BAYOU BAR SCHEDULE
JUNE 30
JULY 01
JULY 02
JULY 03
05:30
 COBBLESTONE JAZZ (BC)
The nature of their music balances electronic composition with a live and moving element that results in the exploration of many different styles from jazz and dub to breakbeats and many points in between.
07:00
 TYLER DHULA (BC)
DJ Set
08:15
 JAMIE LIDELL (UK)
This boundary-breaking, British soul vocalist constructs his tracks live with an extraordinary combination of laptop hijinks, scat vocals and a molecule-vibrating voice. His genre-blending live experience is both captivating, and passionate. He builds tracks by expertly sampling and layering loops of his voice and shifts effortlessly from deranged beat boxing to soulful funk.
05:30

DJ NANA (ON)
He has been spinning records for over 10 years and has become a force to be reckoned with. He has the capacity to read the hearts and minds of the crowd and has the natural ability to find the perfect string of sound.
07:00
 ZAKI IBRAHIM (BC/ON/SOUTH AFRICA)
Twenty-five years, four continents, and several generations in the making, Zaki Ibrahim's music is captivating and vibrant. It's thick with poetics, and steeped in a delicious mixture of earnest emotion and humor.

08:30

TUMI AND THE VOLUME (SOUTH AFRICA)

Hip hop has its origins in the storytelling rhythms of African griots, and as globalisation returns the music to its roots in a roundabout way, Tumi and the Volume bring a contemporary South African flavour to the genre with influences from rock to hip hop, dub to Afro-jazz. The members of the group are equally as diverse in their musical backgrounds, influences, and expressions. The collective result is a sound that lingers over lines of new-school hip-hop, beat poetry and funked-up jazz.
05:30
JESSE SYKES AND THE SWEET HEREAFTER (USA)
Jesse Sykes has the perfect voice. It expresses longing, heartbreak, and existential loneliness with powerful understatement. Live, she is a quiet storm, moving with her atmospheric songs while transforming the crowd.
07:00
THE LONG WINTERS
At times sparse, at times warmly lush, The Long Winters are always intensely beautiful, stretching from simple vocal-and-guitar folk balladry to orchestral grandeur to band-driven electro psych-pop. As John Roderick of the Long Winters says, “I like chairs that don’t creak and songs that don’t suck. There’s a lot of music being made as an accessory now, but there will always been a need for actual songs.”
08:30 & 09:25
 AQUEDUCT (US)
At a point in time when a person can create, record, manufacture, and distribute there own music, Aqueduct becomes quintessential bedroom rock. Stuck somewhere between lo & hi-fi, a love of beats, melody, and clever songwriting come together with keyboards, drum machines, buzzing guitars, and bass lines.
05:30 & 06:45
 FREEFLOW(BC)
They tout themselves as praqctitoners of urban rock; a unique blend of hip hop , soul reggae and rock. They are known coast to coast as a 'must see' act with dynamic grooves that will get everyone dancing
08:15
 JOSH MARTINEZ (BC/USA)
Known for his wild, high energy live performances, exquisite word play and smooth melodies, this Vancouver Hip Hop artist has been tearing up the underground music scene. He has become known as one of the best live performers around and last year he took home the Best Rap Recording at the 2005 Western Canadian Music Awards.
JULY 04
JULY 05
JULY 06
JULY 07
05:30 &
06:30
 VINCE VACCARO (BC)
Playing guitar since the age of eight, and completely self-taught, Vince has been writing music for over ten years. He writes his memories with six strings, seventy-four keys, or whatever else is lying around near him.
08:00 &
09:00
 GREG MACPHERSON (MB)
Good Times Coming Back Again takes Canadian lyricism, working-class activism, and filters them through a mighty voice, a dynamic, versatile band. Folk conventions are tossed by high-volume rock and acoustic punk punch, and then the rock and roll is spliced into finger-plucked acoustic guitar, quiet contemplation.
05:30
LEROY YOUNG (BELIZE)
The Grandmaster (Leroy Young) is Belize's finest dub-poet, with hard, heavy rhythms, intense melodies and a stream of verbal onslaught of political, social and introspective poetry. He brings us a raw, local sound by accompanying his best-known poems with an eclectic mix of instruments ranging from Creole, Garifuna and African percussions to Maya K'ekchi' guitars.
07:00 &
08:15
 CADENCE WEAPON (AB)
Only 19 years old and has already received critical acclaim for his debut release Breaking Kayfabe. Cadence Weapon, real name Rollie Pemberton, has managed to bridge the gap between different musical genres and has made a name for himself with his unique brand of intelligent rap.
08:45
 K'NAAN (ON/SOMALIA)
Leaving Somali at age 13, K'naan began writing rap verses the instant he learned English. With his unique voice and truly authentic style, K'Naan brings an enormous dose of realness and urgency to the hip-hop world in a time when people are desperate for it. This year he received a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year.
05:30 & 07:45
 TANYA TAGAQ (NUNAVUT)
She began throat singing, a traditional Inuit vocal game between two women, during her final year at The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Having no partner to sing with, Tagaq developed a contemporary and emotional style of her own. She has since toured internationally with Icelandic legend, Bjork, won Best Female Artist Award at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, and has been nominated for a Juno.
06:30 & 08:45
 SEKOYA (BC)
This jazz, fusion, funk, broken beat, D&B and Acid Jazz band were nominated for a Juno in 2005 for the Contemporary Jazz Award and received a CMW Indie Award for favorite Electronic Band 2005.
05:30
DJ SALAMANDER (BC)
As a member of Stir Fry Collective, a local hip hop institution, DJ has played alongside music legends like De La Soul, Swollen Members and Buck 65.
06:45
 LADYBIZNIZZ (BC)
A house-rocking, seven-piece band that melds the sound and instrumentation of funk fusion with the irresistible drive of house. Winner of the 2001 Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Urban Dance Recording.
08:00
 DUBBLESTANDART (AUSTRIA)
Dubblestandardt transplanted dub from Jamaica to Vienna. The collective began in 1990 and since then they have been producing dub; emphasizing the vintage attributes of the style such as sound flexing tools, analog delays, and synthesizers. This is a journey through reggae and dub with a cosmic flavour overall.
09:00
 DUBBLESTANDART WITH ARI UP (AUSTRIA/JAMAICA)
Former Slits front woman Ari Up, still has the ability to forcibly incite your senses. The Queen of Punk Reggae, takes Brooklyn beats and Jamaican polemic and moulds them around bouncing horns and deeply wrought grooves.
JULY 08
JULY 09
    
05:30 &
06:30
 THE BUTTLESS CHAPS (BC)
An imaginative and seamless journey from traditional country to new wave to punk. The honest enjoyment the Chaps get from playing their music is evident in their eclectic and vibrant live shows.
08:00 &
09:00
 CAROLYN MARK (BC)
Growing up in Sicamous, British Columbia, country-rock songstress Carolyn Mark is yet another great talent from Canada's west coast. Having worked her way through several unfulfilling group ventures, Mark broke off in '98 to pursue her solo career, which has since spawned three albums that are all solid excursions into her unique mixture of country, bluegrass, rock, rockabilly, and folk.

06:00 &
07:15

MOTHER (BC)

Formed at Vancouver Community College, Mother is making waves across the country with their clever and catchy tunes, lush harmonies and unusual cords. An out-of-the-box sound which plays with multiple genres-sometimes poking fun, and at other tiomes using these genres to establish the setting for cheeky lyrics.