2012-06-30 - Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

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2012-06-30 - Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

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http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/ArticleDis ... ?e=3471225

The Tragically Hip will be headlining a concert in Niagara-on-the-Lake Canada Day weekend.

Although town councillors are struggling with the logistics of up to 20,000 people arriving on the Commons and the impact on surrounding residents and businesses, the California concert production company planning the event has so far asked only for an extension to the noise bylaw. AEG Live is scheduling five bands beginning at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30 at Butler’s Barracks on John Street, with the Tragically Hip performing, accompanied by a video and light show, at the end of the evening.

With council’s support of the noise bylaw extension Monday, the show will wrap up at 11 p.m.—no later, promised Vanessa Arscott, the local representative of the production company.

Parks Canada, owners of the John Street property, are on-side, as are several other agencies, including the Friends of Fort George and the 1812 Bicentennial Committee members who are organizing Canada Day celebrations and may benefit from a spill-over of visitors to town.

Local hotels are putting together accommodation packages, hoping to attract visitors for more than just one day, councillors heard.

On- and off-site parking plans are underway, with 2,500 parking spaces on 13.5 acres of Parks Canada property, and agreements in the works for spaces at Niagara College campuses, Brock University and the Niagara District Airport.

Tickets are expected to be on sale by the end of the month—Feb. 25 to the public.

But organizers may still have some hurdles to jump.

Two councillors, Andrea Kaiser and Jamie King, wanted to withhold approval of the noise bylaw extension until the logistical details have been worked out and there is assurance that a production of this size can be carried off without negatively impacting on local residents and businesses.

But others felt that the production company should be given all the support it needs to move ahead, as Councillor Jim Collard said, “one step at a time”—the noise bylaw extension being the next step in planning.

Councillor Martin Mazza, reminding council that the Town has committed to being “open for business,” urged support for the concert and help with any necessary permits to stage the event.

A public meeting held Wednesday was to give residents a chance to learn about the plan and ask questions of the organizers.

“We want to make people see we’re real, we’re passionate, and if they have questions, we’ll answer them directly,” said Arscott.

The only input the Town may still have will be giving permission to close a section of John Street, with shuttle buses dropping off and picking up concert-goers at either end.

The Tragically Hip, with 14 Junos to its credit, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario.
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Great news...they have been working on this for a bit good friend of mine is with Jackson Triggs and the only concern was the noise level and extension for the noise the people of Niagara on the Lake can be a little lets say put out about something like this...but in the end that is government land and you know the government can do what they want!

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I'll be in Niagara over that weekend. This is superb news.
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Can't wait! Soooo need this!!!
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Will be making the trip from Cambridge down to NOTL. Hopefully they learned from Bobcageyon how to organize the bus's to and from the venue as I read that there will be mostlly offsite parking.
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Well it is not in the middle of no where so it should be fine :thumb:
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I believe AEG is organizing this event, same west coast promoter that did the Bobcaygeon show. Hopefully they will not have the same animal cage VIP set up they did for the gigs last summer. I think we were actually behind the sound board for that show, some 30-40 rows back from the stage.
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There's an easy fix for that. Don't do the VIP scam.
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Really wish I could make it to this gig. Getting married this year has really sucked all concert gig money into wedding prep. Hopefully they will tour the Boston/VT area in the summer!
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*buses
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Looks like the other bands on the bill will be:
Death Cab for Cutie
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The New Pornographers
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Tthip wrote:Looks like the other bands on the bill will be:
Death Cab for Cutie
Rural Alberta Advantage
The New Pornographers
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Death Cab, RAA, and the New Pornos with the Hip sounds like a fucking amazing show.
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mojo_mattv wrote:
Tthip wrote:Looks like the other bands on the bill will be:
Death Cab for Cutie
Rural Alberta Advantage
The New Pornographers
Dispatch
Death Cab, RAA, and the New Pornos with the Hip sounds like a fucking amazing show.
Yeah. I might need to endure one more outdoor show. The amount of jackassery bound to show up at a Canada Day weekend Hip show does not bode well, however.
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June 30, 2012 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: The Commons at Butler's Barracks
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fingernailsonhull wrote:
mojo_mattv wrote:
Tthip wrote:Looks like the other bands on the bill will be:
Death Cab for Cutie
Rural Alberta Advantage
The New Pornographers
Dispatch
Death Cab, RAA, and the New Pornos with the Hip sounds like a fucking amazing show.
Yeah. I might need to endure one more outdoor show. The amount of jackassery bound to show up at a Canada Day weekend Hip show does not bode well, however.
I feel your pain. After Edmonton last summer I swore that I'd never go to another outdoor Hip show in Canada again, but for that lineup I'd probably have to make an exception.
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