Songs In The Round - Frank Fiction, Tomi Swick, Joel Guenther
About this Event
Songs In The Round returns to Crown & Press on July 16th—an intimate, Bluebird-inspired evening where three artists trade original songs and stories. The audience sits close on all sides, watching the musical conversation unfold in real time and becoming part of the exchange through reactions, laughs, and the odd gut-punch.
This month features:
Frank Fiction (Elias Dummer) — Alt-Americana / Hamilton
The regular host of Songs In The Round, Frank Fiction is the new project from Juno Award–winning songwriter Elias Dummer (frontman of The City Harmonic). Performing unreleased alt-folk songs and a few sideways covers, he draws from two decades of quietly crafted material.
His writing leans into vulnerability and a crooked smile, echoing Jason Isbell, Rufus Wainwright, Andy Shauf, and John Prine. With 100M+ streams and multiple Billboard-charting singles behind him, this project steps into something looser, grounded, and deeply human.
Tomi Swick
Tomi Swick is a blue-collar singer-songwriter out of steeltown Hamilton, a rock and roll troubadour who moves from gentle ballads to raucous chaos, roots to rock and roll. Winner of the 2006 Best New Artist Juno and multiple Canadian Radio, SOCAN, and Hamilton Music Awards, he is a Slaight Music and Warner Chappell Publishing artist who has toured and played with the Barenaked Ladies, Blue Rodeo, Feist, and Ron Sexsmith. His latest record, Rundown Love, arrived in 2026.
Joel Guenther
Joel Guenther is a Hamilton singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose writing moves across folk, pop, rock, and Celtic. He sings and writes for the band Poor Angus, whose song "Something I Can't See," penned by Guenther, won the Hamilton title in CBC's Searchlight competition.
What is Songs In The Round?
Born from Frank’s decade in Nashville and the ethos of the Bluebird Café, Songs In The Round is a stripped-back concert where three artists share the stage at once—taking turns sharing original songs (or songs they wish they'd written!), responding to each other, and letting their songs breathe.
These nights tend to sell out. If you want a seat in the room, don’t wait.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 25.57 to CAD 37.61
