Photo Credit: Canadian Music Fest
The Scene
The largest music festival in Canada boasts 900 bands in over 60 venues for five nights of music. With a wristband running well under $100, CMF is your best bet of the year for the most music for the least amount of cash. Plan ahead — this is one of those festivals that you’ll need a schedule to see everything.
2016 Artist Lineup
- #FAMILYGRIND
- A Fellow Ship
- A Gentleman’s Pact
- A is for Atom
- Above Top Secret
- Abstract Artform
- Academy Killer
- Acid Dad
- Acid†Priest
- Adam Hanney & Co.
- Adam Strangler
- Adée
- Alma Cassels
- Amanda Rheaume
- Alana Yorke
- Allyson Murrell
- Amelie Patterson
- Amir Brandon
- Amy & The Engine
- Animalia
- Anna Rose
- Annette Gil
- Annie Sumi
- Archie Powell & The Exports
- Art Diktator
- Ase Eschu Bafamet with The Dirty B-Sides
- Atlantic Division
- Auguste
- Autobahn
- Autopilot
- Avalanche City
- Axel Flovent
- B.R. Mackie
- Bad Willow
- Bagels
- Barren Acres
- Basic Nature
- Bastian Baker
- Bear Culture
- Bears of Legend
- Beauts
- Bend Sinister
- Big Black Delta
- Big Phony
- Bike Thiefs
- BIRD
- Bitter’s Kiss
- Black Lion
- Black Void
- BlakDenim
- Blanche et Noir
- Block Scholars
- Bloody Diamonds
- Blue Cougars
- Blve Hills
- Bob Mould Band
- Bombargo
- Boreal Sons
- Boulevards
- Boyscott
- Brass Bed
- Bravestation
- Breaching Vista
- Break The Trend
- Breeze Davinci
- Brite Lite Brite
- Broke Royals
- Brooklyn Doran
- Brothers of North
- Brutus Begins
- Bud Rice
- Busty and the Bass
- By the Glory
- BYSTS
- Canvas
- Cardo Antonnio
- Carly Thomas
- Cast In Cadence
- Cawama
- Cellis
- CGK
- Champion Lover
- Chantal Acda
- Charlie Hilton
- Charlotte Cardin
- Chase Cameron
- Chastity
- Chersea
- Chris Velan
- CKNU
- Cold Creek County
- Coleman Hell
- Collective Soul
- Common Deer
- Comrade Hat
- CONVERSATION
- Corners
- Coyote Black
- Crisis Ctrl Club
- Crossing Jane
- Curses
- Cut Ribbons
- D.R.A.M
- Daithi
- Dan Bettridge
- Dan Daly
- Dani Strong
- Daniel Greer
- Dark Stone
- DARTS
- David R. Elliott
- DB Cooper
- Dead Messenger
- Dead Obies
- Dearly Beloved
- Death Valley Girls
- Demi Louise
- Devarrow
- Df3
- DGS Samurai Champs
- Dialects
- Dick Rodan
- Dilly Dally
- Dirty Safes
- Dolce
- DOMINO
- Dorian Gray
- Double Date With Death
- Dr. Boogie
- Dr. Vena
- Dresden Wolves
- Dress Black
- Duchess Says
- Dylan Menzie
- Eagles of Death Metal
- East of Avenue
- Eddie Paul
- Eden Warsaw
- Edith Crash
- Ego Krookz
- El Diver
- Eli & The Straw Man
- Elk Walking
- Ella Fence
- Ella Thompson
- Elle Exxe
- Elm
- Emilia
- Emily Barker
- Emily Madronich
- Ephram
- Es
- Esma
- Fake Palms
