LUNA Sound highlights disguise and transformation

This year’s LUNA Sound lineup is building the buzz for Revelstoke’s nocturnal arts and music festival running Friday, Sept. 19 to Sunday, Sept. 21. 

LUNA Fest’s musical accompaniment will include 13 artists performing across four stages, and the docket for the weekend of music, art and entertainment  pairs well with this year’s theme of Disguise and Transformation Robyn Goldsmith, Arts Revelstoke executive director, says.

“Art D’Ecco, who explores plays with image and identity, perhaps best exemplifies this theme,” Goldsmith told Revelstoke Mountaineer, quoting the band’s recent album statement,” If it holds a mirror up to yourself and has you asking your purpose and your meaning and your existence in this life, maybe that’s what I want you to think about.” 

Artists will perform at Roxy Theatre, St. Francis of Assisi Parish catholic church, the Regent and Traverse, offering a mix of venues that will create a range of moods and genres for guests to explore.

Tickets are on sale for LUNA Sound 2025 on the Arts Revelstoke website, all shows are 19 and up.

Entangados

Venue: St. Francis of Assisi Parish catholic church 

Genre: Theatric Latin

With roots in Cordoba, Argentina, Entangados mixes in a little Colombia, Mexico and Canada to this eight-piece band that showcases theatrics and costume just as much as its Latin grooves. Get ready to dance, laugh and hear a story or two with this energetic group as it brings a little Cirque to Revelstoke. 

Red Haven

Venue: St. Francis of Assisi Parish catholic church

Genre: Jazz and Soul

Starting in 2013, Red Haven has been developing its particular blend of raucous jazz and freaky folk sound. Jen Charters brings the lightning-quick saxophone and powerful blues vocals, Nathan Turner lays down the bass grooves and Brendan Steele matches angular guitar lines with cutting lyrics.

Apollo Suns

Venue: St. Francis of Assisi Parish catholic church

Genre: Psychedelic Jazz

Apollo Suns, Winnipeg’s seven-piece psychedelic jazz fusion with a flair of rock is keeping the dance floor in mind. With a 2023 North American tour boasting sold out shows, Apollo Suns is ready to captivate Revelstoke.

Cartel Madras

Venue: Regent hotel

Genre: Hip-hop

Calgary’s experimental hip-hop duo Eboshi and Contra power shows with a mix of trap, punk and house genres. Cartel Madras hits Revelstoke’s LUNA Sound 2025 with the explosive energy of the underground trap, queer and punk scene.

Missy D

Venue: Regent hotel

Genre: Rap

A bilingual Hip Hop, Rap and Soul artist, this femcee has been honing her craft since she was 11 years old. Get ready for a certain je ne sais quoi with Missy D’s mix of instrumentals, lyrics and most of all people.

Naduh

Venue: Regent hotel

Genre: Hip-hop/RnB

This five-piece femme powered Hip-Hop and R&B group has written, engineered and produced all of their music, developing a sound that’s specific to Naduh. Lyrics focus on queerness, sexuality and spirituality while still bringing a beat to move to.

DJ Kookum

Venue: Regent

Genre: EDM

Hailing from Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation and based in Vancouver, DJ Kookum is always cooking up something new, blending EDM, hip-hop, bass music and global sounds. The atmosphere is guaranteed to be electrifying and fresh.

OMBIIGIZI

Venue: Roxy Theatre

Genre: Alternative/Indie

Anishnaabe artists Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non Status (Adam Sturgeon) weave family storytelling, indigenous heritage and unique sound structure to reflect on individuality and community identity.

Logan Staats

Venue: Roxy Theatre

Genre: Folk and Soul

Mohawk rocker turned folk and soul musician Logan Staats hails from Brantford, Ontario and pulls inspiration from the rich blues and rock legacy of Six Nations. He’s using that bedrock to build folksy and soulful tunes and even an upcoming southern country-flavoured album.

ASKO

Venue: Roxy Theatre

Genre: Soundscape

Marek Tyle, nêhiyaw and Scottish/Irish musician from Treaty Six is ASKO, a mix of powwow beats, nêhiyaw soundscapes and beat work. Building on Juno-nominated band, nêhiyawak, ASKO is a collection of wayfinding.

Ella Lamoureux

Venue: Traverse

Genre: Drag

Ella Lamoureux, a Two-Spirit drag artist from the Yukon has helped shape the Kelowna drag scene and is eager to bring her voice for Indigiqueer and Two-Spirit identities to Revelstoke and showcase a night of House Lamour flair.

Toddy

Venue: Traverse

Genre: Drag

Vancouver-based comedian and trained opera singer Toddy brings her combination of drag, standup comedy, opera, classical and pop performance to LUNA Sound 2025.

Art D’Ecco

Venue: Traverse

Genre: Pop

Great pop music accommodates big ideas and simple truths with equal finesse for Art D’Ecco. With flairs of David Bowie, The Cure and Sparks, Art wants to push listeners with every line and every note.