Quality Block Party

29/03/2022

Our wonderful campus and community station Local 107.3fm is seeking a Station Manager! This job would be excellent for anyone with administrative chops who wants to be a part of supporting local, volunteer-run programming! Reach out to [email protected] with any questions you may have!

Local 107.3 FM – CFMH-FM (parent company: Campus Radio Saint John Inc.) is hiring a new Station Manager. This position offers a high level of flexibility, but requires occasional weekend and evening work.

22/03/2022

Come see a FREE show in one of our favourite venues on Saturday March 26th!! Local 107.3fm Monopolized and Quality Block Party are so excited to present Artifiseer Ava Strange and Womb to Tomb at the wonderful Saint John Tool Library & DIY Workshop!! This show is all-ages, free, dry, and with free snacks and drinks!

Join us at the Saint John Tool Library on Saturday, March 26th at 7pm for a FREE all-ages show featuring music by Artifiseer, Ava Strange, and Womb to Tomb! Sound reinforcement will be provided by Saint John's newest sound techs. Snacks & spicy water courtesy of Local 107.3fm. This event is a follow-up to Corey Bonnevie's "Introduction to Sound in DIY Spaces" workshop. He'll be on-site this weekend to provide continued mentorship & guidance to our workshop participants! Thanks to Quality Block Party & Monopolized for co-presenting this event with us! Show Poster by Amelia Bailey || Photo by Emily Shakespeare. This project is funded by the Saint John Community Arts Board.

09/03/2022

Are you a musician, audience member, or entertainment worker that would like learn about do-it-yourself sound for live shows? QBP and Local 107.3fm are pleased to present this FREE workshop on DIY sound! Facilitated by Monopolized Records' Corey Bonnevie , this workshop will be high-impact and low-intimidation for anyone who has wanted to take the reins on sound for their own performances or facilitate the live presentation of music in unorthodox spaces. Learn the basics and then participate in presenting a LIVE show at the Saint John Tool Library & DIY Workshop ! Register on the form below and get excited about a new season of music in Saint John!

Thank you to Local 107.3fm for including us in this amazing project, the Saint John Tool Library & DIY Workshop for hosting both the workshop AND the live show, and the Saint John Community Arts Board for the funding that allows us to fairly pay artists and arts workers!

Local 107.3fm & Quality Block Party are thrilled to co-present an "Introduction to Sound in DIY Spaces" workshop on Thursday, March 17th from 5-9pm at the Saint John Tool Library, located at 100 Princess Street in Saint John, NB. This workshop will be facilitated by Corey Bonnevie of Monopolized Rec...

01/10/2021

We had the ABSOLUTE pleasure of attending Music PEI’s Showcase conference this last week, and we’re totally blown away by the talent and energy of the musicians and music industry workers we met!!! As an organization we have been very lucky to keep programming through all the limitations, especially while not being able to create the typical QBP experience in small venue spaces. Losing Taco Pica has hit the scene in SJ incredibly hard, and we know that we need to get creative to make sure that DIY spaces don’t disappear completely. Attending this conference gave us a huge boost, and we’re so excited to bring some of these artists to Saint John when we are able. Thank you to for treating us so kindly, to for the inspiring work you do in Fredericton, and to every artist who went out on a limb and showcased this week! Pictured here is the amazing who made our organizer cry and dance at the Emerging Artist showcase!! ❤️❤️

06/07/2021

The first annual Saint John Girls+ Rock Camp registration is LIVE for girls and gender-creative youth, ages 10-18! Learn a new instrument, form a band, and perform your set all in one intensive week of fun, music-making, and community building! This camp is organized with support from the amazing Fredericton Girls+ Rock Camp and Local 107.3fm and takes place August 23-27 at the InterAction School of Performing Arts with a showcase at the iconic Imperial Theatre !!!! We are so excited to support this camp! LET'S ROCK!

We are pleased to announce our first annual Saint John Girls+ Rock Camp, for girls and gender-creative kids! Saint John Girls+ Rock Camp exists to introduce young folks to the wonderful world of music making! Campers will learn a new instrument, or new techniques on one they already play, form a band, and perform in a showcase at the end of the week! This camp is free and is for girls, trans youth, and gender-creative youth. The classes and workshops will be instructed by New Brunswick musicians and industry professionals, with a focus on fun, safety, and inclusion in the music scene. Campers will not only learn an instrument, but learn to take up space on a stage, the basics of live sound, poster-making, merch crafting, and how to be an active member of the creative community in Saint John and New Brunswick. This camp is organized with support from the Fredericton Girls+ Rock Camp (Charlotte Street Arts Centre) , Local 107.3fm , and Quality Block Party . Thank you especially to the The Greater Saint John Community Foundation , City of Saint John and the Saint John Community Arts Board , without whom we could not present this camp!

The camp takes place August 23rd-27th at the InterAction School of Performing Arts with a live showcase at the Imperial Theatre on August 28th! Registration is open now on a first-come, first-serve basis. Let's rock!

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