The Aurora Museum & Archives Presents MuchMusic Memories with Denise Donlon, Rick Campanelli & Bill Welychka, hosted by Andrew Applebaum

Thursday June 4, 2026 - 7:00PM
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Show Begins: 7:00pm
Tickets: $38.37

Join us for an evening of stories about MuchMusic (and MuchMoreMusic!) from legendary VJs Denise Donlon, Rick Campanelli and Bill Welychka! York Region resident Andrew Applebaum from the Toronto Legends podcast will keep the team on task as they take you behind the scenes of the MM & MMM glory days from the 80s, 90s and beyond.

Get involved in the audience Q&A and stick around afterwards for a meet-and-greet with Denise, Rick and Bill! Denise and Bill’s books will also be available for purchase after the show!

A leader in Canadian cultural industries for over 50 years, Denise is a former president of Sony Music Canada, vice-president of MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic, and executive director of CBC English radio. A member of the Order of Canada, she got her on-air start in 1985 anchoring MuchMusic’s “Rockflash News” and then producing/hosting MuchMusic’s “The New Music.” Her memoir is entitled Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances).

Rick Campanelli literally went from ‘Rick the Temp’ to ‘Rick the Franchise’ at MuchMusic, after winning a national hosting contest in 1984. He followed this up as an original host on Entertainment Tonight Canada and multiple tv/radio jobs before his current gig on CityTV's Breakfast Television.

Since first stepping in front of MuchMusic’s national cameras in 1992, Bill Welychka has become one of Canada’s most enduring, recognizable and respected television personalities. He is MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic’s longest-running VJ. He has documented his career in the best-selling memoir A Happy Has-Been: Exciting Times and Lessons Learned by One of Canada’s Foremost Entertainment Journalists.

Andrew Applebaum is the host of the Toronto Legends podcast, with 350 one-on-one interviews with well-known personalities from sports, broadcasting, business, music and media. He hosts well-known personalities at live events for libraries, community centres, book launches and other private & public institutions.

• Talk
• $38.37
• June 4, 2026
• 120 minutes
• 19:00
• Davide De Simone Performance Hall
• 13+