Here Come Tommy and the Commies! Let's kick-off the festival with good ol' all-ages punk show. It's a record release. It's a party. It's one hell of a way to get this festival started. Enter through the back alley and make your way up to the Durham Hall. TOMMY AND THE COMMIES (Record Release!) If all the greats of power pop got together and raised a boy-child, the result would be Tommy. He’s joined in this endeavour by the hurtin’ boys: the Houle brothers, who play in every single punk band to come out of Sudbury. Tommy and the Commies’ hooligan pop is one of Sudbury’s best exports, and Up Here marks the official release of their album “Here Come” with Slovenly Records. They make it look so easy. Fun fact: they gave their very first show in a back alley at Up Here in 2016, and now, they’re releasing an album internationally. PRIORS PRIORS are a punk band from Montreal that started as a bedroom project for vocalist Chance Hutchison, and has since evolved into something else entirely. The band includes Drew Demers of The Famines, Stuart Buckley of Stegosaurus, Alan Hildebrandt of Le Tabarnak and Sebastian Godin of Sonic Avenues. They released their first full length LP in March 2018 and are prepping the release of their second LP, New Pleasure, in October 2018. GHOST CAT Two Sudbury ex-pats and a local creating “trying-their-best-rock.” Their two albums, Aw Fuck and Fuck Ya, are curse-laden mantras for the modern age on therapy, hook-up culture, and hating people. Their goofy punk rock is youthful in its energy, but their cynicism is patently adult. DJ PETE SLOVENLY Get ready to move with this guy behind your turntables, or behind his own portable turntables (or under them! They've been seen hanging upside-down...

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Get ready because we're kicking off Up Here 4 with venetian snares x Daniel Lanois, one of the most unique and captivating musical collaborations ever to come out of Canada. Presented in collaboration with La Slague. VENETIAN SNARES x DANIEL LANOIS This project is an unlikely meeting of musical minds: Aaron Funk (Venetian Snares) from Winnipeg, and Daniel Lanois originally from Hamilton known for working with Brian Eno, U2, Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris. In this new project, Lanois focuses on creating gorgeous ambient soundscapes with his signature processed lap steel guitar, while Venetian Snares provides vivid contrasting genre-bending drum’n’bass & breakcore beats. When asked about the project, Lanois said : “It’s like playing clarinet with Squarepusher.” The result is one of the most captivating and unique musical collaborations ever to come out of Canada. A melange of gospel and electronics. MCLEAN / ALBUM LAUNCH McLean is a multi-instrumentalist from Sudbury. He spent his childhood travelling the hallways of an abandoned mine, guided by the ghostly voices of his ancestors. It's no surprise that he formed friendships with poet Sylvia Plath, mathematician John Nash, and musician James Taylor, who taught him to play the guitar during a brief stay at a psychiatric institute. In his great artistic heart he holds great ambitions and hopes to one day die in Sudbury. JOANNE POLLOCK Joanne Pollock if forging her unique brand of future-pop. She has released two EPs, one album with her band Poemss (featuring Venetian Snares) and one critically acclaimed solo album, Stranger. Pollock embraces unconventionality. Her music is a satisfying blend of warmth, folk, pop and glitchy electronics. Originally from Toronto, Winnipeg is currently where she calls home. TICKETS $30 advance / $35 at the door UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird...

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Get ready because we're kicking off Up Here 4 with venetian snares x Daniel Lanois, one of the most unique and captivating musical collaborations ever to come out of Canada. Presented in collaboration with La Slague. VENETIAN SNARES x DANIEL LANOIS This project is an unlikely meeting of musical minds: Aaron Funk (Venetian Snares) from Winnipeg, and Daniel Lanois originally from Hamilton known for working with Brian Eno, U2, Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris. In this new project, Lanois focuses on creating gorgeous ambient soundscapes with his signature processed lap steel guitar, while Venetian Snares provides vivid contrasting genre-bending drum’n’bass & breakcore beats. When asked about the project, Lanois said : “It’s like playing clarinet with Squarepusher.” The result is one of the most captivating and unique musical collaborations ever to come out of Canada. A melange of gospel and electronics. MCLEAN / ALBUM LAUNCH McLean is a multi-instrumentalist from Sudbury. He spent his childhood travelling the hallways of an abandoned mine, guided by the ghostly voices of his ancestors. It's no surprise that he formed friendships with poet Sylvia Plath, mathematician John Nash, and musician James Taylor, who taught him to play the guitar during a brief stay at a psychiatric institute. In his great artistic heart he holds great ambitions and hopes to one day die in Sudbury. JOANNE POLLOCK Joanne Pollock if forging her unique brand of future-pop. She has released two EPs, one album with her band Poemss (featuring Venetian Snares) and one critically acclaimed solo album, Stranger. Pollock embraces unconventionality. Her music is a satisfying blend of warmth, folk, pop and glitchy electronics. Originally from Toronto, Winnipeg is currently where she calls home. TICKETS $30 advance / $35 at the door UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird...

