This past April, Hayden celebrated the 20th Anniversary of his iconic debut record Everything I Long For with a limited run vinyl re-issue on his Hardwood Records and a short Southern Ontario Tour. Due to the overwhelming response (all tour dates and vinyl sold out), a new run of dates have been added that will take the show across Canada this September and October. All shows will be on sale Friday, dates below. Please see the tour page for ticket links.

The 3rd Annual Dream Serenade is set for October 22 at Massey Hall. The annual event to raise funds for services to support children with developmental disabilities is a community-minded concert curated by Hayden and his wife. Past performers have included Feist, members of The National, Billy Talent, Serena Ryder, Barenaked Ladies and more. This year’s line up will be announced over the coming months but tickets can be purchased starting this Friday at the Massey Hall box office or website. More info is up at dreamserenade.ca.

EILF20 Fall Tour Dates:

Wednesday, September 21 Halifax at St. Matthew’s Church
Thursday, September 22 St John’s at George Street United Church
Tuesday, September 27 Winnipeg at Park Theatre
Wednesday, September 28 Saskatoon at Broadway
Thursday, September 29 Regina at Artesian
Friday, September 30 Edmonton at Myer Horowitz
Saturday, October 1 Calgary at Grand Theatre
Tuesday, October 4 Vancouver at St. James Church
Wednesday, October 5 Victoria at Alix Goolden

The 20th Anniversary reissue of Everything I Long For was released today. For those who missed the opportunity to preorder before those copies sold out, a limited number of the double vinyl will be available at select retailers and on the Hardwood online shop as well as digital outlets.

We appreciate the support of these local stores for bringing Hardwood Records and EILF20 into their shops:

Ditch Records, Victoria BC
Blackbyrd, Edmonton BC
Listen Records, Edmonton BC
June Records, Toronto ON
Rotate This, Toronto ON
Sonic Boom, Toronto ON
Soundscapes, Toronto ON
Tiny Record Shop, Toronto ON
Taz Records, Halifax NS
Fingerprints, Long Beach California

The sold out 20th Anniversary Everything I Long For tour begins this weekend and we will be bringing along a stash of these albums for purchase, along with a limited edition set of silk screened posters and t-shirts including designs that were originally seen back in 1996. If you’re interested in any of these but can’t make it out to a show, you can also grab these items on the online shop at http://hardwoodrecords.bigcartel.com/.

The response to this Anniversary release has been an incredible thing — your support, your notes, the sharing of your own old stories and memories around the record and time in your lives have all been such a key part to what we hoped to see around this project. Thank you.

The Second Annual Dream Serenade Benefit Concert has come and gone. It was a spectacular celebration of the community of children with developmental and / or physical disabilities and their teachers, parents and caregivers.

If you joined us, thanks again for your support. If you missed it, please consider it next year and read NOW’s perfect score review of the show here: https://nowtoronto.com/music/concert-reviews/dream-serenade/

It’s also not too late to donate to this wonderful cause. Here’s the link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/dream-serenade/

Special guest Serena Ryder has joined this year’s Dream Serenade line up.

Tickets available now starting at $35 at www.masseyhall.com.

We’re pleased to announce today that this year’s Dream Serenade concert has the exciting additions of performances by Bahamas, Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle and Choir! Choir! Choir!. They join the previously announced line up of Hayden, Joel Plaskett, The Weather Station and TUNS (Chris Murphy, Mike O’Neill and Matt Murphy).

More information can be found at www.dreamserenade.ca.