The Toronto Traveler

Photo Credit: Massey Hall by hobvias sudoneighm on Flickr

Many people have undoubtedly heard of Finger Eleven already, especially if you happen to be into the alternative rock genre of music.  Even if you’re not and you’re looking to expand your horizons a bit, the musical performance of Finger Eleven that’s coming up tomorrow is a pretty good way to do that.  They’re an all-Canadian band as well, which perhaps adds to the flavour of the performance for people that are viewing it from out of country.

Details

Event: Finger Eleven at Massey Hall
Date: March 8, 2008
Time: 8 PM
Cost: ~$35
Location: Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street (MAP)
Nearest Subway Station:Queen Subway Station on the Yonge Subway Line
More Information: Phone 416-872-4255 or visit http://www.masseyhall.com

Venue

Massey Hall is perhaps the second most recognized musical venue in all of Toronto.  After Roy Thomson Hall, Massey Hall is the next most desirable location not just for musical events, but also for stage productions as well as lecture talks on occasion and it is this conglomerate of potential events that continues to make Massey Hall not just a premier musical venue, but also a premier general venue in the city of Toronto.  It also happens to be located in downtown Toronto right near all of the other big venues and this makes an event at Massey Hall quite easy to combine with other tourist events in the city and because of that reason Massey Hall concerts tend to be on the list of potential events for most tourists visiting the city of Toronto.

Event

As I previously stated, Finger Eleven got their start in Canada; in Burlington, Ontario to be exact.  Burlington’s not too far from Toronto and like many of the other great Canadian bands, Finger Eleven started out as a group of high school students that decided to get together and create a band.  That was a decade ago and since that time Finger Eleven has been all over the place in touring and has seen their music climb the charts at an almost meteoric rate.  They now have fans not only in Canada, but also in North America and even some places overseas.  They’re coming back to Toronto for another concert fresh off a successful appearance on the Jay Leno show and while tickets are still available for the event, you might want to get yours right now rather than wait until you get to the door.

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