This is a list of Edgefest lineups, sorted by year. Edgefest was a rock festival that occurred annually in Canada (most frequently at Molson Park in Barrie and in Toronto) from 1987 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2015.
Edgefest was created by CFNY-FM employees Phil Evans, Kneale Mann, Alan Cross, Scot Turner, and Earl Veale.
Line-ups
1987 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 1987.
Teenage Head The Pursuit of Happiness The Saints Blue Rodeo Carole Pope Breeding Ground Images in Vogue The Northern Pikes Sattalites Pukka Orchestra The Spoons Vis A Vis Eight Seconds
1988 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 1988.
Parachute Club The Razorbacks The Pursuit of Happiness Eugene Ripper 54-40 The Mighty Lemon Drops Manteca Underworld Andrew Cash Timbuk 3 Chalk Circle Hugh Marsh
1989 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 1989.
Jeff Healey Band The Tragically Hip Dalbello Chalk Circle Sass Jordan National Velvet Andrew Cash Sarah McLachlan Spoons Sons of Freedom Jeffrey Hatcher and the Big Beat Carole Pope
1990 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 1990.
The Box Skydiggers Lava Hay The Tragically Hip Satallites 54-40 Crash Vegas The Pursuit of Happiness The Northern Pikes The Grapes of Wrath National Velvet
1991 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 1991.
Blue Rodeo Violent Femmes Dream Warriors Crash Test Dummies Skydiggers Spirit of the West Teenage Head Bootsauce King Apparatus Skaface
1992 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 1992.
Spinal Tap 54-40 Leslie Spit Treeo Bootsauce Slik Toxik Amanda Marshall The Tragically Hip Sass Jordan Sons of Freedom
1993 Location: Ontario Place Forum, Toronto.
Dates: July 1-2, 1993.
July 1:
Rheostatics The Lowest of the Low The Waltons Crash Vegas The Watchmen hHead Odds Change of Heart Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet Me Mom & Morgentaler Corky and the Juice Pigs Sara Craig Ginger Gregory Hoskins and the Stickpeople 13 Engines King Apparatus Wild Strawberries (second stage) Rymes with Orange (second stage) Scott B. Sympathy (second stage) The Lawn (second stage) One (second stage) 49 Acres (second stage) Jale (second stage) The Smalls (second stage)
July 2:
Radiohead Ned's Atomic Dustbin Judybats Furnaceface Stereo MC's
1994 Location: Ontario Place Fourm, Toronto.
Date: July 1, 1994.
The Lemonheads The Proclaimers 13 Engines hHead The Watchmen One The Killjoys Toad the Wet Sprocket Lost Dakotas Wild Strawberries Brett Brothers King Cobb Steelie The Gandharvas Moist
Second stage:
Project 9 Venus Cures All Adam West Wooden Stars
1995 Location: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto.
Dates: May 21 (Edgefest I), July 1 (Edgefest II), August 5 (Edgefest III).
Edgefest I:
Our Lady Peace Elastica Ned's Atomic Dustbin Blur
Edgefest II:
54-40 The Watchmen Odds Crash Vegas Junkhouse Headstones Treble Charger hHead
Edgefest III:
Main stage:
Sloan 13 Engines Treble Charger The Killjoys Change of Heart Rusty The Super Friendz Ma Jale The Hardship Post Pluto Thrush Hermit Adam West Sugar Ray Mystery Machine Zumpano Glueleg Made
Side stage:
Project 9 Smoother Six Finger Satellite The Morganfields Shallow Huevos Rancheros Stinkin' Rich The Monoxides Local Rabbits Plumtree Subtractor
1996
Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: June 30, 1996.
Main stage:
The Tea Party 54-40 Our Lady Peace Ashley MacIsaac I Mother Earth 13 Engines The Killjoys Big Sugar
Second stage:
Rusty Weeping Tile The Mahones Limblifter Sunfish Sandbox Barstool Prophets
1997 Dates: June 28 (Barrie), June 29 (Montreal), June 30 (Ottawa), August 25 (Vancouver), August 27 (Calgary), August 29 (Edmonton), August 30 (Saskatoon), September 1 (Winnipeg).
