WANNA GO ON A DATE?

Six Shooter artists are touring like crazy this summer. Nothing says summertime like spending hours on end in a van with a bunch of sweaty dudes! Let's start our summer tour date extravaganza with brand new Six Shooter stunner Ford Pier. Calculate the driving hours between these two shows if you dare:

Ford rocks:
8 July Camrose, AB Stage 13 Festival, MTV Unplugged Stage
28 July Toronto, ON Oasis w/ Geoff Berner & Kris Demeanor

Hey, speaking of Senor Ford Pier... The other day, June 16 to be exact, Ford played a show in Waterloo (oh, how we loooove Waterloo) where he dressed up as James Joyce and read excerpts of Ulysses between songs. This total nuttiness was in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday. Bloomsday is neither a celebration of flowers, nor an offshoot of the Doonsbury comic strip, even if the name suggests otherwise. Come on people, do your research! Hey, you know what sucks? Well, let me tell you. It sucks being a kid who spends hours upon hours, days upon days, creating the ultimate Halloween costume, just to be asked "so what are you supposed to be?" by another kid who is supposedly your best friend and should instantly realize that you are dressed up as your idol Jane Siberry (or James Joyce or whatever). Whoa, nevermind, did we mention that ve are on ze tour?

Check out a Weakerthans show immediately!:

15 July Elixir, Kingston, ON
16 July Ottawa Blues Festival, Ottawa, ON
17 July Le Kashmir, Quebec City, PQ
21 July Level 3, St. Catharines, ON
22 July The Underground, Hamilton, ON
23 July Toronto Blues Festival, Toronto, ON
24/25 July Calgary Folk Festival, Calgary, AB

Albertan Princes Captain Tractor are also being swept up by the summer spirit and doing a couple of prairie shows:

23 July Festival of Words - Peacock Auditorium Moose Jaw, SK
25 July Klondike Days Exposition - Northlands Park Edmonton, AB

Rheostatics were so happy about the glorious birth of Canada that they decided to celebrate with a free show on Canada day at Toronto's Harbourfront. That was enough fun to convince the boys to bang off a couple more dates this summer: These upcoming Rheostatics shows are likely not free, but still bursting with amazingness:

7 August Wolfe Island Musicfest Wolfe Island, ON
27 August Marquee Halifax, NS
28 August Evolve Festival Sunflower Valley, NS

Oh, and one more thing! Six Shooter's excitable little brother and Veal bassist, Nik Kozub, has officially launched his brand new Normals Welcome global empire of awesome! Nrmls wlcm incorporates audio production and recording, design and stenciling, marketing, freelance writing, and even a club night where Nik deejays as DJ Nik7. The whole thing was launched on July 1st with the wildly successful first nrmls wlcm club night at the beautiful Victory Lounge in Edmonton, AB. The club night now runs every Thursday and features guest deejays every week. Check it: http://www.nrmlswlcm.com