Jeffrey K on Balcony TV
While we were out at Canadian Music Week last month, Jeff performed an acoustic version of one of the songs we plan to record for our new album. The song is called “Like A Drum”. Thanks to Sarah @ Balcony TV for having us on the program. If you’d like to check out more Balcony TV videos, check out their website: www.balconytv.com
V.I.C Fest Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now
Acres Of Lions will be performing at Dylan Willows new V.I.C Fest on June 18th at St. Ann’s Academy. The festival will feature an assortment of beer, wine, food and includes performances by a number of great Victoria acts including Maurice, Jon and Roy, Quoia, Georgia Murray, and many more. Early Bird tickets are $30 and can be purchased downtown from Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records, or online though SelectYourTickets.com. Also for those of you interested in getting into the festival spirit early, there’s a media launch party happening at Club 9one9 on April 15th that will include short performances by Jon and Roy, Maurice, and Georgia Murray. Check out the V.I.C. Fest website for more info.
Ontario Tour Dates
Acres Of Lions leaves this Thursday for our first Ontario tour since 2009! We’ll be flying in to Toronto, renting a van and gear, and driving around Ontario to play shows with a few of our favorite bands. Here’s the dates… Mar 4 – Belleville @ Parkdale Community Center Mar 5 – Hamilton @ Dirty Dog Saloon Mar 6 – Ottawa @ Cafe Dekuf Mar 7 – Kingston @ The Mansion Mar 8 – Toronto @ The Horseshoe March 10 – Toronto @ El Mocambo (CMW Showcase) March 11 – Toronto @ Fairmont Royal York (Cordova Bay Party) For more info, check out the tour dates page.
CMF Showcase – March 10 @ El Mocambo
We’re excited to announce that we will be heading out to Toronto this March to perform at Canadian Music Fest 2011! Our showcase is with some amazing bands so we hope you’ll come out and support all of us. Here’s the details… Thursday, March 10th at El Mocambo (464 Spadina Avenue) Set Times: 8:30 PM – Acres Of Lions 9:30 – Birds Of Tokyo 10:30 – The Parlotones 11:30 – Amos The Transparent 12:30 – Wildlife 1:30 – Freedom Or Death Individual tickets ($16) can be purchased for the showcase, or you can pick up a CMF wristband ($75) to attend shows throughout the entire festival. We’re also working on booking some Ontario tour dates around the festival, so if you have any ideas for where we should be playing,
Acres Of Lions is one of Victoria’s 10 Best Bands
The cover story of Victoria’s Times Colonist Newspaper this past month, was an article featuring ten of the city’s best local bands. A jury comprising of local promoters, producers, writers and broadcasters was assembled from around Victoria to select the winning acts that included: Acres of Lions, Vince Vaccaro, Maurice, Jets Overhead, Aidan Knight, Current Swell, Jon and Roy, Clay George, Cobblestone Jazz and Bloody Wilma. Read more here.
Happy MOvember to all!
Well hello there, friends! The past two weeks have been busy! We wanted to recap and share with you all of the things we were up to, just in case you missed the events! We also wanted to congratulate the Peak Performance Project finalists and all of our fellow Peak Performers and wish everyone the best of luck in their careers! As a few of our lovely fans have been saying to us recently, “You’re still number one in our books!” We love you all so very much. Monday, November 1st: We, along with our good buddy @VinceVaccaro, went to The Zone 91.3 (thezone.fm) building to begin our month long endeavor into what it is becoming more commonly known as “MOvember.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movember) And in the name of raising awareness and
Breakout West: Wild nights and fantastic friends!
Break Out West: Wild nights and wonderful friends I’ve always pictured this, a festival in a familiar town, in our province, an abundance of great performances all at once, friends on every corner, the celebration and comraderie that comes with an event such as this. It definitely happened, and we came into it confident and ready, barely containing our excitment. A weekend of this magnitude truly has no words. Anything I would use to describe would just understate it (scrumtrulescent) But what I WILL say is that we left with a new found inspiration, new heads on our shoulders, and a memory of something fullfilled within us. We left early Thursday morning, October 21st. I had slept for 3 hours due to the anticipation of the trip, as always, trying
The Zone 91.3 FM Movember Fundraising
Often times on tour we’ve heard the term “Best Band Of Beards” in relation to our band’s lack of shaving skills. This coming month of November, we hope to substitute that for “Best Band Of Moustaches”! Explanation: a few weeks back, our friends at local radio station The Zone 91.3 FM in Victoria asked us to join their Movember team, to not only grow amazing moustaches, but also to raise money for a manly cause: prostate cancer research. Monday, November 1st at 3PM tune into The Zone 91.3 FM to hear a serious shaving event. This will include our very own bass player Dan Ball getting his giant beard shaved, along with other Acres Of Lions members and fellow rocker Vince Vaccaro. It’s all for charity, so we hope that
New iTunes Ping Profile
As some of you tech savvy folks might already know, Apple recently launched a new social media platform within the iTunes application called “Ping”. They’ve just started rolling out artist profiles, and we’re happy to report that the Acres Of Lions profile is now up and running. Everyone who has ever bought a CD on iTunes already has a Ping profile, so simply login to iTunes and FOLLOW US!
Benefit Concert Raises $500 for MusiCounts!
Thanks to everyone who attended our MusiCounts Benefit concert this past Tuesday at Lucky Bar! Especially Lindsay Bryan, Sound and Science, and Bells and Cannons who so kindly volunteered their time and music for this great cause. Between the money collected at the door, the donation jar on our merch table, and the t-shirts we sold ($5 from every sale was donated) we managed to raise $500 for MusiCounts! This money will go directly to MusiCounts Band Aid Program, that grants money to needy schools across Canada so that they can purchase new instruments for their students. Also, for those of you who were unable to attend the concert, Acres Of Lions has set up a special paypal account that allows you to donate money towards our MusiCounts campaign. All
