2020 Artists

JB the First Lady – 2020
Jerilynn Webster, aka JB the First Lady, is a member of the Nuxalk & Onondaga Nations. She is a Vancouver-based hip hop and spoken word artist, beat-boxer, cultural dancer and youth educator. (more…)

Lorelai Williams and Butterflies in Spirit – 2020
Butterflies in Spirit: Dance, Healing, & MMIWG builds on the years of community healing work Lorelei Williams has done with her dance group, Butterflies in Spirit. (more…)

Keliya – 2020
Keliya worked in the arts as an activist and hip hop artist for over ten years (more…)

Julie Bull – 2020
Julie Bull is Inuk from NunatuKavut, and currently lives on Epekwitk (PEI). (more…)

Jason Camp & The Posers – 2020
Jason Camp and The Posers plays what has been dubbed Post-Colonial Rage Rock. The band consists of three Haida madmen: (more…)

Edzi’u – 2020
Edzi’u is a 2S Tahltan and inland Tlingit sound artist, songwriter, composer. (more…)

Salt Water Hank – 2020
A member of the Gitga’at community, Tsimshian folk artist Saltwater Hank resurrects stories of the land, loss and absurd circumstance and shines them through a sepia lens, witnessing ageless characters with hearts and lives on the line. (more…)

Ostwelve – 2020
Emcee Ron Dean Harris aka Ostwelve, is a Stō:lo/St’át’imc/Nlaka’pamux multimedia artist based in Vancouver, BC. As hip-hop artist Ostwelve, he has performed in numerous festivals and has opened for acts such as Guru, K’naan, and Snoop Dogg (more…)

HUJUNE – 2020
Nenachailya. From the Dakelh Nation, we express gratitude to the Lakepm? and the organizers for engaging Indigenous nations in celebration, regenerating customs of sharing through our songs, our art, our ceremony. (more…)

Madelaine McCallum – 2020
MADELAINE MCCALLUM is a dancer originally from Ile a la Crosse, Saskatchewan.

Ecko Aleck – 2020
Ecko Aleck is from the Nlakapa’mux Nation and raised with the Shishalh Nation. She has a lifetime background of culture, ceremonies, singing and dancing from Interior Salish and Coast Salish territories. (more…)

NIMKISH – 2020
NIMKISH is a Kwakwaka’wakw/Cree singer/songwriter based in Vancouver. She writes from a personal place of the trials of love and heartbreak. Her sound is a smooth blend of Pop and Future Bass with hints of layered R&B production. (more…)