We've got a lot of shows coming up to bring us into the fall.

 - Sept 13 at Pub 340 with Los Furious and Fuzzcat,

 - Oct 11 at The Anza Club with The Dreadnaught and Fuzzcat

 - Nov 8 at The Railway Club with The Tranzmitors.

 All those bands are great and each show is going to kick ass. We've never played with The Tranzmitors, but have wanted t for a while. They rock.

Thanks to everyone that came out to rock with us at The Slackers show. It was a blast!

We're playing this Friday and Saturday the The Mountain Beats Festival is Revelstoke BC. It's about a 7 hours drive from Vancouver, so if anyone wants to come out and rock with us, bring snacks. We play Friday night at 10:30 and Saturday afternoon at 2:00. There are a ton of great bands playing at it's going to be super fun.

www.mountainbeats.com

Thanks to everyone who came out to watch us rock BC and Alberta. Apologies to anyone who wanted to rock the Edmonton show. The bar staff got sick and they had to cancel the show. It was out of our hands :(

 We've got a show coming up soon at The Media Club. It's Wednesday Feb. 27th with Fuzzcat and The Friday Knights.

 We've also set up a new Facebook Fan page: go to  http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Elixxxirs/9614009011 to check it out.

It's only two days into 2008 and it's already shaping up to be a sweet year for The Elixxxirs. We've got a really big show in Jan, a tour in Feb. and a big show in March.

First things first: The big show in Jan. We're super excited to announce that we're playing with The Evaporators featuring Nadwaur the Human Serviette. It's going to be at Seylynn Hall on Jan 26th. It's the second time we've rocked Seylynn Hall, and we're hoping a ton of people are going to come out and check out the Show.

In Feb we've got another BC/Alberta Tour. Here are the dates:

Golden BC, Thurs. Feb 7th, The Lyric (aka Packers Place)

Canmore AB, Fri. and Sat. Feb 8th and 9th, The Drake

Edmonton AB, Mon. Feb 11th, New City Likwid Lounge

Banff AB, Tues. and Wed. Feb 12th and 13th, The Rose and Crown

The other big news for right now is out show at The Railway Club on March 21st. We're playing with The Furios who are always great and Pimpbot who are from Hawaii. We've never played with a band from that far away, and we are excited to see what those wacky Hawaiians can do.

We've been trying to play at Seylynn Hall as long as we've been a band. We have heard great things about the shows that go off at this all-ages venue in North Van. This Saturday, we get to witness first hand the madness that is Seylynn Hall.

We're headlining the show and we've got The Easy Brothers, The Likely Lads, The Knuckle Dusters, and Sububran Graffiti to get everyone riled up before we knock their socks off. It's a great line up and it's going to be a kick ass show.

Show starts at 6:30. $8 at the door.

Seylynn Hall is located in North Van at 905 Mountain Hwy.

Hey Everyone. We've a show coming up at Pub 340. It's been almost exactly a year since we've rocked Pub 340, but we are looking forward to rattling its foundations once again. Thursday, October 25, with The Flaneurs and Sister Ray. Cover is $7, Show starts at 9.

I had a chance meeting with Neville Staple and his band on the Friday night of Ska Fest when I was heading back to the hotel before everyone else. I needed to get sleep if I was waking up at 9:00am to sing at 12:00pm the following day.

On Saturday we ran into Neville, Sledge, Andy, Patrick, and Joey in market square. We played our set in the sun and loved every minute of being on stage! It was our first time playing a festival and our first time playing a day set. To our great pleasure and suprise Neville and his band played a set right after us. Neville heard that a couple of younger kids couldn't afford to get into the later show where he would be headlining and decided to play some songs for them. Neville and his band rang out songs from The Specials and it amazed me... I was seriously in awe. What a treat to have Neville and his band up on stage after us! I think I'm still in awe about it!

We ended up meeting Neville and the guys backstage after their show and also shared the ferry ride home with them. They indeed are quality people. I feel like we made some new friends this weekend.

I also want to thank all of the people that approached s and told us how much they enjoyed our set. It really means alot when people go out of their way to let us know that they like our music. I met alot of really cool people this weekend and I can't wait til' next year!

Music and friends – isn't that what life is about?

I'll hopefully get Chris to post some pictures from the tour and from ska fest very soon – so keep checking back!

your smiling elixxxir,

Bobbi-Jo

xxx

OMG!

We had a wicked time on our Western Canada tour! Thanks to all of the venues that booked us, all of the bands we shared the stage with, and all of the people who came out to the shows, danced and bought our CD!

We met alot of cool people on this tour. Not to place favorites BUT we LOVED Fernie BC, what a cool town!!! We also really enjoyed The Stetson in Calgary where we opened with The Cripple Creek Fairies for a fantastic band called VOILA! Soooo much fun and we met some great people there!!! Thanks also to Chris`Parents who let us stay in Edmonton with them, to Will`s parents who let us stay with them in Thorsb, and to Tristin from Five Star Affair who gave us a place to stay and watermelon.

