Erika will be performing a casual, solo set at Martello on Brock as part of downtown Kingston’s An Artsy Afternoon festivities. Come say hi, and enjoy musical accompaniment while perusing the artworks in the space.

Come party at BLUMartini to celebrate the album release of Kingston's very own folk-rock songstress, Erika Lamon!

About this event

Come party at BLUMartini to celebrate the release of Erika Lamon’s first album, Hues! Joined on-stage by Max Nolet (guitar, keys), Alexander Tikhnenko (bass), and Justin André (drums), Erika is pleased to present her new folk-rock ethos alongside old favourite tunes. Songsmith Michael C. Duguay will be kicking off the evening, joined onstage by his friend and collaborator Jason Mercer on upright bass and banjo. This is a show you won’t want to miss!

TIME: Doors open at 8pm, show starts at 8:30pm. Both seated and standing options will be available.

Saturday, September 24th at the BLUMartini (Kingston, ON).

TICKETS: Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance on Eventbrite (service fees apply) or at the door the day of.

Purchase your Eventbrite Tickets here!

About Michael C. Duguay

“Every song tells a story, but not every songwriter can tell a story the way Duguay can.” -Dominionated

Michael C. Duguay is a writer, musician, producer, and community organizer based out of Kingston/Wolfe Island. First gaining recognition as a versatile and uniquely charismatic multi-instrumental supporting player in the early 2000’s, Michael has contributed to dozens of critically acclaimed Canadian indie, folk, and experimental albums. A fervent collaborator and community builder, Michael’s genre-fluid and multidisciplinary projects feature a diverse and revolving cast of contributing members from across North America, and he is a regular collaborator of other projects including recent Polaris nominees Joyful Joyful, The Burning Hell, Sing Leaf, Weird Lines, Steven Lambke, David Parker, and award-winning Nova Scotian chamber ensemble New Hermitage. Known for his profound and literary lyrical style, Michael is a pop songsmith at his core, but with projects as far-ranging as traditional folk, avant-garde drone, and electronic music, Michael is as comfortable on bluegrass stages as he is in DIY punk and experimental music spaces. The threads which tie these diverse projects together are a consistently radical conceptual practice, inclusive collaboration, and a fearless emotional honesty.

For this performance, Michael will be joined by his friend and collaborator Jason Mercer (Ron Sexsmith, Ani Difranco, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir) on upright bass and banjo.

Listen to Duguay’s music on Bandcamp or other streaming platforms.

Erika will be performing an intimate, duo, French & English set at Rotary Park in Kingston. Located at 1280 Coverdale Drive, the park sits beside one of the main entrances to the Lemoine Point Conservation Area. This is part of the City of Kingston’s annual Campfire musical series, organized by the Heritage Services department.

Free to attend, intimate, outdoor, acoustic! Join Erika in this special 2-hour set of mixed French & English songs.

Erika will be performing an intimate, duo, French & English set at The MacLachlan Woodworking Museum at Grass Creek Park. This is part of the City of Kingston’s annual Campfire musical series, organized by the Heritage Services department.

Free to attend, intimate, outdoor, acoustic! Join Erika in this special 2-hour set of mixed French & English songs.

I’m pleased to be part of the Homegrown Live Music Productions local Concert Series for 2022. More details, including exact date and time, to be confirmed! Updates can also be found here: https://homegrownlive.ca/

Funded in part by a Kingston Arts Council/City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF) Project Grant, the HomeGrown Live Concert Series includes seven performances, both in person and online via our YouTube channel, involving 22 Kingston-based musicians. Four performances will have a small live audience (subject to applicable local public health guidelines), and three will be strictly livestream via YouTube.

Join Erika Lamon for an intimate, outdoors concert at the heart of downtown Kingston, Springer Market Square. Music will begin at 12pm and end at 1pm, with no intermission. This concert is a free event, and part of the Love Kingston Marketplace musical performances. Arrive early to pick your seat at one of the patio tables or bring your own lawn chairs. All public health guidelines will be closely followed including physical distancing requirements to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone in attendance.

Join Erika Lamon from 4-5pm for Happy Hour at Home on the Kingstonist’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/314218096448942/ The show will be Online with Facebook Live.

Thanks to Spearhead Brewing Company, DeskHouse Study Club and Kingston Live for your ongoing support.

*Stock up for the weekend at Spearheadbeer.com and save 10% with the promo code 'KingstonistOne'

Join Jakel and Erika Lamon at this PWYC or suggested 10$ matinée show at Musiikki Café, Kingston.

Jakel
Jakel is an indie alternative artist based in Ottawa, Ontario. Her broad vocal range, captivating melodies and inventive, yet accessible, songwriting bring to mind artists such as Joni Mitchell, Feist and Florence and the Machine.

Website: www.jakel.ca
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/085Efj9wtFdWq6OBeQIWwx?si=nuM3SfToSii7JsztDlvyeQ

Erika Lamon
Folk-rock songstress Erika Lamon is based out of Kingston, ON. With a sound steeped in reverie and reminiscent of Jewel, Dido and Lucy Rose, her music has taken her all the way to PEI on her fall tour. She released her self-titled debut EP in October 2017.

Website: www.erikalamon.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2tMxWqDjeN8rqFtfGAJCce?si=wNaNlriCQbmkCwkNrCEkFQ

Delighted to be opening this show with a unique 30 minute bilingual set! Kristine St-Pièrre and Justin Lacroix will be sharing a brand new Christmas album and show.

