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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 3m

#OTD in 2024 I was getting my Jerry Garcia music fix seeing Mark Thackway's band with family and friends at a brewery. Good Times.

Mark T. Band
Jerry Garcia Band & Grateful Dead
October 18, 2024
Clifford Brewery
Hamilton, Ontario

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poster/ad for the
Mark T. Band
Jerry Garcia Band & Grateful Dead
Oct 18, 2024
Clifford Brewery
Hamilton, Ontario

kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1h

#OTD in 2007 I was seeing my fav Bassist on my bday. Phil's friends were Phil, Jackie Greene, Larry Campbell, Steve Molitz and John Molo on the Fall Harvest 2007 tour.

Phil Lesh & Friends
October 18, 2007
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Buffalo, New York

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ticket stub for
Phil Lesh & Friends
October 18, 2007
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Buffalo, New York

Setilst:Set 1:
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Big River
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
The Wheel
I’m So Gone
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain

Set 2:
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Cold Black Devil
Jam
Cryptical>
The Other One>
Feedback>
Caution
Help on the Way>
Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Sugar Magnolia

Donor Rap/Intros
E: Turn on Your Lovelight

concert tour poster for Phil Lesh & Friends "Fall Harvest" 2007 Tour

Phil Lesh & Friends
October 18, 2007
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Buffalo, New York

Aritst: Gary Houston

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 2h

#OTD in 2003 I was getting to see the Mule on my bday. Cortez The Killer by Neil Young w/ lyric mod "he came dancing across the water. George Bush. What a killer" 🔥

Gov't Mule / Chris Robinson and The New Earth Mud
Oct 18, 2003
The Danforth Music Hall
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Gov't Mule / Chris Robinson and The New Earth Mud
Oct 18, 2003
The Danforth Music Hall
Toronto, Ontario
10/18/2003

Setlist:
Grinning in Your Face
Thorazine Shuffle
Banks of the Deep End
Sco-Mule
I Believe to My Soul
Temporary Saint
No Need to Suffer
World Gone Wild
Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone)
Dreams
Soulshine
Trampled Under Foot
Towering Fool
Blind Man in the Dark
Trouble Every Day
Drums
Raven Black Night
Mule
Cortez the Killer

Gov't Mule Fall Tour 2003 "Rebirth Of The Mule" poster.
Gov't Mule / Chris Robinson and The New Earth Mud
Oct 18, 2003
The Danforth Music Hall
Toronto, Ontario
Artist: Gary Houston

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 6h

#OTD in 1996 I was seeing one of my favourite bands on my bday. Phish in the Igloo on Fall Tour. Such a bizarre arena. Six song 2nd set 🔥

Killer MAZE

Phish
October 18, 1996
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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ticket stub for
Phish
October 18, 1996
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10/18/1996

Setilst:
Runaway Jim
Guelah Papyrus
The Old Home Place
Cars Trucks Buses
Stash
Strange Design
The Divided Sky
Billy Breathes
Taste
Sample in a Jar
Suzy Greenberg
Maze
You Enjoy Myself
Reba
Waste
Harry Hood
Julius

Jim Pollock designed Fall Tour 1996 t-shirt for Phish. Hot-Rod Hood milk truck with a fish driving. Big red letters spelling LIGHTS OUT!!!

Photo of the Pittsburgh Civic Center known as The Igloo.

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1d

Happy Birthday 🇨🇦 Recreational #Cannabis

Red circle with a cannabis leaf and "Canada October 17, 2018" the day that recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1d

#OTD in 1995 I was catching the very loud Big Sugar opening for Blues Traveler at the old hockey shed at U of T. The Mountains Win Again made it on their live realse Live From The Fall the next year.

Blues Traveler / Big sugar
October 17, 1995
Varsity Arena
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Blues Traveler / Big sugar
October 17, 1995
Varsity Arena
Toronto, Ontario
10/17/1995

Set 1
Mulling It Over>
But Anyway
Believe Me
Weird Chick>
Slow Change
Manhattan Bridge>
The Mountains Win Again
The Star-Spangled Banner>
Fallible
Low Rider>
Run-Around
What's For Breakfast

Set 2
100 Years>
Sweet Pain
Stand
NY Prophesie
Whoops
Gina>
Imagine>
Gina
Crash Burn
Mountain Cry

Encore
Hook
Love & Greed

Cover for the Blues Traveler live release "Live From The Fall"
Songs were all recorded on their Fall 1995 Tour.
The Mountains Win Again is from
Toronto October 17, 1995

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1d

#OTD in 2009 I couldn't believe that I was seeing the sitar legend RAVI SHANKAR and his daughter Anoushka for only $20 at one of the best venues for acoustics.