Main stage: Our Lady Peace The Tea Party I Mother Earth Collective Soul Dodgy (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg) The Philosopher Kings (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg) Holly McNarland (Barrie, Montreal, Ottawa) Silverchair (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton) BTK (Barrie, Ottawa) The Verve Pipe (Barrie) Groovy Aardvark (Montreal) Plume (Montreal) Nancy Dumais (Montreal)
Second stage:
Glueleg The Age of Electric Finger Eleven Sara Craig (all except Montreal) Econoline Crush (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg) Zuckerbaby (Barrie, Ottawa) Mollies Revenge (Barrie, Ottawa) Les Secretaires Volantes (Montreal) Go Van Gogh (Montreal) Holfader (Montreal) Mrs. Torrance (Montreal)
References for Edgefest 1997 lineup:
Cake, Kinnie Starr and Redd Kross were originally scheduled to perform on the tour but cancelled their performances.
1998 Dates: June 29 (Ottawa), June 30 (Montreal), July 1 (Barrie), July 4 (Winnipeg), July 5 (Saskatoon), July 8 (Edmonton), July 9 (Calgary), July 11 (Vancouver).
Main stage:
The Tea Party Green Day Foo Fighters Sloan Econoline Crush Holly McNarland (Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver) Moist (Ottawa, Montreal, Barrie) Bif Naked (Ottawa, Barrie, Calgary) Local Rabbits (Vancouver)
Second stage:
The Watchmen Creed Matthew Good Band The Killjoys Copyright (Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver) Local Rabbits (Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary) Sandbox (Ottawa, Montreal, Barrie, Winnipeg) The Inbreds (Ottawa, Montreal, Barrie) Bif Naked (Montreal, Vancouver) Refuel (Montreal) Rusty (Barrie)
Other bands who performed on the tour:
New Meanies (Ottawa, Montreal) Tripping Daisy (Ottawa, Montreal)
Lineups varied for each show. Headstones were originally scheduled to perform on the tour but ended up not performing.
1999 Dates: July 1-2 (Barrie), July 3 (Ottawa), July 7 (Winnipeg), July 9 (Calgary), July 10 (Saskatoon), July 11 (Edmonton), July 14 (Vancouver).
Main stage:
Moist Matthew Good Band Wide Mouth Mason Big Wreck Edwin Hole Silverchair Rascalz
Village stage:
Finger Eleven Treble Charger Serial Joe Vertical Horizon Len Gob (July 1-3) Bodega (July 1)
References for Edgefest 1999 lineup:
A show in Montreal was originally scheduled but was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. Eve 6 were originally scheduled to perform on the tour but cancelled due to lead singer Max Collins having throat problems.
2000 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 2000.
Main stage:
Filter Creed The Tea Party Matthew Good Band Goldfinger Serial Joe Headstones Limblifter
Village stage:
3 Doors Down The Flashing Lights Dunk Jet Set Satellite Pocket Dwellers J Englishman Flicker Nickelback Odin Red
2001 Dates: July 1 (Barrie), August 18 (Vancouver), August 21 (Calgary), August 22 (Edmonton), August 25 (Toronto), August 26 (Ottawa), August 28 (Quebec City), August 29 (Montreal).
Barrie:
Edgefest stage:
3 Doors Down Bif Naked Big Wreck Finger Eleven Gob Project Wyze The Tea Party Tool
Edge Feature stage:
Mudmen Joydrop Flybanger LiveonRelease Smoother Rubberman Staggered Crossing Sevendust Static in Stereo
Edge Emerging stage:
Billy Talent Blurtonia Breach of Trust By Divine Right Constabble Brennan DJ Serious Nice Cat Puddy Rocket Science The Black Halos The Dears Tuuli 66 Kicks
August Tour:
Blink-182 New Found Glory Sum 41 Jimmy Eat World Good Charlotte Millencolin Project Wyze Simple Plan Shocore (Vancouver) Flu (Calgary) Crushing Jane (Edmonton)
2002 Dates: Edgefest: July 1 (Barrie). Edgefest II: July 23 (Edmonton), August 22 (Ottawa), September 1 (Grand Bend), September 2 (Montreal), September 13 (London), September 13 (Vancouver), September 13-14 (Halifax).
Edgefest:
Main stage:
Nickelback Cake Finger Eleven Goldfinger Default Sevendust Simple Plan Jerry Cantrell
Silverchair were originally scheduled to perform but cancelled because of lead singer Daniel Johns' reoccurring reactive arthritis.
