Over 40 years of Hillside makes for a lot of memories! Check out the articles below that were kind enough to compliment Hillside over the years.
Hillside 2023
Pre-Festival Coverage
- Guelph’s Hillside Festival returns for its 40th edition – A Journal of Musical Things
- Free passes to Guelph’s Hillside Fest for volunteers – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- Guelph’s Hillside Festival returns this summer for 40th anniversary – NOW Toronto
- Hillside Festival Gets U.S. Girls, Luna Li, Daniel Romano for 2023 Lineup – Exclaim!
- Hillside Festival releases 2023 lineup – GuelphToday
- Here’s what you need to know about Hillside Festival 2023 in Guelph – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- Hillside sets up for a weekend of music for its 40th year – GuelphToday
- The experience goes beyond the music – The Observer
Other coverage
- Hillside’s 40th Anniversary Edition Was a Testament to the Festival’s Staying Power – Exclaim!
- Dispatches From The Hillside Festival Day One (Friday) – Roots Music Canada
- Dispatches From The Hillside Festival Day Two (Saturday) – Roots Music Canada
- Dispatches From The Hillside Festival Day Three (Sunday) – Roots Music Canada
- The Hillside Festival in Guelph is offering free tickets to Ukrainian refugees – NOW Toronto
- Hillside Festival Free Admission for Recent Ukrainian Arrivals – A Journal of Musical Things
- Hillside Festival celebrates 40th year at Guelph Lake Conservation Area – CTV News Kitchener
- In its 40th year, Hillside Festival drew a crowd to Guelph Lake – GuelphToday
Hillside Homeside July 2020
Pre-Festival Coverage
- Hillside Homeside brings the music festival experience home this weekend – CBC
- Music lovers in Guelph can still have a Happy Hillside with upcoming free virtual festival – Guelph Today
- Gallery: The Things We Miss: Hillside Festival – Guelph Today
Hillside Inside 2020
Pre-Festival Coverage
Hillside Festival 2019
Pre-Festival Coverage:
- “Music festivals strive to be more environmentally sustainable in a throw-away society” – CBC
- “Humbler, cheaper music fests like Guelph’s Hillside survive shakeout” – Toronto Star
- “Hillside 2019: ‘Stories That Need to Be Told” – Bar89 Podcast
- “Hillside Festival Pre Festival Radio Show” – Blues & Roots Radio
- “Hillside Festival artists you might see me watching in 2019” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “Local music scene well represented at this weekend’s Hillside Festival” – Guelph Today
Photo Galleries:
- “Photo gallery: Guelph’s Hillside Festival on Saturday” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “Photos: Ours and yours of Guelph’s Hillside Festival on Sunday” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “Photo gallery, ours and yours: Friday night at Guelph’s Hillside Festival” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
Reviews:
- “Hillside Music Festival Recap featuring Orville Peck, Ellis, and Snotty Nose Rez Kids” – Exclaim!
- Dispatches from the Hillside Festival – Day One – Roots Music Canada
- Dispatches from the Hillside Festival – Day Two – Roots Music Canada
- Dispatches from the Hillside Festival – Day Three – Roots Music Canada
Other coverage:
- “Hillside Music Festival goes green” – City News
- “20 Ontario music festivals to check out in summer 2019” – NOW Magazine
- “Kitchener singer-songwriter Alysha Brilla boldly forges own path” – The Record
Hillside Festival 2018
Reviews:
- “Exclaim! Review: “Alphabet Street” feat. Five Alarm Funk, Iskwé, Cadence Weapon (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 13)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: Little Junior (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 13)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: Tim Baker (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 13)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: Destroyer (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 14)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: “In the Blink of an Eye” feat. Partner and U.S. Girls (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 14)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: U.S. Girls (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 14)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: Jeremy Dutcher (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 14)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: Lido Pimienta (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 15)” – Exclaim!
- “Exclaim! Review: Haley Heynderickx (Hillside, Guelph ON, July 15)” – Exclaim!
- “Spill Festival Review: 2018 Hillside Festival @ Guelph Lake Conservation Area, Guelph” – The Spill Magazine
- “Five standout performances from Hillside 2018” – NOW Toronto
- “Rundown – Hillside Festival 2018” – Canadian Beats
- “Hillside Festival celebrates 35 years of music, community, and sustainability” – The Ontarion
Photo Galleries:
- “Photo Gallery: Hillside Festival at Guelph Lake on Friday” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “IN PHOTOS – Day 1 – Hillside Festival in Guelph, ON” – Canadian Beats
- “IN PHOTOS – Day 2 – Hillside Festival in Guelph, ON” – Canadian Beats
- “IN PHOTOS – Day 3 – Hillside Festival in Guelph, ON” – Canadian Beats
- “Photo Gallery: Our shots and yours of Hillside Festival on Sunday” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “Gallery: Did you have a Happy Hillside? (20 photos)” – Guelph Today
Pre-Festival Coverage:
- “Hillside Music Festival: Five Artists To Watch” – CJRU 1280AM (Ryerson)
- “Go to Hillside: After 10 years, Lane Burman’s love of Hillside remains strong” – Alternatives Journal (A\J)
- “A Hillside Family Weekend” – Alternatives Journal (A\J)
- “My annual list of promising 2018 Hillside highs (Vish Khanna)” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “A Tribe Called Red to perform at Hillside Festival” – CTV News Kitchener
- “Hillside’s theme this year: ‘Countering Hate with Beauty'” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
- “Hillside Festival Reveals 2018 Lineup” – Exclaim!
