Festival Recaps
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Relive Sappyfest 2023 in Photos, Including Mother Tongues, Witch Prophet, Matty Grace and Aquakultre
PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2023
Sappyfest returned to Sackville for its 18th season this year, pulling another flurry of magic and mayhem from across Canada from August 4...
Hillside's 40th Anniversary Edition Was a Testament to the Festival's Staying Power
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2023
Hillside Music Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary at Guelph Lake Conservation Area in 2023, and with this edition came another year's...
Le Festif! Brought Rural Quebec to Life Yet Again in 2023
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2023
I had almost no clue what to expect going into my first-ever experience at Le Festif! in Baie-Saint-Paul. Located an hour and change east o...