Time: 9:30 p.m.

Advance Tickets: $25
Door Price: $30

Inferno Nightclub
Doors at 8:30
Show at 9:00

Advance Tickets available on September 2nd at Blueprint Entertainment, Libertine Tattoos and Through Twelve Year Promotions by contact.
Opening Support will be announced on September 2nd.

Sage Francis is widely considered one of our generation’s greatest lyricists. His career derives mainly from gifted wordplay which creates vivid narratives to instigate as well as inspire, but since it often derives from an accumulation of public disdain and personal turmoil, it’s more about storming the castle than about watching the throne.

Dubbed as the “forefather of indie-hop,” Francis originally earned acclaim in the early 2000’s by winning the most highly coveted titles of the emcee battle circuit. With little to no funding, Francis sustained himself by selling his innovative “Sick of” mixtapes, all made by hand on the floor of his Providence, RI apartment. These were essentially bootleg compilations full of select recordings from his 12” vinyl singles, demo sessions, live performances and radio freestyles. The popularity of these tapes birthed Strange Famous Records (SFR); a meager, one-man operation in 1999.

Despite having no official distribution, Francis’ unique brand of music spread like wildfire via the advent of file sharing networks. This resulted in him attaining a massive cult-like following around the world, creating a demand for his albums and live performances at which point the bigger labels took notice. With his first studio album, Personal Journals (2002,) Francis daringly set aside the more boastful side of rap by catering to his poetic leanings and scathing socio-political commentary.

In 2005 Sage Francis was the first hip-hop artist signed to Epitaph Records and soon became one of the highest selling independent artists of his genre. Rather than abandon his day-to-day grind at SFR, he channeled all of his newfound resources into it, allowing the label to expand in staff as well as roster. Having fulfilled his contract obligations with Epitaph Records, Sage Francis has returned to releasing music independently as he gears up to defeat the odds. Once again.

“COPPER GONE”, Francis’ 6th studio album, dropped on June 3rd, 2014 via Strange Famous Records. This indie release managed to break Billboard’s Top 200 as well as iTunes top 5 for hip-hop in the US as well as in the UK. Upon the release of Copper Gone, Sage Francis has toured the world and he continues to tour extensively well into 2015.

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Transit is a Western Canadian Music Award nominated rapper, a Calgary poet laureate finalist and a winner of a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award. He has released 5 albums which have sold thousands of copies, and has collaborated with Rhymesayers recording artist Grieves, Astronautalis, Mad Child of Swollen Members, Kyprios of Sweatshop Union, and 8-time Juno Award winner Jann Arden. Transit has toured as a headliner several times and has also supported tours of Canada, the United States, and Europe with Swollen Members Apathy & Celph Titled, Zion I, Grieves, Astronautalis, and Shad, and has shared stages with internationally recognized names like Mac Miller, Tech N9ne, Swollen Members, Murs, Hilltop Hoods, Down With Webster, and 54-40, and has been selected to showcase at prestigious festivals like SXSW, CMW, and Breakout West. He has received national media coverage including features on Global TV, CBC TV, CBC Radio One, in Maclean’s Magazine, and regular MuchMusic rotation of his music videos, which have also gotten substantial support online with over 1,000,000 views on YouTube Transit has also been awarded several FACTOR grants to further the development of his career.