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10TH ANNUAL DOYLEFEST SEPT 6th - 8th, 2024
LINEUP AND TICKETS
Please note, the sites in the main campground are SOLD OUT, but there is non-electric overflow camping available. Overflow is first come first serve, non-electrical, $18/night and can only be booked in person onsite.
Join us for the 10th anniversary of Doylefest, a family-friendly music festival at Eagle Creek Regional Park, near Saskatoon, SK, celebrating a decade of music, fun, and community, while supporting the Community Arts Mentorship Program
Weekend passes do not include camping or Regional Park Day Pass.
Regional Park Day Passes are $10/day and can be purchased at the gate with cash or debit. You can also pick up a free 7 day Regional Park Pass from any library in Saskatoon with the Park Pass Lending Program for free. All you need is a valid library card.
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Tickets:
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Adult Day Pass: $30
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Adult Full Weekend Pass: $50
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18 and under are free
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Main Stage Hours:
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Friday: 6 pm – 10 pm
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Saturday: 10:30 am – 10 pm
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Sunday: 10:30 am – 3 pm (Free by donation)
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Indoor Cabaret and Beer Gardens
(19+ only):-
Friday: 10:30 pm - 1:00 am
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Saturday: 10:30 pm - 1:00 am
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2024 LINEUP
ARTIE BALKWILL | BANASTRONAUT | BIG TONES | BLACKSTRAP MOUNTAINEERS | BLUESTACK | BTHEGHOST | CALEDONIA DONAHUE | CHRISTOPHER & THE SAINTS | CLAYTON LINTHICUM | CUPID'S HEART | ELISE KUTERBACH | ELIZA MARY DOYLE | EMMETT HALL | GLASS HAND FAMILY BAND | HEARTSTRINGS | JULIE ELLA | LJ | LOULA BRUCE | MY ARTISTREE AND BAND | MR DUMPTRUCK | OSCAR’S HOLLOW | RAVEN REID | SAMMII | SHARPTAIL | TALYNN JOAN | THE BANSHEES | THE BLUE MULES | THE SEAHAGS | TUBBMAN JUNCTION | ZHE THE FREE
FRIDAY CABARET
KORY ISTACE VS THE TIME PIRATES
THE GREAT FUSS
SATURDAY CABARET
OLD JOE AND THE TRUTH HURTS
CHESTERFIELD
ARTIE BALKWILL
Artie Balkwill is a songwriter with a rhythm and blues heart that bridges traditional and indie influences. The music he writes is rooted in the soil of Saskatchewan and nurtured by worldly travels. The authenticity in his soulful melodies is evident in the stories of adventure that have pulled him away, and the pieces of home that have kept him coming back.
BANASTRONAUT
Banastronaut is a four piece alt rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Formed after the pandemic with a slew of songs piled up, the four friends started playing music together in late 2021. The members had previously shared bands in different iterations, but this is the first lineup to feature all four, who originally met at high school.
BIG TONES
Anthony Pasqua aka Big Tones is an Indigenous Recording Artist born in Surrey, BC. He grew up in Regina, SK and has heavy ancestral ties to Treaty 4 Territory coming from Pasqua First Nation #79 & George Gordon First Nation #84. Breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma, Big Tones uses music as an outlet, finding therapeutic release in storytelling through songwriting. Big Tones is a versatile artist, captivating performer and artist mentor. With a focus on old school hip hop sound, his powerful and soothing voice with intricate flows keeps listeners intrigued lyric after lyric. Big Tones shares his personal experience and offers perspectives on life through the eyes of Indigenous peoples. He moves audiences with his strong stage presence and masterful command of the mic. Big Tones uses hip hop as a vessel to communicate aspects of pain and trauma, moving through to healing, celebration and taking back pride through culture. Big Tones has worked as an artist mentor with the Community Arts Mentorship Program, Paved Arts, Creative City Centre Regina and at Kilburn Hall. He appreciates the opportunity to encourage youth voices.
BLACKSTRAP MOUNTAINEERS
BLUESTACK
BlueStack was founded by Shane Stack - a singer/songwriter born and raised in Asquith Sask. BlueStack performs originals as well as classic rock, folk, country, and blues covers.
BTHEGHOST
Hailing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, BTHEGHOST is a dedicated solo artist who has been creating music for the past four years. He takes pride in personally handling his own recording, mixing, and mastering, enjoying being able to put his own unique flare on every single song he makes. BTHEGHOST's musical style is diverse, encompassing a range from soulful R&B ballads to high-energy hip hop tracks that showcase his versatility. Known for his strong work ethic and meticulous attention to detail, BTHEGHOST remains focused on honing his craft and making an impact on the music scene with his authentic and evolving sound.
