Event Archive:

HomeGrown Live Music Festival: Rick Melanson, Michael Casteels, John Somerville,...

Sat. May 2nd 2026 Monte's Kingston Ontario $10

Event Navigation

Event Details
Artists (12)
Presenters (1)
Ticket Outlets (0)
Other Dates (0)
Description
Articles (0)
Video (0)
Photos (0)
Venue
Get involved and submit your listing

Event Info

HomeGrown Live Music Festival: Rick Melanson, Michael Casteels, John Somerville, Mellow Lily, Roger Marshall, Out for a Walk, Chris Giguère, Jon McLurg, Tim Aylesworth, Adam Fulker, Sonya Bergin, The Diaries

Songwriter's Lounge. The 18th annual festival in Kingston, ON.
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Music Country / Roots / Bluegrass / Rockabilly Folk / Celtic / Latin / World Jazz / Blues Pop / Rock / Indie
Sat. May 2nd 2026 + Add to Calendar Monte's
1:00pm - 8:00pm All-access wristbands are $10 and will be available at the door of each venue on the day of the festival.

Artists

Rick Melanson
Singer-songwriter, Folk from Kingston Ontario
Michael Casteels
Singer-songwriter, Folk from Kingston Ontario
John Somerville
Folk, Celtic from Kingston Ontario
Mellow Lily
Singer-songwriter from Kingston Ontario
Roger Marshall
Singer-Songwriter from Kingston Ontario
Out for a Walk
Singer-songwriter from Kingston Ontario
Chris Giguère "Chris Gigs"
Singer-songwriter from Kingston Ontario
Jon McLurg
Folk / Country from Kingston Ontario
Tim Aylesworth
Singer-songwriter, light rock from Kingston Ontario
Adam Fulker "Just Adam"
Singer-songwriter, Folk, Folk rock from Kingston Ontario
Sonya Bergin
Singer-Songwriter, Jazz, Blues, Adult Contemporary from Kingston Ontario
The Diaries
Singer-songwriter, folk from Kingston Ontario

Presented by:

HomeGrown Live Music Festival
Presenter
Kingston Ontario
since 2008

Event Description

1:00 PM Rick Melanson
1:30 PM Michael Casteels
2:00 PM John Somerville
2:30 PM Mellow Lily
3:00 PM Roger Marshall
3:30 PM Out for a Walk
4:00 PM Chris Giguere
4:30 PM Jon McLurg
5:00 PM Tim Aylesworth
5:30 PM Just Adam
6:00 PM Sonya Bergin
6:30 PM The Diaries

All-access wristbands are $10 and will be available at the door of each venue on the day of the festival. As always, proceeds go to The Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library.

Venue

Monte's
200 Ontario St.

Event Poster

HomeGrown Live Music Festival: Rick Melanson, Michael Casteels, John Somerville, Mellow Lily, Roger Marshall, Out for a Walk, Chris Giguère, Jon McLurg, Tim Aylesworth, Adam Fulker, Sonya Bergin, The Diaries @ Monte's May 2 2026 - Aug 4th @ Monte's

Other Events

Soo Music Directory

Below is a list of Artists and Resources in the database. We have worked hard to collect as many individuals and bands as possible, though we are certainly aware that this list is incomplete.  There may be inaccuracies in the collected information.  Please contact us if you find anything that needs correcting, or click the + sign at the top right of this page to add People and Resources who are missing from the listings.

contact [email protected] if you have any questions or comments.

Artists

Bands + Ensembles Musicians

Resources

Organizations + Resources Venues

Media

Articles Video

About

What is Community Driven Content? About The Soo Music Project Contact
Featured Artist

Amethyst

Hard Rock
→ View Artist
Get involved and submit your listing

Search the Directory / Archive

Submit a Profile to the Directory

List an Individual Artist / Artisan / Musician

(Painter, Carver, Dancer, Writer etc)

List an Arts Ensemble

(Band / Choir /Dance Troupe, Theatre Troupe, Artist Collective etc.)

List an Organization / Resource / Space

(organization, business, venue etc)

News + Media

Add / Link a Video

Add a video, which will be linked to profiles, and appear in the video feed

Add / Link an Article

Add, or link to an article about content in the directory.

Log In to Your Account

Forgot Your Password?

Create a New Account