Shania Twain & Lainey Wilson headline Cavendish Beach Music Festival 2025

Global superstar SHANIA TWAIN and Grammy Award-winning artist LAINEY WILSON will headline the 16th annual Bell Presents Cavendish Beach Music Festival on July 10-12, 2025! In her CBMF headline debut, SHANIA TWAIN takes the Bell Main Stage on Thursday, July 10. The celebrated global icon has released six albums, sold more than 100 million albums…

Dauphin’s Countryfest Releases 2023 First-Round Artist Lineup

Dauphin’s Countryfest is pleased to release the first-round lineup of artists slated to perform at Canada’s longest-running country music festival, taking place June 30th – July 2nd, 2023. We are thrilled to announce one of the most well-rounded lineups we have ever done – There is truly an artist for every Countryfest fan Rob Waloschuk…

Ottawa’s CityFolk music festival ready to roll again

CityFolk organizers today announced that they will be moving forward with a star-studded lineup of live acts for this year’s festival. CityFolk will take place on the Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park on September 8th – 10th and September 15th – 17th 2022. After a multi-year hiatus, due to the pandemic, festival organizers and fans…

Arcade Fire to headline Day 1 at Osheaga Festival 2022

A major milestone always means the most when celebrated with family, so for the 15th anniversary of the OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival presented by Bell in collaboration with Coors Light, it just made sense to book the band that has resonated so profoundly in the heart of this city over the last few decades, ARCADE FIRE. When the Foo…

The National to perform at Edmonton Folk Music Festival

Festival organiser are delighted to announce that THE NATIONAL will play the Edmonton Folk Music Festival on Saturday 6th August! THE NATIONAL treat rock music as a salve. For over two decades, they’ve crafted songs that set out to navigate a hurting world, creating a space where dispirited souls can unite and raise a toast…

Ottawa’s Bluefest returns on the 7th – 17th July after a 2 year hiatus!

After a multi-year hiatus caused by COVID-19, RBC Bluesfest is back, with festival organizers today announcing a lineup that music fans in Ottawa and beyond have been waiting far too long for. The event, featuring a star-studded mix of live acts, will be produced by RBC Bluesfest executive and artistic director Mark Monahan and his team….

A$AP Rocky & Dua Lipa Join Foo Fighters as Headliners for Osheaga’s 15th Anniversary!

The biggest names in music will be touching down on Montreal’s Île Sainte-Hélène next summer to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival presented by Bell in collaboration with Coors Light. OSHEAGA returns stronger than ever with an incredible edition, headlined by FOO FIGHTERS, A$AP ROCKY and DUA LIPA, to commemorate 15 years of magic. That’s…

Country Music Superstar Luke Combs confirmed for RBC Bluesfest 2022

Following a sell-out show at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, RBC Bluesfest organizers are pleased to announce country music superstar LUKE COMBS will perform at the iconic Ottawa festival on July 9th 2022. LUKE COMBS, who The New York Times calls, “the most promising and influential new country star of the last five years,”…

Winnipeg Folk Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

The Winnipeg Folk Festival announces the artist lineup for the 47th edition running from July 9th to 12th at Birds Hill Provincial Park featuring some of the finest folk, roots, bluegrass, pop, rock, indie, country and many more genres from around the world. Top acts this year include Australian singer-songwriter VANCE JOY, legendary folk singer…

Sled Island Festival 2020 announces first acts!

Prepare yourself! The first wave of Sled Island 2020 artists is here! The incredibly diverse sounds of this year’s lineup include the torch-bearing neo-psychedelia of THE BLACK ANGELS, the radical political feminist protest music of Russia’s PUSSY RIOT, the genre-bursting, boundary-pushing experimental R&B of Sled Island’s guest curator SUDAN ARCHIVES, the out-of-this-world free jazz of the…

Canada’s premier dance party îLESONIQ announces phase 1 artists

îLESONIQ, Canada’s premier dance party presented in collaboration with Bud Light, is gearing up for its 7th edition August 7th & 8th on the state-of-the-art Espace 67 festival site of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Montreal’s picturesque île Sainte-Hélène. On August 6th, îLESONIQ en Ville will also take over many different venues in the city to get…

Ottawa’s RBC Bluesfest announces full 2020 line up!

RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced a star-packed lineup for the summer of 2020. Included on the list below are previously announced acts, such as RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, JACK JOHNSON, VANCE JOY, JADE BIRD, MARSHMELLO, LIL TECCA, and the Saints and Sinners Tour featuring Big Wreck, Headstones, Moist, and The Tea Party. From iconic favourites…

Canada’s Metro Metro Festival announces 2020 line up

Hip-hop music lovers will certainly not be disappointed! It’s no surprise that the Festival Métro Métro is back for a second consecutive year after the phenomenal success of the first edition. Having received renowned artists such as Cardi B, Snoop Dogg and Asap Ferg, the Metro Metro Festival has managed to win the hearts of…

LASSO’s inaugural lineup includes Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan, Old Dominion & more

Festival organisers are thrilled to present the lineup of the very first edition of LASSO MONTREAL, a world class modern country music festival presented by evenko and Live Nation, in association with Universal Music Canada. The festival takes place on Montreal’s beautiful Île Sainte-Hélène on the Espace 67 site of Parc Jean-Drapeau (one of the top festivals sites in North America) on August 14 and 15, 2020. In addition, LASSO in the…

Foo Fighters, Lizzo and Kendrick Lamar to headline Osheaga 2020

OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival returns on the July 31st, August 1st and 2nd at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal with headliners FOO FIGHTERS, LIZZO and KENDRICK LAMAR! Check out the official 2019 aftermovie: Dave Grohl and his band of merry musicians are playing the festival for the first time, and when they take the…

Jack Johnson, Marshmello and more named for RBC Bluesfest 2020 in Canada

RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced five preliminary acts to be featured at the 2020 edition of the festival. Jack Johnson, July 14 – Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and environmental activist Jack Johnson has won countless humanitarian, conservation, and music awards, including the prestigious Brit Awards ‘International Breakthrough Artist of the Year’ (2006), surpassing a field that included…

Canada’s CityFolk festival announces September line up!

CityFolk festival organizers today announced the initial line-up for their 2019 program. Confirmed acts to date include Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters (Sep 15); Leon Bridges (Sep 14); Summersault — Our Lady Peace, +LIVE+, Bush (Sep 13); The Strumbellas (Sep 12); Lucinda Williams (Sep 12); RHYE (Sep 14); Lucy Dacus (Sep 15); Donovan…

The first wave of Sled Island 2019 artists is here! 

This year, acclaimed indie singer-songwriter and Sled Island guest curator JULIEN BAKER is joined by a diverse gathering of some of today’s most exciting artists. This cross-section includes JAPANESE BREAKFAST’S shimmering space-pop, the politically-charged, experimental noise-rap of JPEGMAFIA and the subversive trap-influenced hip hop of LE1F. The perfectly-penned tunes of raspy alt-rockers HOP ALONG are…

Slayer, Ghost, Godsmack & more for Heavy Montreal 2019

As announced in December, SLAYER is headlining Heavy Montreal 2019 for their FINAL PERFORMANCE in the province of Quebec. We are beyond excited to witness them perform what will inevitably be remembered as the show of a lifetime! GHOST will be closing the show on the other night, treating fans to their only festival performance…

RBC Bluesfest Canada announces lineup additions

 
RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced three early lineup additions for July 5th, 2019 – ERIC CHURCH, JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT and COLTER WALL – increasing the buzz created by an earlier confirmation that BACKSTREET BOYS are coming to the ‘fest on July 14th.  The festival runs from July 4th to 14th.  Organizers also…

Jason Aldean confirmed for Dauphin’s Countryfest 2019

Dauphin’s Countryfest, Canada’s longest running country music festival, is pleased to announce that JASON ALDEAN is booked to perform on the Club Regent Casino and Event Centre Main Stage Saturday night of Countryfest 2019! The two-time, reigning and current ACM “Entertainer of the Year” JASON ALDEAN has helped define the genre’s 21st century, which plays…

Canada’s Big Valley Jamboree reveals first round of acts for 2019

The Big Valley Jamboree is thrilled to announce some of the biggest names in country music as part of this year’s lineup, making Camrose, Alberta the premier destination for country music fans at BVJ on the 2019 August Long Weekend (August 1-4). The fun gets underway on Thursday night, at the Kickoff Party in the…

Odesza & Cardi B lead the first phase acts for Snowbombing Canada!

The first wave of incredible bands and DJs for Coors Light Snowbombing Canada has arrived! Organizers have announced that joining them at the second edition of their Canadian adventure is none other than ODESZA Live, CARDI B, BORGORE, BLACK TIGER SEX MACHINE, FISHER, GG MAGREE, GOLDLINK, GORGON CITY, JUSTIN MARTIN, KYLE, MATOMA, NORMA EN PURE,…

Dave Matthews Band, Shawn Mendes, Bryan Adams & more for RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa

RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced the initial line-up for the 2018 edition of the festival. Confirmed acts to date include: 
Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews Band, Shawn Mendes, Bryan Adams, Beck, Rae Sremmurd, Sturgill Simpson, Rise Against, Brett Eldredge, Three Days Grace, Jethro Tull, Zeds Dead, Jessie Reyez, The War On Drugs, Courtney Barnett, BROCKHAMPTON, Chromeo,…