For a while I kept track of every concert I went to. That became nearly impossible after some time, but here’s the first list.
Artist/Band | Venue | Date |
Sloan | The Edge | May 1, 1998 |
Joni Mitchell & Bob Dylan |
Maple Leaf Gardens | Oct. 29, 1998 |
Sloan | Palais Royale | Nov. 5, 1998 |
Flashing Lights | CN Tower | Jul. 24, 1999 |
Local Rabbits | CN Tower | Aug. 7, 1999 |
Local Rabbits & The Flashing Lights |
The Opera House | Oct. 22, 1999 |
“Weird Al” Yankovic | Sears Theatre at the ACC |
Oct. 24, 1999 |
Beck | Maple Leaf Gardens | Feb. 6, 2000 |
The Flashing Lights & Sloan |
Massey Hall | Mar. 3, 2000 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Air Cananda Centre | Mar. 30, 2000 |
Victoria Williams & Lou Reed |
Hummingbird Centre | Jun. 16, 2000 |
Neil Young | The Molson Amphitheatre | Aug. 31, 2000 |
The Guthries | The Horseshoe Tavern | Oct. 31, 2000 |
The Flashing Lights & The Barenaked Ladies |
Air Canada Centre | Nov. 24, 2000 |
Paul Simon | Massey Hall | Nov. 29, 2000 |
Elevator | El Mocambo | Feb. 16, 2001 |
Andrew Bird’s Bowl Of Fire & New Pornographers |
Lee’s Palace | Feb. 23, 2001 |
Jeff Tweedy | Trinity St. Paul’s Centre | Mar. 1, 2001 |
Julie Doiron | Lee’s Palace | Mar. 30, 2001 |
Elevator | The Horseshoe Tavern | Mar. 30, 2001 |
Weekend, Maestro Mike O’Neill, Joel Plaskett &The Dears |
The Horseshoe Tavern | Mar. 31, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | Starfish Room | Apr. 13, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | Crocodile Cafe | Apr. 15, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | The Palace | Apr. 18, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | Rhythm Room | Apr. 22, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | 5th Province | Apr. 30, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | Magic Bag | May 1, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | The Horseshoe Tavern | May 3, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | Brownies | May 5, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | Marquee | May 14, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | The Drain | May 21, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | The Drain | May 22, 2001 |
The Flying Monkey Brigade | The Drain | May 23, 2001 |
Gordon Lightfoot | Massey Hall | May 24, 2001 |
Aerosmith | The Molson Amphitheatre | Jul. 2, 2001 |
Sloan & Matthew Good Band |
Kingswood Theatre | July 6, 2001 |
Eric’s Trip | The Opera House | Aug. 24, 2001 |
Ron Sexsmith | Harbourfront Centre | Sep. 10, 2001 |
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends |
The Horseshoe Tavern | Sep. 30, 2001 |
Elf Power & Wilco |
The Phoenix Concert Theatre | Oct. 4, 2001 |
Rufus Wainwright & Tori Amos |
Massey Hall | Oct. 19, 2001 |
Sloan | The Kool Haus | Oct. 25, 2001 |
Bob Dylan | Air Canada Centre | Nov. 8, 2001 |
Paul McCartney | Air Canada Centre | Apr. 13, 2002 |
Belle & Sebastian | The Kool Haus | May. 8, 2002 |
Tigre Benvie & Local Rabbits |
The Horseshoe Tavern | July. 18, 2002 |
Tori Amos | Sears Theatre at the ACC |
