Connect2Canadian Music

A number of Connect2Canada members have expressed an interest in live Canadian music. We encourage you to check out our list of Canadian musicians. Many are currently on tour or are planning tours in the future. Click on the links to see when acts are coming to your area, and support Canadian musicians while they tour the United States. If you attend shows by any of these artists, or would like to suggest additional acts, please let us know!

A

• Aaron Booth - Pop/Rock (Calgary)
• Aaron Lines - Country (Fort McMurray)
• Aaron Saloman - Rock/Pop (Ottawa)
• AIDS Wolf - Experimental/Classic Rock/Punk (Montreal)
• Alana Levandowski - Folk (Kelwood)
• Alanis Morisette - Pop/Rock (Ottawa)
• Alexisonfire - Punk (Southern Ontario)
• Amanda Stott - Pop/Rock (Brandon)
• Amanda Wilkinson - Country (Trenton)
• Anik Jean - Francophone Blues/Rock (Montreal)
• April Verch - Singer/Songwriter/Fiddler (Pembroke)
• Arcade Fire - Experimental Indie Rock (Montreal)
• Audrey de Montigny - Francophone (Ste-Julienne)
• Avril Lavigne - Rock/Pop (Napanee)

B

• Barenaked Ladies - Pop/Rock (Toronto)
• Bedouin Soundclash - Reggae/Pop (Toronto)
• Bell Orchestre - Electronic/Dance (Montreal)
• Ben Sures - Folk (Winnipeg)
• Bend Sinister - Hard Rock (Vancouver)
• Billy Joe Green - Aboriginal/Blues (Winnipeg)
• Billy Talent - Rock (Toronto)
• Black Mountain - Rock (Vancouver)
• Blood Meridian - Alt-Rock (Vancouver)
• Blue Rodeo - Roots Rock (Ontario)
• Bomba- Salsa/Latin-Jazz (Edmonton)
• Boom Desjardins (Montreal)
• Boys Night Out - Punk-Pop/Emo (Burlington)
• Brad Barr - Pop/Jazz (Montreal)
• Broken Social Scene - Indie Folk/Pop (Toronto)
• Bruce Cockburn - Singer/Songwriter (Toronto)
• Bryan Adams - Rock (Kingston/Vancouver)
• Buck 65 - Hip Hop (Montreal)

C

• Cadence - Vocal Jazz (Toronto)
• Cadence Weapon - Hip Hop (Edmonton)
• Canadian Brass - Brass Quintet (Toronto)
• Captain Tractor - Alt Rock (Edmonton)
• Carolyn Mark - Country/Rock (Victoria)
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Country (Deadwood)
• Celine Dion - Pop (Charlemagne)
• Chad VanGaalen - Singer/Songwriter (Calgary)
• Chantal Kreviazuk - Pop/Folk (Winnipeg)
• Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew - Rock (Dieppe)
• Christine Fellows - Singer/Songwriter(Winnipeg)
• Classified - Hip Hop (Halifax)
• Colin James - Blues/Rhythm/Roots (Regina/Vancouver)
• Comeback Kid - Punk (Winnipeg)
• Constantines - Punk (Toronto)
• controller.controller - Alt Rock/Punk (Toronto)
• Corb Lund - Singer/Songwriter (Edmonton)
• Cowboy Junkies - Rock/Pop (Toronto)
• Cuff the Duke - Alt Rock (Toronto)

D

• Daniel Powter - Rock (Vernon)
• Danny Bédar (Val d‘Or en Abitibi)
• Dave Gunning - Singer/Songwriter (Pictou Co)
• David Francey - Roots (Toronto)
• David Usher - Rock (Kingston)
• Default - Rock (Vancouver)
• Destroyer - Alt Rock (Vancouver)
• Diana Krall - Jazz Vocalist (Nanaimo)
• Dionne Taylor - Jazz Vocalist (Regina)
• Divine Brown - R&B/Soul (Toronto)
• Downchild - Blues (Toronto)
• Duane Andrews - Jazz/Folk (St. John's)

E

• Eagle & Hawk - Aboriginal/Rock (Winnipeg)
• Emerson Drive - Country (Grande Prairie)
• Elliott Brood - Alt Rock/Gospel (Toronto)
• Esthero - Trip hop/Jazz (Toronto)
• Eternia - Hip Hop (Toronto)

F

• Fefe Dobson - Pop (Toronto)
• Feist - Singer/Songwriter (Amherst/Toronto)
• Finger Eleven - Rock (Burlington)
• France D'Amour - Francophone Singer/Guitarist/Pianist (Mont-Rolland)
• Frazey Ford and the Be Good Tanyas - Blues/Bluegrass (Vancouver)
• Frog Eyes - Alt Rock (Victoria)

G

• Garrett Mason - Blues (Truro)
• Gary Beals - R&B/Soul (Cherry Brook)
• George Canyon - Country (Nova Scotia)
• Gordie Sampson - Country (Sydney)
• Gordon Lightfoot - Rock/Pop (Orillia)
• Great Big Sea - Celtic Rock/Folk (St. John's)
• Great Lake Swimmers - Folk/Roots (Toronto)

