Rock Plaza Central Concert History

Rock Plaza Central is a Canadian indie rock band. Their independently released disc, Are We Not Horses (2006), made many top ten lists for the year, including #8 for CMJ Editor-in-Chief Kenny Herzog, Pitchfork staff writer Stephen Deusner and Americana-UK lead writer David Cowling.

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 16, 2008
Jason Collett / Rock Plaza Central Starlight Social Club Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Oct 14, 2008
Jason Collett / Rock Plaza Central The Casbah Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Oct 03, 2008
Jason Collett / Rock Plaza Central / Rebekah Higgs The Grad Club Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Oct 02, 2008
Jason Collett / Rock Plaza Central / Rebekah Higgs Le Petit Cabaret Montréal, Québec, Canada
Oct 01, 2008
Jason Collett / Rock Plaza Central / Rebekah Higgs Barrymore's Music Hall Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sep 19, 2008
Rock Plaza Central Bear's Place Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Sep 18, 2008
Rock Plaza Central The Firebird St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Sep 17, 2008
Rock Plaza Central The Mill Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Sep 16, 2008
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Rock Plaza Central at Iowa State University

Stephens Auditorium/Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, United States
Sep 15, 2008
Rock Plaza Central The Riot Room Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Sep 06, 2008 –
Sep 07, 2008
Virgin Festival 2008
Foo Fighters / MGMT / The Kooks / Deadmau5 / Moby / Bloc Party / Stereophonics / Silversun Pickups / The Fratellis / The Airborne Toxic Event / Flosstradamus / Paul Weller / LIGHTS / MSTRKRFT / Against Me! / Spiritualized / The Pigeon Detectives / Matt Costa / SebastiAn / Arkells / The Weakerthans / Wintersleep / Danko Jones / Yoav / Oasis / Shad / Switch / Sons and Daughters / Constantines / Drop The Lime / Paper Lions / Thunderheist / Winter Gloves / The Midway State / Lee Burridge / Shudder to Think / Sydney Blu / Rock Plaza Central / The Waking Eyes / Spiral Beach / Flash Lightnin / Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains / Let's Go to War / The Saint Alvia Cartel / Secret Broadcast / Mardeen / We Are The Take / OPOPO / EVAN G / Bad Flirt / Doman / Nasty Nav Show all bands
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Unknown venue Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 14, 2008
Rock Plaza Central Townehouse Tavern Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Aug 12, 2008
Rock Plaza Central Fitger's Brewhouse Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Aug 10, 2008
Regina Folk Festival
"Regina Folk Festival" / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Claire Jenkins / Owen Pallett / Great Lake Swimmers / Ndidi Onukwulu / Rock Plaza Central / Old Man Luedecke / Jill Barber / Jim Bryson / Abigail Washburn / Kobo Town / The Choir Practice Show all bands
Folk Festival Grounds Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aug 09, 2008
Regina Folk Festival
"Regina Folk Festival" / Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Claire Jenkins / Rock Plaza Central / Great Lake Swimmers / Jim Bryson / Ndidi Onukwulu / Owen Pallett / Kobo Town / Jill Barber / Old Man Luedecke / The Choir Practice / Jully Black / Rupa & The April Fishes Show all bands
Folk Festival Grounds Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aug 08, 2008
Regina Folk Festival
"Regina Folk Festival" / Claire Jenkins / Rock Plaza Central / Jim Bryson / Owen Pallett / Kathleen Edwards / Great Lake Swimmers / Ndidi Onukwulu / Kobo Town / Jill Barber / Pascale Picard Band / Old Man Luedecke / The Choir Practice / The Weakerthans / Broken Social Scene Show all bands
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Folk Festival Grounds Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aug 06, 2008
Rock Plaza Central First Avenue and 7th St Entry - 7th St Entry Room Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Aug 04, 2008
Osheaga Festival
"Osheaga Festival" / Jack Johnson / Broken Social Scene / Duffy / Gogol Bordello / CSS / Chromeo / The Go! Team / The Black Keys / MGMT / The Kills / Matt Costa / The Weakerthans / Jamie Lidell / Neil Halstead / Bonjour Brumaire / Rock Plaza Central / Coeur de Pirate / Shawn Hewitt Show all bands
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Parc Jean-Drapeau Montréal, Québec, Canada
Aug 03, 2008 –
Aug 04, 2008
Osheaga Festival 2008
The Killers / The Black Keys / MGMT / Jack Johnson / Foals / Metric / Cat Power / Iggy Pop / N.E.R.D. / Chromeo / Duffy / Broken Social Scene / The Kills / Rogue Wave / Gogol Bordello / CSS / The Stooges / Sébastien Tellier / Spiritualized / Jamie Lidell / Booka Shade / The Go! Team / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Devotchka / Matt Costa / Cœur de Pirate / Eddy Grant / The Enemy / Iggy & the Stooges / The Weakerthans / Louis XIV / Plants and Animals / Neil Halstead / The Wooden Sky / Radio Radio / Duchess Says / Turzi / The Enemy UK / Rock Plaza Central / Chris Velan / Chocolat / Luke Doucet and the White Falcon / la patère rose / Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains / The Tom Fun Orchestra / Bonjour Brumaire / The National Parcs / Le Husky / Robertson / Payz Play / Esker Mica / Luke Doucet & the Mountains Show all bands
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Parc Jean-Drapeau Montréal, Québec, Canada
Jul 13, 2008
RBC Bluesfest
"RBC Bluesfest" / Donna Summer / Jeff Rogers / The Hammerheads / Canned Heat / Sam Roberts Band / Quarter Life / Anders Osborne / Mr. Something Something / Pappy Johns Band / Baobab Tree & Akpokli / Trevor Alguire / Debbie Davies band / Sandy Schofield / Martha Wainwright / Matt King / Harrison Kennedy / Redd Volkaert / David Maxwell / Cindy Cashdollar / Don McLean / Robert Randolph / Power Hour / Tony D / Sharon Riley / Faith Chorale / Trevor James & The Perfect Gentlemen / Nikki Yanofsky / Digging Roots / Nihilist Spasm Band / Billy Joe Green / Dorit Chrysler / Frank Vignola / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Rock Plaza Central Show all bands
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LeBreton Flats Park Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Indie
Folk
Canadian
Alt-Country
Canadian Indie Folk

