Original, post folk/rock group out of Peterborough. Edging into the ethereal (and sometimes the hokey), trans-genre, quirky, heartwarming and powerful songs twining natural imagery with love, suffering and personal growth. The cornerstones of the band are vocal harmonies, electric banjo, percussion, and occasionally a kazoo.
Read MoreMy name is Jay. I am an island boy from The Bahamas. I am an English Major studying at Trent University and I believe that art is the kind of space where we can map new worlds and find language to experiences that sometimes have no utterance.
Read MoreKristal Jones (She/Her) is a Queer, Fat, multi disciplinary artist who works in visual, audio and story telling mediums. She is an internationally published model, spoken word artist/poet who has competed nationally with the Peterborough Poetry Slam Team, as well as a Photographer who has been featured in several local publications.
Read MoreThe Watched Pots are a band from Nogojiwanong who have liberated themselves from the kitchen through music and friendship.
Read Morepeople you meet outside of bars is the tenderly spooky, uncannily tuneful, and radically honest musical project of Satah Cameron. their prolific output includes at least 16 EPs and albums which take listeners by the hand and guide them through bedrooms, hospital rooms, and dive bar bathrooms, whispering poetry in their ears all the while.
Read MoreBetty Baker is a 17 year old drag queen from Peterborough, Ontario. A member of the Haus of Accounting, Betty has performed across southern Ontario, splitting, spinning, and spreading joy. She’s been doing drag for 2 years now and is almost ready to take on the world, she just has to learn how to drive first. Betty is a diva who loves to bake, create, sew, and perform, her favourite thing about drag is making people smile!
Read MoreDavid Hynes is a mixed-media artist and the creator of the Conundrum. The Conundrum is an iconic Canadian musical instrument that has proven its cross cultural attraction over and over again. Every time the instrument is presented to the public, the admiration and excitement for the Conundrum is palpable; it brings together strangers in a deep and visceral experience that people remember about an event and carry with them into their daily lives. Nothing builds bridges between seemingly different people in the way that making spontaneous music together does like the Conundrum does.
Read MoreNaomi is a regional actor, creator, feminist and emerging playwright. Dance, puppetry, comedy, passion and honesty feature in her work and she loves dogs.
Read MoreDJ Freddie, playing beats ranging from heavy reggaetón to light and fun house. He started off DJing the classic HOLA parties and now does different in house parties and goes with the vibes ;-)
Read MoreKavya’s name literally translates to “a collection of poems.” Poetry exists within them as a form of comprehension, a form of longing, a call for desperation. From a small hill station in India, Kavya spends her time unlearning colonial thought and making spaces where everyone exists as they are. Keep a lookout for some bonus content you can carry in physical forms (hint: an upcoming chapbook “frolic of identity”).
Read MoreHearts Calling is a unique blend of mantra meditation music mixed with heart hop and poetry. After traveling to India in 2006 to study Yoga, Fraser and Dana fell in love with this ancient practice and system of knowing, and were soon initiated into Kirtan or call and answer chanting with mantras.
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