Call to Artists and Writers:
Apple Crisp Records is seeking artists and writers to participate in a collaborative comics-based poster project for the Apple Crisp Zine #5. Artists are encouraged to submit short comic strips or lineart / grayscale illustrations. Writers may submit stories of no more than 250 words. All accepted submissions will be combined [...]

see also Apple Crisp goes to Pop Montreal *on Youtube*
ps. follow @applecrispvideo on Twitter for instant video updates!

First Apple Crisp concert of Fall 2009!
Friday Sept 25th music starts at 8pm
@ The Mansion (506 Princess St)
$5 at the door / FREE for high school students
ALL AGES:
8pm  Unconscious Encore
9pm  Better Lighting
19+:
10pm Madam Raz
11pm Black Hat Brigade

Christina Foster will be joining Rueben deGroot and Rock Plaza Central at Next Church on Thursday, March 19. Christina will release an Apple Crisp recording this spring!

Greg Tilson continues his guide to putting on shows in Kingston. Photo by Christopher Canning.

Apple Crisp has many, many projects in the works for the Spring.  Here’s a rundown:

Apple Crisp Music Fest - our first full music festival: four free concerts featuring Bruce Peninsula, Rock Plaza Central, Timber Timbre, Magic Jordan and more.  Celebrate the Fest with a t-shirt.  March 17 - 20
Apple Crisp CD & Zine - compilation [...]

Bicycle design by Elizabeth Johnson, cursive and print by Lucas Huang
Ready yourself for the Apple Crisp Music Fest with an Apple Crisp t-shirt.  These lovely hand-printed shirts are available in a variety of styles and colours; they cost $15 and will be available at all Apple Crisp concerts.  Shirt sales support the Fest, which [...]

Greg Tilson continues his series about booking shows in Kingston by discussing the fine art of promotion. Click here for Part I.
Photo by Jeff Barbeau.

Anyone Can Book a Gig

Part I: Where do I start? From setting a date to booking a band
By Greg Tilson (of Little Joe Management)

By Greg Tilson (of Little Joe Management)

Back in the fall of 2006, a handful of Apple Crisp volunteers, including myself, Laura Kelly, Meghan Sheffield, and Annie Clifford, met with local musician Nich Worby (now playing bass for Entire Cities) to talk about why it was next to impossible for him to book a concert in [...]