Dave Bidini ***POSTPONED*** Dave has had to reschedule do to personal health reasons
Dave Bidini from The Rheostatics
Presented by Troubadour Thursday and Bracebridge Hall
*Table Reservations Available *
Author and musician Dave Bidini is the only person to
have been nominated for a Gemini, Genie and Juno as
well CBC's Canada Reads. A founding member of
Rheostatics and member of Bidiniband, he has written 13
books, including On a Cold Road, Tropic of
Hockey, Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs, and Home
and Away. He has made two Gemini Award-nominated
documentaries and his play, “The Five Hole Stories,” was
staged by One Yellow Rabbit Performance Company,
touring the country in 2008. His third
book, Baseballissimo, is being developed for the screen
by Jay Baruchel, and, in 2010, he won his third National
Magazine Award, for "Travels in Narnia,” followed by
Calgary Wordfest’s Anne Green Award for artistic
audacity. In 2014, he was nominated for a Toronto Arts
Award and in 2017 he launched West End Phoenix,
Canada’s newest broadsheet newspaper. Midnight Light:
A Personal Journey to the North, is his latest book.
Twitter: @hockeyesque
Instagram @davebidini
www.westendphoenix.com