CALEDONIA DONAHUE
Christian, Musician and Artist
CHESTERFIELD
Iconic harmonies and snappy quips! Endearing as they are endeavoring in their musicality, Chesterfield masterfully pulls and pries all kinds of weird and wonderful out of their sound. Chesterfield draws its influence from a large well of inspiration, weaving elements of blues, surf, post-punk, and outlaw to build on an eclectic foundation of psychedelic rock and roll. Hailing from Saskatoon, the members of Chesterfield developed instant synergy, and they have already begun to cement themselves as the top genre-hopping band in the Saskatchewan music scene. They have amassed a large repertoire of memorable toe-tapping original material, drawing complexity and depth out of their honest and simplistic approach to songwriting. Their live experience is a deluge of 3 part-harmonies, catchy hooks and driving guitars, all painted onto a canvas of groovy, yet accessible rhythms that will keep you glued to the dancefloor. Their studio album Synthetic Fingers is now available on all platforms.
CHRISTOPHER & THE SAINTS
Christopher & the Saints are a folk rock band from Treaty 6 Territory. They have a cosmic blend of classic jam rock and traditional folk. A friend once described the group as “pink Floyd with cowboy boots”.
CLAYTON LINTHICUM
Clayton Linthicum is a guitar player and singer living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was
introduced to folk music at a young age when he attended the Emma Lake Fiddle Camp .
Since then, Clayton has spent his musical life absorbing influence from country blues
guitarists, old time fiddlers, ballad singers and other traditional musicians.
Following the path of players like Martin Carthy, Doc Watson, and his mentor Freddie
Pelletier, Clayton has devoted much of his recent practice to adapting fiddle tunes for the
guitar. As a member of the duo Kacy & Clayton, Clayton has performed on CBC Radio’s Q,
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, BBC Radio’s Cerys Matthews Show and appeared at such festivals
as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, MerleFest, Pickathon, and Wilco’s Solid Sound
Festival. Kacy & Clayton have released 6 albums, receiving nominations for both the Juno
Awards and the Polaris Music Prize.
introduced to folk music at a young age when he attended the Emma Lake Fiddle Camp .
Since then, Clayton has spent his musical life absorbing influence from country blues
guitarists, old time fiddlers, ballad singers and other traditional musicians.
Following the path of players like Martin Carthy, Doc Watson, and his mentor Freddie
Pelletier, Clayton has devoted much of his recent practice to adapting fiddle tunes for the
guitar. As a member of the duo Kacy & Clayton, Clayton has performed on CBC Radio’s Q,
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, BBC Radio’s Cerys Matthews Show and appeared at such festivals
as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, MerleFest, Pickathon, and Wilco’s Solid Sound
Festival. Kacy & Clayton have released 6 albums, receiving nominations for both the Juno
Awards and the Polaris Music Prize.
CUPID'S HEART
Cupid’s Heart is your new favourite Prince Albert power trio belting poetic and moody lyrics amidst cello, electric guitar, and drums. Described as Chrissie Hynde Pretenders vibes with a pinch of Nirvana, alternative rock fits them like a baggy sweater. An electrifying stage presence and grungy realness sets this band apart.
ELISE KUTERBACH
Elise is a singer songwriter based in Saskatoon, with styles ranging revolving around indie, jazz, and rock. She is currently working on her first EP of jammy, moody tunes, and enjoys playing for pubs, cafes, and festivals in Saskatoon. Influences include Jeff Buckley, Amy Winehouse, and Emmylou Harris.
ELIZA MARY DOYLE
Bright, feisty, and fierce, this banjo playin’ troubadour of exceptional talent and vision has been gracing stages around the world for the past 20 years with her spontaneous and contagious energy. She is a Juno and International Award winning artist who, together with her band can be described as “sweet as honey and raw as hide”. Her past discography goes back to 2003, and since then, she's recorded on 23 albums, toured Canada, the US, Europe and the UK extensively, and crafted her musicianship to rise in excellence as a leader in this province as a banjo player, performer, teacher and songwriter. Recently she has developed important programming for Saskatchewan's under-served and remote communities. Along with co-founder Holly Yuzicapi, CAMP (Community Arts Mentorship Program) is strengthening communities through music and arts mentorship. Currently, Doyle spends her time between the north and Nashville, and is continually working on new music and inspiring those around her.
