Tag: Music
PHOTOS: Mumford and Sons and more open Rock The Park
Rain? At times. But great music? The whole time. Fans flocked Wednesday to opening night of the four-day Rock The Park festival in London’s Harris Park, a lineup headlined by Mumford & Sons. Photo by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
PHOTOS: Reflecting on Sunfest 2023
The music? Amazing. The weather? Not so much. But Sunfest still drew crowds to downtown London’s Victoria Park this weekend to hear as diverse a collection of international musicians as you can imagine. LFP’s Mike Hensen was there: mhensen@postmedia.com
PHOTOS: A Sunfest state of mind
Sunfest, the free festival of world music that’s grown into a London institution, started off Thursday night, kicked into high Friday and continues all weekend in Victoria Park. Check out the schedule right here. All photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen: mhensen@postmedia.com
PHOTOS: Johnny Cash, London and the making of a downtown mural
Johnny Cash had a storied connection with London. It was the hometown of his longtime manager, Saul Holiff, and Cash famously proposed to June Carter during a 1968 performance at the London Gardens. Now, the music legend known as the Man in Black looks set to be immortalized with a mural on the side of […]
Beaches tap local teen rockers Thunder Queens for Western Fair gig
A remarkable pairing of all-female bands is coming to the Western Fair stage this fall.
PHOTOS: Shania Twain at London’s Budweiser Gardens
Music superstar Shania Twain is back home in Ontario and brought her Queen of Me tour to London’s Budweiser Gardens Wednesday night.
LIVE: Shania Twain’s Queen of Me tour hits Budweiser Gardens
Music legend Shania Twain brings her Queen of Me tour to London’s Budweiser Gardens on Wednesday night. LFP’s Jennifer Bieman is there and you can follow her live coverage below: Tweets by JenatLFPress
London Music Week: Organizers preview high school battle of the bands
Some young local musicians will get a shot on one of London’s biggest stages Friday night at the battle of the high school bands. Five entrants will perform in an all-ages show at London Music Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. For London Music Week […]
London honoured its musical talent Sunday night and welcomed Latin artists to the stage for the first time.
London honoured some of its best musical talent Sunday night – including, for the first time, Latin artists. At Aeolian Hall, the Forest City London Music Awards named winners in the classical, jazz, world and Latin music categories – a prelude to the bigger awards gala set for next weekend to end London Music Week. […]
London Music Week kicks off with free day-long Dundas Place concert
It’s officially London Music Week, the city’s annual celebration of local artists, venues and the industry in general, and it’s starting off with a bang on Saturday.