Calgary, today at 5:30 PM we’re going to try out our brand new busking license and The City’s brand new busking regulations.

Catch a couple of songs at the Centre Street LRT sometime shortly after 5PM, we’ll assemble and warm up there. Then, we’ll claim one of the four "Busk Stops" on Stephen Avenue, set up the amp for Margo, and entertain you with some great brass-rock songs. Ask about our new Mr Doubler to throw out the bass. And Ron has some fun drum tricks up his sleeve.



Busy at 5:30PM? No problem! We’re invited to Rocking4Dollars at Broken City. $3 cover! 10 bands, each plays 3 songs. Then we get to spin the wheel for prizes! Loads of fun, and a great way to drink beer and meet people. Starts at 8PM.






Come out after work, for those few people in downtown Calgary who still have jobs. The rest of you, you have no excuse. Free music.

Tags: Broken City, Outdoor, Open Mic, free, busking, Stephen Avenue, #IAmDowntown

Delirium fans, we have been asked by our friends in Freak Motif to join in a pre Juno winter parade. It’s this Thursday, Feb 11, starting at Olympic Plaza. Noon and 5PM. Watch the Facebook Event Page for updates. Delirium songs at noon or 5pm or (probably) both, watch twitter for details.

In the spirit of Mardi Gras and the upcoming Juno awards, we are inviting all of YOU to join us in a parade through downtown Calgary! It's happening TWO TIMES: Thurs Feb 11
12-1pm
and
5-6pm

Starting and ending at Olympic Plaza. If you don't find us, follow the noise... Join us, bring your drum, bring your art, wear a costume, come create something weird.

Email frkmtf@gmail.com for more info.

#outloudyyc
#yycwinterparade
#OutloudYYC

Tags: Stephen Avenue, Junos, Outdoor, free

Ladies and Gentlemen, on August 27 we will be performing at ContainR at the Music and Market Square series. This is Outdoor Urban Friendly Music, ideally suited to Delirium. Get It Funk will be joining us. Show is 6PM or so to 8:30 PM.

John from Delirium is helping to organize the series. Many Thursdays this summer feature different music genres, and people are coming out with their family, their kids, their parents, their sweetie, their dog, and/or their dancing shoes. On August 27 come out and catch Brass and Funk.

Bring cash, it’s pay-what-you-can. (Put small bills in one easily accessible pocket, and throw a few extra $20s or $50s in a secret pocket in case you have the best time of your life. If you’re having a hard time making rent this month, just bring your smile.)

We have some new tunes that you will love!

Facebook Event Page

Tags: Outdoor, ContainR, Pay What You Can

People, we’re planning a show on Sunday for an hour at The Peace Bridge. You know, the place in our videos. After 3PM.

Watch comments below for last minute info and twitter for timing.

ALSO

The Heavyweights are coming to town! June 19. Buy tickets. Great brass band from Toronto.

Tags: Peace Bridge, Outdoor, island, busking, Heavyweights Brass Band

We’re proud to announce we’ll be supporting the Tweed Ride on Monday the 18th. The forecast is good, come out! We’re playing at the registration desk before the ride starts (after 2PM and before 3PM), and we’ll see you at the Oak Tree Tavern at the end.




The Tweed Ride supports Bicycles for Humanity, who send used bikes to developing countries. If you are going to ride, you are encouraged to register in advance. Please bring extra cash for the band, it will show your support for the music, we’ll collect it and pass 100% of it on to Bicycles For Humanity.

Tags: Cycling, Charity, Pub

Every Thursday Deanne Matley hosts a lovely "Jazz and More" open mic at Cafe Koi. It’s a friendly classy affair with some great opportunities to catch some established and up-and-coming Calgary musicians. This Thursday, February 26, if things go well Calgary’s finest street party brass band Delirium SPB would like to bring the "more" to "jazz and more" and introduce you to our new drummer Ron and a new song. Hope to see you. Open mic is 8:00 to 11:00, we’ll play after 9:30.

Tags: Drummer, Cafe Koi, Open Mic

The two-gigs-in-one-weekend is here. We have some new tunes for you, stand by for the surprises!

Friday’s show is a private show for the clients of the Drop In Centre. We are donating our music and reports are it’s a lot of fun. Even though it’s a private show, we can add you to the guest list. If you’ve never been there, this may be your chance. Send us a note using the "Contact" link at the bottom of every page on the website.