Video

Ravi Shankar / Anoushka Shankar
October 17, 2009
Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Ravi Shankar / Anoushka Shankar
October 17, 2009
Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto, Ontario
10/17/2009

Ravi Shankar performs with daughter Anoushka Shankar in Kolkata in February 2009. Credit Jayanta ShawReuters.

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1d

#OTD in 2012 I was seeing the Holy Triumvirate again on their Clockwork Angels Tour. Steampunk stage and the Clockwork Angels String Ensemble joined in the second half. Took my 10 year-old son and he loved it.

Rush
October 16, 2012
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Rush
Clockwork Angels Tour
October 16, 2012
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

Setlist:
Subdivisions
The Big Money
Force Ten
Grand Designs
Middletown Dreams
Territories
The Analog Kid
The Pass
Where's My Thing?
Far Cry
Caravan
Clockwork Angels
The Anarchist
Carnies
The Wreckers
Headlong Flight
Halo Effect
Wish Them Well
The Garden
Dreamline
Drum Solo
Red Sector A
YYZ
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
2112 Part VII: Grand Finale

Father and son rockin' out with Rush

Rush
Clockwork Angels Tour
October 16, 2012
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

poster for the Clockwork Angels Tour by Rush.
Rush
Clockwork Angels Tour
October 16, 2012
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

Rush performing on stage
Rush
Clockwork Angels Tour
October 16, 2012
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1d

#OTD in 2005 I was seeing bass master Victor Wooten on his Soul Circus Tour. 2.5 hours of old-school soul and funk, some RnR and a LOT of bass. Touring with talent, including Divinity Roxx and Saundra "The Voice" Williams

Victor Wooten
October 16, 2005
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario

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Victor Wooten
Soul Circus Tour
October 16, 2005
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario

Victor Wooten in black and white playing his bass.
Victor Wooten
Soul Circus Tour
October 16, 2005
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario
Photo: Roger Humbert

photo of Divine Roxx playing her bass.

Victor Wooten
Soul Circus Tour
October 16, 2005
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario
Photo: Roger Humbert

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 1d

#OTD in 1996 my buddy told me to come see Los Lobos at a small bar/club. I am forever grateful. They had released Collosal Head earlier in the year. David Hidalgo and the gang were phenomenal.
Cinnamon Girl > Bertha 🔥

Los Lobos
October 16, 1996
The Horseshoe Tavern
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Los Lobos
October 16, 1996
The Horseshoe Tavern
Toronto, Ontario
10/16/1996

Setlist:
Manny's Bones
Colossal Head
This Bird's Gonna Fly
Revolution
Pigfoot Shuffle
Will the Wolf Survive?
Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
The Giving Tree
One Time One Night
Dream in Blue
Maricela
I Got to Let You Know
México americano
Estoy sentado aquí
Georgia Slop
Don't Worry Baby
Más y más
Just a Man
I Walk Alone
Cinnamon Girl
Bertha https://archive.org/details/LosLobos1996-10-16.aud.flac16/20.flac

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 3d

#OTD in 2011 I went to see an Italian Genesis tribute act. Incredible. There was an amazing similarity between lead singer Simone Rossetti’s vocals and those of a younger Peter Gabriel.

The Watch
Selling England By The Pound Album
October 15, 2011
The Studio at Hamilton Place
Hamilton, Ontario

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 3d

#OTD in 2009 I was seeing the "Wilco (The Tour)" tour. They brought out Liam Finn to join them on "California Stars". The next song they brought out Leslie Feist for "You And I" ❤️

youtu.be/zq_NdOexjFw

Wilco / Liam Finn
October 15, 2009
Massey Hall
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Wilco / Liam Finn
October 15, 2009
Massey Hall
Toronto, Ontario

Impossible Germany https://youtu.be/7I50B6QZLZc

You and I https://youtu.be/zq_NdOexjFw

Setlist:
Bull Black Nova
You Are My Face
One Wing
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Kamera
At Least That's What You Said
Radio Cure
Impossible Germany
Country Disappeared
Handshake Drugs
Deeper Down
Jesus, Etc.
Sonny Feeling
Hate It Here
Walken
I'm the Man Who Loves You
Hummingbird
Wilco (The Song)
Misunderstood
California Stars
You and I
Casino Queen
Kingpin
I'm a Wheel

concert poster for
Wilco / Liam Finn
October 15, 2009
Massey Hall
Toronto, Ontario
Artist: Jose Garcia

