Urban Chameleon is an acrobatic dance troupe, from Studio in Essence, located in downtown Halifax. This charismatic and highly entertaining troupe will be performing on a light up stage pole at the festival this year with death defying moves, spins and inversions. Check these ladies out on the Synergy Stage!
Halifax, NS / Paris, France HEY MOTHER DEATH is a spontaneous music project from partners Laurence Strelka and Denma Peisinger. We are based between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Paris, France. “Hey Father Death, I’m flying home Hey poor man, you’re all alone Hey old daddy, I know where I’m going” -Allen Ginsberg “Father Death…
Toronto/Regina/Halifax Jay Hamilton has built a sound and reputation as a high-energy first generation Canadian party rocker. He began DJing professionally at the age of 14 over the past 20 years he has developed a distinctive sound that is always funky, big and bass heavy, constantly moving forward and building momentum. Jay has graced…
Vancouver, BC Scott Arkwell, widely known as Vinyl Ritchie (or by his production moniker, Wicked Lester) made a name for himself as an inventive mash-up artist, long before the hipsters and Ableton/Serato remixers started hybridizing newer forms of electronica. In the early days of Vancouver’s embryonic 90s rave scene, Scott discovered new ways to play almost anything he…
Halifax, NS Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hoodlum is a bass music monster. First hitting the decks in 2011, he has made a huge name for himself in the past year. With opening performances for Joe Nice, A Skillz and a residency with Full Circle Productions. This summer will be jammed packed full of…
Fredericton, NB The Shorty Tubbs are pie-eyed pioneers of Mumblecore, a movement usually associated with micro-budget independent modern cinema, where old timey narratives and lurid confessions are assembled from the wreckage of the last century, packed tight into soaring harmonies, and driven to deep fried distraction. Each song is a low-to-no-fi crunchy pop nugget existing in its own universe…
Fredericton, NB Crafting delicately arranged folk-pop that drips with bittersweet melodies, soaring harmonies, and an awful lot of passion, The Olympic Symphonium have been sharing their quiet world with us since 2005. They are and always have been a collaborative effort between three multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and friends: Nick Cobham, Kyle Cunjak, and Graeme Walker….