Press conference announcing details around the Grey Cup Festival for this year:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really hope we get a big concert for half time that isn’t some country fried hick stuff. 

I'm doing all my vacationing in Canada this year so I'm there and hopefully the blue and gold will be too!

halftime acts always suck live.  you could put the Beatles or the Who out there and they'd suck. stadiums sound terrible.

Sounds like a real hullabaloo is planned. Great!

Praying for another appearance so we can just party for like two weeks straight. What a ******* time. And then the Only Curling Trials right after GC with some legit threats for MB in that... Could just be an incredible fall/winter for the Bison...

16 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Really hope we get a big concert for half time that isn’t some country fried hick stuff. 

Last year I asked myself, is there a rule that a half time show has to be music?

Go off the charts and bring in a high end comedian who does a set on football. 🙂

18 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

 

 

 

Spruce trees and hills? 🤔

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Last year I asked myself, is there a rule that a half time show has to be music?

Go off the charts and bring in a high end comedian who does a set on football. 🙂

I miss the super dogs and even the cross fit thing they did once at a bomber game. I’d love to see some thing unique.  

It's the Grey Cup....it's the CFL.... It's TSN. The budget is limited, and it's at the mercy of record labels and the title sponsor. If Twisted Tea is the title sponsor, they want to target their ideal demo.... The 20ish year old kids... With whatever those people are listening to. 

15 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Last year I asked myself, is there a rule that a half time show has to be music?

Go off the charts and bring in a high end comedian who does a set on football. 🙂

 

22 hours ago, Noeller said:

It's the Grey Cup....it's the CFL.... It's TSN. The budget is limited, and it's at the mercy of record labels and the title sponsor. If Twisted Tea is the title sponsor, they want to target their ideal demo.... The 20ish year old kids... With whatever those people are listening to. 

Yup I get that so emphasizes the obvious importance of adding to the sponsor list so your options go up.

On 2025-03-22 at 11:09 AM, HardCoreBlue said:

Last year I asked myself, is there a rule that a half time show has to be music?

Go off the charts and bring in a high end comedian who does a set on football. 🙂

 

On 2025-03-21 at 5:39 PM, wbbfan said:

Really hope we get a big concert for half time that isn’t some country fried hick stuff. 

No jumping snowmobiles, please!!!!

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yup I get that so emphasizes the obvious importance of adding to the sponsor list so your options go up.

They are absolutely trying.... But I can guarantee you it's a slog for them. The CFL isn't as easy a sell among the masses as we want it to be. Unfortunately major businesses aren't beating down the door to sponsor it. 

I expect to be underwhelmed by the half time show but I'm 48 and I know I am not the target audience for sponsors anymore.

On 2025-03-22 at 12:07 PM, wbbfan said:

I miss the super dogs and even the cross fit thing they did once at a bomber game. I’d love to see some thing unique.  

The Super Dogs were great. That was one halftime show I dearly missed when I moved to Calgary. They do have dogs out here & they're really good as well. However, the Stamps barely booked them. I just preferred the Super Dogs, I  love dogs... Humans don't deserve them. 

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

I expect to be underwhelmed by the half time show but I'm 48 and I know I am not the target audience for sponsors anymore.

The large portion of the cfl market is probably 30-50 men. But the aim is to try n get the youngins to brand in. 
 
A really big Canadian act would be great. with the elbows up campaign and massive ground swell of national pride locking in a show like that before the season would help bring in more eyes. 

 

I don't care who performs just as long as they aren't interviewed during the game.

Keith Urban is not alone in this criticism.

58 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

I don't care who performs just as long as they aren't interviewed during the game.

Keith Urban is not alone in this criticism.

In game interviews in general suck, virtually always when none player/coaches. Just shouldn’t do that type of thing. 

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

The large portion of the cfl market is probably 30-50 men. But the aim is to try n get the youngins to brand in. 
 
A really big Canadian act would be great. with the elbows up campaign and massive ground swell of national pride locking in a show like that before the season would help bring in more eyes. 

 

Who's a big Canadian Pop act right now? I legitimately have no idea... I know SOME of the new Canadian country acts (which do have a big following as that genre is popular right now) but I haven't known any Canadian Pop acts since Carly Rae Jepsen...

53 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Who's a big Canadian Pop act right now? I legitimately have no idea... I know SOME of the new Canadian country acts (which do have a big following as that genre is popular right now) but I haven't known any Canadian Pop acts since Carly Rae Jepsen...

Pop? No idea. The weeknd would be the biggest Canadian get off the top of my mind. 

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

Who's a big Canadian Pop act right now? I legitimately have no idea... I know SOME of the new Canadian country acts (which do have a big following as that genre is popular right now) but I haven't known any Canadian Pop acts since Carly Rae Jepsen...

Tate McRae is the only one I am aware of.

Drake or the Weeknd would create some buzz.

tho Fozzy itself isnt Canadian...Jericho is...and Winnipegger to boot.....thats my kind of music tho half people here prob have no clue....Bring him in for pre-game concert....

Taylor Swift should do it. She’s a fan of the old spaghetti factory. Jericho is way too fat now and gone mentally, it would be bad. However if he was there as part of a Manitoba or Winnipeg born kinda grey cup act with like i dunno, cfl so let’s say watchmen crashtest dummies and oh I dunno, Neil young or something.