Bif Naked: The Documentary-Screening & Acoustic Performance

Bif Naked brings her story and her songs to Thunder Bay with a documentary screening followed by an acoustic performance. See her on March 13, 2026 at Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, for an evening built around the voice and words that shaped her path from early 90s local bands to a solid solo career in Canadian alternative rock.

Born Beth Torbert and raised in North America before settling in Vancouver, Bif Naked blends punk energy and pop melodies with a direct, confessional style. Her albums — from the self-titled debut in 1994 to I Bificus (1998), Purge (2001), Superbeautifulmonster (2005) and The Promise (2009) — trace themes of relationships, identity and illness, moving between gritty riffs, melodic hooks and spoken-word inflections. Beyond the studio, she has toured across North America and Europe and pursued writing and acting alongside music.

This date pairs the screening of a documentary focused on her journey with a stripped-back set that revisits key tracks in an intimate format. Expect lyrics up front, arrangements pared to the essentials, and a closer look at a catalog that sits between alternative culture and wider audiences, all in the setting of Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.