EMMETT HALL
A group of high school friends with JUST enough talent came together to form the Swift Current-based folksy-jazzy-funky band Emmett Hall in 2008. Since then, Eric (vocals/rhythm guitar), Michelle (sax/keys), Dustin (bass), and Mike (drums) have honed their craft on stages near and narrow around Saskatchewan. In 2016, Emmett Hall scraped together enough bottle money to record their first and only self titled 5 song EP. Through life’s milestones, including marriage, babies, and being geographically separated, Emmett Hall has maintained their creative relationship. Emmett Hall played the inaugural Doyle Fest in 2014 and is ecstatic about performing at the 10th anniversary of the festival this year.
GLASS HAND FAMILY BAND
The Family Ranch Community Outreach Program proudly presents to you its family band. A coalition of musicians from other local musical acts that have formed together to prove that music is thicker than blood.
HEARTSTRINGS
Heartstrings albums are convincing and enjoyable. All the musicians are highly skilled, Nygren's voice remains a beautiful siren song that has the power to make you stop what you're doing and stare at your speakers, and The Heartstrings are clearly in their element while creating their trademark rootsy sound.' Planet S Mag. 5 piece super-alt-country-roots group, Heartstrings consist of some of Saskatoon's greatest bands, including members of The Cracker Cats, The Deep Dark Woods, and Old Joe and The Truth Hurts. Featuring guitar, upright bass, banjo, pedal steel, percussion, and vocals with beautiful female and male harmonies. Collectively, they have played hundreds of shows and festivals across Canada and Europe. The Heartstrings are fronted by Melissa Nygren and Eliza Doyle. The combination of Melissa's classic sweet vocal's, trade-mark guitar style and Eliza's impressive banjo picking and stage presence will leave you wanting more. These intelligent and experienced prairie songstresses have never hesitated to spread their music to audiences in a journey that's taken them from the back porch to big stages in more than a decade of writing, performing and collaborating. Since it's release on Sept. 6, 2007, the Heartstrings first full-length album has gained much deserved popularity. This collection of upbeat country tunes and dramatic eerie ballads is a colourful display of Melissa Nygren's original creations. "These heart-warming, nostalgic, and organic gems will take you forward and back in time." Their second album (2009), In A Land Far Away That Is Fair, is a great landscape of rolling harmonies, and powerful lyrics combined with intertwined melodies. There are several messages within the songs. Some about life on the prairies and others about the environmental and other issues our world is now facing. Both of these albums are essential to any roots lover's collection. An organic brand of alt-country-roots music is what the Heartstrings deliver. Whether you are listening to the albums or catching their live shows, be prepared to have your heart warmed and your imagination enlightened.
JULIE ELLA
Julie Ella is a folk singer songwriter from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was raised in rural Saskatchewan and has been song writing, playing guitar and singing since she was 15 years old. She started her music career in rural Saskatchewan playing in her hometown and surrounding area. She currently resides and performs in Saskatoon and area, doing both solo shows with her acoustic guitar and full band shows with her backing band. She started this summer off by performing with her backing band at All Folk'd Up Music Festival in Montmartre, SK.
KORY ISTACE VS THE TIME PIRATES
You know us. You love us.
LJ
Just a simple guy from PA
LOULA BRUCE
Where South Louisiana meets the Land of the Living Skies, you will find LouLa Bruce, a singer songwriter whose lyrics depict an emotional landscape as textured and varied as the places they call home.
MR DUMPTRUCK AND MR DARRYL
Still kicking still pickin’
MY ARTISTREE AND BAND
Christine started writing music when she was seven years old, with her first solo on-stage performance at Christmas that same year. Song writing is the one thing she does that she tells people is a part of “who” she is, it’s like breathing. Teaching is a close second, driven by an obsession for music and what it can do. Her formal education was through a private school from K-12, with a heavy focus on intense personal development and training within the arts. She took voice and piano lessons from ten until eighteen years old, studied a variety of art styles in her youth, and was afforded unique opportunities to innovate with music at nineteen that have continued through to present day. Her intense post-secondary education established a solid foundation in music history, theory, conducting, song writing, teaching, music composition, sound technology, and sound engineering.
Old Joe and the Truth Hurts
We've been smashing every kind of rock, pop, and folk music into one for 20 years!
OSCAR'S HOLLOW
Oscar’s Hollow is a Saskatoon-based rock band formed in 2016. With songs that blend first-person storytelling with the frankness of a good confession,
the group’s music evokes comparisons to outfits like The Band or Blue Rodeo the way a yellow 1974 F150 might remind you of the late-summer sun on the prairies.
