JOLINE BAYLIS
WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE 2026 | DOORS AT 19:30, MUSIC FROM 20:00
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT
Following the touring success of her first album, Break Me Down, Vancouver’s Joline Baylis devoted a number of years to building local community through choir leadership, while keeping her songwriting as private as a diary. Fortunately for us, she’s returned to performing her intimate work in intimate settings. This show represents a further step back into the limelight, with Joline backed by a full band, with songs born in solitude expanding into fuller, richer sonic territory.
Joined by Tyson Naylor on keys, Wynston Minckler on bass, and Trent Otter on drums, Joline’s intimate songwriting expands into lush, full-band arrangements.
Joline Baylis is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter whose music lives at the intersection of folk, rock, and soul. Intimate enough to stop a room and expansive enough to fill a stage, her voice carries both weight and warmth. She writes with a candor and emotional honesty that is rare and unflinching.
“Break Me Down,” produced by Kenton Loewen (Dan Mangan + Blacksmith), introduced Baylis as an artist with something real to say and the craft to say it. Described as “fresh, haunting, and profoundly honest,” the record established her as a songwriter of depth and conviction. She went on to perform throughout BC and Alberta, and travelled east by rail as part of Via Rail’s Artists On Board program, playing venues in Toronto and Montreal.
In the years since, Joline has been quietly doing the harder work of deepening her craft, expanding her sonic palette, and returning to the page with a mature and hard-won creative vision. New music is in progress, and it shows the reach of an artist who has grown beyond her acoustic folk roots into something more layered, incorporating electric guitar and piano into a broader landscape.
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