The 15th annual HomeGrown Live Music Festival takes place Saturday, May 6, 2023 in Kingston.
We’re very excited to announce our lineup of 113 performances on 13 stages, and as always every act is from the Kingston area! Every single year we’re blown away by the amount of talent and dedication in the Kingston music scene, and of course, we do it all for Joe’s MILL!
We had an AMAZING response to our call for applications – over 130! Thank you to everyone who applied (we really wish had room to accommodate everyone in the festival program).
As always, all-access wristbands will be $10 at the door of each venue.
Please take a moment to look through our amazing sponsors, partners, and volunteers who make the HomeGrown Live Music Festival happen.
2023 Festival Schedule and Venue Lineups
Live, local indie and alternative music, featuring:
- 6:00 pm – Chris Giguere & The Final Say
- 6:50 pm – Willy Nilly
- 7:40 pm – Forty Seven Teeth
- 8:30 pm – Dennis Bouwman & The Wild Roses
- 9:20 pm – Chris Brown and friends
- 10:20 pm – The Winter in Canada
- 11:10 pm – The Mill•Rights
- 12:00 am – Evil Numbers
Live rap and hip hop, featuring:
- 5:00 pm – Wicked
- 5:25 pm – Dan Doesn’t Sleep
- 5:50 pm – ShizNick
- 6:15 pm – Third Eye Rhyme
- 6:40 pm – Kaydence Brown
- 7:05 pm – S-Cape Artist
- 7:30 pm – Hartman
- 7:55 pm – Grampa
- 8:20 pm – Dupel
- 8:45 pm – Swordwall
A live singer-songwriter showcase, featuring:
- 12:30 pm – John Somerville
- 1:00 pm – Jennie Marshall
- 1:30 pm – Dylandylion
- 2:00 pm – Cole LeBlanc
- 2:30 pm – Dennis Clark
- 3:00 pm – Dan Bullock
- 3:30 pm – Clara Smallman & Sarah Zanibbi
- 4:00 pm – Rasmanpierre
- 4:30 pm – “Cousin” Gibbard Suede
- 5:00 pm – Roger Marshall
- 5:30 pm – Jonathan Jones
- 6:00 pm – Gerald McGrath
- 6:30 pm – Mellow Lily
- 7:00 pm – Trevor Strong
- 7:30 pm – TBA
Live ambient and electronic music, featuring:
- 8:00 pm – FASTFAST
- 8:30 pm – Mat Almeida
- 9:00 pm – Dudu Tsuda
- 9:30 pm – KaKaow
- 10:00 pm – Buck’s Moonlight Revival
Live blues music, featuring:
- 2:00 pm – Engine 10-95
- 3:00 pm – Steven Tanner
- 4:00 pm – The Freake Blues Band
- 5:00 pm – Izzy Jodoin
- 6:00 pm – Geoffrey Wickham & John Hanson
- 7:00 pm – ROUGHMIX
- 8:00 pm – Hellhound Trail
- 9:00 pm – Shufflejoint
- 10:00 pm – Sweet Pete & The Heat
Live jazz music, featuring:
- 4:00 pm – Django’s Kitchen
- 5:00 pm – Euro Café Duo
- 6:00 pm – Psychic Mojo
- 7:00 pm – Dave Barton Trio
- 8:00 pm – Clear Breeze
- 9:00 pm – Martello Alley Cats
A mixed bag of local musical talent, featuring:
- 3:00 pm – Echoes
- 3:50 pm – Holy Wow
- 4:40 pm – Doug van der Horden
- 6:00 pm – Shook Planet
- 7:00 pm – Stun Seed
- 8:00 pm – Super Special Guest (Lucanus Pell, Will VanRhyan and James Hildebrand)
- 9:00 pm – Mason Forsey Mackinnon
- 10:00 pm – The Pinkertons
- 11:00 pm – RustPump
- 12:00 am – Lowery Mills
Sizzle at Kingston Market Square Hotel (originally: The Buckle)
Live country music, featuring:
- 12:00 pm – “Cousin” Gibbard Suede
- 12:45 pm – Cork Sniffers
- 1:30 pm – Hips & Harmonies
- 2:15 pm – Saul T. Doggs
- 3:00 pm – Whiskey Smoke
- 3:45 pm – Dennis Bouwman & The Wild Roses
- 4:30 pm – The Blue Grasshoppers
- 5:15 pm – Cody Allen James & Good Co.
- 6:00 pm – The ThoroughFreds
- 6:45 pm – TBA
Live folk and roots music, featuring:
- 2:00 pm – Chris Gostling
- 2:40 pm – Tom Savage
- 3:20 pm – Jen Calder
- 4:00 pm – Jonathan Davies
- 4:40 pm – Chanter la Pomme
- 5:20 pm – Chris Morris
- 6:00 pm – Martin Smit and Meghan Balogh
- 6:40 pm – Panache Eh
- 7:20 pm – John Rose
- 8:00 pm – Barb MacDougall
- 8:40 pm – Yan-Nick Michaud
- 9:20 pm – Claire Cooper
- 10:00 pm – Quentin Coughtrey
- 10:40 pm – Simon Webb
The Mansion – Wine Cellar
Live alternative and hard rock featuring:
- 7:30 pm – Mothallah
- 8:15 pm – Synergy Fix
- 9:00 pm – Exogen
- 9:45 pm – Sweet Machete
- 10:30 pm – Radio Wasteland
- 11:15 pm – Sons of Rick
- 12:00 am – Futura Free
- 12:45 am – TBA
The Mansion – Living Room
Live psychedelic and rock music featuring:
- 8:00 pm – Livingston
- 9:00 pm – Christopher Jackson
- 10:00 pm – Galvanic 42
- 11:00 pm – The Strange Happenings
- 12:00 AM – KaKaow
The Mansion – Living Room
A live music showcase of local youth bands and emerging artists:
- 2:00 pm – Izzy Jodoin
- 2:45 pm – Jade Peter
- 3:30 pm – Claire Cooper
- 4:15 pm – Switzerville Sound Machine
- 5:00 pm – FogRoom
- 5:45 pm – Interrobang‽
A musical smorgasbord ranging from Celtic and funk to rock and punk, featuring:
- 4:00 pm – Tom MacIntosh
- 5:00 pm – Denis Leroux & Don Corbett
- 6:00 pm – Fiddle Earth
- 7:00 pm – Irish Roots
- 8:00 pm – Seventh Town
- 9:00 pm – Sugar Pills
- 10:00 pm – Nice On
- 11:00 pm – Justin Bird & The Thorns of Venus
- 12:00 am – The Meringues
- 1:00 am – Master Nate & The Reprobates