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The Scene
Canada’s answer to Austin’s SXSW follows a similar recipe – take hundreds of artists, mix with a huge industry conference, add comedy, art, and film to produce an epic sized showcase festival. Make sure to hit the free shows at Yonge-Dundas Square which have featured performances by St. Vincent, Sleigh Bells, The National, DEVO, and The Flaming Lips.
2013 Artist Lineup
The National
- _8IO Feat. Byron Wong/Dave Hamelin
- 1990future
- 2 Live Drew
- 222s
- A Brief View of the Hudson
- A Mad World, My Masters
- A Yellow Field
- Absolutely Free
- abstract Random
- Adrian Sawyer
- Ainsley McNeaney
- Air Dubai
- AKUA
- Alright Alright
- ALVVAYS
- Amy’s Arms
- Anami Vice
- Andrea Parkins
- Andres Sierra
- Andrew Rodriguez & The Good Bad Kids
- Andy McGuire
- Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons
- Angela Saini
- Ania Soul
- Animal Parts
- Animalia
- Anslem Douglas
- Antennas Up
- Anything But Broke
- Apt
- Archery Guild
- Ariane Mahryke Lemire
- AroarA
- Arstidir
- Artful Vandelays
- Ascot Royals
- AstroCoven
- ATTAGIRL
- Ausar Ra Black Hawk
- Average Society
- b.FUNK
- BABYSITTER
- Bailiff
- bbigpigg
- Be & Gase
- Beach Day
- BEAMS
- Bear Mountain
- Before the Flood
- Beggars at the Door
- Beliefs
- Bernice
- Biblical
- Big Black Delta
- Big Boi
- Big Jay Oakerson
- Big Tobacco & The Pickers
- Bill Orcutt/Chris Corsano
- Black Marble
- Blackstone Rangers
- Blanche DuBois
- Blank Cinema
- Blinker The Star
- Bliss
- Blitz
- Bloody Diamonds
- Blowfly Miami
- Blue Hawaii
- Blue Kid
- blueVenus
- Bowmont
- Brad Butcher
- Brad Fillatre
- BRAIDS
- Brave Little Toaster
- Bravery Cat
- Brazos
- breeze
- Brendan Albert
- Brendan Croskerry
- Brian Ruryk
- Briar Rabbit
- Broken Bricks
- Brothers of North
- Bunmi Adeoye
- Bury the Hatchet
- By Divine Right
- Cade
- Cadillacs & Cadavers
- Cafeïne
- Cai.ro
- Calexico
- Calla
- Camera Wrexham
- CATL
- Catlow
- Cellphone
- Chad Valley
- Chahut d’ruelle
- Chairs
- Charlotte Day Wilson
- Chico No Face
- Children’s Hospital Band
- Chris Ho
- CHRISTIAN HANSEN
- Clara Venice
- Clockwise
- Coeur de Pirate
- Colornoise
- Colour Code
- Corinna Rose
- Coronado
- Courtney Lynn Music
- Cousin
- Cousins
- Coyote
- Craig Stickland
- CRHYMES
- CTZNSHP
- Curse in the Woods
- D’Arcy Wickham
- Dan Deacon
- Dana Beeler
- Dana Sipos
- Dance Laury Dance
- Dance Movie
- Dangerband
- Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes
- Daniel McKenzie
- DANY LAJ AND THE LOOKS
- Darren Eedens
- Data Romance
- Dave Norris & Local Ivan
- David Newbould
- Daybreak Gentlemen
- Dead Jack Pine
- Deadly Hopefuls
- Dearly Beloved
- Decades
- Decent Lovers
- Def3
- del bel
- Delta Will
