SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE - Exclaim! · Readers: 480,000 • Pages: 24 • Timing: May through...
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Readers: 480,000 • Pages: 24 • Timing: May through September Exclaim! Magazine is publishing its annual Summer Festival Guide as a supplement to the June issue and online at Exclaim.ca/festivals. Providing the most comprehensive look at the hundreds of summer music and comedy festivals across Canada, this invaluable tool is a lasting resource for readers to reference throughout the summer months. The Guide will provide event details, lineups, contact information and price ranges for all festivals occurring from May through September, and will offer readers with a preview of all the must-see events across the country. If you want to know when and where to be this summer, consult the Exclaim! Summer Festival Guide. Established in 1992, Exclaim! Magazine is the most recognized music culture magazine for 18-to-34-year-olds in Canada. For marketing opportunities please contact: Ian Danzig at 416-535-9735 x27 – [email protected] SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE WORDS BY: MATT BOBKIN ILLUSTRATION BY: SPENCER AFONSO F2 EXCLAIM! SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE – JUNE 2017 MAY / JUNE MODIFIED GHOST FESTIVAL » Metal/Hardcore Comeback Kid, Red Fang, Nails, Cro- Mags, Exhumed, Municipal Waste, Candlemass, Acid King, Gatecreeper, Black Wizard, Homewrecker May 25 to 28; Vancouver, BC; $30 to $130; www.modifiedghostfestival.com MUSIC MELT » Variety The “mini fest” returns for year three. Dead Soft, Dopey’s Robe, Sex With Strangers May 27 to 28; Vancouver, BC; $10; all ages TINHORN CREEK CONCERT SERIES » Variety Five concerts featuring some of Canada’s best bands. Boom Booms, Julian Taylor Band, John Welsh Band, Mounties, Big Sugar May 27 to Sept 10; Oliver, BC; $25 to $125 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL BRITISH COLUMBIA Victoria is about to feel the riddim with the return of Victoria Ska and Reggae Fest. Hosted by the Victoria BC Ska Society, this 18th instalment will bring dozens of ska and reggae acts from all over for five nights of music, plus plenty of afternoon and early evening shows for an all-ages crowd. Headliners include Southern soul progenitor Booker T. Jones, jazzy Jamaican reggae singer Jah9 and ska-core crew La Banda Skalavera making their Canadian debut. This year also marks the seventh annual Rocksteady Collective, the festival’s visual arts exhibition, which will also feature dancing, workshops and gourmet edibles. And, though they’re the Victoria Ska Society, they’re not going to leave other BC rudies out of the action — while the festival runs in Victoria, the VBCSS will be hosting shows in Cumberland, Vancouver and Whistler featuring some of the festival’s biggest acts, including New Zealand’s the Black Seeds, UK’s the Skints and the Beach Boys’ Mike Love. June 14 to 19; Victoria, BC; $14.50 to $179.50; victoriaskafest.ca PHOTO: GARY COPELAND VICTORIA SKA & REGGAE FEST BOOKER T For complete listings updated all summer, bookmark: EXCLAIM.CA/FESTIVALS T HIS YEAR MARKS THE 14TH ANNUAL EXCLAIM! SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE, WHICH MEANS WE’VE BEEN chronicling the world of Canadian festivals for more than half of Exclaim!’s 25 years. It seems to be a year of chroni- cling such milestones (not least of which are the Canada 150 events that dot the summer’s event landscape), from the 40th Anniversary of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival to the 10th year for Halifax avant-garde fest OBEY Conven- tion. Whether it's an insatiable desire for grilled meats and fermented beverages or a quest for the freshest emergent sounds, Canadian festival season will take care of you. » Kids A world-renowned, child-oriented music, dance, theatre and art festival located on Granville Island. Afrique en Cirque, Fred Penner, Le Groupe Swing May 29 to June 5; Vancouver, BC; $5 to $58; all ages; www.childrensfestival.ca MUSIC WASTE » Variety Vancouver’s premier DIY festival for local, homegrown talent. Nothingness, Big EviL, Devours, Pudding, Rambone & the Wet Reality, Dopey’s Robe June 1 to 5; Vancouver, BC; $7 to $15 COVENANT FESTIVAL III » Metal The third gathering of death’s music. Bolzer, Revenge, Rites of Thy Degringolade, Xiphoid Dementia, Sortilegia, Shroud of the Heretic June 8 to 11; Vancouver, BC; $25 to $90; www.covenantfestival.com FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE VANCOUVER » Cultural One of Western Canada’s biggest celebrations of Francophone culture. Paul Piché, La Bronze June 16 to 25; Vancouver, BC; free to $35; all ages GIBSONS LANDING JAZZ FESTIVAL » Jazz Annual community jazz festival showcasing the best and brightest from BC’s Sunshine Coast and abroad. June 17 to 19; Gibson, BC; www.coastjazz.com RED TRUCK BEER TRUCK STOP EXCLAIM! SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE – JUNE 2017 F3
Transcript of SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE - Exclaim! · Readers: 480,000 • Pages: 24 • Timing: May through...
Readers: 480,000 • Pages: 24 • Timing: May through September
Exclaim! Magazine is publishing its annual Summer Festival Guide as a supplement to the June issue and online at Exclaim.ca/festivals. Providing the most comprehensive look at the hundreds of summer music and comedy festivals across Canada, this invaluable tool is a lasting resource for readers to reference throughout the summer months.
The Guide will provide event details, lineups, contact information and price ranges for all festivals occurring from May through September, and will offer readers with a preview of all the must-see events across the country. If you want to know when and where to be this summer, consult the Exclaim! Summer Festival Guide.