Saturday’s show is at the Rosedale Hall from 7:00PM to 10:00PM. Tickets from kathymacd@gmail.com. The $30 price includes your meal (at 7:30), one drink, and the music. It’s a silent auction fundraiser for the Rosedale Tennis Club, and you will be hard pressed to find a better bunch of guys than the people in the Rosedale Tennis Club.

Russ Gauthier from False Flag will be drumming for us at both shows!

Tags: Tickets

Just a quick note to our fans that due to the weather forecast we’re not likely busking in Kensington on Wednesday Aug 20. Thanks for your support and we’ll see you soon! Watch the shows page or twitter for up-to-date info.

Tags: Weather

September 26 and 27 is a big weekend. First we play the Drop In Centre at the ArtBeat Stage. This is a free show primarily for the clients and staff of the Drop In centre, to bring music to people who might not otherwise get out to hear live music. It should be a big enthusiastic crowd and it would be great if you could come, even if you’re lucky enough to not need the services of the Drop in Centre.


The next day we play the Rosedale Tennis Clubs "Light It Up" fundraising gala. There will be great tennis, dinner and a drink, and some outdoor and indoor music, for $30. We plan to mix it up with some traditional New Orleans in the late afternoon, and revert to our pop/rock dance in the evening.


In the meantime, next week we will play a busking show Aug 20 in Kensington, weather permitting. Hope you can come out, this will be Michael’s last show of the summer before he takes off back to Berklee School of Music in the fall. Watch twitter for last minute info.

AND AND AND AND our video will be dropping soon. It’s got a lot of great outdoor footage, really showing off our fine city and the fun we’ve had all summer. We can’t wait!

Tags: Dancing

Thanks to Open Streets Calgary we’ll be hitting the bicycle-powered stage again at Inglewood Sunfest. Sunfest is noon to 5PM on August 2nd, we’ll be performing at 4PM. Please come out and hear us! We had so much fun at the Stampede Hangover Picnic the last time we partnered with Open Streets Calgary, we can’t wait to do it again!

There are some great street performers at Sunfest, so come early, and stay late. Hope to see you!

Tags: Dancing, Outdoor

There are a lot of fun things coming up on the Delirium SPB schedule!.

Most importantly, the amazing Lemon Bucket Orkestra are coming to Calgary! We have a show scheduled with them on July 15. It will be an outdoor show, a Stampede Hangover Picnic. There will be bicycles, a parade, dancing, etc. etc. etc. Save the date July 15 and watch this space for details! This will be a pay-what-you-can event, not a free event, to support the 16 piece LBO on their Canada Tour.

Other dates:
June 27: Free Impromptu Busking Show location TBA
July 1: Video Shoot Day and Free Show in Chinatown at the Street Festival
Calgary Stampede July 3 to July 13. Lots of busking! LBO arrive July 10. We have country tunes!

Please use Twitter or our Mailing List to stay informed, so that you don’t miss any of this! (Facebook won’t show you all of our posts...)

Tags: Outdoor, free

Ski season ended on Monday, which means Busking season is back. And Michael is back for our drums.

We’ll return triumphantly to Eau Claire (the circle amphitheatre by the windmill) on Sunday May 25, around 3PM. (If there’s some other event going on there, check the Peace Bridge just a few blocks West.)

Hope to see you! Bring your camera and shoot photos and video, so you can upload it for us. Bring your dogs, kids, grandparents, etc.

Tags: busking

We have some fan-taken video from Saturday at Dickens Pub. Check it out on youtube! If you weren’t there, this is what you missed!

Tags: Dickens Pub, Live recording

Please share the word about the Feb 22nd show at Dickens Pub. Dope Soda is coming to town, they formed an Island based ska-reggae-hip-hop-jazz band by stealing musicians from some top Vancouver Island bands. “Led by a three piece horn section” and “ jumps back and forth between reggae jams, punk rock assaults, happy ska romps, and hiphop throwdowns”. Surely an event not to be missed!

We’re also playing, of course, along with Hats and Black Ties, and Class Action. These two bands are the mainstay of ska in Calgary. It’s worth coming out just for them!

If you’re on Facebook please “join” the event here https://www.facebook.com/events/699724430058373/ and tweet/share/pin etc, we want to get the crowds out!

Tags: ska, island, just kidding not that island, Dickens