It is coming. One of the biggest events in Canadian Music will hit Toronto this week. Canadian Music Week 2014 will be held from Tuesday, May 6th to Saturday, May 10th (and let’s be honest, all throughout early Sunday morning as well). The 30+ year-old event has always returned to T.O. year after year, though this time the organizers decided to hold it a little later in the year, which is certainly welcomed after the winter we’ve had.
While industry professionals convene, the festival portion of the event, Canadian Music Fest, will showcase over 800 acts in over 40 venues located in downtown Toronto. Some of the bigger names include City and Colour, Kardinal Offishall, and Tegan & Sara. Naturally, Canadian Content Machine will be here, there, and everywhere covering the Canadian bands on display.
Wondering who’s playing? And just where are all the bands coming from, anyway? As our first feature for Canadian Music Week, Canadian Content Machine lists every.single.Canadian.act, plus their home city. From Toronto to Woodstock, from Coquitlam to to Conception Bay South, from Flat Lake to Rosaireville–here is every Canadian band and where they hail from! Don’t forget to check out our write-ups on bands that Canadian Content Machine has featured previously.
British Columbia
Burnaby
Luca Fogale
Coquitlam
Tyler Shaw
Golden
Willhorse
Ladysmith
The Lion the Bear the Fox
Metchosin
The Roper Show
Surrey
Good for Grapes
Vancouver
Anita Eccleston
BESTiE
ByStarlight
Caleb Stull
Cat Thomson
Chatterton Eve
Chersea
David Blair
David Morin
The Deadset
Dear Rouge
Dominique Fricot
Fake Shark – Real Zombie!
Familiar Wild
Head of the Herd
Hedspin
Hunting
Johnny DeMarco
Jordan Klassen
Katherine Penfold
Kris Monico
Living With Lions
Lydia Hol
Madchild
Michael Fraser
Mounties
No Sinner
Pigeon Park
The Plastic Acid Band
The River and The Road
Skye Wallace
Swollen Members
T. Nile
Trevor Guthrie
Veda Hille
War Baby
Whiskey Jane
White Ash Falls
Tegan & Sara
Terrace
Vernon
Andrew Allen
Victoria
The Archers
Carli and Julie Kennedy
Current Swell
Handsome Distraction
LIINKS
Mike Edel
The Party on High Street
Secondhand Habit
The Tumblin’ Dice
West Vancouver
Michelle Joly
Alberta
Calgary
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Amy Hef
Astral Swans
Beach & Monski
Candelora
Cowpuncher
The Electric Revival
Half Chance Heroes
Jason Hastie and the Alibi
JJ Shiplett
Open AIR
PORT JUVEE
The Rumble
Steve Rokosh
Transit
Windigo
Edmonton
Bryan Finlay
Daniella Andrade
FLTF
Forester
Jasmine Singh
Jr Gone Wild
Livy Jeanne
One Day Late
Rend
Short of Able
Slates
Ten Second Epic
The Provincial Archive
Tupelo Honey
Two Bears North
Zerbin
Flat Lake
Brett Kissel
Stettler
Domino
Saskatchewan
Regina
The Dead South
Keiffer & the Curiosity Club
Pimpton
Saskatoon
Autopilot
Bastard Poetry
Close Talker
League of Wolves
The Little Brothers
The Pistolwhips
Manitoba
Winnipeg
The Brothers Landreth
Comeback Kid
Distances
Indicator Indicator
Mobina Galore
Ontario
Ajax
Gunt
Najjah Calibur
Barrie
Attention Anyone
Labcats
Maps
The Socials
Swaying Tuesdays
Bradford
Grass Grows Back
Brampton
AHI
July
Knowledge Gonzalez
Brantford
MEME
Sons Of Revelry
Burlington
Andreas
Billy J White
Walk off the Earth
Caledonia
GRUVE
Cambridge
Auras
Conor Gains
Tanya Marie Harris
Campbellville
Steve Rivers
Cobourg
Gentlemen Husbands
Deep River
Ann Chaplin
Dundas
The Dirty Nil
Fonthill
Ivy Coast
Guelph
Ambre McLean
Among Millions
Danielle Todd
The Retrievers
Hamilton
Allegories
Counterparts
Dinner Belles
Gdansk
The Great Machine
The Medicine Hat
Mississippi Bends
Radio Free Universe
The Reason
Shanya Lynn
Skynet
T.Y.
