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    GAIN FEST 2023

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    April 27 @ 3:00 pm - April 30 @ 11:00 pm

    GAIN FEST 2023
    APR 27 AT 6 PM – APR 30 AT 10 PM

    GAIN Fest 2023

    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!

    #GAINFest

    * = 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

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    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

    Details

    Start:
    April 27 @ 3:00 pm
    End:
    April 30 @ 11:00 pm

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