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Dave Bidini ***POSTPONED*** Dave has had to reschedule do to personal health reasons


  • Date:16/05/2024 08:00 PM
  • Bracebridge Hall Town of, 17 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, ON, Canada (Map)

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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