The largest concert in the London region since 2019 will feature one of Canada’s biggest country stars at Delaware Speedway in September.
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The largest concert in the London region since 2019 will feature one of Canada’s biggest country stars at Delaware Speedway in September.
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Jones Entertainment Group is partnering with the Delaware Group, owners of the speedway, to bring Dean Brody, James Barker Band, Jade Eagleson and other guests for a concert Sept. 23 to kick off the Great Canadian Race Weekend at Delaware.
Details were announced Monday. Tickets go on sale Friday online at rockthepark.ca at 10 a.m.
The speedway on Gideon Drive west of London has the capacity for 4,000 music fans, said Brad Jones, president of Jones Entertainment Group. Jones said more concerts will be held there next summer.
“This is our first test drive,” said Jones, adding the event is unrelated to the issue that erupted last week over the City of London reviewing its bylaw and potentially limiting large, loud outdoor shows during the school week, Sunday through Thursday, to a 9 p.m. closing.
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Details on COVID-19 protocols will be determined closer to the date, such as wearing masks when standing or dancing or moving in the venue, said Jones. He noted that Toronto’s Budweiser Stage (formerly the Molson Amphitheatre) has a capacity of 16,000 and is now allowed to host events for crowds up to 10,000.
Dubbed the Delaware Speedway Road to Rock the Park powered by Start.ca, Jones said a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society of London & Middlesex.
“When we saw what the new management team had accomplished at Delaware Speedway in the last two months we were blown away,” Jones said. “People will not believe this is the same Delaware Speedway they have been to in previous years. I jumped at the chance to work with the Delaware Group.”
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Great Canadian Race Weekend at Delaware will include Super Stock, Late Models and the NASCAR Pinty Series races.
Tickets are $55 for adults on the lawn and $39 for children under 15 on the lawn (plus taxes and service charges), $75 (plus taxes and service charges) for adults on the track and $95 (plus taxes and service charges) for a seat at a VIP table.
The table seats are limited and Jones said fans who have bought tickets at Start.ca Rocks the Park’s Country Night will have first chance to buy them.
Since arriving on the music scene in 2008 with the hit song Brothers, Brody has released 30 top-10 singles (including six hits that topped the charts, Canadian Girls, Bounty, 8th Day, Can’t Help Myself, Canadian Summer and Boys). He’s won a dozen Canadian Country Music Association Awards, another two dozen nominations and two Juno Awards.
James Barker Band has also won several CCMA awards and a Juno while Eagleson won the CCMA for rising star in 2019 and is nominated for album of the year, fans’ choice and male artist of the year at this year’s CCMA Awards, being held at Budweiser Gardens Nov. 27-30.
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