Nov. 22, 2002 |
Blue Rodeo, Flaming Lips AC/DC, Rolling Stones & others |
Downsview Park | July. 30, 2003 |
Belle & Sebastian | Massey Hall | Nov. 8, 2003 |
The Polyphonic Spree & David Bowie |
Air Canada Centre | Apr. 1, 2004 |
Peter Elkas & Joel Plaskett |
Hugh’s Room | Jul. 24, 2004 |
Boy, Shaker & Matt Mays & El Torpedo |
Lee’s Palace | Sep. 25, 2004 |
Presse, Mr. Nobu, Live Country Music, Elkas, Gunning & Murphy & Reganomix |
Rivoli | Oct. 13, 2004 |
The Mountainside Band The Kelele Brothers The Scribbled out Man The Dinner Is Ruined & Mike O’Neill |
The Horseshoe Tavern | Dec. 22, 2004 |
The Sadies | The Horseshoe Tavern | Dec. 31, 2004 |
Cuff The Duke & Joel Plaskett Emergency |
Lee’s Palace | Jan. 22, 2005 |
The Spades & Joel Plaskett Emergency |
The Horseshoe Tavern | Jan. 29, 2005 |
Controller.Controller Esthero |
The Phoenix Concert Theatre | Mar. 2, 2005 |
Fruit The Psychotic 4 Luba Dvorak The Brown Hornets |
Holy Joe’s Healey’s Holy Joe’s Healey’s |
Mar. 3, 2005 |
Great Lake Swimmers The Weekend The Bicycles |
El Mocambo El Mocambo Rancho Relaxo |
Mar. 4, 2005 |
Jessica Beach Project Orange Gentleman Reg Fourstar Frontier Index |
360 Horseshoe Tavern Comfort Zone 360 Healey’s |
Mar. 5, 2005 |
The Inbreds | Lee’s Palace | Mar. 11, 2005 |
Ben Gunning | El Mocambo | Mar. 25, 2005 |
Greg Keelor | Lee’s Palace | Mar. 29, 2005 |
Camouflage Nights | Horseshoe Tavern | April 22, 2005 |
Valery Gore, Peter Elkas & Joel Plaskett |
Hugh’s Room | May 1, 2005 |
The Bicycles & John Southworth |
El Mocambo | May 18, 2005 |
Jeremy Fisher | The Mod Club | May 27, 2005 |
Steve Singh, David Celia Justin Ruledge, Royal Wood & Valery Gore |
The Supermarket | May 30, 2005 |
Matt Mays & El Torpedo | Lee’s Palace | Jun. 3, 2005 |
Shawn Hewitt Emm Gryner Alex Lifeson, Matt Mays Jim Cuddy, Sarah Slean Ron Sexsmith Bruce Cockburn & others. |
The Phoenix Concert Theatre | Jun. 8, 2005 |
Nathan Coles Outfit Elliott Brood Jennifer Foster Matthew Barber Maplewood Lane The High Dials 54-40 |
Gladstone Horseshoe Tavern Rancho Relaxo El Mocambo Holy Joe’s The Drake The Drake |
Jun. 9, 2005 |
Valery Gore The Yoko Casionos Oh No Not Stereo Laura Peek Astrid Young Shannon Weir |
Holy Joe’s El Mocambo Rancho Relaxo The Bagel Fox & Fiddle Holy Joe’s |
Jun. 10, 2005 |
Marnie Mains Brown Hornets Vitamin D Friday Morning’s Regret |
Cameron House Silver Dollar Cameron House Gladstone |
Jun. 11, 2005 |
Sloan | Fort Erie | Jul. 3, 2005 |
Ruth Minnikin & The Reels |
Rivoli | Jul. 7, 2005 |
Luke Doucet & Valery Gore |
The Rivoli | Jul. 21, 2005 |
Peter Elkas | The Drake | Aug. 4, 2005 |
N.Q. Arbuckle, The Sadies & Carolyn Mark |
Harbourfront Centre | Aug. 12, 2005 |
Ancient Chinese Secret & Luke Doucet |
Harbourfront Centre | Aug. 13, 2005 |
Gordie Sampson & Joel Plaskett Emergency |
Harbourfront Centre | Aug. 20, 2005 |
Valery Gore & Tracy Bonham |
El Mocambo | Aug. 26, 2005 |
White Cowbell Oklahoma | Lee’s Palace | Sep. 17, 2005 |
k-os | The Opera House | Sep. 21, 2005 |
Gentleman Reg & Cuff The Duke |
Harbourfront Centre | Oct. 2, 2005 |
