GAIN FEST 2024
14th Annual GAIN Fest!
April 26th – 28th, 2024
The Guelph & Area Independent & New Music & Arts Festival, aka GAIN Fest, is celebrating it’s 14th year this April and we can’t wait to showcase all that Guelph has to offer! This year’s GAIN Fest features over 70 local bands, musicians, DJs & performers showcased across 13 Downtown Guelph venues, cafés, bars and eateries!
Check out this year’s Headliners & DJs in the slides! Tickets, Weekend Passports, Merch Pre-Order & Full Lineup listed below 
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Check out this year’s Headliners & DJs in the slides. Full Lineup listed below! 
GAIN FEST 2024 ITINERARY
FRI, APR 26th
· All shows are all ages
· All venues accessible except Tabu / Underground & Upbeat Guitar Studio
5:00 PM DOORS
5:00 pm – 11:59pm | Doors Open After Dark
Preetam Sengupta – 4th Friday’s Presentation
7:00 PM DOORS
8:00 pm | Monsoon the Moon Sun, Thronethief & DJ NVUS
9:00 pm | MIP Power Trio
9:45 pm | My Son the Hurricane – presented by RiverFest Elora
11:00 pm | FIERCE + Sapphyre Poison Drag After-Party
*LIMITED CAPACITY
8:00 pm | Cassie Noble
9:00 pm | Midswim
10:00 pm | I, the Mountain
Presented by KronikNoise Promotions
7:45 pm | Cody McDusa (Grody Bedroom Sessions)
8:30 pm | Crown for a King (Battle of the Bands Winnner)
9:15 pm | Kroka
10:15 pm | Death As It Shook You
10:45 pm | Playing God
11:30 pm | Divine Curse
12:15 am | Atria
7:45 pm | Mud Monster
8:30 pm | Pot is Drugs
9:15 pm | Express
10:15 pm | Days on Parade
8:00 pm | Danni Tess
9:00 pm | Oh Cretins
10:00 pm | Vivian Forte
9:00 pm | Schmanthony’s Off Brand Goodtime Band
10:00 pm | Bent Neck & the Joints
* Basement venue – not accessible
8:00 PM DOORS
9:00 pm | Prrr
10:15 pm | The Human Rights – presented by Hillside Festival
8:30 pm | Hymns57
9:45 pm | 5omerset
* Pay-by-donation show
9:00 pm | Schmanthony’s Off Brand Goodtime Band
10:00 pm | Bent Neck & the Joints
* Basement venue – not accessible
9:00 PM DOORS
9:30 pm | OK Cujo
10:15 pm | Living Room For Small
11:15 pm | Electrokat
12:15 am | LUVR
SAT, APR 27th
· All shows are all ages – Tabu/Underground 19+ after 10:00 pm
· All venues accessible except Tabu / Underground & Upbeat Guitar Studio
2:00 PM DOORS
2:45 pm | Vancamp
3:45 pm | Courtyard
* Pay-by-donation show
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm | ARTS MARKET presented by Snakeroot Productions
Performances by Lost in Red & Adam (from Big Pit)
7:00 PM DOORS
8:00 pm | Mela Bee
9:00 pm | Marshall Veroni
10:00 pm | FXRRVST
7:45 pm | Barrett
8:20 pm | Gracie Jet
9:00 pm | Friends From Church
9:45 pm | Josh Ritchie
10:30 pm | Avalon Stone
11:30 pm | Stuck on Planet Earth
12:15 am | Soicy Promotionz & Spidr Comunity After Party feat Super Freddy
7:45 pm | You Might Be Sleeping
8:30 pm | The Coywolves
9:15 pm | Huron Lines (Cassettes Records)
10:15 pm | Pro Wrestling the Band (Cassettes Records)
7:45 pm | The Thunder Queens
8:30 pm | Shiv & the Carvers
