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!
APRIL 22nd & 23rd, 2023 – Protest the Hero Lead Up to GAIN Fest at Onyx! (Apr 22nd SOLD OUT, Apr 23rd ON SALE) *Festival Passport not valid for this show
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
*ONYX
12 Wyndham St N – 2nd floor
Co-presentation with Pink Lemonade Records
- Blackout
- Miss Conduct
- Frank Dux
- Fast Eddie
*Brothers Brewing
15 Wyndham St N
- The Wilderness
- LUVR
- Joel Saunders
- Kat Chabot
FRI, APR 28th, 2023
5:00 PM Doors – ‘Dinnertainment’
Sugo on Surrey
117 Surrey St E
- Rich Gregor
- Olivia Borkosky
- Joseph Gallo Jr
6:30 PM Doors
*ONYX
12 Wyndham St N – 2nd floor
- FIERCE
- Ombiigizi
- Ellevator
- Moonbean
- Dani Doucette (presented by DCypher Management)
- Ruby Anderson (presented by DCypher Management)
7:00 PM Doors
OPUS
92 Macdonell St
Presented by Bumaroo!
- FAVVKES
- Excuse Me.
- Dammit Goldie
- Goddess (presented by DCypher Management)
*Silence
46 Essex St
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions
- Greber
- The Long Dark Road
- Loversteeth
- Ol’ Time Moonshine
7:30 PM Doors
Red Brick Café
8 Douglas St
- Mattie Leon (presented by Kaleidoscope Music Guelph)
- CJ Cooper
- Calum Kennelly (presented by DCypher Management)
*Red Papaya
55 Wyndham St N
- Elvis Punkley
- The Boo Radley Project (presented by RiverFest Elora)
- Livid
10:00 PM Doors
Jimmy Jazz
52 Macdonell St
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions & Pink Lemonade Records
- AFTER PARTY!
SAT, APR 29th, 2023
12:00 PM Doors
*Red Papaya
55 Wyndham St N
- The Strother Martins
6:30 PM Doors
*ONYX
12 Wyndham St N – 2nd floor
- DJ SHUB (presented by Hillside Festival)
- D’eve Archer
- Wynne Badoe
- Trey YZ
- Brady Goodyear
- Thronethief
- Hosted by Kween & DaRealBJoseph
7:00 PM Doors
OPUS
92 Macdonell St
Presented by Bumaroo!
- SHEBAD
- Lost in Japan
- Conductor
- Girls Rock Camp band (TBA)
*Silence
46 Essex St
- The Last Armada
- Hellion Ton
- Mark Honestly the Band
- The North Coast Band
7:30 PM Doors
Red Brick Café
8 Douglas St
- Innes Wilson’s Freightliner
- Madison Galloway
- Jiggity James
*Red Papaya
55 Wyndham St N
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions
- Taking Balfour
- Polarity
- The Amber Room
- Apricity (presented by The Wok Show)
10:00 PM Doors
Jimmy Jazz
52 Macdonell St
- AFTER PARTY!
SUN, APR 30th, 2023
12:00 PM Doors
*Planet Bean
2 Wyndham St
- 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
- TBA
Click the image to apply to the Art Expo! 👇
