Battle of the Bands is a one-night event where youth of all ages compete in front of guest judges for prizes. This event welcomes both post-secondary and high school students to perform a short set in front of a live audience. The bands competing this year are The Curiosos, Two Time, Isbistër, Not Yet, Nate the Nobody, Sound Chamber, and The Jade Peter Band.

For bands competing in the High School Division (TwoTime, The Curiosos, Not Yet, and Sound Chamber) the first place band will receive:

• A paid performance at U20 Rockfest in August courtesy of Michelle Hauser and Harmony Lounge and Music Club

• One recorded rehearsal session at Evergreen Recording Co. (up to four hours including set up and tear down), including use of professional level backline, guided set-up and monitor/headphone mixes, and professional-quality live-off-the-floor recordings of the rehearsal, including up to 3h of additional mixing and edits for demo purposes courtesy of The Wilderness

For bands competing in the Post Secondary Division (Nate the Nobody, Jade Peter, and Isbistër) the first place band will receive:

• A paid gig at Saturday Sessions gig on August 9th courtesy of Jan MacDonald and Downtown Kingston

• Recording and production of one original single from Evergreen Recording Co., including: Three hours of rehearsal/pre production time at Evergreen, separate to tracking, with guided set-up and monitor/headphone mixes, and production assistance. One day of tracking, including use of any in-house equipment, engineering services from Jonas Lewis-Anthony, and session performance as applicable from in-house musicians Nicholas Lennox & Hank Lawrence. Up to one additional day of mixing, edits, and revisions if necessary.

For the remaining five bands we have an Overall Runner Up prize which includes:

• A keyboard courtesy of Joe's M.I.L.L.

• A $100 Long & McQuade gift card

• A $150 Kingston Music merch package and a free artist consultation with Marketing 101 assistance courtesy of Moira Demorest and Tourism Kingston