- Deniro Farrar
- Depedro
- Dessy Di Lauro
- Destruction Unit
- DÉVAH QUARTET
- Devan Boomen
- Devin Cuddy
- Devon Sproule + Mike O’Neill
- DIANA
- Die By Remote
- Diemonds
- Digits
- Dildoniks
- Dilly Dally
- Dinosaur Bones
- Dirty Names
- Displacer
- DJ Fusion
- DJ Mike Stoan
- Do Good Assassins
- Donnell Rawlings
- doomsquad
- Dope Body
- Doss The Artist
- Double Fuzz
- Drainolith
- Dream Affair
- Dress Rehearsal
- Drop Dead Pin-Ups
- Drugs In Japan
- Duck Duck Goose
- Dusted
- Dusty Sunshine
- Dylan Hennessy
- Dylan Moran
- Eagle Lake Owls
- Eastborough
- Eight And A Half
- El DeBarge Jr
- Elaquent
- Electric Environment
- Eleven Past One
- Ell V Gore
- Elos Arma
- Elsa
- Elvyn
- Emilie & Ogden
- Epic Rain
- Erin Propp
- Evil Ebenezer
- Express & Company
- Familiar Wild
- Famous Wildlife Movies
- Fast Romantics
- Fat Tony
- Federal Lights
- Federation of the Disco Pimp
- Fill Spectre
- Fin
- Find The Others
- Fine Canadian Forces
- Fine Times
- Fire Next Time
- First You Get The Sugar
- FLAG
- Flicker State
- Flo
- Foly Asiko
- Forest Tourist
- Frank Ryan
- Frankie Payne
- French Girls
- Fresh Snow
- FU ãˆãµã‚†ãƒ¼ å¾—æµ®éŠ
- Fucked Up
- Fucket
- Gabriel Minnikin
- Gal Musette
- Geeta
- Gem Andrews
- Genetic Control
- Gentleman Reg
- Girlfriends and Boyfriends
- GODS
- Gold & Youth
- Golden Bloom
- Goodnight, Sunrise
- Graham Nicholas
- Graph Rabbit
- GRAY
- Graydon James & the Young Novelists
- Greg Ball
- Greg Behrendt
- Gregory Pepper & His Problems
- Greys
- GROUNDERS
- GRUVE
- Gt. DANE //
- Happy Lives
- Hartwell Littlejohn
- Harvest Breed
- Heartbeat Hotel
- Heaven
- Heaven For Real
- Heidi Happy
- Hellaluya
- Hellbros
- Her Harbour
- Hiawatha
- Holyoak
- Home Alone
- hopeful monster
- HORMOANS
- Hot Panda
- HOT PEACH
- Hotel Royal Whitby
- Human Bodies
- Human Human
- Hungry Lake
- Hussy
- I Smell Blood
- Iceage
- Imaginary Cities
- Imperial State Electric
- In My Coma
- Indelible Port Moody
- Indigo Joseph
- Indoor Voices
- Induced Labour
- In-Flight Safety
- Ingrid Gatin
- Inlet Sound
- International Zombies Of Love
- invasions
- Jackson Nova
- Jai Nitai Lotus
- James and Blackburn
- Jamie Bendell
- Jane’s Party
- Janitors
- Jason Plumb and The Willing
- Jay Arner
- JDon
- Jef Barbara
- Jeffery Straker
- Jess Abran
- Jessica Mitchell
- Jessica Speziale
- Jim Layeux
- JJones(Host)
- jocelyn & lisa
- Joey Bada$$
- Joey O’Neil
- John Antoni (smokekiller)
- John Isaac Watters
- John Milner, You’re So Boss
- Jon Davis
- Jonah Tolchin
- Josh Geddis
- Julian Lynch
- Julian Taylor Band
- July Talk
- Kalle Mattson
- Kalyssa
- KASHKA
- Katie DuTemple
- Kayla Howran
- Kayla Ly Grandview
- Kestrels
- Ketch Harbour Wolves
- Kevin McWha Steele & The Nightly Howl!
