HOLIDAY HOURS Dec 23, 2016

Happy Holidays from Bruce the Spruce and the rest of the Showdown gang. Thanks to all our great clients for giving us your trust and huge support support in 2016. It was one for the record books. We look forward to moving ahead and working with all our great customers again in 2017!

Be safe and have fun this season.
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AMERICAN APPAREL Nov 15, 2016

Its been a few years of increased prices and dropped quality since AA filed for Bankruptcy in 2015. Today we received an email from AA stating they will no longer provide the Canadian market with their product.

For some (us included), this was inevitable and was just a matter of time before the company started to dissolved. The quality has become very inconsistent and customer service is by far the worst in the industry. A far cry from their once superior hold on the fitted Tshirt market.  Maybe the giants over at Gildan can revive this broken brand… Read more into the article below.

Gildan signs $66M deal for bankrupt American Apparel assets …

The past 2 years have seen many brands coming out with softer, better fitting garments that compare to AA without the cost & hassle. Feel free to message us today to discuss alternative styles and brands!

Audio/Rocketry Nov 2, 2016

Not too many bands have been supporting Showdown since 2006 and still continue to hit the pavement touring with an original band. Joe Vickers and the rest of the Audio/Rocketry boys stopped in today to grab their fresh batch of merch for their upcoming 10 year anniversary tour!

Thanks guys for believing in our company and for all the support over the years. It’s dudes like you that keep our doors open.

Some classic A/R up in the rafters collecting dust…

Check them out below:

www.audiorocketry.bandcamp.com

AUDIO/ROCKETRY NOV 2016 TOUR DATES:

November 3 : Saskatoon, SK – Vangeli’s
(with Swayze, Myles and the Blanks, Taylor Jade)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1412935042347591/

November 4 : Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre
(with The Ripperz, Mobina Galore)
https://www.facebook.com/events/257475161319323/

November 5: DeKalb, IL – 7th Street Space (Don’t Panic Showcase)

November 7: Sarnia, ON – The Lair House

November 8 : Hamilton, ON – Doors Pub
https://www.facebook.com/events/348765382181794/

November 9 : Toronto, ON – Smiling Buddha
(with Specifics, Field Day, Prince of Toronto)
https://www.facebook.com/events/669981836494272/

November 10 : Ottawa, ON – Bar Robo
(with The Northfields, Jon Creeden, Humantics)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1232857960121458/

November 11 : Quebec City, QC – Le Scanner
(with Alie Sin)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1191905884202020/

November 12 : Montreal, QC – The B.O.G
(with Alie Sin, Oh My Snare!)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1830618097153337/

November 13 : North Bay, ON – Whitewater Gallery
(with Ryan Problems & The Solutions)

November 15 : Regina, SK – O’Hanlon’s

December 1st : Calgary, AB – The Ship & Anchor
(with Chris Cresswell, Seth Anderson)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1871190193114913/?ti=icl

December 2nd : Red Deer, AB – The Vat
(with Chris Cresswell, Forester)
https://www.facebook.com/events/805785362897856/?ti=ia

December 3rd : Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
(with Chris Cresswell, The Weekend Kids, Forester)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1701609473492883/?ti=ia

Showdown’s Print Of The Month Nov 1, 2016

We are excited to start bringing you the Print of the Month! At the end of each month the staff will come together and vote on their personal favorite print for that month. It doesn’t have to be the biggest, brightest print or the one with the most colours. It will be voted on personal preference, deign itself, print quality, colours used, or anything we like. To kick things off, our October Print of the Month will be the Showdown Trout T! Chosen for its soft clean print. Take a close look at the halftone dots making up the orange to red fade. Excited to see what November brings. Thanks for reading.
Pre-Order your Trout Quality Tshirt or Tanktop here.

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STEFFIE WOIMA SCHOOL Oct 20, 2016

What a honor it was to be asked to work with our local Elementary school on their re-branding needs. We were approached by the staff at Steffie Woima with a concept and a rough sketch shown below. We then sat down and went over the students age group, colors they would like to see, and other features that were important to them. We really like the way this graphic turned out! Thanks for including us in this great project.