Born Ruffians

uhhhh not sure how much funk we can bring, but we’ll do our best. see you in gravenshurst at FUNKFEST, june 29th. Sawdust City Brewery https://funkfest.beer

ST. CATHARINES! see you this october at Cicada Music & Arts. tickets are on sale now so don’t sleep, slorp em up. ❤️💛💙 🎟: https://www.showclix.com/event/cicada2019

well would ya look at that - we're excited to announce we'll be joining Last Dinosaurs on tour this fall! check the dates below, tickets on sale next friday. see ya on the road soon.

TORONTO! your chance to win FREE tickets to our may 11th show at the phoenix is sitting right here in front of your face. enter by emailing RuffiansCMW @ gmail dot com and we’ll select winners at random. so drop us a line and maybe we’ll see you at the indies this saturday?? ❤️💛💙

TORONTO! can’t wait to headline the INDIES this year at the phoenix. for those who have been asking, YES we’re playing a full set. and because it’ll be the last headline toronto show for a while you know we’ll do it up big. so get your tickets now and come join us, the elwins & la force on may 11th! or don’t and be sad! 🎟: https://tinyurl.com/y3xdhtsn

as you already knew, our songs contain secrets to the game of thrones ending and fit right in on a playlist with rage against the machine, atreyu, black flag and danzig. at least that’s what Game of Thrones is saying. so who are we to argue? Spotify

uhhhhhhhhhhh... 😳 Game of Thrones Spotify

VANCOUVER! we’re excited to join last dinosaurs at the imperial this october. it’s their first ever show in canada so naturally we will be forcing poutine and hockey on them. sorry. pre-sale starts tomorrow at 10am, password: HAPPY 🎟: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/58733487442

SUDBURY! tonight! i think our juno cup hangover has finally subsided. just in time to earn another. join us. https://www.facebook.com/events/1967330856715504/ 📷: roger galvez

LONDON! its juno cup time. these little fellas are ready. tomorrow we join the rockers side to take on the jockers. jim cuddy, classified, the reklaws, dizzy, hollerado join forces against doug gilmour, gary roberts, natalie spooner, renata fast, sarah nurse, brad dalgarno, dennis maruk and more to see who is better at hockey. uhhhh i think it’s us? ahem. but tonight we’ll be doing something a little more in our wheelhouse. join us at rum runners for the juno cup jam. we’ll be jumping up with the devin cuddy band for some covers. see you there!

TORONTO! may 11th. the phoenix. the indies. tickets on sale now. do it. 🎟: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/jim-beam-indies-with-indie-the-phoenix-concert-theatre-tickets/9249205?pl=cmw

shondi festoon, 2018. the best shondi party of all time. thank you all for being a part of it. already counting down til next year. thank you luna li & poesy for opening the show and embracing the shondi spirit. thank you to everyone for jumping on stage for the big snowy finale, especially little junior & roger for surprising us dressed as four undertakers, which made me keel over laughing. what a SHONDI GIFT. and thank you to everyone who has come out to see us this year. what a way to end 2018. see you all soon, may shondi the clown never visit you. 🌸💐HAPPY SHONDI💐🌸 📷: mitch brown

toronto we are SOLD OUT - and on the EVE OF SHONDI no less! i hope you got your ticket for 🌸💐SHONDI FESTOON💐🌸 tomorrow at the danforth! get ready to dress as your best friend, bring your sealed food cans to place under the festoon lamp, and cheer away shondi the clown! and before the show why don’t you get ready with some of these lesser know shondi traditions? we couldn’t possibly cover them all, but we did our best. how is it shondi already?? HAPPY SHONDI!! 🌸💐🤡💐🌸

what is that? wait what IS that? oh, i know: it’s red, yellow & blue on vinyl which we will have for you this thursday at the danforth for 🌸💐SHONDI!💐🌸 those last few balcony tickets are almost gone so don’t wait until shondi to get yours or you’ll be SAD. 🤡 HAPPY SHONDI! 🤡 🎟: https://www1.ticketmaster.com/budweiser-indie88-present-born-ruffians/event/10005557FCBA7106

TORONTO! check out this exclusive shirt we’ll have ONLY at our 🌸💐 shondi festoon 💐🌸 show this thursday at the danforth! only a few balcony tickets remain! go get yours so you can also get this limited edition beauty, which as you can probably guess, i got a real soft spot for. 🍁🏒 🎟: https://www1.ticketmaster.com/budweiser-indie88-present-born-ruffians/event/10005557FCBA7106

DC! we’re finally back after being snowed out this past march. lousy smarch weather. come see the last show of our 🇺🇸 run with little junior tonight at DC9! early show! doors 7 LJ 7:30 BR 8:30 DOOO ITTTT 📷: roger galvez

it’s less than a week until 🌸💐 SHONDI FESTOON 💐🌸 so i think it’s time we learn more about that rascal the shondi clown. everybody better be good or else he’ll come for a visit this thursday at the danforth! okay? OKAY?!? .. happy shondi! 🤡

PITTSBURGH! tonight. we play you for the first time ever. i don’t know how it took this long. please forgive us by coming to spirit tonight and singing our songs back into our faces. k thx. ❤️💛💙 📷: roger galvez

PITTSBURGH! we're in town tonight (dec 14) at Spirit Hall. can't believe it's our first time visiting you. see you at the show! tix here --> http://hyperurl.co/yonb7u

RICHMOND! we're in town on December 13th for the first time EVER. lets close out the year with the fun. grab your tickets here --> http://hyperurl.co/q4p82r

DAVENPORT! early show tonight at the triple crown whiskey bar (doors open at 6). it’s our first time in your lovely city so let’s do it up right. right? RIGHT. ❤️💛💙 📷: roger galvez

🌸💐 happy shondi from born ruffians & little junior 💐🌸 📷: roger galvez

had ourselves a day off after texas knocked us on our ass but now it’s time for kansas city. see you tonight at record bar with little junior. 📷: roger galvez

DALLAS. the big D. we’re bringing our little D’s to three links deep ellum tonight (the D stands for derrières). 📷: roger galvez

it’s time for more 🌸💐shondi💐🌸 traditions! who doesn’t love gathering up sealed food cans and placing them beneath the festoon lamp? well on 12/20 at the danforth we will be accepting food bank donations! so you can bring your own cans and place them under the festoon lamp yourself! for real! 🌸💐 HAPPY SHONDI! 💐🌸