ABOUT

Honeybear, the Band is a Vancouver BC based vintage soul, blues & roots quartet, taking you
on an old school road trip through the dusty back roads of American music. As music blog “B-
Side Guys” puts it "It’s as if The Teskey Brothers decided to collaborate with the ghost of Muddy
Waters”.

While Honeybear is a relatively new band formed in 2023, the 4 band members are old friends
and have been playing together in other formations for decades, crossing paths on tours
across Canada, down the West Coast, and beyond. As individual performers, they've played at
most major Folk and Jazz/Blues festivals in Canada. When the pandemic struck and live music
was at a standstill, the 4 friends found themselves jamming outdoors in parks, with amps and
PA's hooked up to jerry rigged motorcycle batteries, just to bask in the joy that is playing live
music with like minded souls. Necessity is the mother of invention, etc. The rest is history.
Their debut FACTOR funded album, self released in June 2025 on their own Playmor label,
has received over 6 Million streams on Spotify with ~150k monthly listeners. It’s been
featured on official Spotify Editorial playlists New Music Friday, Retro Soul, and Best Blues of
2025. The band is also receiving airplay on CBC, NPR, CKUA and other indie/co-op radio
stations across the globe.

The band is fast becoming a festival favorite with appearances at Rifflandia, Barnside Harvest
Fest, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Harmony Arts, Wapiti, Starbelly and many more, as well as
recent sold out club shows at some of our favorite dive bars in the country, like The
Horseshoe in Toronto, the Rainbow in Ottawa and the Ironwood in Calgary. We have
been routinely selling out shows in brand new markets.
Honeybear has been recently nominated for a Blues Music Award from the Memphis based
Blues Foundation as well as being included in the Vancouver Sun's "10 Artists to Watch in
2026”. The band was also named Roots Music Canada's "New Discovery of the Year”.