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 3d

#OTD in 2007 I was at a show with The Boss. I won some passes to meet Little Steven before the show. This was near the start of Springsteen's Magic Tour and it delivered.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
October 15, 2007
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
October 15, 2007
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

Setilst:
Radio Nowhere
Night
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
For You
Magic
Reason to Believe
Candy's Room
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Town Called Heartbreak
Incident on 57th Street
Darlington County
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thundercrack
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land

backstage pass to meet Steven Van Zandt before the show. Little Steven's Underground Garage. Maximum Rock And Roll.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
October 15, 2007
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

meeting Little Steven before the show.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
October 15, 2007
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 3d

#OTD in 2006 I got to see The Hip up close and personal at a television taping at the CBC. Talked about the new "World Container" release and played an 8 song live set.

The Tragically Hip
The Hour with George Stromboulopoulos
October 15, 2006
CBC Broadcasting Centre
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
The Tragically Hip
The Hour with George Stromboulopoulos
October 15, 2006
CBC Broadcasting Centre
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHN12jcabg
Setlist:
The Lonely End of the Rink
Yer Not the Ocean
In View
World Container
The Kids Don't Get It
Family Band
The Drop-Off
My Music at Work

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 3d

#OTD (yesterday) in 2017 I was seeing the Us + Them Tour by Roger Waters. Big highlights for me were hearing "Dogs" and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" from the Animals album.

Roger Waters
October 13, 2017
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Roger Waters
Us + Them
October 13, 2017
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario
10/13/2017

Setlist:
Speak to Me
Breathe (In the Air)
One of These Days
Time
Breathe (Reprise)
The Great Gig in the Sky
Welcome to the Machine
Déjà vu
The Last Refugee
Picture That
Wish You Were Here
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3
Dogs
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Money
Us and Them
Smell the Roses
Brain Damage
Eclipse
Mother
Comfortably Numb

concert tour poster for
Us + Them
Roger Waters 2017/2018

Floating pig with anti-Trump messaging on it over a crowd on the Us + Them Tour by Roger Waters in 2017/2018

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 4d

#OTD (yesterday) in 2008 I was at the Change Rocks concert supporting Barack Obama. Beautiful fall day in Happy Valley. First time in 4 years the Dead performed

The Dead / The Allman Brothers Band
Oct 13, 2008
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State
State College, Pennsylvania

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ticket stub for
Change Rocks
The Dead / The Allman Brothers Band
October 13, 2008
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State
State College, Pennsylvania

The Dead setlist:
Democratic Presidential candidate: Barack Obama speech
Truckin'
U.S. Blues
Help on the Way
Slipknot!
Franklin's Tower
Playing in the Band
Dark Star
St. Stephen
Unbroken Chain
The Other One
Throwing Stones
Jam
Touch of Grey
Not Fade Away

The Allman Brothers Band setlist:
Revival
Statesboro Blues
Who's Been Talkin'
Midnight Rider
One Way Out
And It Stoned Me
Dreams
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Anyday
Melissa
Trouble No More
Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Jessica
Whipping Post

concert poster for
Change Rocks
The Dead / The Allman Brothers Band
October 13, 2008
Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State
State College, Pennsylvania
10/13/2008

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 5d

#OTD in 2006 I was supposed to be seeing the guys in moe. on a spooky Friday the 13th in Buffalo. Unlucky and massive OCTOBER snow storm caused the show to be postponed and rescheduled to Feb 7, 2007 😢

moe.
October 13, 2006
Town Ballroom
Buffalo, New York

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unused ticket stub for the cancelled/postponed concert by
moe.
October 13, 2006
Town Ballroom
Buffalo, New York

concert tour poster for moe.'s Fall Tour 2006
Artist: Jeff Woods

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 6d

#OTD in 1991 I got to see my favourite blues musician, Mr. Buddy Guy. Touring with the amazing Scott Holt on guitar. Anyone who has enjoyed Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, or Eric Clapton should listen to Buddy.

Buddy Guy
October 12, 1991
Bathurst Street Theatre
Toronto, Ontario

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ticket stub for
Buddy Guy
October 12, 1991
Bathurst Street Theatre
Toronto, Ontario
Damn Right I've Got The Blues Tour

https://youtu.be/fqTD0resjc4

The Bathurst Street Theatre
Toronto, Ontario
1860s church now a venue.

black and white Buddy Guy promotional photo from 1991

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 7d

#OTD in 2005 I was at the 2nd of a two-nighter with SCI. Fun show that was cut short right near the end by a fire alarm. Bill Nershi played his guitar out in the street for all us evacuees. Very cool.