9:15 pm | The Anti-Queens (co-presented by HAVE HOPE)
10:15 pm | The Throwdown 3: Bodywaltz vs GooGirl
* Basement venue – not accessible
8:00 pm | May Davis
9:00 pm | Flwr Grl
10:00 pm | CJ Cooper
8:00 PM DOORS
8:00 pm | DJ Nosbic
* Pay-by-donation show
9:00 pm | Walk Me Home
10:00 pm | Red Output
* Basement venue – not accessible
9:00 PM DOORS
9:30 pm | Royal City Rhythm
10:30 pm | The Imagine If
11:45 pm | The Friendly Frogs Freak Show
SUN, APR 28th
· All shows are all ages
· All venues accessible
12:00 PM DOORS
Crêperie Show
1:00 pm | Kat Steeves
2:00 pm | Rory Taillon
* Pay-by-donation show
2:00 PM DOORS
2:15 pm | Psychic Pedestrians – presented by Girls Rock Camp
2:45 pm | Prisonbreak
3:30 pm | Sun Junkies
4:15 pm | TsuShiMaMiRe
3:00 PM DOORS
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Festival Open Stage hosted by Nate Coles
6:00 PM DOORS
Presented by Kaleidoscope Music Guelph
7:00 pm | The Namedroppers
8:00 pm | Greg MacPherson
* Pay-by-donation show
FULL PERFORMER LIST
GAIN FEST LINEUP
- 5omerset
- Atria – KronikNoise Promotions presentation
- Avalon Stone
- Barrett
- Bent Neck & the Joints
- Big Pit – solo [Arts Market Performer]
- Bodywaltz
- Cassie Noble
- CJ Cooper
- Cody McDusa
- Courtyard
- Crown for a King [Battle of the Bands Winner]
- Da Skootah [aka Soicy Promotionz]
- Danni Tess
- Days on Parade
- Death As It Shook You
- Divine Curse – KronikNoise Promotions presentation
- DJ Junglecat – FIERCE
- DJ NB’D – FIERCE
- DJ Slamboxx – FIERCE
- DJ Nosbic
- DJ NVUS
- DJ Poundz
- Electrokat
- Express
- Flwr Grl
- Friends From Church
- FXRRVST
- GooGirl
- Gracie Jet
- Greg MacPherson – Kaleidoscope Music Guelph presentation
- Huron Lines – Cassettes Records
- Hymns57
- I, the Mountain
- Josh Ritchie
- Kat Steeves
- Kroka
- Living Room For Small
- Lost in Red [Arts Market performer]
- LUVR
- Marshall Veroni
- May Davis
- Mela Bee
- Midswim
- MIP Power Trio
- Monsoon, the Moon Sun
- Mud Monster
- My Son the Hurricane – RiverFest Elora co-presentation
- Nate Coles [Open Stage Host]
- Oh Cretins
- OK Cujo
- Playing God – KronikNoise Promotions presentation
- Pot is Drugs
- Preetam Sengupta – 4th Friday’s at the Guelph Civic Museum along with Doors Open After Dark
- Prisonbreak – The Satellite Collective presentation
- Pro Wrestling – Cassettes Records
- PRRR
- Psychic Pedestrians – Girls Rock Camp band
- Red Output
- Rory Taillon
- Royal City Rhythm
- Sapphyre Poison
- Schmanthony’s Off Brand Goodtime Band
- Shiv & the Carvers
- Stuck on Planet Earth
- Sun Junkies – The Satellite Collective presentation
- Super Freddy
- The Anti-Queens – Have Hope co-presentation
- The Coywolves
- The Friendly Frogs Freak Show
- The Human Rights – Hillside Festival presentation
- The Imagine If
- The Namedroppers – Kaleidoscope Music Guelph presentation
- Thronethief
- Thunder Queens
- TsuShiMaMiRe – The Satellite Collective presentation
- Vancamp
- Vivian Forte
- Walk Me Home
- You Might Be Sleeping