The Tallest Tree
Teenage Head
Terra Lightfoot
Thought Beneath Film
Weekend Riot Club
Kingston
The Glorious Sons – Check out our feature!
Vorasek
Kitchener
Adrian Underhill
Exalt
Hisland
Sierra
London
Donna Creighton
Marcellus Wallace
Matthew Johnston
Metro4
Motion Grove
New Zebra Kid
The River Junction Band
Single Mothers
Maple
Glass Ampp
Markham
Dean West
Safe To Say
Mississauga
Kaitlin Kozell
KodessA
The Mustard Junkies
Sky Terminal
Uforia
Newmarket
Brothers of North – Check out our feature!
Holy Mind Funk
MiMi Cry
Niagara Falls
Barbudos
The Kerouacs
Tim Hicks
Xprime
Nobleton
We Outspoken
North Bay
Faraway Neighbours
North York
Ozzmanic
Oakville
Ivy James
Seaway
Sydney Delong
Orangeville
Columbo
Oshawa
Rory Taillon & the Old Souls
The StandStills
Ottawa
Charron
Cold Capital
Double Experience
Eagleson
Finding Chuck
Hollerado
Jeremy Fisher
Jon Hynes
Jordan McIntosh
Kristina Maria
Laurent Bourque
Miss Polygamy
MonkeyJunk
Mosely
SCISSORKICK
Soul Kisser
Tara Holloway
Peterborough
Jesse Slack
Union City
Port Elgin
The Ending To This Story
Prince Edward County
Jamie Stever
Ridgeway
Anodyne
South Simcoe
Indian Handcrafts
St-Bernardin
Pandaléon
St. Catharines
Creature Speak
Step Echo
Waterbodies
Sudbury
The Almighty Rhombus
Sea Perry
Tecumseh
Mike Cerveni
Thunder Bay
Sunshine & The Blue Moon
Toronto
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1990Future
The ’92 Blue Jays
1st Class
The 6th Letter
A-Game
Adverteyes
The Airplane Boys
All Those Who Wander
Alicia Cinnamon
Allan Rayman
The Almighty Trigger Happy
Alona
The Alter Kakers
Amy Carson Hunter
Anastasia A
Andrea Godin
Andrew Austin
Angela Saini
Animalia
Ansley Grove
The Anti-Queens
Anthony Tullo
AON
Ariel
ART//The Band
ASMR Buds
Aspire
Atom and The Volumes
B-17
Bad River
The Balconies
BamBoo
Barbarosa
Bathurst Station
The BB Guns
beau
Beautiful Nothing
Bedouin Soundclash
Bella Clava
Bellwoods
Ben Zamora
Biblical
Big Tobacco & The Pickers
Billie Dre & The Poor Boys
bizZarh
Blake Carrington
Blitz Berlin
The Bloody Five
Blue Sky Miners
blueVenus
Blurred Vision
The Boom Boom
The Box Tiger
Born Ruffians – Check out our feature!
Brandon Chey
Breached
Brendan Canning
The Bright Skies
Brooklyn Doran
Bryan Potvin
Buddy Black
Burning The Day
The C’mons
Candice Sand
CANVAS – Check out our feature!
The Cardinal Dream
Cardinals
Carmel Freeman
CATL
Century Thief
Chach
Chase Reason
Chasing Jane
Chloe Charles
Chris Quotes
Chuck Coles
City and Colour
The Commoners
conversation
The Cool Hands
The Corner
Courtney Lynn Music
Craig Stickland
Crhymes
Crowns for Convoy
The Cruelty Party
Crystalyne
Cyclops 76-6-6
D-Pryde
Dan Kosub
Dan McKinnon
Dani Jean Unplugged
Daniel Caesar
Daniella Watters
Dante Matas
Danthrax
Days Like Today
The Dead Projectionists
Dean Marino
Delinquents
Dévah Quartet
DIANA
Die By Remote
Diggy the DJ
The Dirty Fix
DJ Big Jacks
DJ Charlie B
DJ hustleGRL
DJ Mike P
DJ MJ
DJ Riccatchet
DJ Soundbwoy
The Do Good Assassins
The Do Good Badlies
Donovan Woods
Down With Webster
Drop Dead Pin-Ups
Duane Forrest & Co.
