What to do this weekend (Victoria Day edition)

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Here are all of the upcoming events posted for this weekend across Canada for this long Victoria Day weekend: (Click on the event link for full ticket information)

Ottawa

Friday, May 16th - The Parallax Tour w/ Konec + More @ Ritual

Friday, May 16th - Mark Sherry w/ Landry @ ERA

Saturday, May 17th - Paris & Simo @ Sotto Bar & Lounge

Saturday, May 17th - Thomas Newson @ ERA

The lineup for this year's Chasing Summer Music Festival in Calgary has been revealed

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The Chasing Summer Music Festival, set to take place from Friday, August 8th until Saturday, August 9th at Fort Calgary, has just revealed it's lineup: 

Bringing in the legendary Tiesto with Hardwell is a power packed combo that will attract big room fans from all over Western Canada. There is also a trance element to Chasing Summer this year with the addition of New World Punx (Markus Schulz & Ferry Corsten), Arnej, and Ilan Bluestone that will keep the trance family happy. 

Pre-sale tickets go on sale starting this Friday at 10:00 am and range from $109 - $149+ for general admission, and $189+ for VIP admission. Click below for more information: 

Fri, August 8th - Sat, August 9th - Chasing Summer Electronic Music Festival 2014 @ Fort Calgary

The lineup for the Badlands Summer Music Festival 2014 is revealed

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The lineup for the 2014 edition of the Badlands Summer Music Festival in Calgary was revealed today, check it out:

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Badlands is set to take place at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary over 3 days from Friday, July 4th until Sunday July 6th. So far Duck Sauce (Friday) and The Bloody Beetroots (Sunday) have been announced as headliners while a "mystery headliner" is yet to be revealed for Saturday's main stage. 

This year there will be a "Future Stage" that features some deep/tech house acts such as Hot Since 82, Art Department, and more. Also sharing the stage on a different day will be Mad Decent's Grandtheft along with locals Smalltown DJs and more. 

Tickets are now available for Badlands 2014, click below for more information: 

Fri, July 4th - Sun, July 6th - Badlands Summer Music Festival 2014 @ Canada Olympic Park

Listen to "Satisfy", the brand new track from Nero

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Nero has just uploaded their latest track "Satisfy" on Soundcloud, check it out: 

Love this track. "Satisfy" is the first glimpse fans have gotten for their upcoming album due out sometime in 2014. Cant' wait. 

So far Nero have only confirmed one Canadian stop this year which will be at the Veld Music Festival in Toronto in August. Click here for more information. 

Win 2 tickets to the Back 2 Basics Boat Cruise featuring Manzone & Strong, Deko-Ze, Chris Ink this Sunday in Toronto!

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EDM Canada is giving a lucky winner a chance to get 2 tickets to hop on board the Back 2 Basics boat cruise featuring local talents Manzone & Strong, Deko-Ze, and Chris Ink. The cruise offers 5 hours of wall to wall house music on board the Enterprise 2000 boat. The Back 2 Basics cruise will be held this Sunday and will start at 2:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm.

To win 2 tickets, you must be on Twitter and do the following:

  1. Follow @edmtoronto on Twitter. 
  2. Tweet the following:

Win 2 tix to the Back2Basics cruise ft. @ManzoneStrong + More this Sun- Follow @edmtoronto and RETWEET this to enter! http://ow.ly/wO6n4

The contest is open now and ends on Thursday at 10:00 pm EST. 

Important note: The potential winner will be messaged directly on Twitter and will have until Friday, May 16th at 11:00 am to respond. To win you must give me your full name and email. If the potential winner does not respond in time, there will be a re-draw occurring at 11:00 am on Friday, May 16th. 

Click here for tickets for the Back 2 Basics Boat Cruise