Check out who's coming to Sunfest this summer

CBC News

· Posted: May 15, 2025 3:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Victoria Park volition beryllium vibing with dozens of philharmonic artists from seashore to seashore and astir the world as Sunfest returns this summer.

Organizers unveiled the 46 acts who volition beryllium performing crossed 5 stages from July 3 to 6, including bands from South Korea, Brazil and Sweden.

"We're ever looking for thing that is new, fresh and innovative," said Alfredo Caxaj, the laminitis and co-artistic manager of Sunfest.

"Of course, the indispensable constituent is creator quality. There's nary question astir that. And due to the fact that that's fundamentally however we person built the estimation of Sunfest. It's not based connected names, it's based connected creator quality."

There are 5 themes to this year's lineup. Indigenous voices will highlight healing, information and empowerment arsenic the audience hears stories from Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin, Isleña Antumalen from Chile, and Canada's Digging Roots and Amanda Rheaume.

Soundtracks of resistance volition diagnostic activistic and revolutionary artists with a telephone to action. Featured artists see Canadian-Filipino rapper, vocalist and artist Kimmortal. The Lemon Bucket Orchestra from Toronto volition bring their messages of liberation, absorption and solidarity.

Future-forward and earth-conscious acts similar Fulu Miziki Kolektiv from the Democratic Republic of Congo volition execute with instruments and costumes created retired of discarded materials.

Theatrical acts that are bordering connected avant-garde include South Korean bands Gonia and 64ksana, who blend caller sounds with accepted instruments. New Brunswick's Les Moontunes will bring their celestial blend of jazz and dense metal.

Organizers are besides highlighting places successful the satellite that are caller to the festival with a discovery of sounds, including Farah Siraj from Jordan, SARĀB from Syria, ViiK from Denmark, Fattú Djakité from Guinea-Bissau/Cabo Verde and De Mar y Río from Colombia.

"It truly is astir celebrating being live done euphony and coming unneurotic done music, and you volition perceive a diverseness of sounds similar you've ne'er heard before," said Mercedes Caxaj, co-artistic manager of the festival.

"I deliberation adjacent the astir seasoned manufacture nonrecreational successful the planetary euphony country volition ever observe thing caller astatine Sunfest, and that's thing that we emotion to hear."

In summation to the 23 nationalist and 23 planetary acts coming to London, determination volition beryllium much than 225 food and trade exhibitors successful the park.

For an aboriginal sensation of the Sunfest spirit, Londoners tin articulation the Block Party astatine London Brewing Co-op which is happening connected Friday, May 16 from 4 to 10:30 p.m., featuring Curly Strings from Estonia, Less Toches from Montreal, and London's Mark Swan's Good Hand. The enactment continues on Saturday, May 17 from 2 to 10:30 p.m., featuring a lineup of artists from Toronto.

For the afloat database of artists and much information, sojourn the Sunfest website.