Agave is an alternative sweetener and every music lover’s new home. With a sweet and balanced mix of emerging and established musicians across the city, its genre-defying line up every Monday at the Burdock captivates all. Think of it like an event version of Spotify’s pollen playlist.

amaka. is a Nigerian-born Alt-RnB artist currently located in Toronto's East end. With her genre exploring style and nostalgia laced lyrics, amaka. sets out to create beautiful, unhurried moments with listeners. CBC's The Intro describes amaka. as "the embodiment of unyielding vulnerability", and NOW magazine has deemed her an artist to watch. Her music invites listeners to have difficult conversations with themselves about love and life while it holds their hands through those introspective moments.

Beatrix is a Toronto-based singer/songwriter with a distinctive vocal style, engaging audiences with a powerful, sultry and evocative sound. While rooted in jazz, blues, and soul, their creative process expands into folk, rock, neo-soul, and funk, birthing music with a strongly rhythmic focus and a unique, dynamic vocal quality. The melancholic timber of vocalists like Nina Simone and Betty Davis- at once gritty, sensual, and unpredictable- have been a strong influence in their creative development. As a solo artist, Beatrix performs with a loop station to create striking harmonies over a backdrop of layered vocals and percussion.