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2011 3 concerts
2010 7 concerts
2009 51 concerts
2008 52 concerts
2007 29 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Rock Plaza Central had?

Rock Plaza Central has had 142 concerts.

What genre is Rock Plaza Central?

Rock Plaza Central is most often considered to be Indie, Folk, Canadian, Alt-Country, and Canadian Indie Folk.

When was the last Rock Plaza Central concert?

The last Rock Plaza Central concert was on August 07, 2011 at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, United States. The bands that performed were: "Pickathon" / Danny Barnes / Bruce Molsky / Califone / Elliott Brood / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down / The Wilders / Mavis Staples / Future Islands / Lee Fields & The Expressions / Pokey LaFarge / Eilen Jewell / The Black Lillies / The Sadies / Joy Kills Sorrow / Black Mountain / Lightning Dust / Rock Plaza Central / Wye Oak / Dawn Landes / Mike & Ruthy / Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Buffalo Killers.

What setlist does Rock Plaza Central play live?

The songs that Rock Plaza Central performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the September 25, 2009 concert at Bottom Lounge:

  1. I Am an Excellent Steel Horse
  2. How Shall I to Heaven Aspire
  3. Oh I Can
  4. Holy Rider
  5. O Lord, How Many Are My Foes
  6. When We Go, How We Go (Part 1)
  7. Gutterdance
  8. Anthem for the Already Defeated
  9. The Wrong Side Of The Right
  10. (Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men

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