The CFL in partnership with Universal Music Canada and Apple Music announced that a top artist will perform at each team’s first home Thursday night game in 2018 as part of Thursday Night Football.
“By launching a Thursday Night Football Concert Series this season we are bringing more value to our game days across the country,” said CFL Chief Marketing, Digital and Strategy Officer Christina Litz. “Adding these talented artists to the summer portion of the schedule on Thursday evenings brings a special atmosphere and energy to Thursday Night Football.”
The CFL season kickoff between Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 14 will premiere the first Thursday Night concert with Canadian Country duo, ‘The Reklaws’.
“Live music, like a touchdown, can bring a crowd to its feet. We can’t wait to build on that home game exhilaration with performances from an incredible line-up of artists this season,” said Kristen Burke, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Universal Music Canada.
TD Place will host Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine at the REDBLACKS home opener on June 21.
Platinum-certified up-and-coming Canadian duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine (Ottawa, ON), will surprise you with their candour and depth of intention to their art. Comprised of instrumentalist/composer Elijah Woods and lyricist/vocalist Jamie Fine, EWxJF is a delicate marriage of exploratory musical styles and masterful emotional play. The best way to prepare for the new EWxJF is to prepare to eliminate expectations. The duo purposefully breaches the boundaries of every genre out there – with hints that there’ll be dancehall, hip-hop, jazz influences that consistently shake up their sound. What remains will continue to be a vision that deviates from the mainstream in a bid to “make people feel real” as they listen and expose their vulnerabilities – even those they didn’t know that they had.
EWxJF are the season one/week two winner of CTV’s THE LAUNCH and second chosen artist to release a new original song (“Ain’t Easy”), which has garnered over 8 million streams to date worldwide. Currently a Top 20 best-selling single of the year in Canada, “Ain’t Easy” debuted at #1 on the iTunes All Genres chart upon release and peaked at #1 on the Top 200 most Shazamed songs in Canada. The Top 10 hit at Pop and HOT AC Radio was certified GOLD in early April and continues to dominate the airwaves across the country.
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See below for the entire Thursday Night Football Concert Series lineup:
- The Reklaws | June 14 | Winnipeg
- James Barker Band | June 28 | Calgary
- Tim Hicks | July 5 | Saskatchewan
- The Beaches | July 19 | Hamilton
- LOUD | July 26 | Montreal
- Kardinal Offishall | August 2 | Toronto
- Jazz Cartier | August 2 | Edmonton
- Chad Brownlee | August 9 | BC
