Winterruption 2027 Snow Limits Festival Wristbands - Only 100 Available
Wristbands allow access to all venues hosting Winterruption 2027 events. Note that The Broadway Theatre and the Refinery, are all ages venues, but some venues (Black Cat Tavern, Amigos, Green Room and Art Bar) have 19+ restrictions. Please contact the venue to confirm.
Space is reserved for wristband holders in each venue but subject to venue's capacity. If venue is at capacity, wristband holders get first priority for next entry.
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Doors: 6PM. Showtime: 7PM.
Venue: The Broadway Theatre
All Ages
Liz Harris is the North Oregon coast-based artist behind GROUPER. She has recorded and performed since 2005 under the names Grouper, Nivhek, Raum, Helen and Mirrorring; and releases music and art editions on her imprint YELLOWELECTRIC, as well as Kranky records.
Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.
Open Window is the experimental ambient project started by Peter Grier in 2016. Tape loops and samples are made from chance improvisations of Peter’s home recordings resulting in soothing ambience, drone and beat driven experimental music. Sometimes vocals are present, sometimes not. You never know what will blow in from an open window.
Doors at 7PM. Show at 8PM.
Venue: Broadway Theatre
All Ages
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Reuben and the Dark frontman Reuben Bullock is known for writing songs that search for light in impossible places. Across five albums, the Calgary songwriter has turned grief, endurance, and hope into expansive, communal anthems. Yet his new album, If You Know Me You Know My Brother, strips away much of the distance that once separated the storyteller from the story itself, and arrives after one of the most significant chapters of Bullock’s life. Written across more than a decade, and completed following the death of his older brother earlier this year, these 10 songs reckon with childhood trauma, addiction, family, forgiveness, and the strange ways love continues long after loss. If earlier Reuben and the Dark records often looked outward–toward nature, spirituality, and a search for belonging–this one begins at home. “I stopped giving a fuck,” Bullock says simply. “This one is for me.”
The North Sound is an award-winning roots-Americana group based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, led by Blackfoot singer-songwriter/multi instrumentalist Forrest Eaglespeaker and vocalist Nevada Eaglespeaker. Blending elements of Americana, folk-rock, and alt-country, the group crafts songs that speak to lived experience, exploring themes of belonging, perseverance, and the search for connection with sincerity and heart.
Doors at 7:30PM. Show at 8PM.
Venue: Broadway Collective (733 Broadway Ave #101)
ALL AGES
Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff, active since 2005, and making music which has been variously described as ambient doom, dreamsludge, or metalgaze, a signature sound which combines the atmospheric textures of shoegaze, ambient, and electronic music with the heaviness and volume of metal, noise, and industrial music. Using electric guitars and a drum machine, Nadja creates layered, dense, atmospheric music which juxtaposes melody and noise and demands the listener's attention as much as it embraces them within an immersive sonic environment.
Josh Rohs is a Saskatoon-based multi-instrumentalist and improviser using modular synthesizer and electric guitar to blend together hypnotic drones, polyrhythmic plonks & six-string skronk.
Chad Munson is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from the Canadian prairies. At the age of 7 he received a malfunctioning analog synthesizer. Listening to the damaged synthesizer drift, drone and distort sparked a fascination with texture that has defined his musical output since. Munson has been working in a solo capacity since 1998 creating work that skirts the boundaries of ambient music, techno, noise and sound art.
Doors at 8pm
Show at 8:30pm
Venue: Black Cat Tavern
Homeboy Sandman represents the most authentic artistry that hip hop has to offer. Passionate, uncompromising, and extraordinarily gifted, the consensus among those familiar with his work is that his contribution to hip hop is among the most profound ever made.
For over a decade, Shub (formerly known as DJ Shub) has been at the forefront of a movement that reshaped the landscape of Indigenous electronic music. A trailblazer who coined the powwow-step genre and a former member of the JUNO-winning A Tribe Called Red, Shub has spent years blending the ancient rhythms of powwow music with the pulse of modern beats, scratching, and bass-heavy production.
Handsome Tiger, an Anishinaabe Métis and North African music producer/DJ hailing from Turtle Island and currently based in Vancouver, BC, blends traditional sounds from his heritage with other Indigenous and contemporary electronic bass music. A familiar face in the West Coast music community, Handsome Tiger has performed at numerous shows and amassed a collection of releases.
Saskatoon rapper/producer LOGS is known for his intricate flow and nonchalant yet energetic performances. He has been a member of the group Unsatisfied Poets since 2012, and since releasing his debut solo EP 'Fall in the Forest' in 2019, LOGS has released four EPs and a multitude of singles, including teaming up with the local and renowned producer; Factor Chandelier. The two released the 'Voyager' EP in 2020 and have an LP set for release in 2026.
Doors at 8PM. Show at 9PM.
At Amigos Cantina
19+
Chad VanGaalen is one of Canada’s most celebrated musicians and visual artists. In addition to being a Juno and Polaris Prize nominated musician, Chad is also an illustrator and animator who has shown across Canada and in Europe. Chad lives in a rickety house in Calgary and doesn’t like to leave home more than he absolutely has to.
