HomeGrown Live Music Festival

HomeGrown Live Music Productions is pleased to announce a new, local Concert Series for 2021 and 2022. Funded in part by a Kingston Arts Council/City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF) Project Grant, the HomeGrown Live Concert Series includes seven performances, both in person and online via our YouTube channel, involving 22 Kingston-based musicians. Four performances will have a small live audience (subject to applicable local public health guidelines), and three will be strictly livestream via YouTube.

Concerts will begin in September 2021 and conclude in February 2022, while the complete schedule for the HomeGrown Live Concert Series is as follows:

Sat, Sept 4th at 4:30pm: Fakejazz Orchestra and Spencer Evans Trio at Confederation Park – More Info/Donate
Fri, Sept 17th at 8pm: Julia Finnegan livestream from Roswell Rehearsals – More Info/Tickets
Fri, Oct 1st: Artist to be announced at Renaissance Event Venue
Date/Venue to be announced: Chantal Thompson (Jazz)
Date/Venue to be announced: Kim Pollard (Blues)
Date/Venue to be announced: Sadaf Amini (Satur Instrumentalist)
Date/Venue to be announced: Erika Lamon (Folk-Rock)

Additional details concerning dates/venues listed as to be confirmed will be released when available. We are pleased to announce that Visit Kingston is co-sponsoring this project, and we recognize Kingston Live as a promotional sponsor. As always, a big thank you to Roswell Rehearsals and Kingston Sound Works for supporting the sound and live streaming requirements of the Concert Series. For additional information regarding sponsorship opportunities, please Contact Us.

🎼 Hello music lovers! 🎸

Back in April, we had really hoped we’d be able to put on a great Homegrown Live this fall. We knew it wasn’t likely, but we hoped for it anyway. We’re going to hold out for a triumphant return to live music in our favourite downtown venues in 2021!

There is still lots of great music to be seen and heard at Musiikki, Blu Martini, The Mansion, Market Square, the Wharf and Feather and a few other spots around town, plus live streams from many of our favourite local musicians. Check ’em out and support ’em as best you can!

In the meantime, The Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library is still running and still has lots of bills to pay. If you can afford to throw a few bucks their way, please do!

As ever, thank you to our many amazing volunteers, including venue coordinators, musicians, and organizers for your hard work and passion. If we could do it this year, we couldn’t do it without you!

See you soon.
Love, Homegrown.

Hi folks,
The 12th annual HomeGrown Live Music Festival has been postponed until October 3. While we were originally scheduled for May 2, there are many indications that it will be at least early summer before we can get back to live music again.

Our volunteer venue coordinators had been hard at work sorting through applications and putting together schedules, which we’ll be moving to the new date. We’re hoping to keep everything the same for the fall as we had planned for the spring.

If you applied for HomeGrown and haven’t heard yet, it may be because the schedule for your venue was not finalized.

Our plan is to announce the full lineup in early September. At this time, we do not expect to be re-opening the application process because we just had so many!

To the 100+ local acts that submitted to play, and the amazing venue coordinators, and our partners, thank you for all you’ve done so far. We’re really hoping to see you soon.

The Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library is closed until physical distancing restrictions are limited, and they’ve lost a fair amount of income and donations. If you’re able to throw a few bucks their way, please do! https://www.joesmill.org/support/give/