Festival Recaps

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  Dartmouth's Nowadays Festival Felt Like Home

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2023

  Being new to a place can be hard. Employment, housing, a network of friends; These things are all important, sure, sure. But where are you...

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  Highlands Music Festival Stopped Time at Camp Walden

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2023

  Cell reception is lost about 10 kilometres before you need to turn off the two-lane highway curtained by thick wilderness — trees changing...

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  POP Montreal 2023 Brought Eclecticism and Excitement with Kate NV, Hot Garbage, Loraine James, Hand Habits and More

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2023

  POP Montreal brought no shortage of excitement to the city this year. Celebrating its 22nd instalment, the festival has steadily expanded b...

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  Rifflandia 2023 Brought Star Power and Synergy to Victoria

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2023

  After last year's victorious return, the 2023 edition of Rifflandia inevitably felt more low stakes, able to breathe without the burden of...

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  Iggy Pop Brought Sweaty Swagger to Ottawa's CityFolk Festival

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023

  Nobody wants to let go of summer when September rolls around. Thankfully for Ottawa folk, CityFolk Festival arrives just in time to kick th...

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  Quebec's Festival de Musique Émergente Felt Like Summer Camp

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2023

  It was more than just the revived summer heat that brought a wave of warmth over Rouyn-Noranda, QC, this Labour Day weekend. Arriving at th...

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  Osheaga 2023 Brought Out the Heavy Hitters

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2023

  Born from the heyday of Montreal's mid-aughts indie rock scene, Osheaga has, over the past sixteen years, transformed into a genre-spanning...

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  Toronto's New Friends Fest 2023 Celebrated the Subversive Force of Community

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2023

  Started in 2017, New Friends Fest  — Toronto's preeminent (post)hardcore, punk and screamo festival — held its fourth, devastatingly loud i...