Backyard Music Co. Opiniones 

As one of the Takeover artists, I wanted to come on here and share how amazing this experience was from the artists standpoint. My first Takeover weekend was so much fun and I met so many great artists and people that became new friends. The staff for these events work so hard every single weekend to make sure the artists taken care of, the ticket holders are taken care of and they make sure the events run smoothly. The audiences do a great job of being there to hear the stories and it really makes us artists feel seen, so thank you! I had so much fun on my first Takeover weekend that I asked to be a part of as many more as possible.

We have been to two Nashville takeover events and enjoyed both immensely. Great song writing stories. Talented upcoming performers. Relaxing weekend. We are looking forward to the Niagara Falls event coming up in early November.

The greatest part of the Nashville Takeover experience was the opportunity to meet so many great musicians. To hear their stories and chat one on one. The focus on setups and venues being ready and professionalism from all the team. It really felt like a trip to Nashville. If there was 1 thing I could ask for from this experience that didn’t happen would be a list of the artists with a little bio and link to their social media page. I will be following some for sure. Thanks to the entire organization team you sure worked hard to deliver! I will definitely be looking to attend future venues in the Maritimes and welcome you all back to Moncton🤠

The Nashville takeover Moncton was a great experience, what talented musicians. The venues Friday and Saturday were great. Sunday's venue was absolutely amazing. The only thing that could have been different would be a more open space for the after party. But all in all this was a great experience. I will be attending more in the future. Thank you for all the hard work that goes into organizing . Can't wait to hear the locations for 2027.

I am from Nashville and I have been to several Nashville Takeovers in various cities around Canada and I can tell you this is THE BEST Nashville experience outside of Nashville. The event is spectacular! The talented artists they bring in are top notch, and so kind, and you get the opportunity to meet them which is huge. The event is so well organized and the volunteers are so helpful. The locations have been adorable. I love this music experience so much. I can’t wait for the next one!

The magic this festival brings is incredible. Literally like being in Nashville for the weekend. Amazing artists and songwriters

The best time at the Takeover!

The fact that you get to be surrounded by so much talent over the course of 3 days is really special. The artists have so many stories to tell and have a great way of executing them with their songs. Loved the chance to see different performers in different venues around the town as well. It was truly the best way to spend the last weekend of the summer! :)

Honestly wasn't sure what to expect, but this was an amazing weekend! The artists are amazing, I love the little stories bridging connections, I cant help but just root for their success. There hasn't been anything but an excellent performance. Please come back next year!! Please let all the artists know how much happiness and enjoyment they've brought to me personally and I see reflected in the other attendees. A very big thank you! ❤️

We had such an amazing time at The Nashville Takeover in Moncton this weekend! The music, atmosphere, and incredible talent made for such a memorable experience. We’re already looking forward to more great music and unforgettable moments next year! Can’t wait!

Wow what a weekend! The talent all weekend was unbelievable! I’ve been to Nashville before and it truly felt like we were transported to there but in our own local city. I can’t wait to go to another location in the future! Can’t recommend more 🫶🏻

As an artist I could not be more grateful for the experience I’ve had working with Backyard Music Co. This small but mighty team works tirelessly to give amazing opportunities to artists to generate new fanbases and visit new regions, and they are constantly looking for ways to improve the experience for artists and audience. Truly feels like being a part of a family! Honoured to have worked with them.

