Next week (April 9-13th) marks the 2014 installment of Kazoo! Fest, a "jam-packed non-stop weekend" of music, arts, films, print expos, and — yum — pancake breakfasts, that takes over downtown Guelph, Ontario, for five days. One of our favourite festivals in one of our favourite small cities, Kazoo! Fest is like a miniature but more accessible version of North by Northeast - but if you could see everything if you wanted to. Using just a handful of venues that are all within walking distance, Kazoo! Fest's all-Canadian line-up gives you the opportunity to check out new up-and-comers from the Ontario scene (Legato Vipers, The Furys, Watershed Hour, WTCHS), familiar Wavelength/Toronto faces (Hooded Fang, Biblical, Eons, Soupcans), and some bigger visiting national names (Destroyer, Cousins, Solids, Jef Barbara).

Will you be there? We will! Wavelength is heading down to co-present a night at Kazoo! Fest, as we have every year since 2010, and our co-pro is a hot bill Friday night (April 11) at eBar featuring recent WL14 alumni DIANA and Petra Glynt, alongside Guelph's own Manatee and Adverteyes. Now that spring is finally effing here, it's a great excuse to get out of the city for the weekend - Guelph is only an hour's drive away, or a short two-hour ride on the GO Bus or Greyhound. And best of all, the all-access Kazoo! Fest "Crony Pass" is only $40 to get you into everything, while most shows are $10 or under to get into, with many free or PWYC options.

To get you in the Kazoo! Fest mood, our friends at A Pocket History of Mars have put together this lovely video trailer...

Kazoo! Fest 2014 (Video Trailer) from a Pocket History of Mars on Vimeo.