HEY OCEAN! BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF CANADA’S BEST MUSICAL TALENT, INCLUDING LEIF VOLLEBEKK & MOTHER MOTHER AS THEIR ACCLAIMED #SINGITFWD BENEFIT CONCERT RETURNS TO THE VOGUE THEATRE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 21. THE EVENT KICKS OFF JUNO AWARDS WEEK IN VANCOUVER AND WILL RAISE FUNDS & AWARENESS FOR THE SAINT JAMES MUSIC ACADEMY – TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Canadian indie-pop trio, Hey Ocean! is reviving their acclaimed benefit concert, #SingItFwd as part of this years JUNO AWARDS week. They will be performing alongside an incredible line up organized by the band that will include celebrated Canadian talent such as Polaris Music Prize Shortlist (2017) nominee and nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Leif Vollebekk and multi-Juno nominee, Mother Mother.
Mother Mother performs at the NAC in Ottawa photo Scott Martin
The #SingItFwd line-up currently includes: Mother Mother, Said The Whale, Hey Ocean!, Leif Vollebekk, Dawn Pemberton, and Khari McClelland.
More artists will be announced next week. The event is presented by, MRG Concerts, The Peak 102.7, and the Junos Host Committee. The concert will be held at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on Wednesday March 21. Tickets are on sale now (click here to purchase).
Said The Whale at Hopped and Confused. Photo by Laura Collins
This will be Hey Ocean!’s 7th benefit concert organized for #SingItFwd an initiative which they founded. Between 2011 and 2016 the annual event sold out the historic theatre 6 times by bringing together 35+ of Vancouver and Canada’s most acclaimed musicians alongside the kids of SJMA raising awareness and more than $200,000 for the non-profit music school (started 10 years ago by DTES resident and mother, Kathy Walker).
#singitfwd 2018
Hey Ocean!’s new album, The Hurt of Happiness will be released on April 6, 2018. It is their first album together since 2012’s IS and since their 2013 JUNO Award nomination for “Breakthrough Group of The Year.” Four new songs, “Amsterdam,” “Can’t Let Go,” “The Hurt of Happiness,” and “Sleepwalker” are available now (click here to purchase on iTunes).
The band is on tour in select market across Western Canada & United States this April. All dates are on sale now and ticket links are included below.
HEY OCEAN! – TOUR DATES, 2018
March 21 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre #SINGITFWD: SPECIAL JUNO AWARDS EDITION
April 5 – Banff, AB @ Wild Bill’s
April 6 – Grande Prairie, AB @ Better Than Fred’s
April 7 – Prince George, BC @ Artspace
April 11 – Portland, OR – Analog Lounge
April 13 – San Francisco, CA – Hotel Utah
April 14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Moroccan Lounge
April 17 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
April 19 – Sacramento, CA – The Blue Lamp
April 21 – Seattle, WA – The Funhouse