- King Creep
- Kiz & Legin
- Kontravoid
- Kristian Montano
- Krystale
- Kuato
- Kulas
- L’Autre Dame
- L’Indice h
- Lakes of Canada
- La-Nai & The Free People
- Laura Moody
- Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk
- Laurent Bourque
- Le
- Le Nicholson
- Lean Left
- Leeroy Stagger
- Legato Vipers
- Levi Stephens
- Liars to the Sun
- Lightmares Sudbury
- Lindy Vopnfjord
- Listen, Girl
- Little Creatures
- little foot long foot
- Little Stella
- Little Sun
- LiveWire
- Lonnie in the Garden
- Loopsy Dazy
- Los Oxidados
- Low Hanging Lights
- Lower
- Lydia Loveless
- Lyric Dubee
- Machinegun Suzie
- Mad Anthony
- Mad June
- Madagascar Slim
- Madia
- MaG
- Majical Cloudz
- Make Haste
- Man Made Hill
- Maneli Jamal
- Manic Sheep
- Marble Lion
- Marce Reazon
- Marginal
- Marker Starling
- Marta Pacek
- Matthew de Zoete
- Matthew McCully
- Meanwood
- Megan Lane
- Melanie Peterson
- Merchandise
- Mesa Mesa
- Mexican Slang
- Michael Cassidy
- Michael Rault
- Mickey Avalon
- Mickey Factz
- Mid Skies
- Midway After Dark
- miesha & the spanks
- Mikal Cronin
- Mikey Chuck Rivers
- Miles Jones
- Milk Music
- Millencolin
- Miss Elizabeth
- MJ Cyr
- Mobina Galore
- Modern Rivals
- Moka Only
- Mokomokai
- Molly Sweeney
- Moon Furies
- Moon King
- Most People
- Motion Device
- Mouth
- Mozart’s Sister
- Mushy Callahan
- Mute
- NDMA
- New Hands
- Nicholas Doubleyou & the B-Squad
- Nick Faye and the Deputies
- Nightmare Air
- Nique LoveRhodes
- Njacko Backo
- No Joy
- Non-Stop Girls
- North Lakes
- Northcote
- Nova the Rebel
- Nu Sensae
- Ocean City Defender
- Odonis Odonis
- Ohio Knife
- Old James
- Old Man Markley
- Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
- Oliver Pigott
- Opal Onyx
- Organ Thieves
- Os Tropies
- Ostrich Tuning
- Our Founders
- Our Friend & The Spiders
- P0ST3RB0Y
- Paint
- Pale Eyes
- Panther & The Supafly
- Paper Lions
- Paper Thick Walls
- PAPERMAPS
- PARALLELS
- Pat LePoidevin
- Patrick Joseph
- Patti Cake
- Paul Langlois
- Paul Osinski
- Paula
- Peals
- Petra Glynt
- Phoenix Thunderbird
- Pick A Piper
- Pilot Light
- Pistol George Warren
- PKEW PKEW PKEW (gunshots)
- Pow Wows
- Pretty Mouth
- Prince Innocence
- Prince Ness
- PROGRAM (formerly Volcano Playground)
- Prom
- Psyche Tongues
- Psycho Mad Sally
- Public Animal
- Quake Matthews
- Queen Of The Fleet Central
- Quiet Company
- Rachael Sage & The Sequins
- Radius & Helena
- Ramona
- Red Slam
- Red Wanting Blue
- Reesa Renee
- Reignwolf
- Rellik
- Reverend Freakchild
- Rich Kidd
- Rio
- River Tiber
- Ron E Polo
- Roomrunner
- Rory O’Hearn
- RoundFace
- Ruby Randall
- Ryan Hemsworth
- S.M. Sarnia
- Sailboats Are White
- Saint Alvia
- Samantha Clemons
- Samantha Martin and The Haggard
- Sandman Viper Command
- Sandy Pearlman & Bones
- Santiago x The Natural
- Sarah Cripps
- Sarah Jaffe
- SATURNS
- Scotty James
- Sean Nicholas Savage
- Serb Superb
- Sex With Strangers
- Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
- Shannon & The Clams
- Shannon Rose & the Thorns
- Shawn Clarke
- Shawna Caspi
- Shooting Guns
- Shred Kelly
- Sidney York
- Silvergun & Spleen
- Simone Denny
- Sing Leaf
- SINGLE MOTHERS