Attended Moncton Nashville Takeover; started with a Saturday pass, and ended up buying two weekend plus passes. We were only able to get reservations into one venue for the whole weekend, which was fine honestly it was close to our hotel and we purchased them late. However, these are not TOP songwriters as promised. Unfortunately didn't see an artist with any radio cuts or familiar songs. No signs to display who the artists are once we are there. You see this in Nashville, most places have them on a TV display or they have a tangible sign. It was hard to remember their names for going back and finding them on Spotify/streaming platforms later. The artists that played at our venue in the afternoon, also played at the same venue for the second round in the evening to my surprise. They were playing outside, and although the weather was good, there were a lot of cold cheeks at the evening round, and people wanting to come in from the cold. The promise of no nose bleed seats was also a lie. We couldn't even see the performers because we were around a corner in the venue, after waiting in line ahead of time to get a good "first come first serve" seat. We were talking to couple who drove from Ontario, older, and once seated they actually got up and left and went for dinner because of our lack of view. I saw this happen a few more times with the people who were sat in the back with us. Pretty expensive to buy a seat at a restaurant and listen to a boom box of what was going on around the corner. A free drink ticket waiting would have been a nice "sorry for your view we didn't expect this" or even if the event organizer who was standing and pacing could have come over and acknowledged it, they left the fall on the employees working who don't have control over any of these planning flunks. Watching VIPs be taken from our GA line and given the preferred seats, makes sense they pay for it. But why not have a line for them? We waited an hour without being able to see, and yes we were in the front of the line. Venues are not close one was a ten minute drive away, so that was interesting. A couple was assigned to join our table because of the lack of room, no problem in Nashville they celebrate having to sit with someone you may not know and it gives opportunity to meet new people however they didn't even have tickets, or know this was a paid ticketed event. Kinda funny, and they were a lovely couple, but how did they get in?? After parties, if you can fight your way to the front you can see the artists but we had to choose between a drink and losing our spot. I was surprised given the venue, that they didn't bring in a rental raised stage, just on the floor in the corner. Everyone was kicked out of the venue for an hour with nowhere to go so they could reset the bar and remove the already limited seating, you had to find something to do while they did that and there was no instruction that was going to happen. Songwriters were out of tune and having a lot of technical difficulties. One thing I will say is that KELLY on their team is a very great asset and she made our experience better just by being a helpful friendly face! Thanks to Kelly! I was very excited about this event, but I probably wouldn't return. It's not as promised, and although the concept is fantastic, you really can't bring Nashville anywhere. I hope the team accepts this review as honest and learns where to improve. We drove two hours into Moncton, spent a lot of money on a nice hotel, and made the best of it, but if it weren't for us embracing the chaos we probably wouldn't have had the good time we did. Great idea, poor execution and communication to ticket holders.

A great weekend of music in Orillia. I saw 16 artists and all were very talented singer songwriters. The venue selection was great, it was nice to have the option of 3 different venues at the Casino. I was thrilled to find out we could go from one venue to the other within the Casino. The staff at the Opera House and the Casino were terrific. The staff at Backyard Music were great, getting back to every email in a timely manner. I look forward to attending again in the future and highly recommend this experience if you like live music.

Had a very fun time listening to all the artists. Any issues I had were resolved really efficiently, and any other further questions I had was communicated well.

If I could give them a zero star review, I would. The company originally stated that they would be taking over our downtown area and converting our town to create a Nashville experience. As someone who has been to Nashville, I was extremely excited as I really enjoyed barhopping to various restaurants and listening to different musicians. Unfortunately, when they released the schedule, it showed that they only had three venue choices, one of which is Casino Rama (not even in Orillia). When I tried contacting them via email to express my disappointment, they did not respond to me and I had to follow up with them again 3 to 4 weeks later.

I recently had a very short phone call with one of the coordinators of the event and did not receive an apology or any explanation. I was also informed that the venues would only be serving meat products, which is very misleading as the original marketing made it seem like we would be able to order food from the restaurants menus. As someone who has been a vegetarian for over 10 years, I very rarely do not get provided dietary options. While I am a vegetarian by choice, there are several individuals who have dietary restrictions due to allergies or religious purposes. Given that we are in 2026, there should be far more accommodations. We have to pick up our wristbands between 4 and 6 PM and then the show starts directly after that and goes until 9:30 PM. Given that many of us work until 4 PM there’s not really any time for us to eat dinner prior to the event starting. They should have notified us this several months prior as this would have prevented me from buying tickets. I also would not have bought tickets if I would’ve known that the venue they decided to take over would primarily be the casino.

They’ve also informed us that we cannot barhop between venues and that after spending $100 per wristband, we still need to have reservations to get into the venue otherwise we would not be able to attend. Even though I haven’t even attended this event yet, it will not be possible for redemption. I am extremely disappointed and feel that they have not properly addressed several community members frustrations as there are many individuals who have expressed the same or similar concerns as me. It is extremely unfortunate as we have a beautiful downtown and several locally owned bars and restaurants that we should be supporting. Although I understand that there had been a couple of businesses that pulled out last minute, Nashville Takeover should’ve offered everybody refunds as the event is no longer what they had advertised and what many of us had paid for. Overall, I am extremely disappointed and do not recommend. I never leave reviews and I am trying my best not to be harsh, rather I am trying to simply state my experience.

