**Ken Yates** is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for his introspective storytelling and his signature blend of folk, indie, and rock influences. His latest album, Total Cinema (2025), marks a defining evolution in his sound. Working with producer Dan Ledwell in Halifax, Yates explores themes of gratitude and self-awareness with characteristic precision and emotional depth. His new music has already captured critical attention, with NPR's Ann Powers declaring, "I'm obsessed with this song by Canadian troubadour Ken Yates, 'Cataclysmic End,’”, while Atwood Magazine declared the new music a “bright, cathartic reckoning.” Total Cinema features eleven tracks that showcase an artist who has found clarity in his creative vision, embracing both the shadows and light of human experience. Total Cinema follows Yates’ 2022 album, Cerulean, which earned him a Contemporary Album of the Year nomination at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Recently selected as an Official Showcasing Artist at SXSW and Americanafest 2024, Yates continues to grow his audience, opening for artists including Madison Cunningham, Passenger, and Kathleen Edwards, and collaborating with respected songwriters Trousdale, Katie Pruitt, Tiny Habits, and Lori McKenna. With the release of his new album, Yates continues to assert his place as one of the most incisive voices in rising indie music. **Bella Porter ~** Having trouble staying in one place for too long proves to be a reoccurring theme in Bella’s post-high school life, moving from LA to Seattle, Seattle to Vermont, and Vermont back to LA all in just one year. This trouble is tangible on her debut album, Luck of the Draw, when she closes its opener, “Far Gone”, with the line, “disguise all of my goodbyes, and in the morning I'll be gone”. But her ephemeral plight appears to transcend geography on tracks like “Cynicism”, which could easily take off right where “Far Gone” left off as she sings, “Was it wise to believe that my sweetness would last?” This is only one of Luck of the Draw’s many lyrical themes that pieced together create something closer to a fully formed human than album. Though clearly carved from the same sonic wood as Angel Olsen and Adrianne Lenker, Bella shapes her own sound with lush harmonies and warm reverb. The result is a sparse, honest record, with both singing and songwriting at their best. Presented by Gold-Diggers. This is a 21+ event