March 22nd! Jo Passed kicks off to Treefort Fest from Vancouver at Green Auto!
Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm
Advanced $16
Day of Show $20
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Jo Passed is the songwriting and creative project of Jo Hirabayashi, a musician based in Toronto and Vancouver. The project released two EPs "Up" and "Out" before signing with Sub Pop and Royal Mountain and releasing the album "Their Prime" in 2018. Following a maintenance hiatus, Jo returned in 2025 with the digital single "Weekend" and a sophomore album "Away" released Jan 23rd 2026 on Youth Riot Records. The live show for the project features a rotation of exceptional live musicians from all across North America.
Reviews of “Away”.
“...more grounded and decidedly song-forward methodology.... ‘Mother Night,’ is a stand-out in this sense: here, Hirabayashi is easily at his most Eliott Smith, with the singer's doubled vocal inching into that sliver-sized middle ground between saccharine and melancholic."
-Exclaim 2026
“Molds the unlikely of inspiration of stress and frustration into a smooth, fun, indie rock rock record”
-Outside Noise 2026
"...dynamic, angular, restless… With a potent DIY vision that’s infused with post-punk, psych, grunge, and garage rock influences, there’s a knotty, unpredictable, zig-zagging vision to Jo Passed’s music that also yields some wild standout moments"
-KEXP 2026
Kristin Witko
Performance artist and outsider pop star Kristin Witko isn’t so much of a songwriter as they are a world-builder. That’s why their audiences are as likely to be treated to Anthony Kiedis cosplay (complete with athletic sock enhancement)as they are to musical performances. Of course, music is at the center of this character-driven world. Described as “bizzarro ABBA”, it’s an experimental yet palatable confection of classic rock, early 4AD goth, and modern pop.
Immix
Songcraft featuring voice and electronics // solo project of Robyn Jacob
This event takes place on the unceded and occupied homelands of the Coast Salish peoples of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are immensely grateful for being allowed to continue to live, work, and play on these lands.
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