In a city famous for its festivals, a group of enterprising musicians has gone the collaborative route to find its piece of the party.

The folks behind Real Love Winnipeg, a record company founded by a tight-knit group of friends needing a place to have their voice and talents heard, will soon announce the lineup for their second annual summer festival, which runs June 5-7 at Gimli Motorsport Park.

When Real Love aligned in 2012, the goal was to produce a collaboration album, which they did, called Beach Station Blues, a chance to align a number of genres and sounds into one product with the goal of letting everyone get their shine.

"Just love for music," co-organizer Adam Soloway said. "It was sort of just a way to gather everyone together and help everyone in the scene get their music heard by more people, which has always been a huge goal of ours.

Real Love Summer Fest 2015 will feature 27 local up-and-coming acts, according to Soloway. Organizers will unveil the lineup April 2 at a release party at The Good Will Social Club, which will feature three bands and a special video presentation for the grand reveal.

"It's to get the music of the independent artists in Winnipeg heard by people who otherwise wouldn't hear," Soloway said.

"We have a couple awesome headliners, a lot of super-new bands, too, that we're really excited to showcase. It's basically going to be non-stop music."

Soloway stresses there's music of all genres lined up for the festival, which will cost you $30 for the weekend and can be purchased at Music Trader in Osborne Village, online, and at Gimli's Ship and Plough.

Check out reallovewpg.com for more information.

KINDLER COMEDY

Comedian Andy Kindler will play the Park Theatre on Friday night. Kindler, known for his roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and as a recurring voice on Fox's animated hit Bob's Burgers, is a veteran stand-up who has become a fixture on the Late Show with David Letterman. Kindler is an instigator of sorts, never afraid to share his thoughts on the comedy world or rankle those among it. He has established himself as one of the critics of the game with his yearly "State of the Industry" address at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival in which he calls out the best and worst of comedy.

Doors open at 7:15 p.m. with the show slated to start at 8. Tickets can be purchased on ticketfly.com for $20.

LOCAL LAUNCH

Winnipeg singer-songwriter Sean Burns will release his fourth album Rocket Ships and Lemon Trees Saturday at Times Change(d). Burns' sound is reminiscent of Bob Dylan and Steve Earle, and the single off the upcoming album, "Anymore", is a laid-back country-rock cut that wrings out a melancholy tale of jilted love.

Fans of folk rock, country or blues — or just a good live show — will find Burns at Times Change(d) starting at 10 p.m.

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