Had a fantastic ladies weekend with my girlfriends. Lots of positive vibes but room for lots of improvements. We saw 13 artists and 11 were amazing. 2 were OK so no complaints. We fell lucky with the venues we reserved but were always early to secure group seating. A non negotiable service charge of 18% doesn’t sit well with me. I tip but that’s my choice. $40 for a salad and non alcoholic beverage plus 18% is a bit steep. The final day at the golf course said no food was allowed in, yet there was nothing to purchase. I tried in the golf club but by then the orders were so backed up it was pointless. I would go again just for the experience of upcoming artists. It would have been handy to know info on the artists once you arrived at the venue.
I won a prize in the after raffle on Monday but as I don’t live in Sylvan Lake there was no way to collect it and no way to have the voucher emailed ( is that really so difficult in 2026?) Kinda sucked as I already told my husband and was looking forward to another weekend there. Should have stated that before inviting us to enter to avoid that disappointment. Overall I think we lucked out because our group was incredibly organized and motivated.

Great event!! Can't wait until next year! Only suggestion would be to stagger timing of each event, so there is overlap between bars allowing for guests to walk the street between venues with music playing. This would create a unique experience for guests that was not available with venues all breaking and ending at the ~same time. Would appreciate ability to jump between venues aswell, of which I believe is the intended structure.

The concept warrants 3 stars but the execution does not even get that much. We received our email with the link to register for events and did so within hours, but discovered that most were already sold out. We took what we could get! We encountered people who paid for tickets but were unable to get into any venues except one outdoor venue. We had our tickets downloaded to our Apple Wallet and no one actually checked them. Doors apparently opened an hour before the music was to start but in reality, you needed to show up 2 hours before to have a hope of getting a seat. This was for the “social” venues. Our one listening room venue was no different. Despite the event description stating that the listening room experience had guaranteed seating, we arrived only to be told that we had to stand. When we showed the event staff the information in the event package, we discovered that they were all volunteers, who basically washed their hands of the problem, with no actual Nashville Takeover staff in sight! We were given the phone number for a NT customer service person and the call could not be connected due to a full mailbox! I can’t imagine what a horrible situation we would have had on our hands if we had someone with mobility issues with us! Then, once in the venue, you were stuck, regardless of the quality of the show (artists who spend more time getting incoherent drinking tequila shots is not what I call a top notch job) and with no ability to visit other venues to catch a variety of artists. I get the need to disperse the crowds between venues but it would have been very easy to have the artists rotate venues at the session breaks. That would have been more like it really is in Nashville.
This was at Sylvan Lake and we initially thought this was all growing pains due to it being the first time at this location, but in reading other reviews, it appears that this is a consistent pattern. We won’t be back.

We were very excited for this event and travelled to Sylvan to attend. We purchased the VIP passes that were a TOTAL RIP OFF! Other than the roped off area at the after party the first night we received nothing VIP and nothing more than the lower package but paid $100 more a ticket. Every venue we went to had no seating or even standing room left even when showing up when doors supposedly opened. The weather for Saturday night clearly gave plenty of notice it was going to storm but they waited until after the after party was scheduled to start to make the call to move it inside and delay it at least an hour. The team moved quickly to accommodate so kudos to them. The after party on Saturday had amazing artists and was honestly the best part of the whole event but was quickly dampened by the event crew, artists volunteers and organizers overtaking the paid guests completely surrounding the performing artist so those that paid to attend couldn’t see and seemed to treat the event as their own personal wrap up drink fest party including clearly marked volunteers falling over drunk and the organizer literally pushing through paid guests like they were ghosts to show off for the local hook up. I completely understand it is a new festival getting its bearings but it was very disorganized, unprofessional and makes promises clear in writing that they do not deliver. It has potential to be something great but definitely needs to put paying patrons first, be more upfront about scheduling and numbers of artist you will see, provide what they promise in writing, much more organization and a more professional crew and organizer. Honestly I think a partial refund for all Sylvan founders passes should be offered, we didn’t talk to one founder pass holder (which seemed like everyone in attendance, totally oversold!) that received remotely what was described. The artists and the venues were so great at making sure everyone had a great time though so 👏 to them unfortunately we will not be retuning to this festival.

Had an absolutely amazing time at the Nashville Takeover - Sylvan Lake, Alberta. Very well organized from registration to venue, all went smoothly. Liked the reserved venue selection, always had a seat at each venue. Loved the small venue atmosphere. My first time to a singer/songwriter event like this and it did not disappoint. Performance quality was outstanding!! We listened to 13 different performers. Difficult to pick a favorite - Charly Reynolds, Beamer Wigley, Camden West, Zach Aaron, Sycamore - just to name a few. There were many other great artists. I can’t wait until next year!