Halifax Pop Explosion announces initial lineup

Information regarding this year's Halifax Pop Explosion has been announced. The festival is set to run October 17th through the 21st in over ten venues throughout Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Weakerthans, Fucked Up, Randy, the Spades, Maximum RNR, Hope, Woolley Leaves (Will from the Constantines) and many others are scheduled to perform this year.

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• The Weakerthans
• Christine Fellows
• Fucked Up
• Cadence Weapon
• Duchess Says
• We are Wolves
• Jon-rae the river
• Great Lake Swimmers
• Maximum RnR
• The Spades (Holland)
• Julie Doiron
• Joel Plaskett
• The Bicycles
• dd/mm/yyyy
• Geoff Berner (with band!)
• Barmitzvah Brothers
• Pony Up
• Raising the Fawn
• Randy (Sweden)
• Hope
• PMK (Scotland)
• The Beginners (Mike O’neil/Mike Trachtenberg)
• Shotgun and Jaybird
• Five Blank Pages
• Risky Business
• Dollarama
• Garbage! Violence! Enthusiasm
• The Stance
• A/V
• Eugene Ripper
• Woolley Leaves (Will from the Constantines)
• Windom Earle
• The Establishment
• Kelly and the Kelly Girls
• Die Brucke
• Be Bad
• Lil Andy
• Gamma Gamma Rays
• Bless
• Spesh-IllK
• Stephanie Hardy
• Jon Mckeil
• Hotchiwitchi
• Rembtika Hipsters
• The Superfantastics