Late night adventures
The party doesn’t stop when the sun goes down at Up Here. Heck no. That’s when some parties are just getting started! Grab a coffee and check out our full line-up of late night shows happening this year, at the infamous Townehouse Tavern and elsewhere!
Friday
Ellemetue & Lee Paradise
The Townehouse Tavern, 11:30 p.m.–2:00 a.m.
Nunu Métal discovered her penchant for music at an early age, during a Christmas party. Mingo L’Indien (Les Georges Leningrad, Les Breastfeeders) began working with sounds in his early teens.After crossing La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve, the two founded Ellemetue, which draws its inspiration from an intriguing blend of electro-experimental rock music and poetry.
Toronto’s Lee Paradise dances to the beat of nowhere. Fusing dark electronic grooves with live instrumentation, the songs of The Fink are both a warning against our impending demise and a head-nodding soundtrack for the post-apocalypse.
Saturday
Obuxum & LaFHomme
Place des Arts, Le Studio, 11:30 p.m.–2:00 a.m.
Toronto based, Somali-Canadian producer and beatmaker OBUXUM’s lush and characteristic sound celebrates storytelling. Her performances surge forth, reclaiming Black freedom and histories that shaped electronic and dance music.
LaFHomme is a Montreal-based DJ and sound artist who uses their craft as a spiritual practice. You can catch them on the dancefloor cooking mixes you didn't know your soul was hungry for.
Peach Pact & Absolutely Free
The Townehouse Tavern, 12:00 a.m.–2:15 a.m.
Born in a North Bay basement, doused in champagne and vegan birthday cake, Peach Pact is Riot Grrrl meets Palm Springs sunset. Wedged somewhere between psych and garage rock with a healthy dose of fuzz, category is: queer femme fun.
Absolutely Free has cultivated a decade-long reputation for their unorthodox approach. They’re a a study of the dwindling physicality of our increasingly digitized existence, as the band explores narratives of hegemony, grief, and exploitation, while ultimately sustaining hope for an unknown post-everything future.
Emilio Portal/Chill Out Set
Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, 2:30–3:15 a.m.
Emilio Portal's practice merges analog and digital, rhythm and chaos, composition and improvisation, to manifest a mixed identity tinged with vulnerability. Nourished by sound samples captured in the field, his music develops over time and reveals influences from the funk, jazz, and fusion of the ’70s to the hip-hop of the ’90s.
Sunday
Tommy and the Commies & Quintron and Miss Pussycat
The Townehouse Tavern, 10:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m.
If all the greats of power pop got together and raised a boy-child, the result would be Tommy. Tommy and the Commies’ hooligan pop is one of the top local exports. Just back from a European tour, these boys aren’t just “Sudbury famous.”
Quintron and Miss Pussycat have been making genre-defying noise and hard rocking dance music—drenched in the psychedelic sweat of a bayou house party filtered through a vintage Hammond B-3, technicolor puppets, and a battalion of distorted, homemade instruments—for over 20 years. The experience is one of barely controlled electronic chaos; this ain’t your kids’ puppet show.
