Brantford has forever been known for its focus on sports. It’s the tournament capital of Ontario and the birthplace of hockey’s “Great One,” but Brantford has more to offer than just sports and jocks - it’s got music.

When you get to town, one of the first places you should check out is The Ford Plant. Located on the corner of King and Colborne, this small, not-for-profit venue has been host to a varied array of musical talents including...

Bored Laurier Brantford students with empty weekend agendas can start filling up their Friday and Saturday nights starting this October. The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts, located in the heart of downtown Brantford, has announced its 2010-2011 season and it features several shows sure to bring out the student crowds.

The new season kicks off with Chantal Kreviazuk on Thursday October 14, followed closely by the Trailer Park Boys’ “Drunk, High and Unemployed Tour” taking the stage two days...

Day two of Hockeyfest started off with long lines and, surprisingly, smiling faces as concert-goers patiently waited to enter the park for their chance to see some of Canada’s biggest and best musical talents. It seems that even the wait couldn’t discourage the excitement in the crowd for what was turning out to be one of the biggest and most successful events to hit Brantford in recent memory.

The weekend festival featured well-known musicians as well as up-and-coming acts, each...

Hundreds of jersey-clad fans stormed the Sanderson Centre theatre on Friday, June 5th for “Stocky Night in Canada,” a show headlined by famous geek director Kevin Smith. Presented on the heels of the first day of Hockeyfest, the massive theatre was nearly packed to the brim with a wide variety of fans, but mostly rowdy, sun-soaked street hockey players who had been playing all day in the 2nd annual Hockeyfest tournament alongside Kevin Smith and his pals from View Askew,...

“We did it!” says an excited and proud Walter Gretzky at the 2010 Brantford Street Hockey Tournament. “The tournament has 205 teams registered and that’ll put us in the record books.”

The dream was lofty — Brantford wanted to beat the record for the most teams registered in a street hockey tournament set in British Columbia back in 2007. This is not an easy feat when you’re trying to put together an event with more than 200 teams and endless...

In a tiny corner of the World Wide Web, there is a very special place where you can get strangers to sing to you, dance for you, and yes, even flash you their goods.

Hailed as the “next big thing” on the web, Chatroulette follows in the footsteps of other well-known social networking sites: MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.

The idea is simple: you log onto the site, enable your webcam and proceed have live text and video online chats with...

Intimate performance leaves Owen Pallett fans breathless

From the moment Owen Pallett stepped onto the stage on February 26th with his skinny jeans and his hair meticulously sculpted, he was the epitome of an indie hipster god.

Toronto-based band Snowblink played before him, getting the crowd ready with piercing vocals, jingle bells...

Former Barenaked Ladies' singer takes the stage at the Sanderson Centre, proving he's still got what it takes to wow the audience

Just over a year after being unceremoniously removed from the Barenaked Ladies after a much-publicized drug arrest, Steven Page certainly seems to be turning a new page in the novel of his life.

Performing at the Sanderson Centre this past Wednesday evening, Page showed the...

With a new moniker, a new album, and a new tour, Owen Pallett is coming to Brantford to wreak havoc with his violin and loop pedal

Formerly known as Final Fantasy, the Toronto-based Pallett is currently promoting his latest album, Heartland, with a tour that’s taking him from Dallas to Amsterdam to, yes, even Brantford.

And I can tell you right now, it’s going to be a fucking amazing show.

How...

If you haven’t heard, the Love Shop has moved. If your next question is “what’s the Love Shop?”, we’ve got a lot of work to do before you gain your credit in Sex 101.

The Love Shop is one of Brantford’s best sex shops where you’re able to buy all the goodies you need to satisfy yourself and your partner. The new store is located at 216 King George Road and is approximately a 10-minute drive from campus. The...

If you’re in the mood for a couple drinks in a casual atmosphere next Wednesday night, I suggest you head to Liquid Lounge. Only a five-minute drive from campus, at 159 Sydenham St, the bar will remind you of your favourite hometown dive where the drinks are cheap and the friends are a-plenty.

While there, check out the laidback music of Sarah Smith. When she’s not away touring with her band, The Joys, who are certified gold in Canada,...

On February 20, Classic Albums Live presented a stellar performance of classic hits by Supertramp, including “The Logical Song,” “Bloody Well Right” and “School.” The Sanderson Centre was packed, the music was outstanding and one Sputnik writer was left questioning everything he knew to be true and right in the world.

When I was 11, my mom bought a kick-ass new stereo system. One of the very first albums she played (and I recall this vividly) was Crime of the...

At a first glance, the downtown Hollywood club looks like any other: dark wooden floors, dim lighting, and a DJ playing Top 40 rap and pop. Scantily clad girls fill every corner; some wear skin-hugging latex dresses with their cleavage and belly buttons exposed, while others wear nothing at all.

Outside, two limousines in which two men wait roll up, licking their lips in anticipation. One of them, a black man with dreads, rubs the top of the limo and...

When Suzie McNeil said her “fans are the most important thing,” she wasn’t kidding. On Friday, January 29, I headed to the Sanderson Centre to see my first Suzie McNeil concert.

I’m not a huge Suzie fan, but I cheered her on while she was battling her way through the hit show Rockstar: INXS and for that reason I was very curious to see if she could keep my interest the way she had on reality television. To my surprise...