oh canada? canadian guitar festival - 7/22-24

[mtmikey]

so i was over at don ross' site today and saw a link to the canadian guitar festival:
http://www.canadianguitarfestival.com/

some great players. a seminar or two and a competition. i'm thinking of doing the drive over and seeing the shows. i won't be competing and prolly won't hang out for the competition. anyone else going to be there?

it's in odessa, outside of kingston. anyone have any good tips for hanging out in the area? i've never been to ontario.

eh?

[mtmikey]

all right. i'm totally going. i saw a half-hour retrospective on rush on vh-1 last night. gotta get my yyz on.

[sully]

I didn't see Rush on the list of performers...

Kingston is a pretty small, sleepy town without too much happening as far as I know.
Alexandria Bay is pretty nice. Ottawa isn't too far, if you want nightlife. Hull, across the river from Ottawa, has a really nice casino. Of course, Montreal is a great city!

[mtmikey]

I didn't see Rush on the list of performers...

they will be there in spirit. of my radio.

Kingston is a pretty small, sleepy town without too much happening as far as I know.
Alexandria Bay is pretty nice. Ottawa isn't too far, if you want nightlife. Hull, across the river from Ottawa, has a really nice casino. Of course, Montreal is a great city!

sleepy is good. where's my coffee?

i've always wanted to see montreal and i think my driving route takes me through there. sadly i don't think i'm going to have a ton of time to stop...

thanks for the info!

[mtmikey]

super time. excellent vibe, superb players, some great surprises in folks i wasn't yet familiar with. hung out with some fine people. a pleasure through and through. definitely coming back next year.

you should too.

del and & co. put on a great show. mark your calendars for next year:
http://canadianguitarfestival.com/

now i gotta get on the road... beauty.

[Ian Anderson]

Mike congrats on time well spent. I had commitments this weekend and couldn't hookup (Lord know I wanted too!) I'm in Canada and this would have only been a three hour drive to get there. (it doesn't get much better that that) Can I assume it's in the same place every year?

[mtmikey]

bonjour ian,

yep, as far as i know. odessa fairgrounds. take the odessa/yarker exit off the 401 (i think it's exit 599) and head south through the light. first left you come to.

bring bug spray and beer. enjoy.

for those of you who are interested, i did a little writeup on cgf '05 here:
Beauty, eh? (http://www.bansheewerks.com/frivolities/whinge/ins_07_25_05a.shtml)

[Choirboy]

Nice writeup on the festival. Will definitely have to swing by next year based on your experiences.

[Ian Anderson]

bonjour ian,

yep, as far as i know. odessa fairgrounds. take the odessa/yarker exit off the 401 (i think it's exit 599) and head south through the light. first left you come to.

bring bug spray and beer. enjoy.

for those of you who are interested, i did a little writeup on cgf '05 here:
Beauty, eh? (http://www.bansheewerks.com/frivolities/whinge/ins_07_25_05a.shtml)

Great story about your stay, hope your hotel experiance improves next time! Really must get this on the calander and hook up with you next year.