Awake & Dreaming

Waterloo, ON

$1200 - $1800

Travels up to 200 miles

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Awake & Dreaming - I U Me (Official Music Video)

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Awake & Dreaming - Old Ghosts (Official Music Video)

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Awake & Dreaming - Something to Believe In (Official Music Video)

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Awake & Dreaming - Yesterday or Tomorrow (Original - Live Solo Piano Version)

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Awake & Dreaming - Wolf Like Me (TV On The Radio Cover)

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Sasha Performing at KW Multicultural Festival

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Stefan performing at the KW Multicultural Festival

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Ryan performing at the KW Multicultural Festival

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Phil performing at Sky Chase Winery

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Awake & Dreaming performing at Sky Chase Winery

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Awake & Dreaming performing at Maxwell's Concerts & Events

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Sasha Recording Something To Believe In Music Video

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Sasha Recording I U Me Music Video

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Sasha Shadow

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Sasha Kristoff in Recording Studio Session at Frontier Music

Overview

Awake & Dreaming is an alt-rock band from Waterloo Ontario. Think Paramore, Radiohead, Muse, Nine Inch Nails. Our sets mix original compositions with creatively reimagined covers to suit the venue.

Awake & Dreaming has a large and ever growing social media following, primarily based in Ontario. We draw fans to the establishments that we perform. We also advertise for every performance in tested ways we know work. This is an added bonus included in the price when hiring us.

Awake & Dreaming have performed at many high profile events across Ontario including twice at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). Contact us if you'd our like us and our fans to come out to your venue!


Reviews

1 review

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Arthur M.

March 21, 2024

Highly Recommend!

We have had Awake & Dreaming at an open house event as well as a couple other events we have hosted, they were really amazing! They have a really wide variety of music and they are all so incredibly talented. They are also rather interactive with us which we absolutely love, they make the night fun and exciting for everyone. After our first event having them, we had a lot of requests for them to come back, everyone is always so excited when we know they will be playing for us! if you're looking for entertainment, good music and professionalism you found the right band :) It's also a bonus that they look SO good doing it

Hired as: Indie Band

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Booking information

Price range: $1200 - $1800

Languages: English

Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes

What to expect

We are entirely self dependent. No need to do anything extra on your end. We have all the PAs, mixers, instruments, and cables to make everything sound great. All we need is a clean area to set up and somewhere we can plug in.

About

Awake & Dreaming is an alt-rock band from Waterloo, Ontario. Its members include Sasha Kristoff (vocals & keys), Stefan Schneider (guitar), Phil Lee (bass) and Ryan Dugal (drums). Awake & Dreaming combine to create dreamy ethereal soundscapes with hard rock tones. Our music resonates with fans of indie, alternative, electronic, and folk musical genres. If you like Paramore, Radiohead, Muse, Nine Inch Nails and LCD Soundsystem, you'll like Awake & Dreaming.

Awake & Dreaming has a large and ever growing social media following, primarily based in Ontario. We draw fans to the establishments that we perform at. We also advertise for every show we perform in tested ways we know work. So this is an added bonus included in the price when hiring us.

Awake & Dreaming performances are often: ticketed concerts, festivals, and bars/wineries. You are hiring Awake & Dreaming for our original alt-rock music. For sets longer than 1 hour we work with organizers to choose covers that reflect the venue. Awake & Dreaming has performed at many festivals, concerts halls, and venues including twice at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE).

Awake & Dreaming takes pride in its live show. We dress to impress. We use themed stage costumes and the musicians will often dance while on stage at points throughout the night. You are hiring Awake & Dreaming for the full stage show package. This makes each show a memorable event creating deep and lasting connection with the audience.

Please feel free to reach out and contact us with any additional questions you may have.

Much Love <3
Sasha

Additional booking notes

No requirements. Just enough space for 4 musicians.

Set list

We obviously love our originals, but we're extremely flexible when it comes to set lists. Here's a list of just some of our favourites. Feel free to request whatever you'd like though!

4 Non Blondes - What's Up
Adele - Set Fire to the Rain
Awake & Dreaming - Antidote
Awake & Dreaming - Believe In Love
Awake & Dreaming - Better Than I Was
Awake & Dreaming - Can't Sleep
Awake & Dreaming - Cold Shoulder
Awake & Dreaming - Faceless
Awake & Dreaming - Old Ghosts
Awake & Dreaming - I U Me
Awake & Dreaming - Something to Believe In
Awake & Dreaming - Yesterday or Tomorrow
Aurora - Cure for Me
Bastion - Build That Wall
Ben Platt - Rain
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Billie Eilish - When the Party's Over
Billie Ellish - Bad Guy
Blondie - Call Me
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Chris Isaak - Wicked Games
Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
Chuck Berry - Johnny Be Good
Coldplay - Green Eyes
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
Damien Rice - Delicate
Dido - White Flag
Dixie Chicks - Landslide
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Elton John - Your Song
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
John Mayer - Gravity
John Mayer - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
John Mayer - Stop This Train
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
Lana Del Ray - Young & Beautiful
Lana Del Ray - Born To Die
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing in My House
Lorde - Sober
Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
LP - Lost on You
Luis Enrique - Yo No Se Manana
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Muse - Dead Inside
Muse - Madness
Muse - Hysteria
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nine Inch Nails - Right Where it Belongs
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Norah Jones - Turn Me On
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There
Our Lady Peace - 4am
Paramore - Misery Business
Paul Simon - Sound of Silence
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Sara Bareilles - She Used to Be Mine
Sarah McLachlan - Angel
Switchfoot - On Fire
Radiohead - Creep
Radiohead - Everything In the Right Place
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
Snow Patrol - Run
Taylor Swift - Style
The Cranberries - Zombie
The Greatest Showman - Never Enough
The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Influences and inspiration

Paramore
Radiohead
Muse
Nine Inch Nails
LCD Soundsystem

Setup requirements

All we need is a few power outlets

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