A new music festival is coming to the GTA town of Whitby, ON. Town Brewery has established the Whitby Music Fest in an effort to bring a live music scene to the town. The event will run from June 26 to 29, with restaurants, cafés, a tattoo shop, and even a barber shop around Whitby's downtown area being repurposed into music venues over the course of the weekend.
The lineup features an array of veteran and up-and-coming Ontario acts, with indie rockers Born Ruffians headlining the main stage on the 28th. Also hitting the main stage will be Chastity, whose Brandon Williams is a Whitby native and has long advocated for bringing live music to his hometown. Other acts performing at the festival include Little Junior, Roach, Burner, Fresh Kils, Sham Family, David James Allen, the Effens and Heaven for Real.
Town Brewery describes the event as "loosely based on Toronto's legendary NXNE festival," looking to foster "more of a 'local community' vibe."
The festival is free for attendees, except for the main stage event for which tickets can be found on Town Brewery's website.