Gold Winner Long & McQuade, Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Folklore Centre Bronze Winner Gig Street There are three Long & McQuade stores in the municipality, and all of them are working hard to be the best. “Bedford and Dartmouth both recently renovated,” says Halifax store manager John Parker. “At some point they might eat my […]
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Gold Winner Long & McQuade, Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Folklore Centre Bronze Winner Gig Street Music With a huge selection, affordable gear and instrument rentals, knowledgeable sales staff, good hours and lessons of all kinds, Halifax’s Long & McQuade location is always the place to go for your musical needs. “It is our great pleasure […]
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Gold Winner Long & McQuade, Halifax Silver Winner Halifax Folklore Centre Bronze Winner Gig Street Music Friendliness is key at a musical instrument store. Long & McQuade staff do a great job of not snickering at a wannabe guitar god struggling through “Smoke on the Water” in the testing area. They know everyone’s gotta start […]
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Gold Winner Long & McQuade, Cunard Street Silver Winner Halifax Folklore Centre Bronze Winner Gig Street Music After a brief dalliance with bronze last year, Long & McQuade’s Cunard Street branch is back at the top of the podium as Best Musical Instrument Store in the city. Cue the trumpet fanfare. Not only does “Canada’a […]
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Gift ideas: For the musician
1 Snow-leopard print faux-fur coat $48, Lost & Found, 2383 Agricola Street, 446-5986 2 Alabama open-back banjo They start at around $250 for beginner’s models, but it’s the open-back edition that will really impress. $500, Halifax Folklore Centre, 1528 Brunswick Street, 423-7946 3 Maritime Conservatory cloth bag $4.95, Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, 6199 Chebucto […]
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Gold Winner Halifax Folklore Centre Silver Winner Gig Street Music Bronze Winner Long & McQuade (Cunard Street) “Well, we’ve got nothing new and exciting. We like *old* and exciting,” David Bradshaw joked when he learned of the Folklore Centre’s BOH victory. Thanks to owners Tom and Marla Dorward, the welcoming downtown music shop has been […]
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Long & McQuade, the largest music equipment supplier in Canada, which purchased the former locally owned Music Stop, now takes the crown for their broad and deep inventory of great instruments, as well as for the reasonable rates at their rental store. A reader tells of a great time at Long & McQuade. “I was […]
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Now firmly ensconced in the local scene—the Canada-wide instrument supply business scooped up The Music Stop last year and has two more locations in Dartmouth and Bedford—they’ve made their presence felt. “The rental rates that L&M offer are way groovier than anyone in the business across Canada… it’s been really busy, man,” says Johnny Parker, […]