I started typing a blog telling all of the happenings - but it ended up being ALOT to read... the highlights of tour - Chris Puked on my arm when driving from Canmore to Calgary - he ate a sub that wasn`t refridgerated and got food poisoning. We were pulled over by the police on our first night driving beacuse we looked like a van that just robbed the gas station. Alec (our new drummer) kept us entertained by his languistics... he used the term `Hard Core Rumpy Pumpy` and when someone asked us if we were camping Alec politely replied `No sir, this is a Van full of instruments`. We were invited to a party in Fernie that was `7 blocks away`it ended up being a half hour walk... but a fun walk it was. We had friends drive and fly to some of our shows which was a real treat! Thank you Will, Meg, Sandra, Heidi and Nicole (who helped us with the merch for 3 days!!!) It was great having another female around :) I know that much more happened that I am typing but it is late and I am still winding down from the tour.

We are gearing up for Victoria`s 8th Annual Ska Fest where we will be playing a free show in Market square at 1:00pm on Saturday Afternoon July 14th. Don`t miss out on that night`s show at The Curling Rink where The Mad Caddie, Neval Staple, The Real McKenzies andmany more bands will be taking the stage!!!!

It`s going to be a great time! For more details go to www.victoriaskafest.com. We have som new Merchandise for sale - awesome girl beater tanks and The Elixxxirs Shot Glasses!! We`ll have all of our Merch at Ska Fest!!

First Day home and the emails are out for our tour in Seotember - We are planning 17 shows between Vancouver here and Sask. Keep checking back for the Dates!!!

Have a Colourful Summer!

Your friendly Elixxxir,

Bobbi-Jo 

Our big Western Canada Tour is only a month away. We could not be more excited. Don't worry if you can't make to any of the shows on the tour, we've got 3 shows coming up before we leave.

We're having our Official Tour Kickoff at The Railway Club on Friday, June 8th, and are playing an all ages show in Richmond the next day. Both shows are with The Karmacanix and Arbutus Trio.

The next weekend, on Saturday June 16th, we are heading over to Vancouver Island to play a show in Cumberland at The Waverly. Arbutus Trio will be joining us again for that show. We are hoping to add another show for that Friday, and we will keep you posted.

The Elixxxirs have their first Cross Canada tour under their belts! We had a great time travelling this awesome country! We met lots of rad people and some cool bands on our travels. Thanks to Yvonne of the Makeshift Heroes in Toronto for setting up a show and letting us crash at her place! The real heroes of the tour were a band from Ontario called Skratch 3. We met up with them in Regina only a day after their "tour bus" caught on fire and half their stuff was burned to a crisp. They managed to keep it together and play 2 shows with us. Skratch 3 - you guys rock!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the shows and bought our CD! Hope you are enjoying it! And of course kudos to our favorite Vancouver Island Party Ska Band, The Kiltlifters, for taking us on tour and showing us the ropes. Special thanks to Brodie for drumming with us for the tour and to Matt for saxing it up!!! You guys rock! ... you too B.B. St. Jean.

The CD release party on June 17th at The Railway Club went off!! We were happy to see so many friends and familiar faces at the show. Everyone had a great time. Lotsa dancing and singing/yelling going on!!!

So what's next for The Elixxxirs? Chris and Dave and I are travelling for a few weeks. By mid July we'll be back in Action. In August we are playing at a fashion show in Vancouver. In September keep your ears open for an outdoor Ska show that we are taking part in. As for touring, well we are getting that underway too, and hoping to do a Western Canada tour later in the year.

This is it. One more sleep til The Elixxxirs embark on our first Cross-Canada Tour. I am so freaking excited. Make sure you check out the upcoming shows section to see if we are playing in a town near you.

When we get back, we'll barely have time to rest, because after a 12 hour drive from Calgary, it'll be time for our CD Release show back in Vancouver at Railway Club. That is going to be a rip roaring time. Get there early because there will be a line-up down the block. We will be selling CD's at the show for $5, so get them then, cause that's a one night only price.

Due to renovations, our show at the Blarney Stone has been rescheduled. So forget everthing I said about 4/20 and going back to the 50's. The date is May 4th. It's a Thursday night and we are going to be ripping up the Blarney Stone with The Furious, new paint job be damned.
The Furious are a kickass Ska/Punk band who have played on the Warped Tour and at Slam City Jam, so you know they are rockin the street cred. Plus their new album kicks ass.
As I mentioned before, the show at the Blarney will be our last in Vancouver for a while. We are going on tour with The Kiltlifters in June and are hard at work finishing our CD to be ready in time to take with us on the tour. (There will be a CD release in Vancouver in Mid-June)

Hey Everyone, We've got a big show coming up! We are playing at the Blarney Stone on April 20th. That's Right. It's a 4/20 Show, you know what that means! And if you don't, go back to the 50's. Anyway, the show is with The Furios, a kickass Vancouver Ska/Punk band. They have played on the Warped Tour and at Slam City Jam. They have a new CD and it kicks ass.

The Show at the Blarney is going to be our last one in Vancouver for a little while. We are hard at work finishing our CD. It's coming along very well and sounds great. Hit Songs all over the place. We are also doing a tour with The Kiltlifters in Early June so keep an eye out for date and tell all your out of town friends to watch us. Exact dates will be released soon.

OH! And we booked our CD release party. But I can't tell you yet. (Ain't I a bastard!) Think MID-JUNE!!!