The second edition of Bloom festival is coming up March 6&7! Bloom is a multi-venue world music festival presented by your friends at Northern Lights Festival Boreal. Their team has put together an amazingly curated line up of artists from across the globe and if their summer fest is any indication you don’t want to miss out. Sudburians will have the chance to catch performances from festival headliners including A Tribe Called Red with their electric multimedia DJ show, Polaris Prize winner Lido Pimienta, and the ferociously talented Terra Lightfoot. Make sure you have the Bloom app downloaded so......
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Looking for some new tunes to get you through these long winter months? We’ve got a new local recommendation we think you’ll love! Maxwell José is a performer who’s name you might recognize as a frequent player on local stages. His style is influenced by country folk artists like John Prine and more modern performers like Daniel Romano. After lots of hard work and songwriting José’s first EP Making of a Fool was released in late 2019. With a fresh new year at hand, he’s ready to get out and perform his original songs for new and old fans......
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We’ve been busy getting ready for NLFB over here at Our Crater! The festival takes over Bell Park July 4th – 7th with four jam-packed days of music, art, and fun in the sun! One of such artist gracing the stage over the course of the weekend is Ansley Simpson, an Anishinaabe singer-songwriter joining us from Alderville First Nation. Her first album Breakwall was released in 2017 and has went on to garner Simpson critical acclaim and awards from imagineNative, Indigenous Music Awards to name a few. Her haunting and thoughtful lyrics are certain to leave an impression on......
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We’ve been busy getting ready for NLFB over here at Our Crater! The festival takes over Bell Park July 4th – 7th with four jam-packed days of music, art and fun in the sun! Brooke Bruce was the winner of the 2019 Meltdown competition which earned her a paid gig at the summer festival. You can catch Bruce performing covers of all your favourite hits all around town but more recently she has been working on a collection of originals. Her first single Smoke was released in early 2019 and she’s hard at work on an EP release to......
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Isak is a young local photographer full of energy and creativity. He is an amazing person who is very open minded and wants to offer the best to his clients. I recently found Isak through one of his social media platforms and hired him to do my engagement and wedding photography. I was very impressed by his work at his age, his professionalism, and the way he is able to capture a picture in a non-traditional way. He describes his work as “modern and clean” and specializes in portrait photography but is open to expanding his field to whatever......
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Welcome to Crater Creatives, a monthly artist profile series offering a unique look into the artists that call Sudbury home! There’s certain type of creativity that’s born up here in Northern Ontario, maybe it’s the wilderness that surrounds us, or maybe it’s just our resourceful spirit. Whatever the case may be we’re here to shine a spotlight on the innovative artists of all sorts in this big old crater! Have an artist you’d like to recommend for a future Crater Creatives profile? Shoot an email to jessica@ourcrater.com and tell us all about it! You may not recognize the name......
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Welcome to Crater Creatives, a monthly artist profile series offering a unique look into the artists that call Sudbury home! There’s certain type of creativity that’s born up here in Northern Ontario, maybe it’s the wilderness that surrounds us, or maybe it’s just our resourceful spirit. Whatever the case may be we’re here to shine a spotlight on the innovative artists of all sorts in this big old crater! Have an artist you’d like to recommend for a future Crater Creatives profile? Shoot an email to jessica@ourcrater.com and tell us all about it! Darshan Geer is the young dancing......
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Welcome to Crater Creatives, a monthly artist profile series offering a unique look into the artists that call Sudbury home! There’s certain type of creativity that’s born up here in Northern Ontario, maybe it’s the wilderness that surrounds us, or maybe it’s just our resourceful spirit. Whatever the case may be we’re here to shine a spotlight on the innovative artists of all sorts in this big old crater! Have an artist you’d like to recommend for a future Crater Creatives profile? Shoot an email to jessica@ourcrater.com and tell us all about it! If there had to be a......
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You may remember Dominica Frometa and her amazing voice from out #GirlPower event this spring! But, you have got to check out her story about her first big high school performance at age 15 and where her singing career has taken her (including to a stadium of 16,000 people)! Read our interview with Dominica below. When did you discover your passion for singing? Do you have someone or something that has been your biggest musical influence? I have always had a love for singing and performing in my heart – that is for sure! But my passion was ignited......
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Welcome to Crater Creatives, a biweekly artist profile series offering a unique look into the artists that call Sudbury home! There’s certain type of creativity that’s born up here in Northern Ontario, maybe it’s the wilderness that surrounds us, or maybe it’s just our resourceful spirit. Whatever the case may be we’re here to shine a spot light on the innovative artists of all sorts in this big old crater! Have an artist you’d like to recommend for a future Crater Creatives profile? Shoot an email to jessica@ourcrater.com and tell us all about it! Nico Glaude is an active......
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