- Fake Tears
- FangClub
- Fat White Family
- Featurette
- Few Bits
- Finn
- Fire Department Club
- FLAT FOOT
- Forever Distracted
- Fox Glove
- Fridaee
- Fritz Montana
- Ghostly Kisses
- Gilligan Moss
- girlongirl
- Good Kid
- Goodbye Honolulu
- Goodnight, Sunrise
- Goodwood Atoms
- Gorgeous Bully
- Gosti
- Grand Splendid
- Grown Up Avenger Stuff
- Hannah Epperson
- Haunted Summer
- Heat
- Hello Harvard
- Hillsburn
- HMS Morris
- Ho99o9
- Holly Macve
- Hologramme
- Holy Holy
- HolySexyBastards
- Honduras
- Hormoans
- HOWARDhuge
- Huttch
- I Am Dive
- Iconoclast
- Ivory Hours
- Ivy James
- Jake Morley
- James Downham
- Jeff Eager
- Jen Lane
- Jennifer Holub
- Jeremy Gold
- Jesper Munk
- Jesse and the Dandelions
- JJ Gerber
- Jocelyn Alice
- JOHNA
- Joseph Rose
- Joy District
- JPNSGRLS
- July
- Juma
- Kansas Stone
- Kapitol
- Kasador
- Kaydee
- Kaylan Mackinnon
- Keek
- Keffaleng
- Kenny James
- Kevin Abstract
- Kid Cadaver
- KID KARATE
- KIDS
- Kill J
- Kim Gray
- KINETICA
- Kiss of a Shovel
- Kroy
- Kyrk Dodds
- L-I-A-R
- La Sera
- Lakes of Canada
- Lapsley
- Lara Snow
- Last Bullet
- Laura & Greg
- Laura Stevenson
- Laura Tremblay
- Le Trouble
- Lemon Cash
- Les Deuxluxes
- Leslie Clio
- lightcraft
- Lindsay Kupser
- Lio Nicol
- Lisa Leblanc
- Lisa Marie Kruchak
- Listen Up Kid
- Little India
- Little Boxer
- Little You, Little Me
- Lo Carmen
- Lost Cousins
- Lost In Film
- Love X Stereo
- Lu Horta
- Lung Flower
- MABEL
- Machine Geantes
- Made Them Lions
- Majik
- Mannerisms
- Mardeen
- Matthew de Zoete
- Mattie Leon
- Matuto Moderno
- Maybe May
- Mayor
- Meat Wave
- Meltybrains?
- Memory Tapes
- Men I Trust
- Menage
- Mermaids Exist
- Micah Visser
- Michael Wood Band
- Micky Blue
- Midday Swim
- Mieux
- Mike Edel
- Mikky and Alex
- Milo McMahon
- Minor Characters
- Mise en Scene
- MKAI
- Model Aeroplanes
- Modern Space
- Modo 495
- Modula
- Moon Tan
- Mothers
- Mura Masa
- Murray Foster
- Muuy Biien
- Naked Wild
- NAO
- Nathan Nasby
- New Design
- New Swears
- Nick Persons
- Nick Sherman
- Night Lovell
- Nina
- No Joy
- No King For Countrymen
- No Sinner
- Nodaway
- Northern Roads
- Noyz
- Nudie
- Nuno Bettencourt
- Of the Pack
- OKRAA
- Ol CD
- Old James
- Olivia and the Creepy Crawlies
- One More Girl
- ONFIILM
- Open AIR
- Ora Cogan
- OSOG
- Our Books and the Authors
- On-The-Go
- Overhead, The Albatross
- Ozone Mama
- Pale Lips
- Parallels
- Parasona
- Partner
- Peasant Moon
- Peasant’s King
- Pet Sun
- Playing To Vapors
- Pif Paf Hangover
- Piffbreak Arcade
- Playing to Vapor
- Pony
- Poor Nameless Boy
- Port Cities
- Ports
- Prairials
- Public Access T.V.
