City And Colour And Weakerthans Among Hillside Inside Headliners

The annual Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ont. has become a fixture on many music fans' calendars every summer, and now organizers are offering a winter version called Hillside Inside.

The inaugural fest will be held from 1 to 11 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the Sleeman Centre in downtown Guelph. City And Colour, Xavier Rudd, The Weakerthans, Tokyo Police Club, Cuff The Duke, Shout Out Out Out Out, Wintersleep, Attack In Black, Martyn Joseph, Les Batinses, The Abrams Brothers, Roxanne Potvin, Zaki Ibrahim, Bocce and Hayley Sales have been confirmed to perform on one of the venue's two alternating stages.

"This event will encompass not only the successful mosaic of the music that has made our annual festival so popular, it will also present an exciting new format that involves the creative transformation of an arena into a warm and inviting festival like environment," says longtime Hillside artistic director Sam Baijal.

More information on Hillside Inside can be found here.

The outdoor version of Hillside will be held at Guelph Lake Island from July 25 to 27. No performers have been announced yet.