Headliner Alvvays, as well as acts Stars, Rhye, Cœur de pirate, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Charlotte Cardin and Exco Levi will be on the Mainstage.

q stage returns with performers Peach Pit, Hubert Lenoir, The Courtneys, Emmanuel Jal and the 2019 CBC Searchlight winner Shopé.

New this year will be the JUNO 365 stage featuring award nominees across many genres including Elisapie, Nuela Charles, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar and JUNO Award winner Laila Biali.

The popular family -friendly CBC Kids Zone is back to offer up kiddies hands on activities, crafts and entertainment all day long.

Tickets go on sale to the public on April 12 at 10 am. Two kiddies 12 years old and under get in free with any adult ticket holder.

For more info visit cbcmusic.ca/festival.

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Over the past decade or so, listeners have changed the way they listen to music whether it’s through iPods, satellite or streaming. CBC has always been an advocate of arguably the best method of hearing music, via live performances.

The festival originated because of the need to tighten up the bond between the CBC’s listeners and the CBC’s website, specifically their streaming and radio services. The list of CBC Music Festival performers since it’s 2013 inception have either broken on CBC radio or have had massive support from the station over the years. The line up this year was diverse, ranging from indie to pop to hip hop to rock, with something for fans of all musical tastes.

Several performances stood out, the main one being the headlining set by your friends and ours, Hey Rosetta! Introduced by CBC Radio 2’s Tom Power, the band swooned with their mix of up-tempo and slow ballads that kept the crowd on a rollercoaster of emotions. A particularly memorable tune was when they performed The Hips’s Ahead by a Century as an ode to Gord Downie, who recently got diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Later in the set, Hey Rosetta sang their hit song Red Heart which had the CBC Music fans singing “Oooohs” back and forth under the direction of lead singer Tim Baker. The band and fan interaction made it a memorable show.

Other highlights included sets by The New Pornographers, Alvvays, Tokyo Police Club, Whitehorse, Tanya Tagaq, Maestro, Zaki Ibrahim, The Franklin Electric and a DJ set by Rich Terfry aka Buck 65 and the 2016 CBC Searchlight winner Desirée Dawson. Check out some photos.

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