Duck Duck Goose
Ebedoz
Eden Culture
Elos Arma
ELS Organ Trio
Emily Reid
Eriksen
Eytan Tobin
Fade Chromatic
Fairchild Brothers
Fallen Heirs
FALLS
Fanette
Fat As Fuck
Fefe Dobson
Field Study
Finnegan’s Wake
The Fiscals
Fitness Club Fiasco
Flash Lightnin’
The Flatliners
For Esmé
Francesco
Free n Losh
Friday Night Trend
Future History
Gee Wunder
Ginger Ale & The Monowhales
Good Conduct
Goodnight, Sunrise
GRAY
Graydon James & the Young Novelists
Green Rays
Greg Janssen
Grounders
Happy Boy Tona
The Heartbroken
Heirloom Beats
Hello Companion
Heroes of The Resistance
The Hidden Cameras
High Heels Lo Fi
HIGHS
The Hollowbodies
Hollywood Sins
The Holy Gasp
The Honeyrunners
Hormoans
House of Monroe
Icecream
ILUMINAS
Indoor Voices
INKA
International Zombies of Love
Invermier
J.P. Wasson Band
Jackson Steinwall’s Funny Funk Band
Jake Feeney
Jane’s Party – Check out our feature!
Jeff Beadle
Jennifer Castle
Jennifer Cortez
Jesse Gold
Jessica Bundy
Jessica Speziale
The Jessica Stuart Few
JJ & The Pillars
JJ Gerber
Jordan Grey & The Grey Owls
Jordan Rutledge
JOZEM
Julian Taylor Band
Juliana’s Daughter
Justin Dubé
Justin Nozuka
Jutes
Kandy Kisses
Kardinal Offishall
KASHKA
Kaydee
Kaylan Mackinnon
Kennedy Cult
Kevin Myles Wilson
Kid MK
Killer Wails
King Reign
Kirty
Kristina King and The Walk-Ups
Lady Face
Lake Forest
Last Bullet
Last of the Bandits
Lee Serviss
Leila Dey
Lenny and the Bullfighters
Les Ex
Life In Vacuum
Like Pacific
The Lipstick Junkies
Lisa Marie Kruchak
The Little Black Dress
The Lost Chord
Lost in Film
The Lovelocks
Low Hanging Lights
LYON
Macie Paquette
Maddy Rodriguez
Maneli Jamal
Mannerisms
Mark Martyre
Marlon Chaplin
Marmel
Marriage
Mary McKay
Mas Aya
Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn
Maylee Todd
Meanwood
Megan Bonnell
Melanie Ungar
The Meerkats
Men In Suits
Meredith Shaw
Metoux
Michael Brooker and MB10
Michael Tobin
Michie Mee
Miles Jones
The Mohrs
Moonwood
Most People
Moves
MoZayic
MTL (Message to Love)
Muscle Souls
Mushy Callahan
The Muso Project
Naturally Born Strangers
Navy Skies
Nightizm
Nikki Clarke
No Big Deal
Noah Pascoe
Oh Susanna
Old James
Old Man Morrish
Olenonly
Omhouse
The Organ Thieves
OSIYM
The Other Girl
Owen Pallett
Pacific High (Colin Bergh + Scott Seewhale)
Paint
Papermaps
Parasona
Parks At Night
Partycat
Pat Maloney
Patrick Grant
Pete Van Dyk & The Second Hand
Petra Glynt
Philly Moves
The Pick Brothers Band
Pilot Light
Pkew Pkew Pkew (Gunshots)
Poor Young Things
Pow Wows
Praises
Professor H & The Bandits
Public Animal
Ramona
The Rathburns
Rehan Dalal
Rich Kidd
Ride Em Cowboy
RLMDL
Rob Moir
Robyn Dell’Unto
Roney
The Rucksack Willies
Saidah Baba Talibah
Sandro Perri
Sara Wilkinson
Sarah Budden
Saturns
Say Yes
Scott Helman
Sean Leon
Seas
Secret Broadcast
Serephic Lights
Seven:30
Sexy Merlin
Shakura S’aida
Shaky Knees
The Shanks
ShaqIsDope
Sharon Nutzati
Shawbros
Shawn Brady
The Sick Kids (Spesh K & Tiggz)
The Sketch
The Soles
South of Bloor
St. Andrews
Skratch Bastid
Sleepy Mean
ShootR
Signe Miranda’s Veranda
The Soul Motivators
Stacey
Starks & Heights
Stellarize
Stolenowners
Stone River
The Stormalongs
Strands
Streetlight Marathon
Streetlight Social
The Strumbellas
Sugar Brown
Sun Stone Revolvers
Supreme Villain
Tallan, M.D
Tanika Charles
Tasha the Amazon
Thomas D’Arcy
TimeGiant
Tiny Danza
Trash Gordon & Molly Gruesome
Tre Mission
The Treasures
Trevor James and the Perfect Gentelmen
Tupper Ware Remix Party
The Tungsten Hum
Uncut
Union Duke
Urban Rodeo
Vibonics
VIRE
Virginia to Vegas
We Were Heads
We’re Doomed
Wildheart
Wildlife
Wolf J McFarlane
Wordburglar – Check out our feature!