- Skinny Bitches
- Skip Jensen
- Sleepless
- Small Sur
- Smif N’ Wessun
- Social Distortion
- Social Potion
- Soupcans
- South of France
- Sphinxs
- Spirit Oak
- St. Lucia
- Starks & Heights
- Static and Snow
- Stella Ella Ola
- Steve Brockley Band
- Still Life Still
- Strange Waves
- Sue Newberry & The Law
- Sugar Rush
- Suitcase Sam & the Suits
- Sumo Cyco
- Sunclef + Peroff
- Super Geek League
- Superfriendz
- supersuckers
- Suzy Wilde
- Svavar Knutur
- Sweet Alibi
- Sydney Delong
- Syngja
- Synje Norland
- T. Nile
- Tal Cohen-Shalev
- Tangiers
- Tara Priya
- Technical Kidman
- Teen Tits Wild Wives
- Teen Violence
- Terell Safadi
- The Allens
- The Almighty Rhombus
- The Antiheroes
- The Anti-Queens
- The Archers
- The Archives
- The Astro Droids
- The Balconies
- The Bare Minimum
- The Beaches
- The Beverleys
- THE BLANK TAPES
- The Blue Stones
- The Bokononists
- The Box Tiger
- The Boxing Lesson
- The Burning Boyz
- The Cameron Brothers Band
- The Cautioneers
- The Cheap Thrills
- The D.A. El Paso
- The Damn Truth
- The Danks
- The Death Set
- The Dirty Nil
- The Dirty Pigeons
- The Dying Arts
- The Effens
- The Flatliners
- The FranDiscos
- The FuturelessFuturist
- The Honeyrunners
- The Human Orchestra
- the james clark institute
- The Jessica Stuart Few
- The Johnny Red Eyes
- The Jon Cohen Experimental
- The Knievel Dead
- The Lad Classic
- The Lectrixx
- The Leslie Spits
- The Lighthouse and the Whaler
- The Lost Babies
- The Lovelocks
- The Luyas
- The Lytics
- The Maladies of Adam Stokes
- The Marrieds
- The Mercy Now
- the Morals
- The Mouthbreathers
- The Muscadettes
- The Nameless Girl
- The Nasties
- The National
- The Neighbourhood Watch
- The Normals
- The North
- The Old Salts
- The Pelts
- The Penelopes
- The Penske File
- The Pick Brothers Band
- The Pinz
- The Plugs
- The Revival
- The Roseville Band
- The Royal Drag
- The Rucksack Willies
- The Scarlet Fever
- The Schomberg Fair
- The Seedy Seeds
- The Soft Moon
- The Sour Notes
- The Sumner Brothers
- The TERROR
- The Ugly Club Union
- The Underachievers
- the unquiet dead
- The Wilds
- The Wormwood Scrubs
- THE YIPS
- Thesis Sahib
- THIGHS
- This Hisses
- This Ship
- Thomas D’Arcy
- Thought Beneath Film
- Tich Maredza Band
- Tin Star Orphans
- Todd May
- Tonstartssbandht
- Trevor Alguire Kars
- Trinity
- Truth Universal
- TV Ghost
- Twigs & Yarn
- Tyburn Saints
- Tyler Butler
- Unbuttoned
- unfinished business
- Union De
- Urvah Khan
- US Girls
- V.A.
- Vagina Panther
- VALLEYS
- Vensaire
- Viktrola malmo
- Villagers
- Vulture Kult
- Walrus
- Walter Gretzky
- Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
- Wandering Monks
- Wannabe (Spice Girls Tribute Band)
- WAXY Palm Springs
- We Are Scientists
- We Are The City
- We Were Heads
- Weaves
- Werewitch
- Whiskey Hearts
- Whiskey Songs
- White Cowbell
- White Lung
- White Widow
- WHY?
- WILD DOMESTIC
- Wild Hearses
- Willhorse
- William Tyler
- Willie Stratton & The Boarding Party
- Wind-Up Radio Sessions
- Wintersleep
- Wizard Of Toronto
- Wordburglar
- WTCHS
- YELLOWTEETH
- Young Lungs
- Young Readers
- Your Pretend Boyfriend
- Youth Season