Lou Barlow & The Posies |
Lee’s Palace | Oct. 3, 2005 |
The Bicycles & The Meligrove Band |
The Social | Oct. 5, 2005 |
Immaculate Machine, Destroyer & The New Pornographers |
The Phoenix Concert Theatre | Oct. 9, 2005 |
Paul McCartney | Air Canada Centre | Oct. 10, 2005 |
Elliott Brood | The Horseshoe Tavern | Oct. 14, 2005 |
Youth Group | HMV on Queen West | Oct. 15, 2005 |
Gentleman Reg & The Organ |
Revival | Oct. 15, 2005 |
Whitey Houston, Fembots, Luke Doucet & Shout Out Out Out |
Lee’s Palace | Oct. 22, 2005 |
A Midautumn Night’s Dream (Ryan Bishops, Nathan Lawr, Kate Maki, Ruth Minnikin & Dale Murray) |
The Gladstone | Nov. 5, 2005 |
The High Dials | The Horseshoe Tavern | Nov. 8, 2005 |
The Bicycles, Republic of Safety & The Meligrove Band |
Sneaky Dee’s | Nov. 19, 2005 |
Elliott Brood & The Sadies |
The Horseshoe Tavern | Dec. 31, 2005 |
Neko Case | The Rivoli | Jan. 4, 2006 |
The Brown Hornets | Silver Dollar | Jan. 7, 2006 |
Spitfires & Mayflowers, The Old Souls & The Meligrove Band |
The Mod Club | Jan. 13, 2006 |
D’Ari Matthew Barber Peter Elkas & Valery Gore |
Hugh’s Room | Feb. 4, 2006 |
The Bicycles | The Boat | Feb. 10, 2006 |
The Phonemes, The Secret Handshake, Ninja High School & Henri Faberge and the Adorables |
Sneaky Dee’s | Feb. 12, 2006 |
Sloan Tribute Disgrimination, The Odyssey, Dollarama, Chris Muprhy’s Mouth Herpes, Cry, Cry, Papsmear, The Chris Murphies, Laura Barrett & The Bicycles |
The Boat | Feb. 16, 2006 |
The New Pornographers & Belle & Sebastian |
The Docks | Feb. 25, 2006 |
Shoot The Moon Shad Pe’z The Blue Raincoats The Blue Van Iron On |
Reverb Social Gladstone Cameron House The Drake Kathedral |
Mar. 2, 2006 |
Society Their Majesties The Barmitzvah Brothers Audiotransparent Soak The Sin JunkTV |
The Drake Rancho Relaxo Silver Dollar Holy Joe’s Bovine Sex Club Cameron House |
Mar. 3, 2006 |
Goodbye Parker The Brown Hornets Statutory Apes Robocopp Pyramid Culture Dollarama |
Comfort Zone Comfort Zone Boat Boat Boat Boat |
Mar. 4, 2006 |
The Brown Hornets | The Rivoli | Mar. 10, 2006 |
York U Klezmer Band & Klezfactor |
The Bagel | Mar. 22, 2006 |
Thieves | Lee’s Palace | Apr. 1, 2006 |
City Field | The Drake Hotel | May 4, 2006 |
Al Tuck & No Action & Matt Murphy as Guy Terrifico |
Lee’s Palace | May 6, 2006 |
Two Hours Traffic & The Joel Plaskett Emergency |
The Phoenix Concert Theatre | May 25, 2006 |
The Ride Theory Code Pie Adam Puddington & The Proof Payola Reserve James McKenty & The Spades |
The Silver Dollar Holy Joe’s Healey’s Cadillac Lounge Healey’s |
Jun. 8, 2006 |
Paper Moon Junetile Stirling Faces On Film The Ride Theory |
The Super Market | Jun. 9, 2006 |
Superjuice Inc. Jason Falkner Novillero King Khan & His Shrines |
Hooch Reverb El Mocambo Comfort Zone |
Jun. 9, 2006 |
Six Shooter Records BBQ | Six Shooter | Jun. 10, 2006 |
Valery Gore The Brown Hornets |
Cameron House Comfort Zone |
Jun. 10, 2006 |
The Bicycles & Friends | Tranzac | Aug. 19, 2006 |
Todd Rundgren | Danforth Music Hall | Sep. 4, 2006 |
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