TORONTO, March 18, 2025 – Legendary Toronto alt-country rockers Blue Rodeo have just announced their annual summer night of fun at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage this summer on August 23, 2025. This year will mark their 25th time playing the iconic hometown venue! Now celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band, Blue Rodeo has proven to be one of Canada’s most enduring and important bands. This time around, they’ll be joined by fellow Canadians, Grammy Award-winner Allison Russell and JUNO Award-winner Aysanabee.
How to get tickets
Blue Rodeo Fan Club members can enjoy exclusive pre-sale access at BlueRodeo.com starting Tuesday, March 18. Additional pre-sales will be available throughout the week, with general ticket sales launching on Friday, March 21 at 10 AM via www.ticketmaster.ca.v
Blue Rodeo’s Legacy
Reflecting on four decades of success, the members are able to fully appreciate where Blue Rodeo sits in the pantheon of music. “Success seemed real when we were entertaining people in The Horseshoe. That was the top of the heap for us,” Cuddy says. “When you look back, you realize it’s just been this beautiful dream.”
The band has created a body of work that stands as a benchmark in Canadian music, weaving deeply resonant, distinctly Canadian stories that have influenced countless songwriters. Their songs have not only defined Blue Rodeo’s legacy but have also influenced the evolution of rock and country music, inspiring countless artists and becoming woven into the fabric of the nation’s cultural identity.
About the legendary Blue Rodeo
The definition of a rebel is someone who goes against the grain. For more than forty years now, Blue Rodeo has taken the road less travelled – and succeeded far beyond anyone’s expectations. The band emerged in the early 80’s as a countrified rock band in the era of hair metal and glossy pop. Despite sticking out like a sore thumb (or maybe because of it), their single “Try” became omni-present on radio across Canada and set in motion a three-decade long career of headlining every club, theatre and arena in Canada. In 1993, when grunge rock was squeezing commercial rock off the radio, they recorded their most acoustic album, Five Days In July, and scored their biggest hit selling over a half million copies of that one record alone. They have received 31 JUNO Award nominations (winning 12) and 17 CCMA Awards (winning two). Blue Rodeo has sold more than 4.5 million albums, played thousands of shows, been inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, been named to the Order of Canada and been honoured with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award.
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