Festival Recaps

Relive Sappyfest 2022 in Photos, Including Julie Doiron, Sook-Yin Lee and OMBIIGIZI

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2022

In the depths of New Brunswick, Sappyfest 17 delivered another hearty dose of swamp magic in Sackville from July 29 to 31. We sent photogra...

Osheaga 2022 Brought the Best in the World to Montreal

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2022

After last year's scaled-down, all-Canadian Get Together, Osheaga was back in full force for the first time since 2019. At the Montreal fes...

The Perfect Day at River & Sky, the Hidden Gem of Ontario Music Festivals

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2022

"Somebody told me when I arrived that it's magical in the night," said Dilly Dally vocalist-guitarist Enda Monks during their headlining se...

Drake and the All Canadian North Stars Pulled Out All the Stops to Honour Toronto's Hip-Hop and R&B History

History, July 28

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2022

OVO Fest seems like an insidious inside joke between Drake and the City of Toronto to see how many days each year they can convince Toronto...

Hillside 2022 Warmed Hearts, Even During a Rainstorm

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2022

Hillside returned to in-person programming for its 2022 edition with scorching, relentless heat and a festival-dismantling thunderstorm in...

Yellowknife's Folk on the Rocks Is a Light That Never Goes Out

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2022

It's only been a year since Munya Mataruse moved to Yellowknife, and he's already received one of the highest honours given to a local musi...

Relive Halifax Jazz Festival 2022 in Photos, Including Perfume Genius, the Weather Station, Aquakultre

PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2022

As with most jazz festivals these days, the Halifax Jazz Festival features way more than just its namesake genre. This year's 36th edition,...

Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels Triumphantly Capped Off Ottawa Bluesfest 2022

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2022

Ottawa Bluesfest has been billed as "Canada's largest festival" for no other reason than its pure scope. After an opening four-day extended...