Silence CALendar

7:30pm
$10 - Buy tickets

Techno Westerns are nothing what their name would suggest; a four-piece indie pop band based out of Toronto, known for eighties inspired sounds and dreamy pop hooks. Expect one of the most intricate stage setups and performances you can catch from a band at this level. High energy, eye-catching and different from anything you've seen so far. You can catch Techno Westerns touring Ontario and Quebec this summer and fall.

Supporting acts include Antisocial Surf Club, Sundried Whales, and The Clarkies.

Techno Westerns: https://www.thehillstonerecords.com/technowesterns
Antisocial Surf Club: https://www.instagram.com/antisocial_surf_club
The Clarkies: https://www.instagram.com/the_clarkies

This workshop explores sound traveling through our bodies in movement, in stillness.
We are boundless.
Being sound - 
Vibration-
waves.

Facilitated by Marcela Echeverri and @theresa.kretsch

Registration: theresakretsch@gmail.com

PWYC suggestion $10 - $60

GAIN MEDIA PRESENTS SULLEN & CUTE LIVE AT SILENCE

wsg. Prison Break & Depression 500

• Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
• Silence (46 Essex St)
• Guelph, Ontario
• 7:00 pm Doors
• $12 Advance Ticket
• Accessible Venue
• All Ages & Licensed Event

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Pulling at Seams is an interdisciplinary night of new artistic works and will the include the screenings of a short film and music video, live music and performance art. The project is a collaboration between the experimental rock band "Parade" and "Animacy Theatre Collective".
Doors at 7:30
$20 or PWYC

//Land Hunger//
Land Hunger is a feminist, clown eco-satire of settler colonial nation-state building. Playing with the genre of early 20th-century silent films, it looks at the ways that gendered histories of domestication in Canada were foundational for colonization and are still viscerally haunting the present.

//Pulling at the Seams Music Video//
The focal point of the collaboration, Pulling at the Seams was shot recently in June and prominently features masks designed by Alexandra Simpson (Animacy). The song is about feeling helpless in the face of the oppressive forces of capitalism and the struggle to turn that feeling of helplessness into a will to fight for a better world.

//Parade//
Parade is an experimental pop-rock trio based out of Toronto, Ontario and featuring Stefan Hegerat (Drums, compositions), Chris Pruden (Synthesizers) and Laura Swankey (Voice, electronics). Drawing on their diverse backgrounds in jazz, classical, and electronic music, the trio pushes the boundaries of genre and form by blurring the lines between improvisation and composition.
https://paradetoronto.bandcamp.com/album/pull-at-the-seams

//Animacy Theatre Collective//
Animacy Theatre Collective is a five time Dora nominated and Dora award winning theatre company based in Toronto. Animacy is the work of the physical theatre duo Morgan Brie Johnson and Alexandra Simpson and is focused on the creation of original, experimental and interdisciplinary theatre works. We tell intersectional feminist stories that use humor and physical storytelling to raise social awareness and create characters who slither across pre-existing borders (human, nonhuman, gender, sexuality).
http://animacytheatrecollective.com/

Doors 7:30pm
Show 8pm
$20/PWYC - BUY TICKETS

Taylor Simpson
Indie Rock Artist from Toronto, Ontario
https://linktr.ee/taylorsimpsonmusic

Kicksie
Emo Pop Rock artist from Toronto, Ontario
https://linktr.ee/kicksie

The Last Armada
Rock band from Guelph
https://www.thelastarmada.com/

Animal Boy
Rock band from Guelph
https://anxiousanimals.bandcamp.com/

Doors 7:30pm

Show 8pm

$15 - BUY TICKETS

playingwithfire:
playingwithfire is an alt rock duo with a focus on creating music that blurs the lines between a wide range of influences. From the depth and energy of electro-rock, down to the melodic edge of post-punk, there are no rules. The Canadian outfit consists of Brandon Roussell and Campbell Coleman, who joined forces to create a melodically striking sonic formula that still retains plenty of energy.

Freddie Freeloader:
Freddie Freeloader is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in the Greater Toronto Area. Performing at numerous venues across Toronto. Including headline shows at Rivoli and The Horseshoe Tavern. 
With seven singles and two EPs in his discography. One can expect a new single or larger body of work; semi-annually.

Jessie Vickery:
Jessie Vickery is a singer/songwriter from Waterloo, Ontario. Jessie is signed to Sonar Records in Toronto, ON. She released her first song in 2020 and since Jessie has been consistently writing, releasing music and performing at small events. Jessie’s sound is incredibly unique, described as indie/pop, pulling influence from modern artists such as Clairo, Lennon Stella, Phoebe Bridgers, Holly Humberstone and Julia Michaels. She isn’t afraid to push her boundaries and experiment with sounds outside her comfort zone.

Come on down to Silence for the first night of a new series - the open Jazz Jam!

Bring your own instrument or come out to enjoy the tunes - Piano, Upright Bass, Drums and PA provided.

7PM - 10PM

PWYC Donation to play/watch

Audiopollination Guelph is a monthly music and arts event featuring ad hoc trios
performing freely improvised creative music. All ages, skill levels, backgrounds, and
artistic disciplines are welcome, including visual artists and dancers. This is a space to
1 Note that each workshop description contains specifics about the age group for whom
the workshop is intended.

experiment and discover new sound-making and artistic methods. Audiopollination
Guelph is also devoted to being identity-affirming space for all people, please come as
you are and/or as you desire to be! Sets will be approximately 20-30 minutes. 
Please only sign up for one spot to give as many artists a chance to perform as
possible.
There will be no cost to perform, and all money collected at the door will be split
between performers! We have access to microphones, a piano, a drum-set, and
bass/guitar amps in the venue, but otherwise please try to bring your own equipment to
the event. If you do need additional equipment for your performance, please contact
Emjay Wright at the email address below and we will attempt to accommodate using
Silence’s in-house equipment and backline.
When you sign up for a slot, please send an email
to audiopollinationguelph@gmail.com to confirm!

• DREAD ROCKS OR MUSIC/ART/FEAR: AN APPREHENSION ENGINE WORKSHOP
1:00-4:30PM
(Tony Duggan-Smith co-facilitated by Lewis Melville and Christine Mills)
The workshop will begin with a brief introduction to the origin and usage of
Apprehension Engines in Film, Video Games, and popular music. Participants can listen
and engage in the conversation but are also invited to bring along sound/noise
generators of their own design (or unfamiliar to others) so that we can exit the
hypothetical and explore different sounds collectively in the space before we all leave.
Those interested will get the chance to check out the instruments right after the core
workshop wraps up and this will be a full hands-on interactive experience of the
Apprehension Engine for all those in attendance.
A reminder that Silence was the first venue globally to host the Apprehension Engine in
a live ensemble performance context and to document this in a Barcode Free Music
recording entitled The Murmuring.

for babies and toddlers with caregivers facilitated by Cathy Nosaty
Sing, dance, tap and clap along with Cathy in this participatory workshop that explores
and celebrates the day through melody, rhythm, and creative play!

• KNOCK (quartet featuring Kathryn Ladano, Morgan Lovell, Gregory Turner, and Max
Lindsay) (SET 1)
• NEW LIGHT ENSEMBLE (trio featuring Matt Endahl, Nick Fraser, and Kathryn
Ladano) (SET 2)

For children ages 6-9. Facilitated by Cathy Nosaty
Ever think about how music makes you feel?
About how music makes you want to move?
In this participatory workshop, music and sound will be our guide as we use our
imaginations to make our own movements and melodies!

Doors @ 7:30 PM

The Dwindles
Innes Wilson's Freightliner
The North Coast Band

$15/pwyc