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Duncan Cameron creates fresh and detailed folk music. His compositions and adaptations of old songs in both French and English reveal the depth and contrast of emotions in lyrics as well as instrumental music. To that end, his arrangements and compositions draw not only from Celtic roots but also classical music, funk, and other popular styles.

A merry-go-round of twisted grunge-pop, acid-punk and heartbreak. Presented by Stack Brewing. MAUNO Mauno (pronounced Mao-no) is ironically named after bassist/vocalist Eliza Niemi’s completely unmusical Finnish grandfather. They have a wandering sound that refuses to be pinned down. They strayed from twisting grunge-pop to raw, guttural, emotional punches. Their tales of botched romance and misdirected dreams play out above a bed of crunchy guitars and crashing cymbals. They’re charming af. VICTIME Acid-punk on a bed of ‘90s nostalgia. It’s discordant, wild, and probably what it feels like to get hit by lightning. Their noisy dance-punk madness shifts from fast-paced, punchy percussion to slow, carnivalesque electronic noise all filled out with some serious Riot grrrl vocals (but en français). Boyhood When Caylie Runciman started calling herself Boyhood, it was a nod to childhood nostalgia. Tough-kid guitar grit and deadpan verses give way to whimsical synth lines and delicate harmonies. But like an off-kilter merry-go-round, or a candy shop in a seedy part of town, there’s a shady layer to Runciman’s perfect pop. Her black magic is raw, equal parts ecstasy and heartbreak. In amongst the bright colours, there’s the joy and the pain in knowing what it means to grow up. TICKETS $15 advance / $20 at the door UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird and wonderful downtown Sudbury that takes place from August 17-19. Follow Up Here festival, RSVP Up Here 4. 🔺🔺🔺 MAUNO Depuis sa création, Mauno a un son errant qui refuse d'être épinglé. L’ambiance du piano et de la brume des cordes, en partie inspirée par le violoncelle du rock progressif, évoque un punch brut, guttural et émotionnel. Ses pistes mettent en lumière des histoires de romance bâclée et de rêves mal dirigés, le tout joué au-dessus d’un lit...

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Saturday’s Family Day returns with free family-friendly programming in Memorial Park and all around Downtown Sudbury. Presented by Downtown Sudbury in partnership with the Greater Sudbury Public Library. ACTIVITIES FOR ALL We're bringing tons of great kids activities to Memorial Park. We'll be announcing more details over the coming days. - Free concerts by Random Recipe, Debbie Tebbs, White Hot, Ocean City Defender - Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl - Mini-mural making and cardboard dome building for kids - Robots en Route in collaboration with Science North - Story Mob (Interactive story) - Splash Pad Story Time - Button Making - Fun Drums with Kylie Klim - Painting with Julie-Anne Bolduc - Giant Bubbles - Giant Memory Flash Cards - Guided mural tours at 12 (noon) and 3 pm (meet at the Dome on Durham) - Slack Lining with Kristen Lavallee - Coding For Kids - and more! Taking the stage on Family Day: RANDOM RECIPE Formed by Frannie Holder (who’s back after her performance with Dear Criminals last year), Fab, Vincent Legault, and Liu-Kong Ha, this band has seen the world thanks to extensive touring. Random Recipe is a journey from folk-hip-hop to groovy pop that hits all the right notes. They’ve come a long way since their start jamming in Montreal’s metro stations. After 10 years as a band, they’ve just released Distractions, a new album with such collaborators as Prince’s bassist Rhonda Smith, and Up Here alumni Foxtrott and Marie-Pierre Arthur. DEBBIE TEBBS Looking for a fun party time? Look no further: Debbie Tebb’s electro-pop will transport you to the dancefloor, if not into the 22nd century. Half retro, half futurist, Debbie is ahead of her time, or a blast from the past, one of the two, or two of the one. Her multi-instrumental production blends synth with...

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The RBC Northern Series presents some of the best acts from Northern Ontario in intimate settings between 5 and 7 pm. FREDERICK SQUIRE Frederick Squire is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who channels old folk music. His quiet, warmly atmospheric, experimental and meandering rock vignettes are personal, poetic and often open-ended. It’s sometimes spooky and ghostly. Originally from Ajax, Ontario, he is based in Sudbury following a number of years living in Sackville, New Brunswick. FREE! Thanks RBC! UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird and wonderful downtown Sudbury that takes place from August 17-19. Follow Up Here festival, RSVP Up Here 4 🔺🔺🔺 FREDERICK SQUIRE Frederick Squire est un auteur-compositeur-interprète qui évoque la vieille musique folk. Ses vignettes rock atmosphériques, expérimentales et chaleureuses sont personnelles, poétiques et ouvertes, parfois un peu troublantes. Originalement d'Ajax, en Ontario, il est maintenant basé à Sudbury après un bon nombre d'années à Sackville, au Nouveau-Brunswick GRATUIT! Merci RBC UP HERE Up Here est un festival d'art public et de musique émergente dans l'étrange ville de Sudbury, Ontario qui a lieu du 17-19 août. Suivez: Up Here festival et RSVP: Up Here 4.