- “Hillside Festival reveals 2018 lineup” – CTV News Kitchener
- “The 2018 Hillside Festival lineup is out” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
Other Coverage:
- “Youth Fades, but Beauty Remains (Birds of Bellwoods Q&A)” – Alternatives Journal (A\J)
- “Episode 391: Hillside 2018 Interviews” – Folk Roots Radio
- “Ep. #410: Chad VanGaalen” – Kreative Kontrol Podcast
- “Music, sunshine and community conversations” – City of Guelph
- “Music as a Space to Relax (Adrian Underhill Q&A)” – Alternatives Journal (A\J)
- “The Healthy Side of Hillside” – Alternatives Journal (A\J)
- “Episode #18 – Hillside 2018: Conquering Hate With Beauty [PART 1] (ft. Ryan Hanes, Hillside Marketing Manager)” – Bar 89 Podcast
- “Episode #21 – Hillside 2018: Conquering Hate With Beauty [PART 2] (ft. Annie Sumi)” – Bar 89 Podcast
- “Episode #27 – Hillside Music Festival 2018” – Bar 89 Podcast
Hillside Inside 2018
- “Partner, Metz rock Hillside Inside” – The Ontarion
- “Sun K, Texas King, and Band of Rascals get cozy at Royal Electric” – The Ontarion
Hillside Festival 2017
- “A Festival That Does Everything Right” – No Depression
- “Hillside announces 2017 lineup, weekend change” – Guelph Mercury
- “Sarah Harmer, Lindi Ortega among Hillside Festival headliners” – CTV Kitchener
- ‘Guelph Hillside artists chosen ‘with resistance and protest in mind” – Guelph Mercury Tribune
Hillside Inside 2017
- “Let Hillside Inside be the antidote to your February blues” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside encore for Steve Poltz” – Guelph Mercury
Hillside Festival 2016
- “Highlights from a hot Hillside” – Guelph Mercury
- “Andy Shauf with the Milk Carton Kids, Son Little, & VALLEY at Hillside Festival” – Live In Limbo
- “Don’t miss Hillside Festival in Guelph this summer!” – Greenrock
- “Highlights of Hillside 2016” – The Ontarion
Hillside Inside 2016
- “Nearly-sold-out Hillside Inside offers diverse lineup” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside Inside 2016” – The Ontarion
Hillside Festival 2015
- “Daniel Lanois, BADBADNOTGOOD, Tony Dekker Reveal Collaborative Hillside Sets” – exclaim.ca
- “11 Music Festivals That Prove Ontario Knows How To Turn Up” – buzzfeed.com
- “Hillside’s volunteer brigade prepares to power Guelph festival” – Guelph Mercury
- “If music be the food of love, play on Hillside (‘cause we love it)” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside Festival” – snapd Guelph
Hillside Inside 2015
Hillside Festival 2014
- “The Feedback Society’s Canadian Music Festival Roundup!” – The Feedback Society
- “Dancing itch hits Hillside” – Guelph Mercury
Hillside Festival 2013
- “30 years strong, Hillside raises the bar for green festivals” – Global News
- “Canada’s best down-home music festivals” – Chatelaine
- “Hillside Festival kicks off with impromptu rendition” – Guelph Mercury
- “Happy Hillside!” – Now Toronto
- “A\J Does Hillside 2013” – Alternatives Journal
- “Hillside highlight for young local band” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside gets it right, how about Oshawa?” – DurhamRegion.com
- “Hillside rich with fresh sounds” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside @ 30” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside never ceases to amaze” – Guelph Tribune
- “Youth lifts curtain on 30th Hillside” – Guelph Tribune
- “At 30 years old, Hillside isn’t showing its age” – The Cord
- “Hillside 2013” – The Cannon
- “Guelph’s Hillside Festival remains trusted and original — even at 30” – Guelph Mercury
Hillside Inside 2013
- “Guelph’s Hillside Inside Gets Great Lake Swimmers, Hannah Georgas, K’naan, Hollerado for 2013 Edition” – exclaim.ca
- “Tickets for Guelph’s Hillside Inside go on sale Saturday” – The Record, Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside Inside announces lineup” – Guelph Tribune
- “Guelph’s Hillside Inside a possible sell-out” – Guelph Mercury
- “More than music on tap at Hillside Inside” – Guelph Tribune
- “Hillside Inside kicks off Friday” – Guelph Tribune
- “Big gig for Guelph’s Sarah Felker” – Guelph Tribune
- “Hillside Inside events still a work in progress” – Guelph Mercury
- “Hillside Inside and out” – Guelph Tribune
- “A welcome Brood” – The Ontarion
- “Hollerado headlines Hillside Inside Saturday” – The Ontarion
- “K’naan opens up at Hillside Inside” – The Ontarion
- “Born Ruffians at Hillside Inside” – The Cannon
Hillside Festival 2012
- Metro News – “Guelph’s Hillside truly one-of-a-kind”
- Metro News – “Crowd soaks up Hillside Festival delights”
- Guelph Tribune – “Hillside slamming”
- Guelph Tribune – “The sold-out Hillside Festival turns 30 next year”
- Guelph Tribune – Bike brigade hitting Hillside”
- Guelph Tribune – “Hillside Festival once again a hot ticket”
- Guelph Mercury – “Hillside aims for perfection”
- Guelph Mercury – “Hillside counts on over 1,000 volunteers every year”
- Guelph Mercury – “Sold out – Guelph’s Hillside Festival ramping up for a great weekend”
- The Cannon – “Hillside 2012”
- Durham Region – “Hillside was a family affair for Will”
- The Cord – “The Hillside experience”
- Indie Can – “Hillside Music Festival”