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.
Line-ups
edit1987
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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:
1994
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editDates: June 26 (London, Ontario), 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 (London, 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)
Cake, Kinnie Starr and Redd Kross were originally scheduled to perform on the tour but cancelled their performances.[14][13]
1998
editDates: 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
editDates: 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
The Village Stage:
- Finger Eleven
- Treble Charger
- Serial Joe
- Vertical Horizon
- Len
- Gob (July 1-3)
- Bodega (July 1)
A show in Montreal was originally scheduled but was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.[20] Eve 6 were originally scheduled to perform on the tour but cancelled due to lead singer Max Collins having throat problems.[21]
2000
editLocation: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: July 1, 2000.
Main Stage:
- Filter
- Creed
- The Tea Party
- Matthew Good Band
- Goldfinger
- Serial Joe
- Headstones
- Limblifter
The Village Stage:
- 3 Doors Down
- The Flashing Lights
- Dunk
- Jet Set Satellite
- Pocket Dwellers
- J Englishman
- Flicker
- Nickelback
- Odin Red
2001
editDates: 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
editDates: 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.[24]
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:
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.[28]
2003
editLocation: Molson Park, Barrie.
Date: September 6, 2003.
- The Tragically Hip
- Our Lady Peace
- Stereophonics
- Sloan
- Fefe Dobson
- Finger Eleven
- Thornley
- Jersey
2004
editLocation: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto.
Date: July 2, 2004.
- Good Charlotte
- Finger Eleven
- Billy Talent
- Jet
- Alexisonfire
- Something Corporate
- Jersey
- The Salads
2005
editLocation: 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:
Underground Operations Side Stage:
2006
editLocation: 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:
2008
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: 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
editLocation: TD Echo Beach, Toronto.
Dates: July 1 (Edgefest 1), July 18 (Edgefest 2), August 16 (Edgefest 3).
Edgefest 1:
- The Sheepdogs
- Monster Truck
- Matt Mays
- Head of the Herd
Emerging Artist Stage:
Edgefest 2:
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
- MS MR
- Said the Whale
- Bear Hands
Emerging Artist Stage:
Edgefest 3:
- Our Lady Peace
- Sloan
- I Mother Earth
- Eve 6
2015
editLocation: TD Echo Beach, Toronto.
Dates: July 23 (Edgefest 1), July 29 (Edgefest 2), August 15 (Edgefest 3).
Edgefest 1:
Emerging Artist Stage:
- The Zolas
- The Franklin Electric
- JJ and the Pillars
Edgefest 2:
Emerging Artist Stage:
- Brothers of North
- XPrime
Edgefest 3:
- Mother Mother
- Kongos
- Scott Helman
Emerging Artist Stage:
- Coleman Hell
- K.I.D
- Bestie
- Gray
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