Performers

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is a Canadian singer/songwriter who has collected an audience of fans across North America drawn to simple honest words and a genuine smile. Having released 4 full-length albums to date, Fitzgerald has spent his career since 2006 creating music, touring, developing as a songwriter, and connecting with audiences. Fitzgerald’s unique and innovative ideas coupled with his inherent warmth allow him to engage with people in a way that always leaves them meaningfully connected.

After over a decade of working with labels, creating songs with top-tier L.A. songwriters and producers including Jon Levine (Drake, Dua Lipa), Brian West (Maroon 5, K’naan), and Dennis Herring (Ra Ra Riot, Modest Mouse) on About You, and spending some time in the charts with “I Wanna Make it With You” (2016) and “One Love” (2016), Fitzgerald has finally found himself and a calm, rooted, unfeigned sound at home. A career of touring across Canada and around the world sharing the stage with artists like Bryan Adams, Ben Harper, Dan Mangan, Sam Roberts, Joel Plaskett, and Kings of Leon has brought Michael back to his hometown, Calgary Alberta, to create his newest record Love Valley.

If it was in a small club or larger theatre like the Vogue in Vancouver, the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, or on the big stages at a festivals like Calgary Folk Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Firefly Festival or Mountain Jam (to name a few) the spirit of honest connection with people has always existed in Fitzgerald’s performances. Today, he knows the value of time spent living in the moment and continues to go forward fostering the experience of connecting one song, one room, one fan at a time.

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canadian singer/songwriter Calvin Love plays a mix of lo-fi, bedroom indie, and lush, darkly romantic pop. After a five-year stint cutting his teeth with various bands in Los Angeles, Love returned to Edmonton to make his first solo effort New Radar, which was released in 2012 by Aquarium Drunkard imprint Autumn Tone Records. Emerging from the same vibrant Canadian scene as contemporaries Mac DeMarco, Alex Calder, and Sean Nicholas Savage, Love established himself as a pop stylist with an atmospheric bent and a keen ear for melody. After a period of heavy touring, he returned to the studio to record his sophomore release, Super Future, which arrived in June 2015. - via Apple Music

TAYLR is a singer-songwriter based in Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary, Alberta) that has the control and skill of a trained vocalist while maintaining the warmth and fun-loving nature of their inner child. As they continue to grow and expand their musical interests, TAYLR takes bits and pieces of R&B, jazz, folk, and indie pop to create a warm and hearty melodic recipe in which you can taste the earnestness in every spoonful. Referred to as the “thinking person’s songwriter” by Jamspere Magazine, TAYLR is no stranger to self reflection and the deep internal exploration that bold songwriting is born from. Their vocals - strong, soft, and lustrous like silk, soothe the body like a lozenge on a burning throat.

Joash Charles is a DJ based out of Calgary, AB. You can catch Joash Charles playing World Famous Fridays at Commonwealth Bar & Stage and running a weekly Thursday night R&B party, Down 4 Whatever with DJ Pump.

His DJ sets can be described as a mixture of turntablism techniques, instrumental blends and clever word play. You can also expect to hear home-made remixes and edits falling somewhere between rap, dancehall and future. Finding his routes in hip-hop, he is well versed in genres such as RnB, rap and trap music (yes, both mumble rap and bass bangers).

He placed 2nd place at the Red Bull 3Style Canadian finals in 2020.

Joash Charles has been billed to play parties with acts such as DJ PUMP, DJ Disoriental, Skratch Bastid, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Marvel, DJ Dopey, Jayemkayem, DJ Seko and DJ PHNM. He has also played support for names such as Jillionaire (Major Lazer), RL Grime, Grandtheft, Thugli, Jazz Cartier, Valee, Jarreau Vandal, DJ Maseo, Montell2099 and Drunken Masters. Joash has graced many rooms throughout Canada, including Calgary's own world-renowned Hifi Club, Toronto's APT 200 and Vancouver's Fortune Sound Club.

Ellen Doty is a soulful Canadian vocalist and songwriter with a world-class voice. Her music is rooted in jazz, yet seamlessly incorporates elements of other genres including folk and pop. A true storyteller whose works are as intimate and as personal as their handwritten lyrics, Ellen’s immense talent for songwriting is only complemented by her stunning vocals. Rich, sultry, and sweet, Ellen’s voice draws listeners in and takes them on an unforgettable journey. 

On any night you will hear cavernous guitars bathed in deep reverb and delay drenched Gilmour-esque soundscapes. Hewson Grey released their debut EP, Montes et Mare on September 9, 2016. To date Montes et Mare has received airplay in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Scotland and Australia. It has charted on college stations in British Columbia and on CJSR in Edmonton, Alberta.

Rich with thoughtful texture and stirring rhythms, Run Deer Run’s music has always had duality at its core; blending the subtle and the complex, the calculated and the wild, the light and the dark. At times restrained, and at others emphatic, the rhythms and melodies weave together to form compelling songs featuring incredibly personal and honest lyrics.

Citysleep is the collaborative effort between singer/songwriter Jerrick Dela Rosa and synth-pop enthusiast Dexter Mabanta. Curated in late 2015, the duo began self-producing ambient electronic music. Citysleep is an ever growing project, open to collaborating with different vocalists and producers around the city. With sounds created for a "night-time only" vibe, allow Citysleep to take you in on the comedown of a night out in the city.

Since 2009, Calgary-based Volante String Quartet has been performing at all kinds of events, from classical music concerts to receptions, galas, and educational outreach programs. VSQ has collaborated with many instrumentalists, singers and ensembles alike from Calgary's music scene over this time. Most recently, the quartet worked closely with Edmonton-based Mercury Opera for a series of outdoor shows presented by Downtown Calgary.