Kobo Town Concert History

Toronto-based band Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where traditional calypso (kaiso) was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of the roaming stickfighters. Situated near the fishermen's wharf, the area was a site of constant defiance and conflict, a place where sticks and stones, songs and verses clashed with the bayonets and batons of colonial rule. For the members of the eight-piece outfit, the name suggests an origin as well as a destination.

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 24, 2008
Calgary Folk Music Festival
"Calgary Folk Music Festival" / The Duhks / The Be Good Tanyas / Torngat / Basia Bulat / The Handsome Family / Claire Jenkins / Sam Roberts Band / Greg MacPherson / Bedouin Soundclash / Aimee Mann / The Weakerthans / Kobo Town / Lau
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Prince's Island Park Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jul 23, 2008
Kobo Town Festival Place Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
Jul 20, 2008
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
"Vancouver Folk Music Festival" / Abigail Washburn / Harry Manx / John Boutte / Kobo Town / Del Castillo / Jenn Grant / Bitch & The Exciting Conclusion / ______
Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 19, 2008
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
"Vancouver Folk Music Festival" / Harry Manx / Abigail Washburn / John Boutte / Martin Sexton / Jenn Grant / Kobo Town / Del Castillo / Bitch & The Exciting Conclusion / Pascale Picard Band / Lau / Hayley Sales / Jason Collett / Charanga Cakewalk / Spirit of the West Show all bands
Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 18, 2008
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
"Vancouver Folk Music Festival" / Harry Manx / Kobo Town / Lau / Pascale Picard Band / Bitch & The Exciting Conclusion / Ozomatli / Aimee Mann
Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 11, 2008
"Vancouver Island Musicfest" / The Wailers / Eneida Marta / Earl Scruggs / The Higgins / Kobo Town

Vancouver Island Musicfest

Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 06, 2008
"Northern Lights Festival" / Kobo Town / Great Lake Swimmers / Don McLean

Northern Lights Festival

Bell Park Amphitheatre Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Jul 05, 2008
Kobo Town / Digging Roots / Mike Ford / Old Man Luedecke / Two Hours Traffic

Northern Lights Festival

Bell Park Amphitheatre Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Jul 04, 2008
"Northern Lights Festival" / Kobo Town / The Higgins / John Doe

Northern Lights Festival

Bell Park Amphitheatre Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Aug 16, 2007 –
Aug 19, 2007
Ottawa Folk Festival 2007
Kris Kristofferson / Carolina Chocolate Drops / The Souljazz Orchestra / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Eliza Gilkyson / Rose Cousins / Nathan / The Arrogant Worms / Old Man Luedecke / Ray Bonneville / Good Lovelies / Hoots & Hellmouth / Amos The Transparent / Oh Susanna / Dirk Powell / Kiran Ahluwalia / Kobo Town / Martha Scanlan / The Gruff / Lindsay Jane / Oy Division / The Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Undesirables / Petr Cancura / Penny Lang / Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman / Andy Cohen / Jah Youssouf / Pepe Danza / Chris Whiteley & Diana Braithwaite / Mansa Sissoko / Doug And Jess Band / Cheza / Elage / David Gaudet Show all bands
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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2024 1 concert
2023 2 concerts
2022 7 concerts
2019 1 concert
2018 5 concerts
2017 8 concerts
2015 3 concerts
2014 6 concerts
2013 13 concerts
2009 2 concerts
2008 21 concerts
2007 1 concert
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