The String Cheese Incident
October 11, 2005
State Theatre
Ithaca, New York

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mail order ticket stub for
The String Cheese Incident
October 11, 2005
State Theatre
Ithaca, New York

setlist:
Come as You Are
Born on the Wrong Planet
Sometimes a River
Yo Sé
Windy Mountain
Got What He Wanted
Jessica
Rivertrance
John Hardy
Big Shoes
Shakin' the Tree
Rhythm of the Road
Billy in the Lowground
Just One Story
Drums
'Round the Wheel

Fire alarm was pulled during Round the Wheel cutting the PA and ending the show. Billy played Barstool and Texas solo acoustic outside the venue for the evacuees.

photo of
The String Cheese Incident
October 11, 2005
State Theatre
Ithaca, New York
10/11/2005

beautiful green, red, and yellow neon sign for the State Theater in Ithaca, New York.

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 8d

#OTD in 2005 I was at the first of a two-nighter with SCI. Was friends with their sound guy JonO and got to hang out at the soundboard a bit. Sadly, these were his last two gigs with the band.

The String Cheese Incident
October 10, 2005
State Theatre
Ithaca, New York

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mail order ticket stub for
The String Cheese Incident
October 10, 2005
State Theatre
Ithaca, New York
10/10/2005

Setlist:
Drive
Missin' Me
Dudley's Kitchen
Drums
Rocky Road Blues
It Is What It Is
¡BAM!
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Eye Know Why
Sand Dollar
Black Clouds
Smile
Howard
Will It Go Round in Circles
Daryl
Bend Down Low
On the Road

concert tour poster for
The String Cheese Incident
October 10, 2005
State Theatre
Ithaca, New York
Fall Tour 2005
Artist: Jeff Wood

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 9d

#OTD in 2013 I was finally getting to see Steve Hackett and at my neighbourhood theatre. Genesis Revisited World Tour. Seeing those pieces played up close and in a small venue is a treat. No stub 😢

Steve Hackett
October 9, 2013
Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts
Oakville, Ontario

photo of Steve Hackett sitting in front of his amgs with his gold Gibson guitar.
Steve Hackett
October 9, 2013
Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts
Oakville, Ontario
Photo: Randy Weinzweig

photo of Steve Hackett by the water at the Marina in Oakville, Ontario. October 9, 2013

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 9d

#OTD in 2001 I was seeing 8-string bass/guitar wizard Charlie Hunter and Norah Jones was touring with him! Voice and piano for the last four songs! Keller Williams was great as the co-bill.

Charlie Hunter / Norah Jones / Keller Williams
October 9, 2001
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario

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Ticket stub for
Charlie Hunter / Norah Jones / Keller Williams
October 9, 2001
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario

Charlie Hunter 8-string guitar
John Ellis tenor sax
Chris Lovejoy congas, percussion
Stephen Chopek drums, percussion
Norah Jones vocals
co-bill w/ Keller Williams

Same tour different venue: https://youtu.be/yCpkWH-ylX4

Charlie Hunter, Norah Jones - backstage - 2001. Norah sang on Charlie’s album 'Songs From the Analog Playground' and toured with us in support of the record.
Photo: Stephen Chopek

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 9d

Kevin "Fuck Yeah" Gausman ⚾️ ❤️ #BlueJays #ALCS

Ian Hunter @bluejayhunter.com · 9d

Kevin Gausman does not give a bleep about the censors.

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 9d

Start Spreading The News Bitches ⚾️ 🔥

#BlueJays #ALCS

Toronto Blue Jays (Bot) @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 9d

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kanadakev 🇨🇦 @kanadakev.com · 10d

#OTD in 2022 I was at an intimate Brown Hawkins Stanley w/ Kate Fenner gig. Excellent song selection from all their catalogues and history.

Stephen Stanley / Ron Hawkins / Hugh Christopher Brown / Kate Fenner
October 8, 2022
Drake Hotel Underground
Toronto, Ontario

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digital ticket stub for
Stephen Stanley / Ron Hawkins / Hugh Christopher Brown / Kate Fenner
October 8, 2022
Drake Hotel Underground
Toronto, Ontario

Tour poster for
Brown Hawkins Stanely

Stephen Stanley / Ron Hawkins / Hugh Christopher Brown / Kate Fenner
October 8, 2022
Drake Hotel Underground
Toronto, Ontario

marquee/sign outside of the Drake Hotel advertising a concert by
Brown Hawkins Stanely

Stephen Stanley / Ron Hawkins / Hugh Christopher Brown / Kate Fenner
October 8, 2022
Drake Hotel Underground
Toronto, Ontario

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