NXNE Announces 2023 Full Showcasing Artist Lineup

[A preview by Elisa F. G. – AC]

Circa 1995 when NXNE (North By Northeast) was in its infancy, did anyone really understand the importance of the shift that was taking place in music? As per usual ‘retrospect’ (in this case 20 years of it) is the only time when standing back from hard work is necessary, the rest of the time by all means keep your head down, chin up, keep going, and all that jazz but at some point arrive at ‘retrospect,’ it’s how we notice the changes, see the growth, measure the distance and effects of what’s been achieved. It’s not as if by the second day of working hard we know if we’re wasting our time or not, we have to keep at it!

Looking back over the past 20 years, NXNE has undoubtedly shifted the stakes and helped kick down doors for emerging artists to walk through. The nations most vital music festival returns June 13th – 18th 2023, once again granting passage to new artists on the brink of their big break. Discovering fresh talent, and providing the space for artists to perform has been NXNE’s MO since the start, and because of platforms like NXNE we’ve seen some familiar names hit their stage in the past – Lizzo, Lumineers, The Arkells, Billy Talent, Beaches just to name a few. This year over 300 acts are being sprinkled over Toronto from June 13th-18th, with more than 20 live music venues offering up their seats and stages. Festival tickets go for only $25 giving music fans 5 nights worth of shows or $15 for a one-night-one-venue type deal.

“We are extremely fortunate to be able to program the top 300 acts from the thousands of applications we have received from around the world to give NXNE fans a week of the best-of-the-best in new music,” says Michael Hollett NXNE founder, “We’ve got top talent in all major genres, I encourage people to try something totally new in addition to seeking out future stars in their favourite style of music.”

In the heart of Toronto’s live music district (a beat all its own) is where you’ll find NX HQ festival headquarters, located at It’s OK – 468 Queen Street West. The local hot spot will serve as the central hub for both artists and festival goers. Having just announced the full artist lineup for NXNE 2023, the city of Toronto is mic checked and prepped to come alive with the sound of music, panels, parties, performances and probably a few late nights.

See below for NXNE’s 2023 Artist Lineup:

• 36? (Calgary, AB)
• Aiza (Toronto, ON)
• Alessia Cohle (Toronto, ON)
• Allegra Jordyn (Thornhill, ON)
• Amanda Kind (Waterloo, ON)
• Anna Katarina (Nelson, BC)
• ANNIKA (Calgary, AB)
• AntiSocial Surf Club (Kitchener, ON)
• Ariana Fig (Hamilton, ON)
• Ariel View (Ontario, CA)
• ashlye (Brampton, ON)
• Beyond The Sun (Toronto, ON)
• Black Budget (Toronto, ON)
• Black Note Graffiti (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Bleako’s Nuclear Disco (Coquitlam, BC)
• blesse (Montréal, QC)
• Bloody Monroe (Toronto, ON)
• Borito (Tel Aviv, Israel)
• boy wonder (Toronto, ON)
• Branjae (Tulsa, OK)
• Brass (Vancouver, BC)
• Bree Taylor (Mississauga, ON)
• Brooklyn Doran (Peterborough, ON)
• Buddie (Vancouver, BC)
• Buffalo Bill (Toronto, ON)
• Bukola (Coquitlam, BC)
• Cameron Bethany (Memphis, TN)
• Captain WildChild (Hamilton, ON)
• Carol Marie (Toronto, ON)
• Cash Crawford (Nashville, TN)
• Celeigh Cardinal (Edmonton, AB)
• Chad Warrix (Nashville, TN)
• CHARMAINE (Toronto, ON)
• Ché Aimee Dorval (Vancouver, BC)
• Chinese Medicine (Toronto, ON)
• Chris Pierce (Savannah, GA)
• Cindë (Toronto, ON)
• Cinzia & The Eclipse (Montréal, QC)
• Clay Orange (Vancouver, BC)
• Cliff Cardinal & The Sky-Larks (Toronto, ON)
• Cody Basha (Toronto, ON)
• Cold Weather Captains (Toronto, ON)
• Colt Prather (Nashville, TN)
• Courtney Wolfe (Kitchener, ON)
• Cudbear (Barrie, ON)
• Cynthia Hamar (Edmonton, AB)
• Dali Van Gogh (Halifax, NS)
• Damien Horne (Nashville, TN)
• Damnnit Goldie (Hamilton, ON)
• Daniel Blake (Los Angeles, CA)
• Daniel James McFadyen & Barncat (Port Williams, NS)
• Danny Toeman (London, UK)
• David Tolliver (Nashville, TN)
• Daz Rinko (Memphis, TN)
• Dead Broke (Toronto, ON)
• Dead Levee (Regina, SK)
• DESIIRE (Toronto, ON)
• Diamond Weapon (Toronto ON)
• Dilettante (Manchester, UK)
• Divine Lightbody (Toronto, ON)
• Divine Sweater (Boston, MA)
• DJ Skratch Bastid (Bedford, NS)
• DMBK (Tampa, FL)
• dope.gng (Montreal, QC)
• Doressa (Ottawa, ON)
• Dump Babes (Saskatoon, SK)
• Durreyl (Brampton, ON)
• Dylan Altman (Nashville, TN)
• Edwin Raphael (Montreal, QC)
• Eleanor (Toronto, ON)
• Electric Religious (Edmonton, AB)
• Electrokat (Toronto, ON)
• ELLES (Toronto, ON)
• Ellis in Transit (Hamilton, ON)
• Emily Kate (Toronto, ON)
• Emma Beko (Montreal, QC)
• Emmett Hodgins (Victoria, BC)
• Emmett Morris (Barrie, ON)
• Equal (Oshawa, ON)
• Eric Arjes (Little Tennessee)
• Eunice Keitan (Toronto, ON)
• Fake Dad (Brooklyn, NY)
• Family Man (Montreal, QC)
• Feral Minks (Kitchener, ON)
• Fionn (Vancouver, BC)
• FKB (Edmonton, AB)
• Flamél (El Paso, TX)
• FLWR GRL (St. Catharines, ON)
• Foolproof (Niagara Falls, ON)
• FRANKIE FLOWERS (Waterloo, ON)
• Fraud Perry (Montreal, QC)
• Full Deck (Toronto, ON)
• FXRRVST (Toronto, ON)
• Garret Neiles (Winnipeg, MB)
• Geneva Lei (Mississauga, ON)
• Good Dear Good (Halifax, NS)
• Goodnight Sunrise (Toronto, ON)
• Grace Leer (Nashville, TN)
• GROWERS (Toronto, ON)
• Gunner & Smith (Saskatoon, SK)
• Half Tangerine (San Jose, Costa Rica)
• Halfway to Hazard (Nashville, TN)
• Harmony on Mars (Toronto, ON)
• Harper Grace (Nashville, TN)
• Haters (Brisbane, Australia)
• High Flyers (Toronto, ON)
• His His (Toronto, ON)
• Hollow Graves (Toronto, ON)
• Holly Clausius (Toronto, ON)
• HORMOANS (Toronto, ON)
• Hot Fudge Sundae (Guelph, ON)
• Housewife (Toronto, ON)
• Hundo (Mississauga, ON)
• Hyaenas (Vancouver, BC)
• IAMTHELIVING (Vancouver, BC)
• Ian James Bain (Guelph, ON)
• Ila Barker (Winnipeg, MB)
• In Search of Sasquatch (Calgary, AB)
• J. Hutton (Claremont, ON)
• Jake Hoot (Nashville, TN)
• Jared Daniel (Calgary, AB) J
• essica Pearson and the East Wind (Ottawa, ON)
• Jessie Gosling (Barrie, ON)
• Jessica Sevier (Toronto, ON)
• Jessie T (Kitchener, ON)
• Jimmy Robbins (Nashville, TN)
• Joey O’Neil (Dawson City, YT)
• Jordan Occasionally (Memphis, TN)
• Junko Daydream (London, ON)
• Justine Tyrell (Calgary, AB)
• K.U.$.H (Kids Under $pecial Herbs) (Eskasoni & Waycobah First Nations, NS) 
• Kaeyae Alo (Calgary, AB)
• Kasador (Kingston, ON)
• Kate Yahn (Vancouver, BC)
• Kevin Fernando (Toronto, ON)
