Mid Week Music

Location: 808 2nd Ave E, Owen Sound

Community choir, for all humans. We make magic music medicine.

Location: 75 2nd Ave East, Owen Sound

MID LIFE CRISIS will keep you dancing all night long, with originals and covers of songs from bands like ZZ Top, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, BTO, Steppenwolf, George Thorogood, The Doobie Brothers and Steve Miller Band …and more!

Location: 883 2nd Ave E, Owen Sound

Kailey Jane Hawkins is a singer/songwriter from Owen Sound, known for her deep love of all things music. A performer in the Grey/Bruce area for the last 10 years (including at Summerfolk 50!) Kailey can often be found in front of a mic, sharing covers of popular artists as well as her own heartfelt originals. 

Originally from Thunder Bay, Jon Armstrong is a genre-blending musician known for his improvisational style and inventive reinterpretations of familiar songs, he brings a fresh perspective to every performance.

Location: 1155 1st Ave West, Owen Sound

With an evocative voice that captivates her audience, “soulful Ontario songstress” (Billboard), Paige Warner, creates alt-pop music with soul-inspired vocal licks layered on catchy hooks of poetic lyrics. Though her career started as a busker in her small hometown market, her resilience has led her to perform on stages such as Massey Hall’s TD Music Hall, Yonge-Dundas Square, NXNE, Owen Sound’s Summerfolk, and share stages with iconic artists including 98 Degrees, Ron Sexsmith, Monowhales, and Lori Yates. With over a hundred thousand streams and views, Paige’s music has drawn love from media and listeners alike. 

Paige Warner’s voice is often what draws people in. “Paige is very much a modern pop singer-songwriter…but there’s something unmistakably timeless about her sound.” (Rrampt). While her music is catchy and emotive, her lyrics often touch poetically on themes of heartbreak, female resilience, and love. With her brand new album, Bitter/Sweet, Paige Warner plans to continue creating intimate concert experiences, sharing vulnerability through folk-like storytelling, and having fun with catchy pop hooks, all while leaving audiences with a memorable connection and a melody.

Location: 1900 3rd Ave E, Owen Sound

Location: 88 8th St E, Owen Sound

Location: 88 8th St E, Owen Sound

Location: 1451 1st Ave W, Owen Sound - The Launch

When you hear the phrase “hit the ground running,” the first name that should come to mind is Gracie Jet. A storytelling folk-rock powerhouse from southern Ontario, Gracie has quickly become one of the most compelling new voices in Canada’s vibrant music landscape. Known for her emotional fearlessness, radiant energy, and infectious charm, she brings a magnetic presence to every performance — whether in an intimate club or on a festival stage.

A multi-faceted artist, Gracie is not only a songwriter and performer but also a practicing nurse who worked tirelessly on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those experiences of resilience, compassion, and exhaustion profoundly shaped her perspective and songwriting. Her lyrics often read like journal entries — raw, honest reflections that illuminate her humanity and strength.

Since her 2022 debut, Gracie has released a steady stream of singles supported by FACTOR Canada, earning international radio play and over 250,000 views on the self-directed music video for her breakout track Sister. Her follow-up singles Sway and Forest Fire were featured on the national television program CMCTV Talent, further solidifying her rising profile.

Gracie has performed at renowned Toronto venues such as The Rivoli and The Monarch Tavern, and has taken her sound to festival stages from Ontario to Nova Scotia. In 2024, she was nominated for The Ontario Arts & Culture Emerging Artist Award in Owen Sound, recognizing her growing influence and originality within the Canadian folk-rock scene.

Now, with her sound refined into a confident, expressive ethos, Gracie is hard at work on her debut album Smile — a ten-song self-portrait of perseverance, authenticity, and hope. Strong, sincere, and full of life, Gracie Jet is an artist whose name you’ll be hearing for years to come.

Location: 75 2nd Ave E, Owen Sound

Location: 948 3rd Ave W, Owen Sound

Onion Honey may hail from Ontario’s tech capital, but musicians Dave Pike, Esther Wheaton, Leanne Swantko, and Kayleigh LeBlanc play folk music like an old-fashioned string band. The multi-talented lineup all sing harmony, write songs, and pass around banjo, guitar, mandolin, and double bass in performance - and three years of weekly ‘Banjo Church’ livecasts polished their onstage rapport to a high shine.  

The band released Foul Weather Friends in May 2023, their first professional studio album after over a decade of self-produced music. Recorded live off the floor and engineered by Andy Magoffin at his House of Miracles, Roots Music Canada praised the album’s “out-of-this-world harmonies and sweet, tart, string-band sound” and the band’s “catchy-as-hell little ditties that could easily pass for traditional”. The record earned them a nomination at the 2025 CFMAs for Contemporary Vocalist of the Year.

Onion Honey has been heard on radio stations across Canada, showcased at Folk Music Ontario in 2023, and performed at a number of festivals including Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia, Springtide Festival in Uxbridge, Winterfolk in Toronto, River Valley Bluegrass Festival, and more. 

Location: 88 8th St E, Owen Sound