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. >> read more

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. >> read more

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, >> read more

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. >> read more

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 >> read more