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Check out these stunning portraits of this year's CBC Music Festival performers

Photographer Vanessa Heins snapped some exclusive photos for CBC Music backstage at this year's festival.
Caveboy backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)

The 2018 CBC Music Festival has officially wrapped.

The day was filled with music, comedy, good food and fun activities. For a full recap of the day, head over to our sights and sounds post now.

Throughout the day, photographer Vanessa Heins snapped some beautiful portrait photos of some of this year's performers and CBC hosts. Scroll down and check them out.

For full coverage of this year's CBC Music Festival, head over to cbcmusic.ca/festival.

Zaki Ibrahim
Zaki Ibrahim backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Fortunate Ones
Fortunate Ones backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Ammoye
Ammoye backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Caveboy
Caveboy backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Aquakultre
Aquakultre backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Boogat 
Boogat backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Jenn Grant
Jenn Grant backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Johnny Balik
Johnny Balik backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Milk & Bone
Milk and Bone backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
CBC q's Tom Power
Tom Power backstage at the 2018 CBC Music Festival. (Vanessa Heins)
Afterdark's Odario Williams
Odario in a black hat looking off to the side.
Odario Williams is a judge for the 2023 Canadian Music Class Challenge. (Vanessa Heins)