2026 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE ALBUM LONG LIST NOMINEES REVEALED CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize, has revealed its 40-nominated album Long List. The album Long List, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts, is where Polaris reveals the [...]
NXNE 2026 – BIANCA ESPINO @ CASSETTE, TORONTO JUNE 13, 2026 Mississauga’s Bianca Espino made her NXNE debut at Cassette inside The Gladstone House at 8:30 PM instead of 8 PM on a breezy and cool Saturday night as more people started to [...]
NXNE 2026 – LUCY ELLIS @ THE CAMERON HOUSE, TORONTO JUNE 12, 2026 Toronto multidisciplinary artist Lucy Ellis and her bandmates took to the stage at the Cameron House on a fine Friday evening to a packed crowd. They tuned their guitars [...]
NXNE 2026 – KAELEY JADE @ THE RIVOLI, TORONTO JUNE 11, 2026 It’s day one of the FIFA World Cup 2026. When asked about it while performing at NXNE, Edmonton-based singer Kaeley Jade said that Toronto is going to be hectic, but it didn’t [...]
AKEEM OH | NOISE HOTEL | CHARLIE NOIR | LAILA | TROYMAN | PHANTOM HIGH | WILLEM JAMES COWAN | WILD REMEDY | FÉLIXE | A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION | CARINA | KING FALCON ARTIST NAME: AKEEM OH 1. What’s your favourite thing about a festival like [...]
NXNE ANNOUNCE THE FIRST ROUND OF EMERGING SHOWCASING ARTISTS FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE IN TORONTO JUNE 11-15, 2025 Canada’s iconic music discovery festival, North by Northeast (NXNE), in collaboration with Billboard Canada’s parent company [...]
NXNE 2024 – SUNSHINE MAKERS @ BABY G, TORONTO JUNE 15, 2024 Sunshine Makers played the last set of NXNE at The Baby G on Saturday. The quintessential hippie band had the room jumping as part of the LOVETOWN RECORDS Showcase. LOVETOWN [...]
NXNE 2024 – TENNYSON KING @ BURDOCK BREWERY, TORONTO JUNE 14, 2024 Tennyson King had the last set on Friday night at Burdock Brewery as part of NXNE. The Mississauga native held the crowd in quiet admiration as he serenaded them with a [...]
NXNE 2024 – LUKAH @ THE DRAKE UNDERGROUND, TORONTO JUNE 13, 2024 Memphis Export Music treated NXNE to a Lukah performance at the Drake Underground on Thursday night. The lyrical rapper unleashed a consortium of rhymes on an unexpecting [...]
NXNE 2024 – MAK RO @ THE DRAKE UNDERGROUND, TORONTO JUNE 13, 2024 Intense bass and reverb filled the air as Mak Ro took the stage at the Drake Underground as part of Music Export Memphis and NXNE. The Filipino-American duo is comprised of [...]
NXNE 2024 – POP MONTREAL SHOWCASE FEATURING BALLSY, RYAN ROBINSON, SASHA CAY & AVERY JANE @ BABY G, TORONTO JUNE 13, 2024 The Baby G played host to an unforgettable NXNE Montréal Indie Pop event, celebrating a lineup of emerging [...]
NXNE 2024 – TARA LORD @ THE SMITH HOUSE BAR, TORONTO JUNE 12, 2024 Tara Lord performed the closing set upstairs at The Smith House Bar on the first night of NXNE. Her performance followed the release of her new album, STAR: Chapter Two, [...]
NXNE 2024 – LTTHEMONK @ THE SMITH HOUSE BAR, TORONTO JUNE 12, 2024 LTtheMonk took the stage on a slow night upstairs at The Smith House Bar. The venue was the home of various technical difficulties and glitches throughout the night, [...]
NXNE 2024 – 4SANTE @ THE SMITH HOUSE BAR, TORONTO JUNE 12, 2024 4sante brought a high dose of energy to an otherwise slow night at The Smith House Bar. The 20-year-old rapper/producer/performer played some of his best work such as “2 FEET” [...]
NXNE 2024 – THELONIOUS @ THE SMITH HOUSE BAR, TORONTO JUNE 12, 2024 Rexdale rapper Thelonious was a last-minute addition to the Wednesday night lineup at The Smith House Bar. He was filling in for Ray Reaves, who couldn’t make it. During [...]
NXNE 2024 – NEWBY @ THE SMITH HOUSE BAR, TORONTO JUNE 12, 2024 Newby kicked things off on Wednesday night at The Smith House Bar to start NXNE. The upbeat rapper performed some of his top songs like “Baked” and “555”. His energy was fun [...]
CANADA’S LEADING MUSIC DISCOVERY FESTIVAL NXNE ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF SHOWCASING ARTISTS FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN TORONTO JUNE 12-16, 2024 For almost 30 years, Canada’s leading music discovery festival, North by Northeast (NXNE) has been [...]
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NXNE ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS AND FREE FESTIVAL PASS PARTNERSHIP WITH NEO FINANCIAL BLACK NOTE GRAFFITI, CHARMAINE, HOUSEWIFE, PLATINUM MOON AND SHAWNEE KISH AMONG ARTISTS INVITED TO JOIN 2023 NXNE LINEUP Canada’s discovery music [...]
NXNE 2019 FESTIVAL VILLAGE, TORONTO JUNE 14-16, 2019 Time for the latest Spill NXNE installation — our writers and photographers are ready to bring you the best-of-the-best from this year’s NXNE Festival! This year the NXNE Festival [...]
NXNE 2018 NXNE CLUB LAND CURATORS SERIES, TORONTO JUNE 10-16, 2018 Time for the latest Spill attack on NXNE — our writers and photographers are ready to bring you the best-of-the-best from this year’s NXNE Festival! This year the [...]
NXNE ANNOUNCES 2018 CLUB LAND CURATORS AND GAME LAND NXNE announces the 2018 Club Land Curators and second edition of Game Land. The Club Land Curator series returns from June 10-16 at participating venues across Toronto’s downtown core with [...]
NXNE ANNOUNCES 2018 DATES AND RETURNS TO YONGE-DUNDAS North by Northeast (NXNE) is pleased to announce the 2018 edition will be held June 8-17. Now in its 24th year, the festival returns to Toronto’s downtown epicenter, Yonge-Dundas with free [...]
NXNE 2017 @ Port Lands, Toronto June 23-25, 2017 Were you at NXNE this year? Nope? That’s OK, because nobody else was either. Toronto’s annual music and arts festival, North by Northeast, might need to re-evaluate their festival, as attendance [...]
