Supercrawl Presents Aysanabee Dec 7 at Bridgeworks
Supercrawl Presents
AYSANABEE
The Way We’re Born Tour
Join two-time JUNO Award-winning Oji-Cree artist Aysanabee (pronounced ACE-in-abbey) on his first-ever headlining tour,The Way We’re Born Tour, supporting the upcoming June 20, 2025 release of his sophomore album Edge Of The Earth. Following two incredible Canadian support tours with Allison Russell and Dan Mangan, this spring’s Eastern Canadian tour, as well as countless global festival appearances, it is now time for Aysanabee to take center stage and share his powerful music — including the radio hit singles “Nomads,” “We Were Here,” “Somebody Else,” and his newest radiocharting single “Edge Of The Earth” — along with his engaging storytelling. The alternative indie artist, of Sucker Clan from the Sandy Lake First Nation, a remote fly-in community in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, now calls Toronto home. He began making music under his mother’s maiden name when moments of stillness allowed him to slow down and create music that truly represented him as an artist. He’s been compared to Hozier and Kings of Leon, among others. In March 2024, Aysanabee made history as the first Indigenous artist to win theJUNO Awards for Alternative Album of the Year and the coveted Songwriter of the Year for his EP Here and Now. His debut album, Watin (Nov 2022), named after his grandfather, combined music and journalism with artistry and expression and was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. Since 2021, he has performed over 300 shows across Canada and globally, including tours abroad with Kim Churchill (AU) and Skye Wallace (IT), and international festivals Reeperbahn (DE), The Great Escape (UK), SXSW Sydney (AU), Tallinn Music Week (ES), and AmericanaFestUK (GB).
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“Aysanabee is a big presence even alone on stage…and the adoring crowd makes it clear it will follow him back after he departs to thunderous cheers.”— NEXT Magazine
“Aysanabee offered stories behind the selections of his heartfelt tales to the point where the audience didn’t want him to leave the stage.”—Toronto Star
“His guitarwork was ridiculously brilliant. If you ever get a chance to see him, please do.”-Montreal Rocks
Supercrawl Reveals 2025 Music Lineup
Born Ruffians, Basia Bulat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Steve Strongman, TOBi, and Donovan Woods Will Headline Award-Winning Multi-Arts Fest September 12-14, Presented by TD Bank Group
(Hamilton, ON) Supercrawl organizers today unveiled the epic musical lineup for the free festival component of Supercrawl 2025. The award-winning multi-arts event, presented by TD Bank Group, will take place September 12-14, 2025 along James Street North in downtown Hamilton, Ontario.
Supercrawl’s Festival Director Tim Potocic previewed the coming festival season for those in attendance at a launch event held at multi-arts event space Mills Hardware. This year’s edition of Supercrawl features the most expansive roster of musical talent the festival has ever showcased, including local, regional, national and international talents — 65 acts in all, on three stages along a kilometre of James North.
“Collaboration with great artists and musicians has been central to Supercrawl since we started,” Potocic said. “When we did, the idea that we would one day be producing our 17th annual festival season seemed like a distant dream. Community support and creative collaboration has made that dream real, and in our 17th year it’s a pleasure to present our biggest musical lineup yet. We hope that the community and folks from across Canada join us as we celebrate the arts this September.”
Headliners and direct support at Supercrawl 2025 will be Born Ruffians, Basia Bulat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Steve Strongman, TOBi, and Donovan Woods.
Other musical artists announced today include (in alphabetical order) AOIFE, The Beans, Sean Bienhaus, Rachel Bobbitt, Born In The Eighties, Buddah Abusah, Cadence Weapon, Jean Caffeine, Classified, Sarah Church, The Commune, Council House, Criminal Inhibition, cute, Da Bomb, Dammit Goldie, The Darcys, Don’t Hit Your Head, Eyes Like Opals, James Favron, Foxwarren, Delyn Grey, Hamilton Children’s Choir, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Haverty, Jambassadors, Ro Joaquim, Jocelyn June and the Bugs, KTxKP, Rob Lamothe, Hua Li 化力, Linebeck, Loaded Dice, Lonely Little Kitsch, Los Chukos, Lost Faculty, Loversteeth, Lucky Honey, Mayor McCA, DJ Danny Miles, Minuscule, Neon Dreams, Nezqwik, NOVIÆ, PYPY, Rapid Transit, Rexford Drive, Shealagh Rose, Evan Rotella, Rocket and the Renegades, $EAMS, ShaaMaa, Spookyguava, Thunder Queens, Trout Lily, Menno Versteeg, Alex Whorms, and CJ Wiley.
Further lineup reveals (such as art, fashion, dance, theatre, vendors, food trucks, family, sports, spectacle, and talks) as well as event map and schedule will follow in the weeks leading up to the festival. Stay tuned!
Massive Thanks!
Massive thanks to everyone who came out for Supercrawl 2024. You made the festival’s 16th anniversary especially sweet and proved beyond question that Hamilton is a creative, dynamic, welcoming community.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make this year’s Supercrawl real: To our volunteers, staff, artists, vendors, and everyone who dug deep, filled their art with love, and worked incredibly hard to make this festival special. To the residents and merchants of our amazing neighbourhood for their generous hospitality. And, of course, thank you to the festival-goers of all ages — more than 285,000 — who came from far and wide and embraced all of it.
Mark your calendars for the next edition of Supercrawl, returning to James North September 12-14, 2025!