Second stage:
Danny Michel The Dears The Full Nine Grade Headstrong Melissa Auf der Maur's Hand of Doom Mudmen Not by Choice Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars The Weekend GrimSkunk Tuuli Custom
Third stage:
30 Seconds to Mars Billy Talent Joel Plaskett Grindig Three Days Grace Trouser Theory of a Deadman Flashlight Brown Flicker Epidemic Greenwheel Injected One 976 Jersey
Fourth stage:
Sudden Microbunny Al Okada Alistair Abs & Fase Ghetto Concept MistaCronks G Stokes Graph Nobel Toy Box
Edgefest II:
Edmonton:
Simple Plan Gob Bif Naked LiveonRelease
Ottawa:
Bif Naked Simple Plan Tuuli Flashlight Brown
Grand Bend:
The Watchmen Sam Roberts Crush The Weekend
Montreal:
Slayer Soulfly In Flames Downthesun
London:
Matthew Good Bif Naked Flashlight Brown
Vancouver:
Slayer Soulfly In Flames Downthesun
Halifax:
Matthew Good Sloan De La Soul The New Deal Crush Rascalz Swollen Members The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Lowest Of The Low Blackout 77 Creeper Project Wyze
An Edgefest II in Toronto featuring Jimmy Eat World, Gob, Constantines, Midtown, Hot Rod Circuit, Moneen and Hot Hot Heat was scheduled but was cancelled due to scheduling difficulties.
2003 Location: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: September 6, 2003.
The Tragically Hip Our Lady Peace Stereophonics Sloan Fefe Dobson Finger Eleven Thornley Jersey
2004 Location: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto.
Date: July 2, 2004.
Good Charlotte Finger Eleven Billy Talent Jet Alexisonfire Something Corporate Jersey The Salads
2005 Location: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto.
Date: July 1, 2005.
Main stage:
Billy Talent Alexisonfire Rise Against Story of the Year Coheed and Cambria Killradio Boy Jakalope
Next Big Thing stage:
Social Code The Junction The Reason Out of Your Mouth The Waking Eyes
Underground Operations Side stage:
Closet Monster Bombs Over Providence Hostage Life Dead Letter Department The Flatliners Brat Attack
2006 Location: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto.
Dates: July 1 (Edgefest I), July 16 (Edgefest II).
Edgefest I:
Main stage:
Our Lady Peace Keane Hot Hot Heat Neverending White Lights Mobile Evans Blue
Next Big Thing stage:
Magneta Lane Die Mannequin Jets Overhead Dearly Beloved Pedestrian The Illuminati
Edgefest II:
Main stage:
Yellowcard The All-American Rejects Hawthorne Heights Story Of The Year Matchbook Romance Illscarlett Anberlin
Next Big Thing stage:
The Meligrove Band Magneta Lane The Miniatures Panic and The Rebel Emergency In-Flight Safety Tokyo Police Club
The Bedlam Society/Dine Alone/Distort stage:
The Junction Cancer Bats Attack in Black Johnny Truant
2008 Location: Downsview Park, Toronto.
Date: July 12, 2008.
Linkin Park Stone Temple Pilots Sam Roberts The Bravery Ashes Divide Attack in Black Arkells The Coast Creature The Flatliners Hostage Life Modernboys Moderngirls The Stereohoax Sweet Thing Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker Alpha Galates
2009 Location: Downsview Park, Toronto.
Date: June 20, 2009.
Billy Talent AFI Alexisonfire Metric K-OS The Stills Arkells Beast Clothes Make the Man Dean Lickyer Dinosaur Bones Flash Lightnin' La Casa Muerte The Midway State Moneen Still Life Still The Waking Eyes
2011 Location: Downsview Park, Toronto.
Date: July 9, 2011.
Main stage:
Rise Against A Perfect Circle The Weakerthans Tokyo Police Club Arkells The Reason Dinosaur Bones
Second stage:
Hollerado KO Gentlemen Husbands Harlan Pepper Michou Mockingbird Wish Me Luck Monster Truck Sandman Viper Command The Sheepdogs
2012 Location: Downsview Park, Toronto.
Date: July 14, 2012.
Main stage:
Death From Above 1979 Billy Talent Silversun Pickups The Pack A.D. The Sheepdogs Young the Giant The Dirty Heads Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
Side stage:
The Darcys Said the Whale Library Voices The Balconies Acres of Lions The Coppertone Hacienda Indian Handcrafts Whale Tooth Yukon Blonde
2013 Location: Downsview Park, Toronto.
Date: July 31, 2013.
Main stage:
The Lumineers Band of Horses The Neighbourhood Monster Truck Mother Mother Dinosaur Bones July Talk
Side stage:
Capital Cities Twin Forks Great Bloomers Hey Marseilles You Won't Imaginary Cities Lucius The Treble The Treasures
2014 Location: TD Echo Beach, Toronto.
Dates: July 1 (Edgefest 1), July 18 (Edgefest 2), August 16 (Edgefest 3).
Edgefest 1:
The Sheepdogs