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Ottawa favorites HILOTRONS have mostly been seen backing up silent movies for the past year or two, with few proper live performances as a band. That will change Saturday night at Wakefest in Wakefield, QC. Art thou prepared for sweaty dancing madness, young dragon warrior? (Yes, King Lorik!!).
The weekend festival features a whack of music, [...]

Chris Page will be joined by Edmonton’s Mark Davis for a very special CBC Bandwidth recording on Friday night at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, QC. A perfect summer evening, perhaps kicked off with some Cheezy Luigi’s? Sounds ace to me.
CHRIS PAGE + MARK DAVIS
Friday July 22, 8:30pm
Black Sheep Inn (Wakefield, QC)
More details on [...]

JIM BRYSON and THE WEAKERTHANS project hits the stage
If you are in Winnipeg, you are one of the lucky ones on the weather front. And also lucky on the music front as the WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL is in full swing. If that’s your game, you can be among the first audiences of the new Jim [...]

“Iron Maiden can’t be fought! Iron Maiden can’t be sought!” – “Iron Maiden” by Iron Maiden (1980).
As Ottawa Bluesfest opens on its Maiden voyage Tuesday night, Kelp Records is ready to prove this prose of old wrong.
On the Subway stage, enjoy 3 hours of Ottawa’s finest, capped with a special “Kelp Records Revue” featuring the [...]

Jim Bryson has a busy weekend ahead, with three stops around the 613.
First off, on Saturday June 26th, it’s the 5th Annual Elphin Folk & Roots Festival out in Elphin, ON. A lovely community festival featuring Elphinites Jenny Whiteley and Joey Wright, and their pals Luther Wright, and Notre Dame de Grass, to name a [...]

NXNE is on this week in Toronto, and we’ll be there to celebrate.
Kelp returns to NXNE with a showcase on Thursday night at Clinton’s, followed by the return of our KELP BBQ on Friday at Global Village Backpackers (King/Spadina) from 12-6pm. Our pals at Beau’s are making the trip down the 401 as well, so [...]
Chris Page is heading west with Jill Zmud for a brief tour this very week!
They’ll be taking Jill’s homeland by storm in the SK, as well as making the trek further west to join our pal Lorrie Matheson and the Saved by Vinyl crew for some shows.
Here are the dates!
Thurs June 3
Chris Page
House Show! [...]

Andrew Vincent + The CFL Sessions are heading west to Regina and back…hope you can catch them on these dates:
Wednesday, May 26th, Toronto, The Tranzac
Thursday, May 27th, Peterborough, Pitter Patter Festival at The Spill
Friday, May 28th, Ottawa, Raw Sugar
Saturday, May 29th, Sudbury, The Townehouse
Sunday, May 30th, Sault Ste. Marie, House show
Monday, May 31st, Thunder Bay, [...]
Kelp Records & Chromewaves.net copresent
Kelp 16
with Bill Fox, Chris Page, Andrew Vincent & Leif Vollebekk
Kelp Records and Beau’s Beer copresent:
Jim Bryson
Chris Page
$20 advance available at Compact Music and Mayfair Theatre
kelprecords.com/kelp16
Kelp Records, Blue Skies Turn Black and Pop Montreal copresent:
KELP 16
with
Bill Fox (Cleveland, OH)
Andrew Vincent (Toronto, ON)
Beaver Sheppard (Montreal, QC)
kelprecords.com/kelp16
Kelp Records and Beau’s Beer copresent:
Kelp 16
with
Bill Fox (Cleveland, OH)
Andrew Vincent (Toronto, ON)
Leif Vollebekk (Montreal, QC)
$12 advance at Compact Music and Mayfair Theatre
KELP 16
Carleton Annual BBQ
with
Kate Klevanic (Whalesbone Catering)
featuring
Flecton Big Sky (Ottawa, ON)
The Flaps (Ottawa, ON)
Andy Swan (Breadalbane, PEI)
The Secret Loves (Ottawa, ON)
Jenny Omnichord (Guelph, ON)
Pay What You Can!
1pm start
Kelp Records and Beau’s Beer
copresent
KELP 16
with
Rhume (Ottawa, ON)
Tres Bien Ensemble (Toronto, ON)
Camp Radio (Ottawa, ON)
The Michael Parks (Breadalbane, PEI)
KELP 16
presents
THE WHITE WIRES
secret location TBA
1am
w/ Camp Radio & Year Zero
Advance tickets are $8 at both Compact Music locations
w/ Night Committee
w/ BA Johnston, Raccoon Wedding
w/ Mark Davis and Lorrie Matheson
afternoon set!
w/ Lorrie Matheson and Mark Davis
12:30pm, free 30-min performance on CD release day!
w/ Great Aunt Ida