Betty Pewapsconias (She/They) is a nēhiyaw artist from Little Pine First Nation. As a digital artist, graphic designer, actor, storyteller, and proud aunty, Betty utilizes the arts as a form of self-expression and advocacy. Through their work, they translate the experience of being a nēhiyaw iskwew with deep ties to kin, community, and responsibility to the land.
Besides being an actor and graphic designer Christo Graham is one of those heart and soul singer/songwriters. You can’t imagine a day when there’s not a tune or lyrical snippet going around in his head
Show at 9:15PM.
Venue: Green Room
19+
A confrontational, camp and seductive dramaturge. Slash Need have earned a reputation for putting on high-energy theatrical live performances. Heralded as the most talked about touring act in Canada, their commanding style of propulsive techno and metallic EBM serve as the backdrop to an unpredictable, ever-changing, and communal performance piece. Their debut album, SIt & Grin, is a blistering industrial debut, as unapologetic and brash as it is groundbreaking.
Fierce Tactility, thick grime and godless waves of manipulated racket collide with damaged, atonal industrial in a veritable vortex of ill tidings. Deep Infirmary will be realized in its trio iteration by its engineer Skot Hamilton (Adolyne, Grey Light District, etc) and two of his most trusted collaborators, Regan Atkings (Grey Light District, NJC) and artist Cate Francis.
DJ sets from:
WIL MASCHINE – Industrial strength authority from the Founder of ASYLUM, Wil Maschine brings Goth, Coldwave, industrial and many other eerie delights, giving saskatoon's strangest creatures grand occasion to haunt the dance floor. Dress to depress.
Doors at 6PM. Show at 7PM.
Venue: Art Bar
19+
Born and raised in Fredericton, John Batt is the brain behind the popular instagram account Canada.Gov.Ca, curating stories from the obscure and often bizarre side of Canadian history and culture. The tales and memes ride that sweet line between education and entertainment, recounting yarns from the queer musical resistance in '70s Toronto bars or celebrating the inspirational FERO dumpsters, to skewering greedy Galen Weston. He's taken his one-man show—a cross between a Ted Talk and a couple drinks with a good buddy—on the road all over Canada, and counts Canadian music heavyweights like Springhill's Anne Murray and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo among his loyal followers. It's not a podcast, it's not stand-up comedy. It's @canada.gov.ca.
Doors at 8:45PM. Show at 9PM.
Venue: Art Bar
19+
Born and raised in Fredericton, John Batt is the brain behind the popular instagram account Canada.Gov.Ca, curating stories from the obscure and often bizarre side of Canadian history and culture. The tales and memes ride that sweet line between education and entertainment, recounting yarns from the queer musical resistance in '70s Toronto bars or celebrating the inspirational FERO dumpsters, to skewering greedy Galen Weston. He's taken his one-man show—a cross between a Ted Talk and a couple drinks with a good buddy—on the road all over Canada, and counts Canadian music heavyweights like Springhill's Anne Murray and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo among his loyal followers. It's not a podcast, it's not stand-up comedy. It's @canada.gov.ca.
Doors at 9PM. Show at 9:30PM.
Venue: Black Cat Tavern
19+
Co-founded by Detroit natives Rahill Jamalifard and Lenny Lynch, Habibi got its start in Brooklyn in 2011, earning early raves everywhere from Pitchfork and NME to All Things Considered and The New Yorker, who praised the band for infusing “the Colgate-white glisten of sixties-girl-group pop with an uncensored edge.” Dreamachine, Habibi’s mesmerizing new record releasing on Kill Rock Stars, marks a major sonic evolution for the band, rising beyond the critically acclaimed five-piece’s garage rock roots to arrive at a singular swirl of analog and digital elements that underpin their search for spiritual and physical transcendence.
Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Burrow brings a unique genre blend of folk, country, and alternative music with their own tastes rooted in psychedelia, slowcore, classic rock, and indie music.
Red Flag is comprised of a team of the city of Saskatoon's top crack shot scientists. They are united by their love of the counter culture of the late 20th century, and they are divided by their inability to decide on which member gets to be Willem Defoe.
Doors at 9PM. Show at 10:15PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina
19+
C.O.L.A. is sort of a self-titled album. It’s an acronym for Cost of Living Adjustment, a fitting conceptual framework for the band’s third record. Why? Because C.O.L.A. considers, among other things, socialism vs. hell. It considers: rolling the dice of life. The eerie and sweet pangs that nostalgia can provoke. Cola, as a band, is defined by its “tasteful minimalism.” A deep appreciation for making music that is romantic, subtle, and deceptively intense.
Gizmo are Charlottetown rockers inspired by the guitar-damaged pop of 1990s American slacker bands and their contemporaries on Canada's East Coast. A 120 Minutes band for the Gen Z set, they breathe new life into their vintage influences with a distinctive songwriting style and a frenetic live show.
Formed in Saskatoon SK in July 2022 doing some Girlschool covers at local watering hole Black Cat Tavern, Lucy's Seduction are some solid rock'n roll toilet action come to life and ready to spray their brown riffage all over unsuspecting audiences. Imagine L7, Hole and Motorhead spitting glass and crashing through storefront windows, chased by sirens. Consisting of Brianne Jonsson (guitar/vocals), Cassandra Lavoie (bass/vocals), Shelby Gaudet (guitar/vocals) and James McKnight (drums), Lucy's are here for the good times, and all creeps and bummers can take a hike.