Young Doctors In Love
Zoo Owl
Vaughan
King & Queen
Stuck on Planet Earth
Waterloo
Amberwood
Anthony Damiao
JoJo Worthington
Red Orkestra
Welland
Canyon Carvers
Serena Pryne & The Mandevilles
Spencer Burton
Whitby
T.J. Kingston
Whitchurch-Stouffville
Riot Acts
Windsor
The Blue Stones
Crissi Cochrane
The Fresh Breath Band
Salt of The Chief Cornerstone
Silent Movie Type
Woodstock
Clumsy
Quebec
Boucherville
Black Mocassins
Drummondville
Your Favorite Enemies
Mont-Laurier
Bobby Bazini
Montreal
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Alexandre Desilets
Anomalie
Antoine Corriveau
Archery Guild
AroarA
Babylones
Blood
The Bluebirds
BODØ
The Bright Road
Buddy Mcneil and the Magic Mirrors
Cafeïne
Chairs
The Damn Truth
David Hodges & The Honest Family
Dead Messenger
Doldrums
Elliot Maginot
Emilie & Ogden
Femme Accident
Fire/Works
Foreign Diplomats
The Franklin Electric
FrankySelector
GrimSkunk
Groenland
Half Moon Run – Check out our feature!
Heartcopy
The High Dials
Ian Kelly
Jimmy Hunt
Kandle
Ladies of the Canyon
Le Trouble
Little Suns
The Loodies
Loud Lary Ajust
M.T.L
Mad June
MaicaMia
Motel Raphaël
Mozart’s Sister
Nikki Yanofsky
October Gold
Oh No! Yoko
Operators
Orkestar Kriminal
Papillon
Pat Jordache
Paul Kasner
Penelope
Pif Paf Hangover
Pink Chocolate
PyPy
Random Recipe
Red Mass
Secret Sun
She’s
Thanya Iyer
Three O’Clock Train
Valérie Daure
Waiting Game
We Are Wolves
Zappien
Quebec City
Blue Davens Code
Maldito
Ponctuation
The Seasons
These Silent Waves
Saint-Jean-Chrysostome
Andee
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New Brunswick
Moncton
Les Hay Babies
Mike LeBlanc
The Motorleague
Rosaireville
Lisa Leblanc
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
The Meds
Summerside
The Seven Thirty Sevens
Nova Scotia
Antigonish
The Trews
Dartmouth
Adam Baldwin
Alfie
Cam Smith
Mattyboh
Take Part
Halifax
Bloody Diamonds
The Caravan
Christine Campbell
Cyndi Cain
DJ IV
Gloryhound
Jessie Brown & The Black Divine
Kayo
Kim Harris
Laura Roy
Like A Motorcycle
Neon Dreams
Nicole Ariana
Quake Matthews
Ria Mae
SoHo Ghetto
This Sound Will Save You
Weirdo Click
New Glasgow
Mary Stewart
Springhill
Chris James
Sydney
Carleton Stone
Newfoundland and Labrador
Conception Bay South
Hogarth & The Sky Vines
Pasadena
Undesirables
St. John’s
The Beer Patrice
Dave Whitty & The City Superette
DT & The Dinosaurs
Fortunate Ones
Hudson Hogarth
Jay Miln
MOOCH
Navigator Black & the Indighost
Port of Call
Steady Brook
The Heavy Horses
Yukon
Whitehorse
Speed Control
Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Unfortunately, no bands to report!
So, that’s every single Canadian band playing at Canadian Music Week in Toronto! As you can see, the list may be dominated by your Torontos, Vancouvers, and Montreals, but there are plenty of Canadian musicians from towns and cities all across the country! We’ll be featuring some of these bands throughout the week, so stay tuned.
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