JoeyFest Performers
Ava Camille
Performer at JoeyFest MA 2019, 2020, & 2022, JoeyFest DC 2024, & JoeyFest LA 2025
Ava Camille, who now resides in LA, grew up in the Washington D.C. area, raised by an entrepreneur father and a writer mother. Her parents played a variety of music in the house – from Tina Turner to Emmylou Harris to Prince to Brazilian Bossa Nova. This eclectic mix of musicians inspired Ava, who now pairs her alluring, soulful vocals with a catchy pop energy. She draws from musical inspirations like Olivia Dean, Maggie Rogers, and Alicia Keys.
Ava is pursuing singing/songwriting with the ambition of making it her full-time career. She is currently in the process of releasing her debut EP, “Heartbreak Just Gets Harder”. Her writing is candid, charming, and thoughtful. Ava is unapologetically herself through her music and hopes to continue developing a quality we all share: dynamism. She of course sings of romantic love, but she openly uses music to process other themes in life as well - themes such as privilege, envy, learning to love oneself, and sometimes just wanting to be a disco ball. While Ava's songs are uniquely hers, they’ll make you feel understood and seen in more ways than one.
Ava Camille can be found on all streaming platforms.
Marilyn Hucek
Performer at JoeyFest DC 2024 & JoeyFest LA 2025
Marilyn Hucek is an American-Chilean artist and singer-songwriter born in Washington D.C. From a young age Marilyn would write songs before she knew what songwriting was and later learned to play piano and guitar. Growing up with a multicultural background her musical influences have been wide-ranging. She enjoys singing and writing in both English and Spanish incorporating her upbringing into her artistry.
Marilyn’s late father battled early-onset Alzheimer’s for 15 years, which impacted her deeply. She wrote and dedicated a special song in his honor which became her debut single and launched her career as a full-time artist. The themes in her music cover love, loss, heartbreak, and writing from personal experiences and observations.
Since then Marilyn has amassed over 4 million streams, released 2 EPs, performed live at more than 150 venues of all shapes and sizes, and she's committed to using her voice and platform to help raise Alzheimer’s awareness. Marilyn’s music has been on radio, and featured on Pandora editorial playlists, “Today’s Tunesmiths & Troubadours,” and “AMP: Fresh Cuts.” She performed at the Annapolis Songwriters Festival, and Takoma Park Songwriters Festival, to name a few.
Marilyn is currently attending LAAMP, a prestigious music academy in LA co-founded by the hit producer duo Stargate and mentored by music executive Chris Anokute. She is working on her debut full-length album.
Hayley Reardon
Performed at JoeyFest MA 2024
Hayley Reardon is a critically acclaimed folk-pop singer and songwriter, and a storyteller in the truest sense of the word. Reardon dove head first into music at the young age of 15, and has dedicated much of her life to writing, recording and performing music around the world. With more than 85 original songs released to date, Reardon’s music has been featured on multiple Spotify and Apple Music editorial playlists, boasting more than 7 million streams on Apple Music alone.
She has shared the stage with renowned artists including Lori McKenna, Rodney Crowell, Dar Williams, and Anaïs Mitchell, among others. Her ever-deepening music carries a lyrical and melodic weight beyond her years, being described as “brilliantly moving folk/pop with a lyrical depth and soul” (Performer Magazine) and “a melancholy little masterpiece” (American Songwriter Magazine). No Depression writes “Reardon is truly a treasure.”
Raised in a coastal Massachusetts town north of Boston, Reardon spent three years based in Nashville followed by six years carrying her songs and stories all over the globe.
Sam Bouvé
Performed at JoeyFest MA 2019, 2020, 2021, & 2022
Sam has been playing in the greater area of Boston for the better part of 10 years as a bassist. He spans all kinds of sounds from emo to psych rock to playing in jam bands. “I’ve always been open to anything, just love playing music with people I enjoy”.
Sam first played bass as part of a Boston country band in South Boston at college football events. He has since then transitioned to playing at prominent Boston venues including The Paradise Rock Club in which he has been both a performer as well as an audience member.
He currently plays with The Rupert Selection, Junior Beef, and Dead to the Core (a collective of musicians with a shared love for the Grateful Dead).