• Keziaa (Brampton, ON)
• King Calaway (Nashville, TN)
• King of Foxes (Edmonton, AB)
• ings of our Kin (Toronto, ON)
• KT Laine (Montreal, QC)
• KYLO (Toronto, ON)
• Lemon Pistols (Maple, ON) Lenny Bull (Toronto, ON)
• LILIEAE (Cleveland, OH)
• Living Room for Small (Kitchener/Waterloo, ON)
• Lizzy Hardingham (St Albans, UK)
• Love Language (Montreal, QC)
• Lucid Smog Disorder (Toronto, ON)
• Luis Anselmi & Gratitud Band (Toronto, ON)
• Lunchmeat (Toronto, ON)
• Luxe (Toronto, ON)
• Lynn (Taipei City, Taiwan)
• Maddee (Toronto, ON)
• Maddisun (Cranbrook, BC)
• Maky Lavender (Montreal, QC)
• Mark and The Tiger (Pasadena, CA)
• Marriott (Ajax, ON)
• Marshall Veroni (Hamilton, ON)
• Matt Fasullo (Toronto, ON)
• Matt Storm (Vancouver, BC)
• Mattie Leon (Hamilton, ON)
• Maya Malkin (Toronto, ON)
• MBG (Toronto, ON)
• Mikey Jose (Vancouver, BC)
• Mindy Sins (Mississauga, ON)
• Missy D (Vancouver, BC)
• Mom Rock (Surrey, BC)
• monarch. (Brooklyn, NY)
• MonoNeon (Memphis, TN)
• Moondoggy (Toronto, ON)
• Moonriivr (Toronto, ON)
• Mordechai Mendoza (Toronto, ON)
• Moving City (Vancouver, BC)
• My Son The Doctor (Brooklyn, NY)
• Napoleon (Toronto, ON)
• Nattra (Newmarket, ON)
• Nature TV (Brighton/London, UK)
• Nederveen (Bristol, UK)
• Neela (Toronto, ON)
• Neighbour Andy (Winnipeg, MB)
• Neon Bloom (Toronto, ON)
• NERiMA (Oshawa, ON)
• New Friends (London, ON)
• Nickola Magnolia (Port Hope, ON)
• Nicole Ariana (Halifax, NS)
• Noah Derksen (Winnipeg, MB)
• Norby (London, ON)
• Nutrients (Toronto, ON)
• Odreii (Montreal, QC)
• Osyron (Calgary, AB)
• Paige Rutledge (Oakville, ON)
• Päter (Toronto, ON)
• Patrik Kabongo (Toronto, ON)
• Perfect Strangers (Brampton, ON)
• Pillow Fite (Halifax, NS)
• Platinum Moon (New York, NY)
• Pony Girl (Ottawa/Hull, ON)
• Present Company (Minneapolis, MN)
• Pryor Baird (Nashville, TN)
• QEMIST (Memphis, TN)
• Queens & Kings (Toronto, ON)
• Radium Moon (Montreal, QC)
• Rahael (Vancouver, BC)
• RAXX (Toronto, ON)
• Rip Pop Mutant (Montreal, ON)
• Ryan Langdon (Niagara, ON)
• Sadé Awele (Vancouver, BC)
• Salome Katrin (Reykjavík, Iceland / Stockholm, Sweden)
• Sam Drysdale (Toronto, ON)
• Savannah Taylor (Brampton, ON)
• Schedule 1 (Vancouver, BC)
• Shah Frank (Montreal, QC)
• Shann Aberdeen (Scarborough, ON)
• SHEBAD (Guelph, ON)
• Shiv and The Carvers (Toronto, ON)
• Sika Deva (Paris, France)
• Skip Waiters (Brampton, ON)
• Sleep Outside (Cardiff, Wales)
• Slightest Clue (Vancouver, BC)
• Smack Jive (Kitchener, ON)
• Sorry, Peach (Spartanburg, SC)
• Space Queen (Vancouver, BC)
• St.Arnaud (Edmonton, AB)
• Stephen Babcock (New York)
• Sunglaciers (Calgary, AB)
• Sunny Dee & The Flower Pedals (Toronto, ON)
• Sunset Arcade (Toronto, ON)
• Sunshine Makers (London, ON)
• SUNVOLUME (Chicago, IL)
• Tana (London, UK)
• TANGELA (Memphis, TN)
• Tasha Mac (Brampton, ON)
• Tay Jireh (Toronto, ON)
• TAYLR (Calgary, AB)
• Techno Westerns (Toronto, ON)
• Tessa B (Paris, France)
• The Band Ice Cream (Toronto, ON)
• The Boneheads (Mississauga, ON)
• The Codas (Kingston, ON)
• The Flamingos Pink (Vancouver, BC)
• The Garrys (Saskatoon, SK)
• The Get Alongs (Toronto, ON)
• The High Loves (Toronto, ON)
• The Holy Gamblers (Toronto, ON)
• The Lookout Service (Toronto, ON)
• The Meringues (Kingston, ON)
• The Motive (London, UK)
• The Pacifiers (Toronto, ON)
• The Pairs (London, ON)
• The People Versus (Oxford, UK)
• The Q-Tip Bandits (Boston, MA)
• The Sarandons (Toronto, ON)
• The Thick (Toronto, ON)
• Tiger Balme (Toronto, ON)
• Tommy Prine (Nashville, TN)
• Trudy (Montreal, ON)
• TRUSS (Cleveland, OH)
• Ty Wilson (Peterborough, ON)
• Velvet Rouge (Philadelphia, PA)
• Victory (Toronto, ON)
• Vikki Minor (Toronto, ON)
• Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys (Boston, MA)
• Wave Montega (Malton, ON)
• We Demand Parachutes (Boston, MA)
• Willy Nilly (Kingston, ON) Wonderstate (Minneapolis, MN)
• YASSiN & Sean Terrio (Oakville, ON)
• Yellow Magnolia (Aurora, ON)
• Zee (Toronto, ON) ZELA (Newcastle, UK)
• ZENON (Calgary, AB)
• Zeroscape (Toronto, ON)

For schedules and festival passes as well as single venue tickets, visit NXNE.com.