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
Click to make a Reservation
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
