Punx Can't Laugh Fest announces full lineup

Toronto-based music and comedy festival Punx Can’t Laugh has added more bands and comedians to this year’s lineup. Debt Cemetery, Sixteen Scandals, Last Drag, Snakes, Ashlee Schatze, Fast Eddie, Laraigne, Jesse Landen, JC Sifton, Carter Deems, Andre Medrano, Nick Fierro, Finn Bogi, Ethan O’Reilly, Manny Petty, Jameson Cox, Brian Rabadeau, Dan Treadway, Jacob Morrison, Erich Laux, and Ryan Visser will be performing at the festival.

They join the previously announced lineup of Heart and Lung, Real Sickies, Scott Reynolds of ALL, Chuck Coles and Kenda Legaspi of The Creepshow, Mike Warne of Pkew Pkew Pkew, School Damage, Mike Mitchell, Johanna Medranda, Rush Kazi, Jason Allen, and Reid Pegram.

The festival will also have an art market with vendors Little Monkey Art, Stephen McGill Photography, Libby Photography, and Piotr’s Pickles. Punk Can’t Laugh Fest will take place October 16-19 across several venues in Toronto, Ontario: Bovine Sex Club, Ted’s Collision, and Rainhard Brewery.

Ribbon Skirt, Pool Kids, Casper Skulls, more added to POP Montreal 2025

Quebec-based POP Montreal has added more bands to this year’s festival. Casper Skulls, Slash Need, Pool Kids, PONY, Miesha and the Spanks, Holy Fuck, Ribbon Skirt, fanclubwallet, Truth Club, Ducks Ltd, and Shunk are among the bands announced. They join the previously announced lineup which includes TEKE::TEKE, No Joy, Lankum, U.S. Girls, Fat Dog, PISS, and Les Shirley.POP Montreal will take place in Montreal on September 24-28. Check out the poster in full below.

Gorilla Biscuits, Cold World, SPEED, more to play Town of Hardcore 2025

Not Dead Yet Toronto has announced details for their inaugural Town of Hardcore festival. Gorilla Biscuits, Cold World, SPEED, Buried Alive, Bad Beat, Spite House, Combust, Wild Side, Miil-Spec, Start Today, Fatal Realm, BFD, The Final Agony, Mile End, Terminator, Pluto’s Kiss, Wrought, 100% Pure, and Mace will be playing the festival. Town of Hardcore will take place on October 24-25 at Lithuanian House in Toronto, Ontario. Tickets go on sale on July 24 and $2 from each ticket will be donated to Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction.

Bonnie Trash, BONDBREAKR, DVTR, more added to Purple City Music Festival 2025

Edmonton-based Purple City Music Festival has added more bands/artists to its lineup for this year. Bonnie Trash, BONDBREAKR, DVTR, Magic Shoppe, Jehovas Princess, Hallows, Clone, Whitey Houston, False Body, Real Sickies, Colleen Brown and Amy Van Keeken, The Bobby Tenderloin Experience, Field and Stream, Kue Varo and the Only Hopes, Blue Collar Distro, Dial Up, Brock Geiger, Devours, Throat Piss, and Uncanny Valley will be playing the festival.

They join the previously announced lineup which includes L.A. Witch, D.O.A., Marie Davidson, Acid Tongue, Freya, Taleen Kali, Wait//Less, Shiv and the Carvers, and Slash Need.

Purple City Music Festival will take place September 5-7 across multiple venues in downtown Edmonton, Alberta including Starlite Room, Temple Stage, McDougall United Church, Y After Hours, the Downtown Edmonton Community League, and the Freemasons Hall.

The OBGMs, Bad Waitress, TEKE::TEKE, more to play FME 2025

Quebec-based music festival FME has announced its lineup for this year. The OBGMs, Klo Pelgag, Bad Waitress, Bells Larsen, Les Trois Accords, Jay Scott, Ariane Roy, Bibi Club, TEKE::TEKE, Population II, Solids, We Are Wolves, Yoo Doo Right, and Puffer are among the bands playing the festival. FME will take place August 28-31 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. See the poster below.

L7 announce details for '40th Anniversary Bash' show

L7 have announced details for their upcoming 40th anniversary show. Along with the band, Lunachicks and CSS will be playing with more bands to be announced soon. The lineup was curated by frontwoman Donita Sparks. L7’s 40th anniversary Bash will take place at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, California on October 3. Tickets go on sale July 18.

No Joy, Truck Violence, TEKE::TEKE, Bonnie Trash, more to play Project Nowhere 2025

Toronto-based music festival Project Nowhere has announced its first wave lineup for this year. The Armed, No Joy, Truck Violence, TEKE::TEKE, Ribbon Skirt, PISS, Witchrot, Bonnie Trash, Dear Evangeline, CDSM, Noble Rot, Witchrot, Cootie Catcher, and Water From Your Eyes are among the bands announced. Project Nowhere will take place on October 2-4 across several venues around Toronto including The Baby G, Hanks Liquor, Nineteen Seventy Eight, The Garrison, St. Anne’s Parish, and BSMT 254. You can see the poster with the full lineup below.

Victime, Crisis Party, Ruby Doom, Slash Need, more to play Side by Side Weekend 2025

Ottawa-based music festival Side by Side Weekend has announced its lineup for this year. Victime, Slash Need, Crisis Party, Ruby Doom, Knitting, Roach, Ai Amor, Anni Elation, Bucko, Caligula, Cootie Catcher, Dark Room, Lady Grey and the Phantoms, Neurotypes, Geunf, Lilfridge, Sweet Morgane, Banggz, Big Sissy, Dannysukess, Dynesti, Hug Mosh, HRT, Mars Aspen, Mopar Stars, Ruby Doom, Backseat Dragon, Devoter, Emmersonhall, Fiamma, Goodwill Suck Machine, Los3r, Glowveins, Nothing Nobody, and Sam Aleums will be playing the festival. Side by Side Weekend will take place on July 25-27 at Club Saw in Ottawa, Ontario

Real Sickies, School Damage, Scott Reynolds of ALL, more to play Punx Can't Laugh 2025

Toronto-based music and comedy festival Punx Can’t Laugh has announced its first wave lineup for this year. Real Sickies, School Damage, Scott Reynolds of ALL, Johanna Medrana, and Mike Mitchell will be performing at the fest. Punx Can’t Laugh Fest will take place on October 16-19 at the Bovine Sex Club, Rainhard Brewery, and additional locations in Toronto, Ontario.

Sundowner (TO), Casper Skulls, Newfound Interest in Connecticut, more to play zFAM BBQ 2025

zFAM BBQ has announced its lineup for this year. Sundowner (Toronto), North of America, Status / Non-Status, Casper Skulls, By Divine Right, Newfound Interest in Connecticut, Cellar Dwellers, Heavy Sweater, Oil Giant, Quotas, and Sunnsetter will be playing the festival. zFAM BBQ will take place at Knights Hall in Brantford, Ontario on September 6.