Zula Presents
13th Annual
Something Else! Festival
June 17 – 20, 2026

Wednesday, June 17
5 PM FREE Event @HPL
(55 York Blvd., Hamilton)
2 PIANOS, NO RODEO:
BOB WISEMAN(piano) & MIKE BOGUSKI(piano)
+ ELISA THORN(harp, electronics, vocals)

All ticketed events
@St. Cuthbert’s
(2 Bond St. N., Westdale, Hamilton)
Tix: $29-33 advance; $35-40 door
Pass: $135 ($185-225 value)
Saturday Pass: $65 adv. ($91-110)
Eventbrite Tickets & Passes Page:
2026SEFESTPASS.eventbrite.ca

Featured
Thursday Evening: EARTH WIND & CHOIR + GHOST VARIABLES + AGALAWATTE-BENNETT-THORN + JUBA LEE
Jun 18

Thursday, June 18
@St. Cuthbert’s
$33 adv; $40 door
7 PM | EARTH WIND & CHOIR
Sarah Good • conductor; Vocalists: Listed on event page
7:45 PM | GHOST VARIABLES
Chris Palmer • electric guitar; Gary Barwin • reeds; Connor Bennett • reeds; David Lee • double bass; Mike Hansen • percussion
8:30 PM | AGALAWATTE-BENNETT-THORN
Nimal Agalawatte • no-input mixing board; Connor Bennett • reeds, electronics; Elisa Thorn • harp, vocals, electronics
9 PM | AVRAM FEFER’S JUBA LEE 4TET
Avram Fefer • alto and tenor saxophones, composition; Anders Nilsson • electric guitar; Hilliard Greene • double bass; Hamid Drake • drums, percussion

Friday Evening (Early Show): CRUMP + DRAKE-WEST-LEE + GRDINA-LILLINGER
Jun 19

Friday, June 19 (Early Evening)
@St. Cuthbert’s
$29 adv; $35 door
6 PM | STEPHAN CRUMP SOLO
Stephan Crump • double bass
6:30 pm | HAMID DRAKE & BRODIE WEST w/ PEGGY LEE
Hamid Drake • drums, percussion
Brodie West • alto saxophone
Peggy Lee • cello
7:15 PM | GORD GRDINA & CHRISTIAN LILLINGER
Gordon Grdina • guitar, oud
Christian Lillinger • drums

Friday Evening (Late Show): OTHERLANDS + THORN + JUBA LEE
Jun 19

Friday, June 19 (Late Evening)
@St. Cuthbert’s
$33 adv; $40 door
9 PM | OTHERLANDS TRIO
Stephan Crump • acoustic bass
Darius Jones • ‍alto saxophone
Eric McPherson‍ • drums
10 PM | ELISA THORN SOLO
Elisa Thorn • harp, electronics, vocals
10:30 PM | AVRAM FEFER’S JUBA LEE 4TET
Avram Fefer • alto and tenor saxophones, composition
Anders Nilsson • electric guitar
Hilliard Greene • double bass
Hamid Drake • drums/percussion

Saturday Noon: DARIUS JONES + GRDINA-GREENE-MCPHERSON + BAJAKIAN-ÚLEHLA + CRUMP-LILLINGER-NILSSON-WEST
Jun 20

Saturday, June 20 (Noon)
@St. Cuthbert’s
$29 adv; $35 door
12 PM | DARIUS JONES SOLO
Darius Jones • ‍alto saxophone
12:30 PM | GRDINA-GREENE-MCPHERSON
Gordon Grdina • guitar, oud
Hilliard Greene • double bass
Eric McPherson‍ • drums
1 PM | BAJAKIAN-ÚLEHLA
Julia Úlehla • vocals
Aram Bajakian • guitar, bass, oud, piano
1:45 PM | CRUMP-LILLINGER-NILSSON-WEST
Stephan Crump‍ • double bass
Christian Lillinger • drums
Anders Nilsson • electric guitar
Brodie West • alto saxophone

Saturday Afternoon: ERIC MCPHERSON + HUNDEVAD-GENNARO + JONES-LEE-ZUBOT + HEAVY METAL KLEZMER
Jun 20

Saturday, June 20 (Afternoon)
@St. Cuthbert’s
$29 adv; $35 door
3 PM | ERIC MCPHERSON SOLO
Eric McPherson‍ • drums
3:30 PM | HUNDEVAD-GENNARO
Mark Hundevad • piano
Mike Gennaro • drums
4:15 PM | JONES-LEE-ZUBOT
Darius Jones‍ • alto saxophone
Peggy Lee • cello
Josh Zubot • violin
5 PM | HEAVY METAL KLEZMER
Myk Freedman • guitar
Tania Gill • piano, electronics
Peter Lutek • reeds
Michael Herring • bass
Dave Clark • drums

Saturday Evening: HAMID DRAKE & AVRAM FEFER + DÁLAVA + OTHERLANDS
Jun 20

Saturday, June 20 (Evening)
@St. Cuthbert’s
$33 adv; $40 door
8 PM | HAMID DRAKE & AVRAM FEFER
Avram Fefer • ‍alto and tenor saxophones
Hamid Drake • drums, percussion
9 PM | DÁLAVA
Julia Úlehla • vocals
Aram Bajakian • guitar, bass, oud, piano
Peggy Lee • cello
Josh Zubot • violin
10 PM | OTHERLANDS TRIO
Stephan Crump‍ • acoustic bass
Darius Jones‍ • alto saxophone
Eric McPherson‍ • drums


In our 13th year of operation, as Zula Presents Something Else!, we are most grateful to Department of Canadian Heritage, and The City of Hamilton for their financial support to make these festival events possible. We would like to acknowledge and thank our partners Hamilton Public Library for their kind support and enthusiasm. Much gratitude goes to our media partner CFRU.

  • Lemon Bucket Orchestra by Jeff Tessier
  • Donald Robinson by Jeff Tessier
  • Ronley Teper and the Lipliners by Jeff Tessier
  • Iva Bittova and Antonin Fajt by Jeff Tessier