H

• Harris Newman - Singer/Songwriter (Montreal)
• Hayden - Singer/Songwriter (Toronto)
• Hedley - Rock (Vancouver)
• Helix - Rock (Ontario)
• Holly Cole - Jazz (Halifax)
• Hot Hot Heat - Rock (Victoria)

I

• Ian Tyson - Folk (Alberta)
• Immaculate Machine - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Victoria)
• Inward Eye - Hard Rock (Winnipeg)
• Islands - Indie Pop (Montreal)
• ISSA - Rock/Pop/Folk (Toronto)

J

• Jack Semple - Blues Guitarist (Regina)
• jacksoul - R&B/Soul (Kitchener)
• Jacques and the Shakey Boys - Alt Country (Toronto)
• Jake Fairley - Electronic/DJ (Toronto)
• Jann Arden - Pop (Calgary)
• Jason Collett - Singer/Songwriter (Toronto)
• Jeremy Fisher - Singer/Songwriter (Vacncouver)
• Jill Barber - Folk/Rock (Toronto)
• Jim Bryson - Roots/Folk/Blues (Ottawa)
• Jim Guthrie - Folk/Alternative (Toronto)
• Jimmy Rankin - Folk/Rock (Halifax)
• Joel Plaskett - Alt Rock/Singer/Songwriter (Halifax)
• Jonas - Rock (Montreal)
• Jorane - Singer/Cellist (Montreal)
• Julie Doiron - Singer/Songwriter (Moncton)
• Jully Black - Singer/Songwriter

K

• Kalan Porter - Pop (Medicine Hat)
• Kardinal Offishall - Rap (Toronto)
• Kathleen Edwards - Country/Rock (Ottawa)
• KD Lang - Country/Folk (Alberta)
• Keshia Chanté - R&B (Ottawa)
• Kia Kadiri - West Coast Hip Hop, Pop Soul (Vancouver)
• Kid Koala - DJ (Montreal)
• Kim Barlow - Folk Vocalist (Nova Scotia)
• Kiss me Deadly - Electronic/Pop (Montreal)
• Kittie - Hard Rock (Southern Ontario)
• K'naan - Hip Hop (Toronto)
• k-os - Rap (Whitby)
• Kyle Riabko - Pop/Rock (Saskatoon)

L

• Leahy - Roots (Lakefield)
• Leather Uppers - Alt Rock (Toronto)
• Leeroy Stagger - Punk/Singer/Songwriter (Victoria)
• Les Trois Accords - Francophone (Drummondville)
• Limblifter - Pop/Rock (Vancouver)
• Lindsay Jane - Singer/Songwriter/Soul (Winnipeg)
• Lisa Brokop - Country (Vancouver)
• Lorrie Matheson - Alt Pop/Singer/Songwriter (Calgary)
• Low Millions - Adult Alternative (Montreal/LA)
• Luke Doucet - Singer/Songwriter (Toronto)

M

• Magenta Lane (Toronto)
• Marc Jordan - Vocal Jazz (Toronto)
• Massari - R&B (Ottawa)
• Matthew Barber - Folk/Rock/Pop (Toronto)
• Matt Dusk - Classic Pop (Toronto)
• Matt Mays and El Torpedo - Rock (Dartmouth)
• Matthew DeZoete - Alternative (Hamilton)
• Matthew Good - Rock (Vancouver)
• Marie-Helene Thibert - Francophone
• Metric - Rock (Toronto)
• Michael Bublé - Classic Pop (Vancouver)
• Michael Jerome Brown - Roots/Blues (Montreal)
• Million Dollar Marxists - Alt Rock/Punk (Ottawa)
• Moka Only - Hip Hop/Funk (Vancouver)
• Moneen - Punk (Brampton)

N

• Nadja - Ambient/Metal (Toronto)
• Nathan - Roots (PEI)
• Navajo Code Talkers - Rock/Pop (Montreal)
• Neil Young - Rock (Winnipeg)
• Nickelback - Rock (Hanna)
• Nicola Ciccone - Francophone (Montreal)
• NLX: Natasha Alexandra - Alternative (Hamilton/Toronto)
• Novillero - Alt Pop/Soul (Winnipeg)

O

• Old Reliable - Roots (Montreal)
• Our Lady Peace - Rock (Ontario)

P

• Paper Moon - Pop/Rock
• Paul Anka - Classic Pop (Ottawa)
• Paul Brandt - Country (Calgary)
• Pilate - Rock (Toronto)
• Pink Mountaintops - Alt Rock/Space Pop (Vancouver)
• Pocket Dwellers - Rock/Soul/Funk (Toronto)
• Po'Girl - Alt Pop (Vancouver)
• Pony Up - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Montreal)
• Priestess - Alt Rock/Hard Rock (Montreal)

