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If you missed our show last week at Blue Frog Studios - You can watch it online at the link right here!

Let the concert come to you. Watch on BLUEFROGPLUS 📺 - June 30, or stream it anytime at your convenience. 💙🐸 The Matinee

Can’t thank the folks enough for hosting us this past weekend, and to all who came out for the show. You were such a great audience. That was a fun one. Support live music!

Heck of a great time at today in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Thank you to all who came out to support and of course to all those who made it happen. Special thanks to the weather gods who came through clutch. Loved taking the sets by & .official while sipping on a in the sun!

The sun is shining here in Vancouver and these 2 want to see you out at this Sunday afternoon at Swanguard Stadium for food trucks, beer gardens, and of course music in support of the ! Come join us and pals and new soon to be pals & .official … get your tickets at quick!

Is it Friday yet? Can’t wait to take the stage in beautiful White Rock, B.C. to play for y’all. Good times will be had!

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Win your way in to Swanguard this coming Sunday for FOODSTOCK!

Foodstock Food Bank Fundraiser Festival Win tickets! The Foodstock Food Bank Fundraiser Festival Sunday, June 23, 2024 features Yukon Blonde, The Matinee, and more.

From time to time memories pop up on the old timeline, and apparently on or about on this day in history some fun things happened in our world. 2007 an early Matinee gig at the long gone Media Club (with perhaps?) /// 2011 we started getting some radio play (pre Light Organ Records) on the beloved 104 The Shore FM and so we stopped by to donate some old instruments for a charity cause that had going on (and some Pilsner of course) /// 2014 we started work on our Broken Arrows EP with & … with Griffin and Rigby helping contribute to the lyrics no doubt)

Figured we should hit the road, play some tunes for ya. Grab those tickets and we will see ya soon!

Woke up to the great news that the video we made with our dear pal has been nominated for the Western Canadian Music Awards! Steve really worked some magic on the video for Cut To Pieces and we love him. Congrats to all the other nominees for Video Director of the Year!

Spotted in the wild, posters for are out & about town! Grab them tickets for the best Sunday you’ll have all summer. Beer gardens, food trucks, family friendly, and music, of course there shall be good music! All at Swanguard Stadium. See y’all there!

Get your tickets for our show on Friday June 21st! We can’t wait to take the stage at their legendary studios, and we want to see you there. Tix are limited!

The Matinee The Matinee has released 4 full-length studio albums. The award-winning band have worked with Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, The Tragically Hip) Steve Bays (Said The Whale, Dan Mangan) Jamie Candiloro (Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson), & most recently teamed up with Juno- Nominated producer Steve Dawson on thei...

When we were kids, we had track meets at the big stadium. Shot put, discus, long jump, relay… though I think we only mustered participation ribbons. NOW we are set to return to Swanguard Stadium for the along with seasoned pals plus the winners of the Foodstock At Night contest - and .official - There will be no better way to spend a Sunday afternoon in June, while supporting the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Grab your tickets at the link in the comments below and we will see you in the sun!

September can’t come soon enough! is gonna be good times… We already know it. Get on those tickets!

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! The party of the summer has just been announced & the lineup for is so good! We hit the stage on Saturday if you’re wondering 😉 Tickets go on sale starting Friday April 5th at 10am so you better act quick!

As we March into Spring we wanted to remind you to get your tickets early for the Foodstock ‘24 which goes down Sunday June 23rd at Swanguard Stadium in Burnaby, BC with pals ! The fine folks at the food bank gave us a tour of their facilities and taught us a lot about where the need is and how hard they work to ensure no one goes hungry. Tix are on sale now for the festival!

Vancouver! We are taking over the stage at the one & only this Friday night for 3 full sets of music starting at 10pm. Let’s get it on!

Vancouver! We are returning for a special night at the one and only for three full sets. Friday March 22, starting at 10pm. Come sing and dance your blues away with us! No tix - first come first served at the door line - so don’t miss out!

Still riding high off the vibes last weekend for our sold-out show… speaking of, we have a few more coming soon. Where would you like to see us play this summer? Any venues? Any festivals? Tag ‘em!

Thanks for hanging out with these two fellas tonight! We will be bringing the full band here for the next one to do it up real proper. Stay tuned!

Catch the two Matt’s this Thursday evening in Vancouver’s historic Gastown for an intimate acoustic performance. 7-8:45pm. See you there!

Hey Vancouver! We are excited to see you tonight. Doors at 7 / Show at 8. The venue - The historic HIPPOSONIC Studios is located at 201 W.7th Ave. If you purchased tickets your names will be at the door! See you then. ❤️

This Saturday’s show is shaping up nicely! The fine folks from will have their tasty treats available for those who fancy a cold one. We may have had a taste test at rehearsal last night……

Vancouver! We are so very excited to see you this Saturday night. For all those who purchased tickets to the show, there are no physical tickets, your name, and those of your guests, will be included on the list at the door. Simply arrive, give your name, and enjoy the show!

Our upcoming show in Vancouver next weekend is officially SOLD OUT! Thank you for jumping on those tickets, and our apologies to those who will miss out. We will be announcing more shows, but in the mean time let’s get ready to have a time this coming Sat Feb 24th! All those who purchased tickets will have their names on the entry list at the door. See you then!

We played a few festivals with back in the day, and I seem to remember having played a Juno Cup hockey game with Darryl too. They were always the sweetest humans…. Caught their show last night, which was good times, and then bumped into these two on Granville - I reckon that’s worth a VIP skip the line anytime …. What do you say ??!! Man we played that stage a lot over the years.

This here is our own Peter Lemon set up behind his kit at studios… but we can’t seem to put a date on when it was taken. We think it was snapped by the amazing …. But it must predate our We Swore We’d See The Sunrise album session there with …. We return to Hippo on Feb 24th to perform our new record front to back. AND THERE ARE ONLY 4 TICETS LEFT!