The Wooden Sky and Yukon Blonde Team Up for Cross-Canada Tour

BY Alex HudsonPublished Jul 29, 2010

Last year, when Toronto, ON folk rockers the Wooden Sky (pictured) toured across Canada, they played in various unofficial venues, including bedrooms, backyards and parks. This time around, they will be doing it more legit, appearing in clubs, as well as at the occasional festival. On the outing, they will be joined by '70s-rock-loving Vancouverites Yukon Blonde.

This pairing should excite anyone who's been following this year's Polaris Music Prize, since both bands recently earned a spot on the award's long list. The groups' tour will last from September until November and will take them from Vancouver all the way to PEI.

Before Yukon Blonde join the tour, the Wooden Sky have a pair of festival dates: Harvest Moon Festival in Clearwater, MB, and Rifflandia Festival in Victoria, BC. There will also be a handful of dates in the Northeastern U.S. between October 10 and 25, including a performance at CMJ in New York. However, those shows aren't finalized yet.

See the schedule of confirmed dates below.

Tour dates:

9/18 Clearwater, MB - Harvest Moon Festival*

9/24 Victoria, BC - Rifflandia Festival*

9/25 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore

9/26 Kelowna, BC - The Habitat

9/27 Nelson, BC - The Royal On Bak
er 
9/29 Canmore, AB - Communitea Café 

9/30 Calgary, AB - Republik 

10/1 Lethbridge, AB - TBA 

10/2 Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room 

10/3 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's 

10/5 Regina, SK - The Exchange 

10/6 Winnipeg, MB - West End Cltr Ctr 

10/7 Thunder Bay, ON - Crock's 

10/8 Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Lop Lop's 

10/9 Sudbury, ON - The Townehouse 

10/11 Quebec City, QC - Le Cercle 

10/13 Charlottetown, PEI - Hunter's 

10/14 Fredericton, NB - The Capital 

10/15 Halifax, NS - Seahorse Tavern 

10/26 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa 

10/27 Ottawa, ON - Mavericks 

10/28 Peterborough, ON - Red Dog 

10/29 Kingston, ON - The Grad Club 

10/30 Barrie, ON - At the Five 

11/2 Hamilton, ON - The Casbah 

11/4 Guelph, ON - E-Bar 

11/5 London, ON - Fanshawe College 

11/6 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace

* the Wooden Sky only

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