R

• Radiogram - Ambient Folk/Indie Roots (Vancouver)
• Ranee Lee - Vocal Jazz (Montreal)
• Ray Bonneville - Blues (Montreal)
• Rex Goudie - Rock/Pop (Burlington, NL)
• Rita Chiarelli - Blues (Hamilton)
• Romi Mayes - Singer/Songwriter (Winnipeg)
• Ron Hawkins - Singer/Songwriter (Toronto)
• Ron Sexsmith - Singer/Songwriter (Toronto)
• Rufus Wainwright - Singer/Songwriter
• Ryan Malcolm - Rock/Pop (Kingston)

S

• Sailboats Are White - House/Hardcore (Hamilton)
• Sam Roberts Band - Rock (Montreal)
• Sarah Harmer - Singer/Songwriter/Bluegrass (Kingston)
• Sarah McLachlan - Singer/Songwriter (Halifax)
• Senaya - Francophone Zouk/Pop/Soul/R&B (Montreal)
• Shania Twain - Country/Pop (Timmins)
• Shawn Desman - R&B/Soul (Toronto)
• Shikasta - Soul/Rock (Toronto)
• Shout Out Out Out - Electro (Edmonton)
• Silverstein - Emo/Hardcore/Punk (Burlington)
• Simple Plan - Punk/Rock (Montreal)
• Sloan - Rock/Pop (Halifax)
• Small Sins - Electronic Pop (Toronto)
• Social Code - Hard Rock (Edmonton)
• Sophie Milman - Jazz Vocalist (Toronto)
• Stace Prints - Hip Hop (Vancouver)
• Stars Pop/Alt Pop (Montreal)
• Steele - Reggae (Toronto)
• Stéphanie Lapointe - Francophone Vocal/Piano
• Sum 41 - Punk/Pop (Ajax)
• Swollen Members - Hip Hop (Vancouver)

T

• Taima - Aboriginal
• Tamia - R&B/Soul (Ontario)
• Tangiers - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Toronto)
• Tegan & Sara - Alternative (Vancouver/Montreal)
• Terri Clark - Country (Alberta)
• Tom Cochrane - Rock (Manitoba/Ontario)
• Theory of a Deadman - Rock (Vancouver)
• The Besnard Lakes - Pop/Punk (Montreal)
• The Bills - Folk (Victoria)
• The Birthday Massacre - Hard Rock (Toronto)
• The Black Halos - Punk (Vancouver)
• The Cottars - Celtic (Cape Breton)
• The Deadly Snakes - Blues (Toronto)
• The Dears - Orchestral/Pop/Rock (Montreal)
• The Demon's Claws - Punk (Montreal)
• The Duhks - Celtic/progressive bluegrass (Winnipeg)
• The Golden Dogs - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Thunder Bay)
• The Heavy Blinkers - Alt Pop/Soul (Halifax)
• The Hidden Cameras - Alt Pop (Toronto)
• The High Dials - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Montreal)
• The Hot Springs - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Montreal)
• The Jimmy Bowskill Band - Blues (Ontario)
• The Ladies and Gentlemen - Alt Pop (Toronto)
• The Marble Index - Rock (Hamilton)
• The McDades - Roots (Edmonton)
• The Meligrove Band - Indie Rock (Toronto)
• The Most Serene Republic - Indie Rock (Toronto)
• The New Pornographers - Pop (Vancouver)
• The Novaks - Alt Rock (St. John's)
• The Nylons - A Cappella
• The Organ - Pop/Alt Pop (Vancouver)
• The Philosopher Kings - R & B/Soul (Toronto)
• The Road Hammers - Country (Bonnyville)
• The Stills - Rock/Pop (Montreal)
• The Skydiggers - Rock/Pop (Toronto)
• The Telepathic Butterflies - Pop/Rock (Winnipeg)
• The Tragically Hip - Rock (Kingston)
• The Trews - Alt Rock (Antigonish)
• The Wailin' Jennys - Roots/Traditional (Winnipeg)
• The Waking Eyes - Garage-pop/Art-rock (Winnipeg)
• They Shoot Horses Don't They (Vancouver)
• Thornley - Rock (Toronto)

U

• Ultimate Power Duo - Alt Rock/Punk (Saskatoon)
• Uncut - Rock/Punk (Toronto)
• Unexpect - Rock/Metal (Montreal)

W

• Wayne Lavallee - Aboriginal (Vancouver)
• We are Wolves - Alt Rock/Electro (Montreal)
• Wil - Roots Rock (Calgary)
• Wild Strawberries - Pop-Rock (Toronto)
• Wintersleep - Alt Rock/Alt Pop (Halifax)

Y

• Young and Sexy - Alt Pop (Vancouver)
• You Say Party! We Say Die! - Punk/Disco (Vancouver)

Disclaimer: Connect2Canada has selected this list of links to provide as much useful and up-to-date information as possible. Please note that Connect2Canada and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the content of links listed above that are not Government of Canada websites.