The band's current lineup consists of Kris Mihilewicz playing guitar, Byron Shaw on bass, Kurt Burnett on the drums and Darryl Dozlaw playing mostly keys. Lead vocal duties are shared between Mihilewicz and Dozlaw, with everyone contributing background vocals.
Having self-produced two EP’s: Oscar’s Hollow (2018) and Now Playing (2019), the band is in the studio recording a full-length album due in 2024. With 6 years playing shows and festivals in venues large and small, Oscar’s Hollow is a premier live band, and not to be missed! Keep your eyes peeled for 2024 tour and festival dates...
the group’s music evokes comparisons to outfits like The Band or Blue Rodeo the way a yellow 1974 F150 might remind you of the late-summer sun on the prairies.
The band's current lineup consists of Kris Mihilewicz playing guitar, Byron Shaw on bass, Kurt Burnett on the drums and Darryl Dozlaw playing mostly keys. Lead vocal duties are shared between Mihilewicz and Dozlaw, with everyone contributing background vocals.
Having self-produced two EP’s: Oscar’s Hollow (2018) and Now Playing (2019), the band is in the studio recording a full-length album due in 2024. With 6 years playing shows and festivals in venues large and small, Oscar’s Hollow is a premier live band, and not to be missed! Keep your eyes peeled for 2024 tour and festival dates...
RAVEN REID
Indigenous folk singer songwriter Raven Reid was born in Yellowknife, NWT with
genealogical ties to Mikisew First Nation, Alberta. She started writing short stories at the
age of 6 and taught herself how to play the guitar in later years. As a self-taught
musician, turning her poems and short stories into music was a natural progression into
becoming the performer that she is today.
Influenced by times of oppression and racism towards Indigenous people who were
displaced as children by the Canadian Government, her music reflects with raw emotion,
the very real experiences she has had in her life with love, hate, depression, happiness
and growing up away from her biological family and community as part of the 60’s
Scoop. Raven also sings about the generational trauma that many Indigenous families
must battle with following policies implemented by the Government to assimilate the
Indigenous people of Canada.
After growing up in Prince Albert, SK with her adoptive family, Raven now lives in
Saskatoon, SK with her two children, Elias and Willow. As a full-time performer, she has
travelled to various music festivals in her home province such as Ness Creek, Dog Patch
Music Festival, Doylefest, Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival, and more to share her
stories through song. Raven is also an accomplished public speaker and has been
invited to share her life experiences with schools, women’s summits, and sixties scoop
survivor conventions.
Raven was recently signed with record label Merilainen Music Inc. and travelled to
Toronto to record her upcoming EP Changes with 8 of her original songs with producer
and fellow musician, Marc Merilainen to be released in spring of 2024.
“I believe that adversity can make us stronger and teach us lessons. I also believe that
we are all here for a purpose and everything happens for a reason. I want to encourage
you to find yours. Many Blessings!” - Raven Reid
genealogical ties to Mikisew First Nation, Alberta. She started writing short stories at the
age of 6 and taught herself how to play the guitar in later years. As a self-taught
musician, turning her poems and short stories into music was a natural progression into
becoming the performer that she is today.
Influenced by times of oppression and racism towards Indigenous people who were
displaced as children by the Canadian Government, her music reflects with raw emotion,
the very real experiences she has had in her life with love, hate, depression, happiness
and growing up away from her biological family and community as part of the 60’s
Scoop. Raven also sings about the generational trauma that many Indigenous families
must battle with following policies implemented by the Government to assimilate the
Indigenous people of Canada.
After growing up in Prince Albert, SK with her adoptive family, Raven now lives in
Saskatoon, SK with her two children, Elias and Willow. As a full-time performer, she has
travelled to various music festivals in her home province such as Ness Creek, Dog Patch
Music Festival, Doylefest, Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival, and more to share her
stories through song. Raven is also an accomplished public speaker and has been
invited to share her life experiences with schools, women’s summits, and sixties scoop
survivor conventions.
Raven was recently signed with record label Merilainen Music Inc. and travelled to
Toronto to record her upcoming EP Changes with 8 of her original songs with producer
and fellow musician, Marc Merilainen to be released in spring of 2024.
“I believe that adversity can make us stronger and teach us lessons. I also believe that
we are all here for a purpose and everything happens for a reason. I want to encourage
you to find yours. Many Blessings!” - Raven Reid
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