Frances Hope
Singer-Songwriter
Frances Hope is a singer-songwriter, alternative pop artist, poet, multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, musician, and content creator & marketer from Victoria, BC. Her music is inspired by early Joni Mitchell, Don McLean, Gordon Lightfoot, Taylor Swift, Lizzy McAlpine, Lana Del Ray, Florence and the Machine, Fleurie, Birdy, and Brandi Carlile. She is an advocate for mental health, as her struggles with mental health led her to begin songwriting to process and heal her own wounds. Little did she know, that her words would touch others and shine a light on universal themes of vulnerability, mental health and healing, and have become her raison d'être.
She has played at the Dragon Boat Festival, Cameron Bandshell, Hermann’s Jazz Club, TD Music Play the Park Series, Le Baiser Salé (Paris), The Hard Swallow (New York City) & other local and international venues. She was selected for the prestigious City of Victoria 2024/25 Musicians Roster.
Her music has been in rotation on CFUV, CKUA, CILU LU, WFLU-DB, Indie 101.5, CHRW, and Maritime Radio in Canada, the US, and the UK. She has been featured in blogs, magazines, and news journals, including Tinnitist, Canadian Beats, Cashbox Canada, and Record World International (the second longest running music media outlet in the USA).
She is teaching virtual songwriting classes for youth and adults dealing with trauma, offering mentorship, workshops, and classes on social media branding and marketing or musicians, as well as content creation.
She's currently working on two new singles and her first full LP album. You can find her music on all music streaming sites.
“If you care about the space between the notes, if you care about the space that binds ephemeral words, if you seek to visit with an artist who wears her experiences and her heart on her sleeve, then Frances Hope is your promised land. Part storyteller, part savant, and always sanguine, she recounts a life trapped in a tempered glass menagerie, but always offering her listeners a way in. Supple sonic splendor!”
— Ron Thaler, 3x Grammy-Winning Producer and Drummer, 11x Billboard #1
Live Performances
July 6t, 2025 - Opening for Inner Cowboy at The Beer Shack, Whiterock BC
April 4, 2025 - Live at the Coda
December 14th - Acoustic Christmas at Russell Books
October 24, '24 - Hosted and Performed Taylor Swift Trivia Night at The Mint (performed three Taylor Swift songs)
August 17, '24 - Live at Russell Books
August 10, '24 - Live at Russell Books
August 3, '24 - Live at Russell Books
July 20, '24 - Live at the Hallway
July 2, '24 - Live at the Cameron Bandshell
June 27, '24 - Live at the Fort Common
Jan 13, '24 - Live at Phoenix Bar and Grill
Oct 21, '23 - Live at Russell Books (Acoustic Autumn Show)
Aug 5th and 6th, '23 - Live at Q Bar, Empress Hotel
July 29, '23 - Live at Russell Books
July 20th and 21st - '23 Live at Q Bar, Empress Hotel
July 14 and 15th, '23 - Live at Q Bar, Empress Hotel
Live Performances Con't..
June 24, '23 - Live at Russell Books
June 23, '23 - Live on the Patio, Phoenix Bar & Grill
June 9, '23 - Paradigm Release Party, Haus of Owl, Victoria, BC
June 1, '23 - Bastian Square Market Gig
May '23 - Goldstream Market Gig (Victoria, BC)
April '23 * Herald St. Brew Works (Victoria, BC)
Feb 21 '23 * The Hard Swallow (New York City, NY)
Feb 18 '23 Funkadelic Studios (New York City, NY)
Jan 27 '23 - Beacon Brewing Ltd.
Dec 18 '22 - Bastian Sq Holiday Market Series live
Dec 11 '22 - View Royal Xmas Fair
Dec 2 '22 - Opening for The Poubelles, Phoenix Bar
Live Performances Con't..
Nov 20 '22 - Owl Designer Fair Set
Oct 28 '22 Pluto's Diner Gig
Oct 23 '22 - Herald St Brew Works
Oct 7 '22 - Beacon Brewing show (Victoria, BC)
Sept 17 '22 - TD Music Play the Parks Series , Tillicum Centre
April '22 -"Stay" played on Unsigned BC radio (100.5 FM)
April 10 2022 - Set at Gigi's Cafe
April 7 2022 - "Women in Music" at Hermann's Jazz Club
March 2022 - Opened for The Grinning Barretts, Riot Brewing Co. (March 19th)
January 2022 - Mistaken Identity played on Indie 101.5 FM and Unsigned BC, Season 2 Ep. 2 (CFRO 100.5 FM)
December 2021 - Fundraiser Christmas Show (raised $150 for the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)
August 2021 - House Concert
August 2021 - Dragon Boat Festival - Battle of the Bands Winner & Performer
June-Aug '21 - Restaurant gig - The Collective Wine Bar
Dec 2020 Various virtual live shows through Facebook Live/Christmas Show & Single
Nov 2020 * Various virtual live shows through Facebook Live (Covid)
Oct 2020 - Various virtual live shows through Facebook Live (covid)
Sept 2020 - Various virtual live shows through Facebook Live (Covid)
July 2020 - ArtIs + Power Series, Virtual Show with Indistry TV
May 2020 - Radio Appearance, CFUV FM (playing EP)
April 2020 - EP Release Show (Virtual)
Dec 2019 - Christmas Show at Gorgeous Coffee
Sept 2019 - Show at Gorgeous Coffee
May 2019 - Gig at Gorgeous Coffee (cafe/coffee shop)
Feb 2019 - Gig at Cup of Joe (cafe/restaurant)
Nov 2018 - CFUV FM Radio Appearance, CFUV FM
Sept 2018 - Gig at Mesa Familiar (restaurant)
Feb 2013 - Vitalus, Fundraiser for the Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton
PRESS
https://cashboxcanada.ca/reviews-album/victoria-bc-based-singer-songwriter-frances-hope-mends-injured-wing-dreamy?fbclid=IwAR0RDF-mJ2asJ8BdPaikOvMQtjyGPTsCg83ge2qKtuUa4aCZi9fwOOGr0AI
https://tinnitist.com/2022/03/24/frances-hope-knows-she-should-go-but-still-wants-to-stay/
https://lessthan1000followers.com/2022/03/14/frances-hope-stay/
http://victoriamusicscene.com/concert/alli-bean-frances-hope-alex-be-at-hermanns-jazz-club/
http://victoriamusicscene.com/2022/03/10/single-music-video-frances-hope-stay/
https://rgm.press/rgm-introducing-we-interview-canadian-artist-frances-hope/interview/
https://www.osgarotosdeliverpool.com.br/2022/03/musosoup-singles-112-lresorts-frances.html
https://www.mixcloud.com/UnsignedBC/s2-episode-2-another-bonus-episode/
https://www.unsignedbc.com/episodes
http://victoriamusicscene.com/2020/04/04/ep-frances-hope-frances-hope/
http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?p=24744
https://livevictoria.com/show/495754/view
https://artsvictoria.ca/show/500050/view
http://victoriamusicscene.com/2020/11/15/single-frances-hope-too-young/
http://victoriamusicscene.com/2020/12/20/single-frances-hope-christmas-in-my-heart/
Press photos
Photo by Kyle Robinson
Photo by Kyle Robinson
Photo by Kyle Robinson