The Foggy Hogtown Boys is a Canadian bluegrass band, based in Toronto, Ontario."Bluegrass", Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
The band recorded their first CD live at the Lula Lounge in Toronto in 2004."Foggy Hogtown Boys ready for debut disc". Toronto Star, 15 January 2004. They have since recorded several more critically acclaimed CDs."Foggy Hogtown Boys", The Record TentFAME Review: Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys - The Hogtown Sessions Their album "Pigtown Fling" was nominated for two awards at the 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards, and were nominated again at the 4th and 6th Awards.
In 2005, when the band was playing weekly at the Dominion Tavern in Toronto, they were considered to be the best traditional bluegrass band in the city.Yelaga, Prithi, "Cleaning up the 'bucket of blood'". Toronto Star, 2 January 2005Quill, Greg, "Beyond the Pale, Creaking Trees build on common ground", Toronto Star, 10 February 2005
In 2006, the band toured western Canada, performing at Millennium Place in Whistler, British Columbia, and at the Kootenay Bluegrass Society.Mitchell, Andrew, Foggy Hogtown Boys pickin and grinnin , Pique News Magazine, 3 March 2006
In 2007, the Foggy Hogtown Boys played a double bill with the American band the Grascals at the Silver Dollar tavern in Toronto."Splendour in the Grass", NOW, August 2007 That year they also performed at a concert organized by the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society in Oshawa, Ontario, and at the Calgary Folk Music Festival in Alberta.Strings, newsletter of the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society, November 2007
In 2011, the band took part in the Hudson Music Festival in Quebec."Foggy Hogtown Boys" , Hudson Village Theatre, July 2011
Members of the Foggy Hogtown Boys include John Showman on fiddle, Andrew Collins on mandolin, Chris Coole on guitar, and Chris Quinn on banjo. Bass was played until 2007 by John McNaughton, and after that by Max Heineman. Showman, Collins and Quinn also play in Creaking Tree String Quartet, a less traditional group, and Showman also plays in New Country Rehab.
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