Megan Laurence and Lucas Haneman have been performing together for almost 4 years, bringing their own blend of unique song writing, intricate vocal harmonies, and a little something new to the blues genre. Together they recently won the Ottawa Blues Society's 2019 Road to Memphis competition, and will be competing in the "International Blues Challenge" in January 2020. Formed out of their main band, The Lucas Haneman Express, this duo was created as a way for the band to continue gaining exposure, while fitting within the constraints of more intimate venues and festivals. As an acoustic duo, Laurence and Haneman have been captivating crowds all around Ontario and Quebec, down in the United States and also over in London, England. The Lucas Haneman Express has opened for Robert Cray, Dave Matthews Band, John Butler Trio, the Downchild Blues Band and many others. They play both traditional and modern blues, with an acoustic edge and tight vocal harmonies, that earned them a nomination for a Maple Blues Award in 2018 for Best New Artist.

Laurence and Haneman recently recorded an acoustic duo album with Grammy award winning producer Rob Fraboni (The Stones/Clapton) and are currently in the works to finish and release these recordings later in 2019. Between Megan Laurence's angelic vocal delivery, Lucas haneman's extraordinary guitar prowess, and the electrifying presence that both bring to the stage as well as their song writing, this is a live show not to be missed!

Charlie the Kid’s high energy and upbeat style, along with youthful flavour and humour is what make him one of the GTA's most unique singer-songwriter’s. His style emulates the likes of 'Jason Mraz', 'Barenaked Ladies' and 'Bo Burham’.

He picked up the video game “Guitar Hero” at 11 and later moving on to a real thing, so this kid’s been performing for years. Currently playing over 100 shows a year, he keeps busy performing with local and touring bands around Toronto and Ontario. Gigs range from pubs and bars, to sidewalks and busking festivals, to venues around the city, and recently an audition on CTV’s hit show The Launch. Fun stuff!

Award-winning Canadian bluesman Steve Strongman is a versatile talent, and a restless one. By constantly pushing himself in new directions, he has kept himself vital. His talent is huge and impossible to miss, and it’s matched by his staggering musical ambition — as guitar-slinger, songwriter or vocalist. The same structures and progressions that animate blues and roots music can also choke the air out of it, smothering it in caricature and cliché. But Strongman is a subtle shape-shifter who manages to slip that trap without betraying the music he loves. Throughout, he never sounds an inauthentic note or loses touch with the essence of the blues. In the tradition of The Howlin’ Wolf Album and Muddy Waters’ After the Rain.

Modern and timeless, Strongman’s latest album No Time Like Now is a slab of reinvigorated 21stcentury blues. An intoxicating shot of raw electrified blues, the album captures the performer riding a surge of new energy. The album is a shout-out to a lifelong love of blues in all its shapes and shadings, from rough-hewn electric blues, blue-collar hollers and swampy stompers to soulful groovers and hushed, heartfelt ballads. More than anything, the album reconnects with the primal force and emotional clout of dirty blues. It’s a stunning rocker, and it’s a hell of a lot of fun.

Strongman’s impressive resume includes stints opening for guitar legends such as Johnny Winter, B.B. King and Buddy Guy. The performer’s breakthrough 2012 release A Natural Fact was hailed as a standout, earning Maple Blues Awards for Recording, Songwriter, and Guitarist Of The Year as well as a 2013 Juno Award for Blues Recording Of The Year. In 2014 he was thrice-nominated at the Maple Blues Awards (Guitar Player, Electric Act, and Entertainer of the Year) and in 2015 received a second Juno nod for Blues Album of the Year (for Let Me Prove It To You).