The 2013 CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association Awards) are being held in Edmonton, Alberta on Sunday, September 8th, marking Canada’s biggest night in country music. It will be aired live on CBC with encore airings on CMT Canada starting at 10pm ET. On the morning of July 17th, an official CCMA nominees announcement was held here in Toronto at the Storys Building with industry and media present as well as Autumn Hill and Emerson Drive in attendance giving a sample…
The annual Boys Night Out event is like being in the manliest of man-caves. They have pretty much everything the youngest and oldest men could want including poker tournaments, golf, motorcycles, sports cars, cigars, fine spirits, tons of great food from local restauranteurs and tons of varieties of fine wine to discover from the Lifford Wine & Spirits portfolio. One unique experience was by the GotStyle section, where owner Melissa Austria would size you up and give you a pocket…
In this issue: Event Recaps Spirited Dinner Spirits Confidential Disaronno Mixing Star Dinner Upcoming Events Boys Night Out Crave TO It was back-to-back days for me with Beam Global starting with a Spirited Dinner with Jim Beam’s Great Grandson, Fred Noe III followed by the next afternoon with fine spirit sampling at Spirits Confidential. But even after 2 days, it’s incredible how varied the amount of spirits there are to sample with the large Jim Beam collection of brands ranging…
Just in time for Summerlicious which starts today, I was lucky to get the opportunity to sample the new menu at Kultura with their newly-appointed Executive Chef, Daniel Racine. At the same time, by the time you read this Kultura is also launching their new Hookah lounge so guests can enjoy the aromatic and soothing shisha. Good things happening at the Kultura. Check out their menu here including their Summerlicious specials. www.kulturatoronto.com/menu.html ABOUT KULTURA Boasting three floors, four rooms, two…
Here’s our photos from Digital Dreams 2013, the 2 day EDM fest at Echo Beach with Tiesto as the headliner. It was sold out with an estimated 55,000 people over the 2 days there for Canada Day long weekend. Even scalpers were having trouble getting a hold of tickets on the first day. You could easily hear the loud bass from a kilometre away from the 4 stages that made up the dance festival. DJs included Wolfgang Gartner, Paul Van…
Last night it was all about the 4 amazing young ladies known as the déVah Quartet and rightfully so. Recently coming off the success of a Kickstarter campaign they hosted their EP release party at Tattoo Rock Parlour with an incredible high-energy performance. Their talent with the electric strings is interesting and intense. Classically trained, contemporarily relevant. I’ve seen how far they’ve come in a few months since my first encounter with them at the ISES Toronto Steampunk Gala and…