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CTV News
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Kitchener music festival cancelled ‘due to unforeseen circumstances'
A karaoke microphone on a stage seen in this file photo. A two-day music festival that was scheduled to come to Kitchener next month has been cancelled. The Songscape Music Festival was supposed to take place outside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on June 20 and June 21 and feature Theory of a Deadman, Mother Mother, Headstones, Bahamas and Finger Eleven. However, a post made on the festival's official website now says the event will not be happening. 'Due to unforeseen circumstances the organizers of the Songscape festival on June 20 & 21 have made the decision to cancel the event. All refunds will be available at the point of purchase,' the post reads. CTV News Kitchener has reached out to the organizers.
CBC
11-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Renovated players' area and new restaurant at The Aud to be pitched to Kitchener city councillors
The Kitchener Rangers want to make some changes to the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex and if that work gets approved, city staff want to piggyback on the renovations to build a restaurant there, too. A report going before Kitchener city council on Monday's community and infrastructure services committee says the Rangers hockey team wants to improve the players' dressing room area, business office and the room used by media and scouts. The renovations would be fully funded by the team. It would see the Rangers relocate the majority of their offices to the third floor of the building, expand player amenities "to continue to attract top talent" and relocate the media and scout room to the space that would go beside the proposed restaurant in a room currently called the Subscriber's Lounge. "This request from The Kitchener Ranges creates a unique opportunity for the city to take advantage of the planned construction work to create a new restaurant at The Aud," the staff report says, noting a restaurant would be an "attractive new amenity" that would "position the complex as a more attractive destination for large scale sports and e-sports events as well as concerts." The complex, often referred to in the community as simply The Aud, opened in May 1951 and its last major renovation was in 2012, although through a partnership between the Rangers and the city. Restaurant could become a destination Allyson Samms is manager of The Aud and says they see a lot of benefits to updating the space. She noted when players are being recruited by the Kitchener Rangers, they come to tour the facility and the city. "What are they going to do off the ice, where are they going to hang out, what are they going to be offered? They take that into account," she told CBC News. "We're hoping that the restaurant, maybe there would be regular operating hours, maybe it is a destination that would be available outside our special events … It's going to allow us to hopefully recruit some new events." The staff report says The Aud is in "good condition" currently and there are "no immediate facility or maintenance-related issues that would require it to be closed in the short or medium term." But, the staff report adds, "just like every other city facility, The Aud will require ongoing maintenance and future investments to maintain that condition going forward." The city would expect to spend $2 million to create the restaurant, of which $575,000 would come from the tax base. Other funding would come from a reserve fund from ticket sales at The Aud as well as the municipal accommodation tax. The report says a revenue projection shows if the restaurant is open for 100 days or nights in a year, there would be enough revenue generated to pay back the tax base within seven years. "It is important to note the restaurant has potential to earn higher revenue through private event rentals or expanding operations beyond 100 days, which would shorten that payback period," the report says.