- PUNCHLINE 13
- Quiet Parade
- Rachael Warfield Band
- Radio Free Universe
- Radio Radio
- Ragers
- Redsteps
- Repel the Robot
- Ria Mae
- RICO MU$E
- River Town Saints
- Rococode
- Rooftop Love Club
- ROTZ
- Roulette Da Pitboss
- Royal Canoe
- Royal Wood
- Rozes
- Run Coyote
- Russell Morris
- Ruthless Ones
- Ryan Carr
- SAFE
- Safia Nolin
- Sam Weber
- San Felix
- Sandy Duperval
- SassyBlack
- Savoir Adore
- Scott Helman
- Secret Broadcast
- Secret Culture
- Sharkmuffin
- Shawn Hook
- Shawn William Clarke
- She-Devils
- Sherlock
- Silent Movie Type
- Silver Creek Folk
- SIMCOE
- Skepta
- Skrat
- Sleepwreck
- Smino
- Sniper Jackson
- Son of Dov
- Sophie Lowe
- Spaceport Union
- Spaces of Disappearance
- Sparrows
- Spindrifter
- Splitfist
- Starstruck Avenue
- Steve Vai
- Stone Iris
- Stonefox
- Stonetrotter
- Sturle Dagsland
- Stuck on Planet Earth
- Suboi
- Sulfur City
- Summering
- Summersett
- Sumo Cyco
- Sunflower Bean
- Surauchie
- Sweet and Lowdown
- SWMRS
- Surf Dads
- Tangina Stone
- Tanuki Soundsystem
- Taylor Knox
- Tegan and Sara
- Tennyson King
- Terrorista
- The Alpacas
- The Bare Minimum
- The Beaches
- The Black Fever
- The Black Lips
- The Bloor Lees
- The Brood
- The Carlines
- The Cashews
- The Census
- The City Gates
- The Classy Chassys
- The Commoners
- The Corks
- The Cunninghams
- The Dead Love
- The Deadset
- The Dearhearts
- The Dudes
- The Dying Arts
- The Fairest & Best
- The Falling
- The Fontaines
- The Glazzies
- The Haig
- The High Street
- The Holds
- The Honest Heart Collective
- The Jarrett Lobley Project
- The Jessica Stuart Few
- The K.
- THE KENTS
- The Kickback
- The Kickstand Band
- The Magic Gang
- The Magnettes
- The Middle Coast
- The Mike Bochoff Band
- The Mosers
- The Muso Project
- The National Parks
- The New Resistants
- The Nolas
- The Orielles
- The Phantom Sound
- The People the Poet
- The Plugs
- The Pocket Rockets
- The Pom Poms
- The Pulse
- The Rathburns
- The Rising Few
- The Royal Foundry
- The Royals
- The Savilles
- The Shrine
- The Slow Night
- The Spook School
- The Statistics
- The Strumbellas
- The Tic Tac
- The Tourist Company
- The Turnback
- The Undivided
- The Van Arks
- The Vanishers
- The Vasts
- The Velveteins
- The Vidos
- The Wet Secrets
- The Wisers
- The Wormwood Scrubs
- THE ZILIS
- Them Dang Rattlers
- Them&Us
- Third Place
- This Drama
- This Side of Town
- Thrifty Kids.
- Throwing Shade
- Tia Brazda
- Tigerwing
- Timberwolf
- Tom West
- Tommy Stinson
- TOPS
- Torero
- Tori Kelly
- Tosin Abasi
- Training Session
- Trevor Alguire
- Twin Peaks
- V Serious
- Valerie Broussard
- Valley
- Van Damsel
- Victoria+Jean
- Violet Skies
- Vulpixic
- Waingro
- Walrus
- Wander Years
- Wayne Kennedy
- We Were Lovers
- Weird Neighbours
- Whisper Roaring
- White Lung
- Wild Nothing
- Wild Rivers
- Will Driving West
- Willie Stratton
- Wintersleep
- Wolkoff
- Woodes
- Woodie Smalls
- X Ambassadors
- Xprime
- XYLØ
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Yuna
- Zakk Wylde