Hillside Festival

Hillside Festival
The Hillside Festival logo.
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Guelph Lake Conservation Area
Inaugurated	1984
Most recent	2015
Website	hillsidefestival.ca

The Hillside Festival is an annual three-day, five-stage (including one kids stage) summer festival occurring in Guelph, Ontario hosting musicians, spoken word artists, workshops and more. The Hillside Festival occurs in late July on Guelph Lake Island.

List of past performers

Sarah Harmer performing at the Hillside Festival mainstage in 2010

Notable performers who have played at Hillside include:

• The Acorn (2008, 2010)
• Arkells (2009, 2012, Inside 2011)
• Akron/Family (2008, 2013)
• Arcade Fire (2004, 2005)
• Joseph Arthur (2008)
• BADBADNOTGOOD (2012)
• Barenaked Ladies (1989)
• Basia Bulat (2007, 2010, 2014)
• Beardyman (2010)
• Be Good Tanyas (2005, 2011)
• Bedouin Soundclash (inside 2009)
• Bombay Bicycle Club (2012)
• Bourbon Tabernacle Choir (2008)
• Broken Social Scene (2003, 2005, 2008)
• The Emerald City (2010)
• Buck 65 (2003, 2005)
• Burning Spear (2000)
• By Divine Right (2002)
• Cadence Weapon
• Neko Case (2002)
• City and Colour (Dallas Green) (Inside 2007)
• Bruce Cockburn (1998)
• Jason Collett (2008, 2010)
• Constantines (2001, 2002, 2006)
• Cowboy Junkies (2008)
• Cuff the Duke (2003, 2005, 2006)
• The Dears (2003, 2007)
• Ani DiFranco (2007, 2009)
• Julie Doiron (2001, 2009)
• Gord Downie (2001, 2010)
• Feist (2000, 2006, 2014)
• Ferron
• Final Fantasy (2006, 2009)
• Sarah Harmer (2003, 2006, 2010, Inside 2011)
• Hawksley Workman (2001, 2008)
• Hayden (2002, 2008)
• Hey Rosetta! (Inside 2015)
• The Hidden Cameras
• Hollerado (2011, 2014)
• Islands (2008)
• k-os (2002, 2005 surprise guest)
• K'naan (inside 2009)
• Lights (2008, 2011)
• Los Lobos (2010)
• The Lowest of the Low (2005,2013)
• Loreena McKennitt (2009)
• Sarah McLachlan
• Metric (2003, 2004)
• Joel Plaskett (2012)
• Sam Roberts (2005, Inside 2009)
• Xavier Rudd (2005, Inside 2008, 2009)
• The Sadies (2008)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (2009)
• Tokyo Police Club (Inside 2008, 2009)
• Jane Siberry/Issa (1993, 2009)
• Sarah Slean (2005, 2008)
• Sloan (1999, 2011)
• Stars (2005, Inside 2009, 2010)
• The Stills (2006)
• The Weakerthans (2002, 2005, Inside 2008)
• Wintersleep (2006, Inside 2008, 2013)
• Yukon Blonde (2010, 2013)
• Zeus (2010, 2012)
• Walk off the Earth (2012)

Notable spoken word artists who performed at the festival include Sandra Alland (2005), Stuart McLean (2008), Robert Priest (2005), Tony Leighton (2007, 2008), Tom King (2007), and Shane Koyczan (2010, Inside 2011, 2013). Barenaked Ladies played a concert before the festival to celebrate the construction of the permanent Hillside main stage that had recently been built.

External links

• Hillside Festival Home Page