Join Erika Lamon as she takes her Folk-Rock tunes from Kingston to PEI. Sharing the stage with talented local acts in each town, she presents a show complete with lush electric guitar arrangements, refined acoustic riffs, and vocal harmonies from which her lyrics flourish. Cover: $10 or PWYC

Delighted to be performing at the Kingston Women’s Art Festival from 4pm - 4:30pm! Find out more about the festival here: https://www.facebook.com/WAFKingston/

I’ll be sharing the stage with Jessica Speziale and Across The Board as they tour the release of their latest album! Exact time & more details to be announced.

Looking forward to sharing some songs at the Blu Martini at 6:30pm! Find out more about the event on the Facebook page.

Kicking off the live music performances at Artfest Kingston from 11am - 12pm! Find the full lineup here: https://www.artfestontario.com/artfest-music

I’ll be playing at Something Else Records along with the wonderful singer-songwriter, Aaron Cockburn. Cover is $10. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm. Link to Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/322710878666064/

Meet the Musicians:

Aaron Cockburn is a musician and poet currently based in Ottawa. His work travels between the mundane the mystical, the subtle stream of consciousness and the disarmingly direct. His tools are his dynamic voice, his skillful guitar playing and his song writing and arrangements. He has played all over North America, in small, intimate venues and large theatres. This event will see him accompanied by Chris Pond on upright bass and Angela Schleihauf on oboe and english horn. Latest self-produced bedroom record can be listened to here

https://johnaaroncockburn.bandcamp.com/album/ok-everything

Currently working on, and will be performing mainly new material at this event.

I’ll be taking the stage from 8:40pm to 9:20pm at the folk venue of the Homegrown Live Music Festival, the Public House in downtown Kingston. Martin Laforest will be joining my guitarist, Max Nolet, and I on the cajon.

Erika Lamon will be performing with Ottawa-based singer-singwriter, Christine Jakel, and the local duo, Sapph Decaf, at The Mansion. Tentative time only! More details to be announced soon.

Join us in an intimate concert at Musiikki Café as part of the music series “She’s Listening”. She’s Listening is in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada. Cost is $10 or pay what you can and proceeds will be donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada.

Erika Lamon will be performing from 3:20 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. for this wonderful (and free!) event. Find out more on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/648357815541066/

This will be the third Kingston event tied to the 100 Thousand Poets for Change global and annual event. It will again include poetry and music around this global event’s themes: social change, peace, environmental awareness and sustainability, and social injustice. The event will feature 4 musical acts, a film projection with a live musical interpretation, and 2 dozen themed poetry readings spread throughout an afternoon and then evening full performance in the sanctuary portion of The Spire.

Donation boxes for Youth Diversion, 99 York Street, and Martha's Table, three local - socially conscious organizations, will be in place for anyone wishing to contribute to their causes. Info about them will be included. And there will be a box for The Spire for the community work it does and the space it provides.

AFTERNOON SESSION - (Following SAPPH DECAF times are approximate)
1:30 pm ---- Doors open
1:55-2:00 ---- Welcome
2:00-2:20 - Music - SAPPH DECAF (Haley Sarfeld & Steph Keilhack)
2:20-3:20 - Poets - Donald Mitchell, Anne Graham, Meg Freer, Bob MacKenzie, Jennie Marshall, Elizabeth Greene
3:20-3:40 - Music - Erika Lamon
3:40-3:55 ------ Break >>>>
4:00-5:00 - Poets - Deidre Reitav, Eugene Cornacchia, Sasha Hill, Robert Millard, Judith Popiel, Leyla Pavão Chisamore,Tara Kainer
5:00-5:20 - Music - Ollin Soundscape – (singing bowls, drums, pre-Hispanic instruments, and singing in the Náhuatl language) - Yessica Rivera Belsham
5:20-5:25 - Short Closing Remarks
5:25-6:55 - Intermission >>>>>>>> (doors remain open)

EVENING SESSION - (Following Skeye Projects, times are approximate)
6:55-7:00 ------ Short Opening Remarks
7:00-7:20 - Art video/Music – "Skeye Projects – The Spire" (a floating video projection with a live musical interpretation) Don Maynard artist-filmmaker, Claire Bouvier musical lead
7:20-8:20 - Poets - Barbara Lorraine Laing, Andrea O’Farrell, Paul Kelley, Yessica Rivera Belsham, Sarah Brown Dunkley
8:20-8:35 ------ Break >>>>
8:35-9:40 - Poets - Bethmarie Michalska, Alyssa Cooper, Billie Kearns, Haley Sarfeld, Chantel Lavoie, Bruce Kauffman
9:40-10:00 - Music - Irwin Streight
10:00-10:00 Final Short Closing Remarks

Contact: bruce.kauffman@hotmail.com

Erika will be performing from 3:30 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.

The festival’s entire lineup:

11am-11:25: Jennie Marshall
11:30-11:55: Lynne & Mara
12pm-12:25: Savannah Shea
12:30-12:55: Deb Fredericks
1pm-1:25: Olivia Moore
1:30-1:55: Kingston Bellydance Collective
2:00-2:25: Glenna Green
2:30-2:55: Jeanine Noyes
3:00-3:25: Dympna McConnell
3:30-3:55: Erika Lamon
4-4:30: Paula Wood.

What is the Kingston Women’s Art Festival about?

~ Celebrating women's creativity through the arts
~ Providing a forum for artists to display their work and meet 
other artists
~ Encouraging women to meet, exchange ideas and connect with 
organizations
~ Fundraising for local women's organizations

Find out more on the Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/930501970449228/

Taking the stage with What If Elephants and other bands still to be confirmed! Stay tuned for the details (time, etc.).