Canada’s giddy-up indie-pop darlings. We make music for the romantics, the overthinkers, and anyone who’s ever switched sides halfway through a chorus. Think Lorde’s late-night confessions meets Shania Twain’s witty songwriting with emotional depth, with a dash of musical theatre drama.

Tiny Horse

with HAG

February 5th, 2027

The Spire

Every family has its own unique history, a timeline fleshed out by memorable characters, milestone events, and the stories passed on through the decades that bind it all together. For the Garrett Boys, a family trio from Overton County in east Tennessee, their history just happens to lend itself to some excellent Appalachian folk music. Made up of brothers Stephen and Russell Garrett, and Stephen’s son Carter, the Garrett Boys are rooted, both musically and physically, in 500 hilly, wooded acres that have had a magnetic pull over their family for generations. The men refer to it simply as “The Land,” and it’s the setting for nearly every one of the 11 songs on It Runs Deep, the trio’s debut album. “About 200 years ago, some Garrett boys came from North Carolina and settled in that area,” says Stephen, who plays acoustic guitar and sings lead in the band. “Some old records say that they acquired land between Mill Creek and Mitchell Creek, and that's the property that Russell and I grew up on. Carter will be the ninth generation to own it.” Says Carter: “There is just something that you feel when you're on that property that’s connected to all these songs.” But while the land is specific to the Garrett Boys, the album the group wrote about it is universal. Produced by Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams), It Runs Deep contains elements of bluegrass, folk, and country, but refuses to play it safe. It nods to their varied influences, from Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell to Chris Knight and Hank Williams Jr., in its tales of enduring love (“The Ballad of Ed & Peg”), dangerous livelihoods (“Ride the Timber Down”), mysterious murders (“Pond Ridge”), and hard-earned self-discovery (“Who I Am”). “We wanted a record that was acoustic-driven, but still had balls,” says Stephen. With It Runs Deep, the Garrett Boys memorialize those family stories — for themselves, for their descendants, and now for fans of classic American folk music.“Our music is about the importance and depth of family and community,” Stephen says. “It’s a mix of what we have been versus what we can become, and how we can take the good from all that and build a future.”

Garrett Boys

with Harry Hannah

November 13th - Signal Brewery (Corbyville)

November 14th - 2pm Matinee Show - Broom Factory (Kingston)

Natural Light was recorded unexpectedly over 6 magical days by four best buds in a cabin by a lake.

Here, there is a return to folk music’s classic underpinnings of political resistance. A return to writing “song songs” that might be played around a campfire. Mangan has experimented rigorously with his sound over the years, but resting in his roots may be where he operates most effortlessly.

There is something fitting in Mangan hitting this high watermark at this stage of his life and career. You can trace the chapters of his story in the fabric of Natural Light. You’ll find remnants of the tenacious young artist who booked tours of Europe via Myspace in the mid 2000s. The emergent songwriter who hibernated into fatherhood just as arena-folk exploded in the early 2010s. The genre-bender who has subtly challenged his audience with each album, tracing a unique trajectory of confronting and eclipsing his own art.

Dan Mangan

with Jenn Grant

November 16th, 2026
The Spire

Basia Bulat is a singer-songwriter living in Montreal, Canada. She offers both a distinctive voice and artistry that pulls as much from gospel and soul as it does from classic folk. In addition to her skills as a powerhouse vocalist, Bulat is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, recording and performing on electric guitar, piano, autoharp, ukulele, bass and charango.

Her talent has also been recognized at scale: her songs have been adapted for major performances with symphony orchestras, and she has been invited to perform at prestigious tributes to Leonard Cohen, Daniel Lanois, Nick Cave, and The Band. Since releasing her debut, she has shared the stage with artists like St Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The National, Michael Kiwanuka, Daniel Lanois, Beirut, Destroyer, US Girls, Jim James and more. She’s been featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, performed #LateShowMeMusic Series on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and on Later with Jools Holland, and received support from The Needle Drop, The New York Times and more. Bulat is a three-time Polaris Music Prize finalist and has been nominated for five JUNO Awards.

Basia Bulat (Solo)

with Piner

November 19th, 2026
The Spire

JUNO Award winning duo Whitehorse has been on a journey through sound and style, a free-wheeling playlist shuffle from retro blues to high-gloss rock n’ roll, with a recent righteous turn to classic country and back again. Now, with new record All I Want Is All of It, Whitehorse find their way home, proverbially, sonically, and emotionally. The new collection of songs return to the duo’s early folk rock romanticism, with a perspective only afforded by over two decades of musical and matrimonial partnership.

Whitehorse

with Chloë Doucet

November 20, 2026 - Signal Brewery (Corbyville)

November 21, 2026 - Broom Factory (Kingston)

Priyanka

November 28, 2026
The Broom Factory

Sold Out

Only an artist like NQ can fly a kite on a windless day and make arson sound romantic. When you’re listening to The Last Supper in a Cheap Town, life’s little details become divine. Suddenly food tastes better, one beer lasts forever and your apartment practically doubles in size. With some of Canada’s finest musicians in tow, NQ wins his fans for the second time with addictive lyrics, wicked arrangements and flawless timing. If you care to turn the globe a different way, you’ll find the sun rises over The Last Supper in a Cheap Town. Blue Rodeo, Chantal Kreviazuk, Ashley MacIsaac, Dodge Fiasco, Veal, Sarah Slean, Richard Buckner, Carolyn Mark, The Sadies, Hawksley Workman, and Rufus Wainright have all endorsed NQ’s artistry by granting him coveted support slots on their huge rock shows. Building an audience through this impressive touring track record, there is much anticipation for the release of The Last Supper in a Cheap Town, NQ Arbuckle’s sophomore album, produced by Luke Doucet.

An Evening With

NQ Arbuckle

December 5, 2026
The Broom Factory