Doors at 6PM. Show at 7PM.
Venue: Art Bar
19+
It’s the frostiest month in Saskatoon, so join us as we warm things up with Sits ‘n’ Giggles Comedy for Winterruption! With two unique shows with some of the funniest folks in YXE, it’s going to be sit shows of the best kind. This night is guaranteed to leave you with a sit-eating grin!
Doors at 7PM. Show at 8PM.
Venue: The Broadway Theatre.
All Ages
My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of the most original songwriting-and-performance trails out there. With My Days of 58, he applies the living, breathing energies of his live shows to the studio process, sharpening his slice-of-life portraiture to cut deeper than ever before.
Show at 9PM
Venue: Art Bar
19+
It’s the frostiest month in Saskatoon, so join us as we warm things up with Sits ‘n’ Giggles Comedy for Winterruption! With two unique shows with some of the funniest folks in YXE, it’s going to be sit shows of the best kind. This night is guaranteed to leave you with a sit-eating grin!
Doors at 9PM. Show at 9:30PM.
Venue: Black Cat Tavern
19+
Ellen Froese is deftly penning head-turning songs that invite the listener to let go of the things that are getting them down. It’s flirting with self-acceptance while indulging in a hearty spoonful of self-deprecation; it’s trying to be “happy in the confidence of a solitary song”; it’s getting your friends on board for some cheeky country-folk tunes. And nobody does those quite like her.
Janky Bungag is sweet and spicy wrapped into a bluegrass pickin’, good timin’ man. Hailing from Vancouver, Janky takes the every day ins and outs of living in a city and transforms them into a song that each person can relate to. From love to lust, heart break to smoke break, he touches on all the emotions with a laid back lighthearted energy.
Snake River formed in 2014, and has spent that time making seven records, and touring Canada. Snake River’s album – LOST ALBUM (2021) – is an excursion into previously uncharted sonic territory for the group. Like previous albums, it is set in the fictional town of Snake River Mountain, and features characters that listeners of the band will recognize. The album features contributions by members of Radiation Flowers and Shooting Guns. Snake River uses minimal elements to make each song a swirling psychedelic event – equal parts twang and jangle.
Doors at 9PM. Show at 10PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina
19+
Formed, almost accidentally, in a shared east LA lockout, the members of Clarion came together to write music together in late 2023. They implemented efforts like layering multiple amps in stereo, panned left to right with different tones, to create an illusion of two guitarists. They tried every idea that came to mind, allowing the songs to become fully realized instead of rushed. The result is an immersive and youthful mix of shoegaze, post-punk, and Japanese rock. These recordings became their debut EP, simply titled Clarion.
'blind commentary' is an emerging prairie emo band from saskatoon, saskatchewan, canada. combining the emotional core of midwest emo with the expansive textures of shoegaze, emogaze, and grungegaze, the band has carved out a sound they simply call prairie emo.
dead ex girlfriends are an Indigenous grunge punk band from Treaty 6 Territory (Saskatoon, SK), and they are not here to be quiet. Formed in 2020, this 4-piece - Vada Boyer (they/she), Gabrielle Giroux (she/her), Siena Rose (she/her), and Cairo Dawn (she/her) - blend riot grrrl urgency, grunge grit, and raw emotional storytelling into blistering live shows that feel like both a confrontation and a party.
The Big Band Theory V: Five Years of Musical Momentum celebrates the fifth anniversary of this unique annual gathering of Saskatoon's premier big band jazz ensembles. Bringing together the University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble, the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra, the Stone Frigate Big Band, and the Footnotes Big Band, this special jazz concert within the Braodway Theatres Winteruption Festival showcases the power, energy, and enduring appeal of big band jazz. From timeless swing classics to contemporary favourites, each ensemble will bring its own distinctive sound to an evening that highlights five years of musical collaboration, community, and momentum. Join us as we celebrate this milestone with an unforgettable night of outstanding musicianship, exciting performances, and the collective force of more than a hundred jazz musicians sharing one stage.
Doors at 8PM. Show at 9PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina
19+
A duo skilled at turning heartache and separation into danceable electronic alt-pop, Blue Hawaii is Raphaelle Standell and Alexander Kirby Cowan. Their sound waivers between an underground, emotional introspection and club ready hyperpop. They are based in Montreal and Berlin and combine those influences as a blend of European dance music with R&B/pop vocals to create a distinctly carefree sound, especially energetic and fun live, resonating with queer communities everywhere.
Bloodwork is a Saskatoon-based producer who's crate-digging has led to the perfect blend of rainy day hip-hop beats and dark, cinematic pop. Pulling samples from sources like J-Pop, French garage rock, grandma's old gospel recordings, and lost TV shows, Bloodwork's debut album, I Went Back in Time to Save You, creates an unforgettable soundscape akin to DJ Shadow, Madlib, El-P. and The Avalanches.
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