Featured Photo: Feura (left) performs on the Main Stage on day three of Gussapolooza 2026. Photo by Joe Taylor. Aug. 23—Cookstown, ON. Sunday at Gussapolooza began under grey drizzly skies, with the campsite still carrying the evidence of Saturday’s downpour. Yet the...
Featured Image: Harkness performing in the Barn Stage during day two of Gussapolooza 2026. Photo by Joe Taylor. Aug. 22—Cookstown, ON. By Saturday morning, we'd settled into what's become our regular Guss rhythm: getting 4 hours of sleep, downing multiple cups of...
This year I decided to check out as many bands as I could, like I do every year and come up with my own favourite picks of the weekend. The music was more eclectic that ever before, having 4 stages for different kinds of music. They had a small stage for DJ’s so they...
Featured Photo: The Manic Boys and Girls Club performing at the Main Stage during day one of Gussapolooza 2026. Photo by Joe Taylor. Aug. 21—Cookstown, ON. Gussapolooza returned to Cookstown this year with a mix of the familiar, strange, and new. The festival, with...
Blast Toronto is out there discovering your music for you. All you have to do is read these articles to get a sense of who is playing out there. We see well over 100 shows each year and then at the end of the year, we put together a top ten list of the best out...
Aug 24—Like the opening four words from the (in)famous novel Atlas Shrugged, "Who is John Galt?, we want to know: "Who is Guss!?" It is a substantial and pondering question. One of many we sought to answer as Jojo and Lawrence returned to Gussapolooza in picturesque...
I met Kevin Crump last year at the Gussapalozza Festival and we were just two of the dozen media tents working side by side talking with the artists about our place in the music industry. It is a wonderful festival that really tries to connect as many people as...
Cookstown, ON – If you’re looking for a weekend filled with music, creativity, camping, and connection—Gussapolooza Music & Arts Festival is calling your name. Happening August 22–24 at the Georgian Bay Steam Show Grounds in Cookstown, Ontario, this one-of-a-kind...
Blast Toronto has seen over 150 shows around town. Next year that number will grow so we can showcase where the best music is. These are not always the biggest shows like Taylor Swift, but they are musical moments that really pump the blood and open up your soul of...
Sept. 13 – Cookstown, ON. Each year, hundreds of musicians, artisans, vendors, and creators come together for the Gussapolooza music festival. This year, Blast Toronto was on the scene to cover the bands and to take part in their "creator convention," which brought...
