{"id":5949,"date":"2012-12-13T11:26:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2012-12-13T11:26:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T17:26:32","slug":"weekenders-1213-1216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2012\/12\/13\/weekenders-1213-1216\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekenders 12\/13 &#8211; 12\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5987\" href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2012\/12\/13\/weekenders-1213-1216\/image010\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5987\" title=\"this hisses\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Hoo-Boy! She&#8217;s getting colder &amp; colder out thar! Get ye to a tavern &amp; see some of this sweet, sweet music before you lose your ears to frostbite!<!--more--><\/em><strong>December 13, 14 &amp; 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, friends, it&#8217;s that time of year again. Holiday sweaters are taken out of the back of closets, spiced rum is liberally added to egg nog, and holiday staff get together&#8217;s go from mildly boring to extremely socially awkward faster than you can say &#8220;Dasher-Dancer-Prancer-Vixen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also time for local fella <a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2012\/05\/09\/hillbilly-highway-jp-hoe-drops-in-with-mannequin\/\" target=\"_blank\">JP Hoe&#8217;<\/a>s Hoe Hoe Holiday Show(s)!!! Stretching an incredible three nights at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parktheatervideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Park Theatre<\/a>, this annual event is sure to hit all the right holiday-themed spots for all you folky-pop persons.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get your tickets now, at the Park Theatre, for one or a combination of three nights of holiday themed fun. Shows start at 8pm. <\/em><strong>-SB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, December 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg&#8217;s multi-venue indie fest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfunfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big Fun<\/a>, the Heart of the Continent&#8217;s answer to Cowtown&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sledisland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sled Island<\/a>, might not be going down for another month, but the fun starts this Saturday with a festival launch\/fundraiser at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spectatortribune.com\/article\/turning-up-the-black-and-blues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windsor.<\/a> Local heroes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thishisses.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Hisses<\/a>, who are releasing a new album early in 2013, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/departuresband\" target=\"_blank\">Departures<\/a>, who&#8217;s album will likely be gracing some Top 10 lists near you soon, are providing the jams. So get ye to the Windsor on Saturday and have some Big Fun!<\/p>\n<p><em>The party starts at 10:00pm, and the cost at the door is a mere $5. DJ sets from DJs Brandon, Olivia, and JP will keep the rock rolling between bands. <\/em><strong>-SB<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoo-Boy! She&#8217;s getting colder &amp; colder out thar! Get ye to a tavern &amp; see some of this sweet, sweet music before you lose your ears to frostbite!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[554,563,1088],"class_list":["post-5949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-listings","tag-local","tag-weekenders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}