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The Guelph & Area Independent & New Music & Arts Festival, aka GAIN Fest, is back for another year of local music, arts and entertainment at multiple Downtown Guelph businesses and venues!
LEAD UP TO GAIN FEST – APRIL 20th, 2023 – TEETH at Onyx! (ON SALE) APRIL 22nd & 23rd, 2023 – Protest the Hero & Ready the Prince at Onyx! (Apr 22nd SOLD OUT, Apr 23rd ON SALE) *Festival Passport not valid for these shows
APRIL 27th – 30th, 2023 – 11th annual GAIN Fest happening at multiple Downtown Guelph businesses and spaces. Full lineup & venues listed below – set times coming soon!
If you’d like to Volunteer for this year’s festival CLICK HERE.
If you’d like to apply to be a Vendor during the Art Expo CLICK HERE.
Purchase individual show tickets HERE.
Check out the full lineup below and be sure to check out all the bands in advance of this year’s festival!
* = Accessible Venues
THUR, APR 27th, 2023
7:00 PM Doors
*Brothers Brewing
15 Wyndham St N
- Emceed by Dhanung Bulsara
- 7:45 pm Kat Chabot
- 8:45 pm Joel Saunders
- 9:45 pm LUVR
- 10:45 pm The Wilderness
7:00 PM Doors
*ONYX
12 Wyndham St N – 2nd floor
Co-presentation with Pink Lemonade Records
- Emceed by Dhanung Bulsara
- 8:00 pm Fast Eddie
- 9:00 pm Frank Dux
- 10:00 pm Miss Conduct
- 11:00 pm BLACKOUT!
- 11:45 pm Emo Night: Punkside w DJ Dreamweva
FRI, APR 28th, 2023
4:00 PM Doors – ‘Happy Hour’ at Two Faces
5:00 PM Doors – ‘Dinnertainment’
Sugo on Surrey
117 Surrey St E
- 5:30 pm Joseph Gallo Jr
- 6:30 pm Olivia Borkosky
- 7:30 pm Rich Gregor
6:30 PM Doors
*ONYX
12 Wyndham St N – 2nd floor
- Emceed by Dana CK
- 7:00 pm Ruby Anderson (presented by DCypher Management)
- 7:45 pm Dani Doucette (presented by DCypher Management)
- 8:30 pm Ellevator
- 9:15 pm Ombiigizi
- 10:15 pm Moonbean
- 11:15 pm FIERCE – Junglecat & M’Damn D!
7:00 PM Doors
OPUS
92 Macdonell St
Presented by Bumaroo!
- 8:00 pm Express
- 9:00 pm Dammit Goldie
- 10:00 pm Excuse Me.
- 11:00 pm FAVVKES
- 12:00 am Spidr Community After-Party!
7:00 PM Doors
*Silence
46 Essex St
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions
- Emceed by Rick Hall of KronikNoise Promotions
- 7:45 pm Ol’ Time Moonshine
- 8:30 pm Loversteeth
- 9:15 pm The Long Dark Road
- 10:15 pm Greber
7:30 PM Doors
Red Brick Café
8 Douglas St
- Emceed by Kat Chabot
- 8:00 pm Calum Kennelly (presented by DCypher Management)
- 9:00 pm CJ Cooper
- 10:00 pm Mattie Leon (presented by Kaleidoscope Music Guelph)
7:30 PM Doors
*Red Papaya
55 Wyndham St N
- 7:30 pm Livid
- 9:00 pm The Boo Radley Project (presented by RiverFest Elora)
- 11:00 pm Elvis Punkley
- 12:00 am Livid
10:00 PM Doors
Jimmy Jazz
52 Macdonell St
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions & Pink Lemonade Records
- 10:45 pm Fern Sully (presented by Melted Media)
- 11:45 pm Yeah No For Sure! (presented by Pink Lemonade Records)
- 12:45 am WAIVERS (presented by KronikNoise Promotions)
SAT, APR 29th, 2023
12:00 PM Doors
*Red Papaya
55 Wyndham St N
- 12:45 pm The Strother Martins (playing 2 sets of classic covers!)
7:00 PM Doors
*ONYX
12 Wyndham St N – 2nd floor
- Emceed by Kween & DaRealBJoseph
- 8:00 pm Thronethief wsg Monsoon
- 8:45 pm Brady Goodyear
- 9:30 pm Wynne Badoe
- 10:15 pm D’eve Archer
- 11:15 pm DJ SHUB (presented by Hillside Festival)
- 12:45 am DJ Poundz
7:00 PM Doors
OPUS
92 Macdonell St
Presented by Bumaroo!
- Emceed by Sara Bortolon-Vettor of Bonnie Trash!
- 8:00 pm The Rugs (presented by Girls Rock Camp)
- 8:45 pm Conductor
- 10:00 pm Lost in Japan
- 11:00 pm SHEBAD
- 12:00 am Spidr Community After-Party!
7:00 PM Doors
*Silence
46 Essex St
- 7:45 pm The North Coast Band
- 8:30 pm Mark Honestly the Band
- 9:15 pm Hellion Ton
- 10:15 pm The Last Armada
7:30 PM Doors
Red Brick Café
8 Douglas St
- Emceed by Kat Chabot
- 8:00 pm Jiggity James
- 9:00 pm Madison Galloway
- 10:00 pm Innes Wilson’s Freightliner
7:30 PM Doors
*Red Papaya
55 Wyndham St N
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions
- Emceed by Rick Hall of KronikNoise Promotions
- 8:15 pm The Amber Room
- 9:15 pm Apricity (presented by The Wok Show)
- 10:15 pm Polarity
- 11:15 pm Taking Balfour
10:00 PM Doors
Jimmy Jazz
52 Macdonell St
- 10:45 pm CJ Cooper
- 11:45 pm LUVR
- 12:45 am The Imagine If
SUN, APR 30th, 2023
12:00 PM Doors
*Planet Bean
2 Wyndham St
- 12:00 pm until 5:00 pm ART EXPO coordinated by Punk Rock Flea Market Guelph & Snakeroot Productions
3:00 PM Doors
*The Cornerstone
1 Wyndham St
- Festival Open Mic hosted by Nate Coles
6:00 PM Doors
*Bar Mason
50 Stone Rd W
- 7:00 pm Livid
