedecke was one of my highlights at this years Hillside. 
If you love live performances, blues music, banjos & and your mind being blown, get some tickets to this show.  As of this writing (Wednesday November 9) there are still plenty of tickets left, including a couple of singles in the front row!
Tickets available here.
Show details:
Matt Andersen
Old Man Luedecke
River Run Centre - Main Stage
8PM
Tickets: $24.59/$29.50

]]><![CDATA[Fourth Fridays]]>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:34:11 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/10/fourth-fridays.htmlThere's a new downtown Guelph monthly arts and community event starting up called Fourth Fridays.
Fourth Fridays as the name implies will be held every fourth Friday downtown Guelph, and will be a good mix of visual arts, music, and community events. 
This sounds like a great initiative!  If you're interested, check out their website for more information, or, just head downtown tonight.  It looks like there's activities happening all over downtown.
If live music is your thing, Alanna Gurr, Adrian Glynn & Lowlands will be performing at 25 Wyndham St. N Apartment B (3rd floor above Wimpy's Diner).
Doors 8:30pm, music will begin at 9:00. $5 cover
]]><![CDATA[Guelph city promotion to pay for concert tickets]]>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:11:00 -0800http://www.royalcityscene.com/2/post/2011/10/guelph-city-promotion-to-pay-for-concert-tickets.htmlThe Guelph Mercury reported October 18, that local businessman Ray Mitchell of Dis-A-Ray Antiques on Wyndham Street was going to use a city sponsored cash grant of $5000 to buy tickets to downtown concerts and give them away to youth.
The cash grant is a promotional program aimed at boosting businesses impacted by five years of construction in the downtown core.
Apparently *buying* and then giving away tickets to shows downtown Guelph is not what the city had in mind.
“If he’s just going to buy tickets and give them out, that’s probably not in keeping with the spirit of the program,” said Marty Williams the executive director of the Downtown Guelph Business Association.
Ah, pardon?  First of all, if you're offering a cash grant with no strings attached, you cannot expect people and businesses to spend it in a fashion city hall expects.  If you didn't want Mitchell spending the money on concert tickets, you should've thought out the program a little bit more.
Second of all, what is wrong with Mitchell's approach?  Unless I'm missing something, what Mitchell is doing is exactly what is in the spirit of the city program.
Mitchell is spending part of his $5000 on concerts that are happening downtown.  Youth are coming downtown to partake in concert.  I think it's a great idea, and a great way to spend part of the grant.
I guess Mitchell could've spent some of that cash hiring someone to teach him how to use Hootsuite or whatever the latest social media tool of the season is, which according to the article seems to be an acceptable way of spending
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