Born Ruffians

ST. CATHARINES! we’re back baby. can’t wait to see you this october for cicada fest. get these tickets before they’re gone. ❤️💛💙 Grab your tix --> https://tinyurl.com/y2jpdra5

luke spoke with CBC Ontario Morning about playing wolfe island music festival tomorrow, and honouring our friend darryl weeks. have a listen. (36 minutes in) ❤️💛💙 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ontario-morning-podcast-friday-august-9-2019/id447055175?i=1000446523080

can’t wait for wolfe island music festival next weekend so i made a playlist that takes you through a day at a music festival. 5 songs to day drink to. 5 songs to pump you up for the main stage. 5 songs for the afterparty. probably could’ve included 5 songs for the regrettable 4am leftover pizza, but i’m trying to make better choices. anyway, come see us on august 10th! gonna be, as usual with wolfe island, a party. ❤️💛💙 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6usplrEgLEONfmLdSCwY2I?si=_e6Vf95KTWCUm9rZ4MqapA

HAMILTON! tonight we invade pier 4 park for Because Beer. because? beer. and our show too. if you like either of those things, we’ll see ya there. 📷: emily gilgan

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