Homegrown Live Music Festival 2025: Sonny Slide Maddams, Steven Tanner, Stand Up...

Sat. May 3rd The Club at the R.C.H.A. $10
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Homegrown Live Music Festival 2025: Sonny Slide Maddams, Steven Tanner, Stand Up Doubles, Reverend Freddie Vendetta, Doghouse Blues Kings, Blue Syl and The Sweet Home Band, Sweet Pete & The Heat, Hellhound Trail

The 17th annual festival in downtown Kingston, ON.
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event Venue is part of the Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area
Music Jazz / Blues
Sat. May 3rd + Add to Calendar The Club at the R.C.H.A. (All Ages)
2:00pm - 8:00pm All-access wristbands are $10 and will be available at the door of each venue on the day of the festival.

Artists

Sonny Slide Maddams
Contemporary blues from Kingston Ontario
Unknown
Steven Tanner
Blues, Folk from Napanee Ontario
Stand Up Doubles
Blues, Singer-songwriter from Kingston Ontario
Available for Shows/Gigs
Reverend Freddie Vendetta
Doghouse Blues Kings
Blue Syl and The Sweet Home Band
from Kingston Ontario
Unknown
Sweet Pete & The Heat
Rock, Blues from Kingston Ontario
Available for Shows/Gigs
Hellhound Trail
Modern blues rock from Kingston Ontario
Available for Shows/Gigs

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HomeGrown Live Music Festival
Kingston's annual festival of all-local live music.
Kingston Ontario
Open / Operational
Downtown Kingston
The business improvement area for Kingston's downtown.
353 King St. East Kingston Ontario
Open / Operational
Joe's M.I.L.L.
Music lending library with 1,000+ instruments and resources
The Tett Centre Kingston Ontario
Open / Operational

Event Description

143 performances on 16 stages - still more to come!
Join us Saturday, May 3 for the 17th annual HomeGrown Live Music Festival.

All-access wristbands are $10 and will be available at the door of each venue on the day of the festival. As always, proceeds go to The Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library.

3:00 PM - Sonny Slide Maddams

Sonny Slide is a blues/slide guitarist. He specializes in the blues of the 20's and 30's honouring the masters such as Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Mctell, and Bukka White. His repertoire also includes contemporary and original blues. Sonny instrument of choice is the National guitar.

4:00 PM - Steve Tanner ( Live From Steve's Porch)

Steve Tanner can be found playing acoustic blues and roots music at a variety of pubs, porches, patios and even pews. He enjoys performing his interpretations of classic blues and folk songs, and sprinkles a few of his original tunes in to mix it up.

5:00 PM - Stand Up Doubles

Stand Up Doubles - We are three skilled musicians, each with our own unique style of guitar, blended together to create our distinctive sound.
Our female vocalist leads the majority of our performances, delivering covers and original songs with passion and energy.

6:00 PM - Reverend Freddie Vendetta

Reverend FREDDIE VENDETTA Prohibition SPEAK EASY Show including songs and poetry from the Red Book by Dorey entitled You’re An Easy Kill Standing Still. Audience interactive and very danceable!

7:00 PM - Doghouse Blues Kings

Geoffrey Wickham and John Hanson have been playing together for over 25 years.
Both artists have released successful solo albums and have appeared frequently in Kingston
at The Limestone Blues Festival (The Wickham Brothers), The Homegrown Festival and live on CFRC Radio.

8:00 PM - Blue Syl and the Sweet Home Band

Blue Syl stands as a beacon of otherness in the blues world. With his roots in the Chicago blues tradition, the Tuva-inspired vocal technique, and an innovative guitar style, he breathes new life into the genre.

9:00 PM - Sweet Pete & The Heat

Sweet Pete and the Heat. Come and satisfy that sweet tooth.

10:00 PM - Hellhound Trail

Hellhound Trail is a Kingston-based modern blues band blending blues, soul, alt-rock, and old-timey country. Haunted by Delta blues legends yet pulsing with a modern edge, they craft gritty, heartfelt songs. Writing their first album, they’ll hit the studio in March to record a fiery five-song EP.

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The Club at the R.C.H.A.
193 Ontario St.
Open / Operational

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Homegrown Live Music Festival 2025: Sonny Slide Maddams, Steven Tanner, Stand Up Doubles, Reverend Freddie Vendetta, Doghouse Blues Kings, Blue Syl and The Sweet Home Band, Sweet Pete & The Heat, Hellhound Trail @ The Club at the R.C.H.A. May 3 2025 - Apr 2nd @ The Club at the R.C.H.A.

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