Portfolio Archives: the stage

Savannah Shea – Sun, Sept 14 | FREE EVENT

Sunday, September 14 | 12PM – 3PM | FREE EVENT

Savannah Shea is a Kingston based singer-songwriter, vocal coach, visual artist and community arts enthusiast. She has a Bachelor of Music from Humber College in Vocal performance and works as a performer and vocal teacher in Kingston and the surrounding area. Shea was a 2023 recipient of the Kingston Mayor’s Arts Award for her artistic achievements and contribution to the arts. Shea’s professional values developed through years of weekly performances at one of Kingston’s best small music venues – Musiikki Café. This experience taught her the importance of cultivating an honest connection with the audience through conversation, using humour to break up a set of deeply personal confessional songs, and creating a warm, welcoming environment for all. Shea aims to translate the feeling of a small intimate cafe show to larger and larger stages.

Nolan Hubbard – Sun, Aug 31 | FREE EVENT

Sunday, August 31 | 12PM – 3PM | FREE EVENT

Nolan Hubbard weaves soul, blues and jazz into an indie pop sound unmistakably original. A small-town virtuoso with a big heart, his music pulses with nostalgia & fearless curiosity. With 11M+ songwriting streams & 1250+ gigs played, Nolan’s seasoned voice and guitar playing tell heartfelt stories with a feel-good groove.

Dub Loons – Sat, Aug 30 | FREE EVENT

Saturday, August 30 | 4PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

The Dub Loons are DJ’s BTX CRVTT and Ombudsman’s house music focused project. Meeting through their shared visual art careers, they recognized each others shared passion for music and after a couple of years of exchanging musical knowledge, working on house edits of tracks both classic and obscure, as well as creating new original tunes and endless late night b2b sets together, they have united under the Dub Loons banner to push forward the house music scene in PEC.

Embracing the PLUR philosophy central to early rave culture they perform, book like-minded DJ’s, and promote events that are welcoming to everyone – carving out space for folks who want to get down together as one.

DJ Ombudsman – Fri, Aug 29 | FREE EVENT

Friday, August 29 | 7PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

Hri Neil AKA Ombudsman has been feeding his obsession for new sounds across musical boundaries since an early age. He has taken that deep cross-genre musical knowledge in many directions over his career as a dj, playing sets focussed on everything from dub reggae to obscure soul and exotica, from dnb and jungle, and more recently exploring bouncy, deep and sunny House. As comfortable creating an atmosphere for art openings and dinner parties as he is playing a psychedelic forest festival or rinsing out at a late night club or house party, Ombudsman is passionate about telling stories through his track selections. OMBUDSMAN has been dj-ing for over 20 years, playing venues as diverse as the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (M.O.C.C.A.), the Solstice Festival (OM Reunion Project), and the Firelight Lantern Festival (Department of Illumination).

BTX CRVTT – Fri, Aug 22 | FREE EVENT

Friday, August 22 | 7PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

House music is a kind of playground for sample-based music to inspire dancing while also referencing musical history and enjoyment of a thunderous subwoofer with friends.

In a lot of ways, house is a perfect place to try and be communal and inspired in the moment on the dance floor, which is why you will see a lot of elements like jazz, disco, hip-hop, and even some psych blended into his sets. DJ culture for him is about musical appreciation and trying to share that appreciation in real time with the people on the dance floor.