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.
5:30 PM - doingok
Just a couple of guys, doing their best, and their best is doingok.
Alt rock, emo adjacent trio making songs to make you dance while you cry to them.
6:20 PM - The Winter in Canada
The Winter in Canada - An alternative rock and roll punk band hailing from Kingston. Led by Mark Deen on lead vocals and guitar, the band is rounded out by Eric Valdez on drums and Steven Carquez on bass. Known for their energetic live performances and dynamic sound, the winter in canada are a force of nature.
7:10 PM - The Kildeers
The Kildeers are emerging as a Canadian band to watch - Formed in Kingston by Singer Songwriter Jen Calder and joined by members of Saul T Doggs and FASTFAST - they combine folk melodies that draw you in, lyrics that shake your heart and a connection that lasts long after they have left the stage.
8:00 PM - Forty Seven Teeth
Coming soon.
8:50 PM - The Beta 58s
The Beta 58s - Road worn rock and roll for for the 21st century working man’s soul.
9:40 PM - The Strange Happenings
The Strange Happenings are based out of Kawehnóhkwes tsi kawè Hunting Lands: Kingston and Wolfe Island. They serve up some post-punk, spaceship garage with jumpy psychedelia, gruesome fuzzed out druidic guitar licks and a motorized miasmatic rhythm that is equally infectious and relentless.