The Larks!

Saturday • 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | On the Street

The Larks are a fantastic, friendly group of women who love to sing! They meet on a Monday evening at Alberta Avenue Community League and are all about the fun and the community! No audition is required and anyone who identifies as a woman can join, no experience necessary! The choir have only been singing together for a year but are already making an awesome sound and are super excited to share that sound with the Kaleido Festival goers!

Socials
Facebook: The Larks!

The Ukeclectics

Saturday • 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | On the Street
Sunday • 1:30 - 2:15 pm | On the Street

The Ukeclectics are a group of music lovers who gather with ukuleles and a cajon to make music and FUN! They play a selection of greatest hits across the decades. Singing along and dancing is encouraged! The desired audience experience is FUN! The Ukecletics have a good time and so does the audience. They have been donating their performances at Kaleido and other community organizations to do their part to help the community and spread cheer.

Socials
Website: http://www.Ukeclectics.ca
Facebook: Ukeclectics
Insta: @ukleclectics

Punjabi Folk Dance Academy

Saturday • 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm | Main Stage (119 Ave & 93 St in the Grassy Field)
Saturday • 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm & 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm | On the Street

The most popular and well established folk dance academy and the creation of Mr. Gursewak Singh Sidhu was created to promote and preserve the punjabi culture and dance. He is a 2 time gold medalist in the event of Individual folk dance Competition of World Level, organized by Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Llangollen, Wales U.K. in July 2004 & July 2006.Gursewak Singh Sidhu earned the privilege to judge the top bhangra competitions in America,Canada and India like Jashan Bhangra in 2011 and 2012, and Motor City Bhangra in 2015 and 2016. Gursewak Sidhu is working in this field from last 24 years.

The Misery Mountain Boys

Friday • 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | The Alley (93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118))

The Misery Mountain Boys are a 4 piece band including guitar, upright bass, clarinet, saxophone, and drums (brushes), playing original music inspired by the 1930/40's era of swing and jump blues. You might hear the tunes of the Misery Mountain Boys drifting from behind a rotating bookcase of a 1930’s speakeasy. Harkening back to a simpler time, the MMB’s create a collaborative soundscape infused with tongue in cheek wit, playfulness, and nostalgia. The band’s performance delivers as both classic and fresh, offering a generous variety of sweaty jazz numbers, velvety love songs, and swingin' jump-blues.

Socials
Website: https://miserymountainboys.com/
Instagram: @miserymountainboys
Facebook: miserymountainboys
Youtube: The Misery Mountain Boys
Bandcamp: https://miserymountainboys.bandcamp.com/album/full-moon-shuffle

Chic Chameleon

Saturday • 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm | The Alley ( 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118))
Sunday • 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm | The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse (9351 - 118 Ave)

Patrick Froese is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Edmonton, Alberta, who grew up on a family farm in the vast Canadian prairies. Since 2019, Patrick has been working on his project -- Chic Chameleon. Drawing on his life experiences on the prairie farm, the Chic Chameleon project has helped to express Patrick’s musical and melancholic consciousness. Specifically, Patrick draws melodic inspiration from both Dream-pop and Shoegaze genres; he uses lush reverbs, mirrored delays, and syrupy chorus tones to shade his aural textures. Currently, Patrick is in the midst of releasing a debut, full length album and gearing up for an tour in September, 2024. The third single for the album, “Shade Your Way” was released July 19, 2024.

Socials
Website: https://www.chicchameleon.com
Instagram: chicchameleon
Facebook: ChicChameleon
Twitter: ChicChameleon
Youtube: Chic Chameleon
Tik Tok: chicchameleon

Lori Reid

Friday • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts (9225 - 118 Ave)

In service to the sacred sound, Lori Reid believes music, the really good stuff, is to be felt rather than heard.

With her 2003 recording debut RADIO, Reid channeled the waves of emotion, frequency and genres coming from the AM/FM dial.

With the fates, Reid (along with co-founders Jenny Allen and Lin Elder) traveled Canada with 2 cross country tours and 3 albums (Till We Have Faces, slam, Therapy), spanning 20 years as a group, with 2008’s Therapy hitting the #2 spot on the CKUA top 100 of 2008.

2012 saw Reid collaborate with Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, The Band, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) on her second solo release, Temperance Hotel. Featuring Linden on multi instruments and scoring and production duties, fellow fate Lin Elder, Willie Nelson's harmonica collaborator, Mickey Rapheal, and Nashville master craftsmen, Bryan Owings and Dave Roe. Temperance Hotel peaked at #5 on the Roots Report and received National airplay on public, commercial and satellite radio.

Most recently, Reid has been finding comfort in the roots of popular music and the origins of folk with fellow songwriter, Heather Jean Jordan. Their multi-genre, time bending duo, The Evangelines, blending the light and shadows of the folk music landscape, is based out of Banff, AB.

Presently, Lori Reid is in "the elements"…her next collaboration with Colin Linden, featuring The rotting Matadors (John Dymond, Gary Craig, Ken Pearson).

Due for release in 2024, this latest production, the 3rd solo release from Reid, is a testament to living true to our nature.

Zack Lim

Saturday • 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | The Nina Gallery (9225 118 Ave)

Sunday • 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm | The Nina Gallery (9225 118 Ave)

Zack grew up in Sherwood Park, playing (and practicing!) piano since the age of 5. Classically trained in Royal Conservatory, he often participated in the Sherwood Park music festivals and was an active leader in his high school band program. Currently, he is studying jazz at MacEwan University as a composition major, and enjoys listening to a wide variety of genres from jazz and classical all the way to J-rock and alternative. When not studying, Zack teaches at the Sherwood Park School of Music in hopes to develop his student’s skills so they can learn the joy of music!

Socials
Insta: @zack.lim

Audrey Ochoa

Saturday • 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | The Alley (93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118))

Audrey Ochoa is one of Edmonton’s most prolific trombone players, playing Jazz, Rock, Pop, Latin, Punk, Ska and whatever other genre will have her. Audrey released her debut album in 2014, “Trombone and Other Delights” which spent several consecutive months on the !Earshot! Jazz Charts, eventually earning the #5 spot on the annual top 10 for 2014. She released her second album ”Afterthought” with her trio in 2017.

Socials
Website: https://audreyochoa.ca/