Established in 1992, Exclaim! Magazine is the most recognized music culture magazine for 18-to-34-year-olds in Canada.
For marketing opportunities please contact:Ian Danzig at 416-535-9735 x27 – [email protected]
SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDEwords by: matt bobkin
illustration by: spencer afonso
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MAY / JUNE
MODIFIED GHOST FESTIVAL» Metal/HardcoreComeback Kid, Red Fang, Nails, Cro-Mags, Exhumed, Municipal Waste, Candlemass, Acid King, Gatecreeper, Black Wizard, HomewreckerMay 25 to 28; Vancouver, BC; $30 to $130; www.modifi edghostfestival.com
MUSIC MELT » VarietyThe “mini fest” returns for year three.Dead Soft, Dopey’s Robe, Sex With StrangersMay 27 to 28; Vancouver, BC; $10; all ages
TINHORN CREEK CONCERT SERIES » VarietyFive concerts featuring some of Canada’s best bands.Boom Booms, Julian Taylor Band, John Welsh Band, Mounties, Big SugarMay 27 to Sept 10; Oliver, BC; $25 to $125
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
exclaim! summer music festival guide – june 2017 F3
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Victoria is about to feel the riddim with the return of Victoria Ska and Reggae Fest. Hosted by the Victoria BC Ska Society, this 18th instalment will bring dozens of ska and reggae acts from all over for fi ve nights of music, plus plenty of afternoon and early evening shows for an all-ages crowd. Headliners include Southern soul progenitor Booker T. Jones, jazzy Jamaican reggae singer Jah9 and ska-core crew La Banda Skalavera making their Canadian debut. This year also marks the seventh annual Rocksteady
Collective, the festival’s visual arts exhibition, which will also feature dancing, workshops and gourmet edibles. And, though they’re the Victoria Ska Society, they’re not going to leave other BC rudies out of the action — while the festival runs in Victoria, the VBCSS will be hosting shows in Cumberland, Vancouver and Whistler featuring some of the festival’s biggest acts, including New Zealand’s the Black Seeds, UK’s the Skints and the Beach Boys’ Mike Love. June 14 to 19; Victoria, BC; $14.50 to $179.50; victoriaskafest.ca
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For complete listings updated all summer, bookmark:
EXCLAIM.CA/FESTIVALS
T HIS YEAR MARKS THE 14TH ANNUAL EXCLAIM! SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE, WHICH MEANS WE’VE BEEN
chronicling the world of Canadian festivals for more than half of Exclaim!’s 25 years. It seems to be a year of chroni-cling such milestones (not least of which are the Canada 150 events that dot the summer’s event landscape), from the 40th Anniversary of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival to the 10th year for Halifax avant-garde fest OBEY Conven-tion. Whether it's an insatiable desire for grilled meats and fermented beverages or a quest for the freshest emergent sounds, Canadian festival season will take care of you.
» KidsA world-renowned, child-oriented music, dance, theatre and art festival located on Granville Island.Afrique en Cirque, Fred Penner, Le Groupe SwingMay 29 to June 5; Vancouver, BC; $5 to $58; all ages; www.childrensfestival.ca
MUSIC WASTE » VarietyVancouver’s premier DIY festival for local, homegrown talent.Nothingness, Big EviL, Devours, Pudding, Rambone & the Wet Reality, Dopey’s RobeJune 1 to 5; Vancouver, BC; $7 to $15
COVENANT FESTIVAL III » MetalThe third gathering of death’s music.Bolzer, Revenge, Rites of Thy
Degringolade, Xiphoid Dementia, Sortilegia, Shroud of the HereticJune 8 to 11; Vancouver, BC; $25 to $90; www.covenantfestival.com
FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE VANCOUVER » CulturalOne of Western Canada’s biggest celebrations of Francophone culture.Paul Piché, La BronzeJune 16 to 25; Vancouver, BC; free to
$35; all ages
GIBSONS LANDING JAZZ FESTIVAL » JazzAnnual community jazz festival showcasing the best and brightest from BC’s Sunshine Coast and abroad.June 17 to 19; Gibson, BC;www.coastjazz.com
RED TRUCK BEER TRUCK STOP
MAY / JUNE
MODIFIED GHOST FESTIVAL» Metal/HardcoreComeback Kid, Red Fang, Nails, Cro-Mags, Exhumed, Municipal Waste, Candlemass, Acid King, Gatecreeper, Black Wizard, HomewreckerMay 25 to 28; Vancouver, BC; $30 to $130; www.modifi edghostfestival.com
MUSIC MELT » VarietyThe “mini fest” returns for year three.Dead Soft, Dopey’s Robe, Sex With StrangersMay 27 to 28; Vancouver, BC; $10; all ages
TINHORN CREEK CONCERT SERIES » VarietyFive concerts featuring some of Canada’s best bands.Boom Booms, Julian Taylor Band, John Welsh Band, Mounties, Big SugarMay 27 to Sept 10; Oliver, BC; $25 to $125
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
exclaim! summer music festival guide – june 2017 F3
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Victoria is about to feel the riddim with the return of Victoria Ska and Reggae Fest. Hosted by the Victoria BC Ska Society, this 18th instalment will bring dozens of ska and reggae acts from all over for fi ve nights of music, plus plenty of afternoon and early evening shows for an all-ages crowd. Headliners include Southern soul progenitor Booker T. Jones, jazzy Jamaican reggae singer Jah9 and ska-core crew La Banda Skalavera making their Canadian debut. This year also marks the seventh annual Rocksteady
Collective, the festival’s visual arts exhibition, which will also feature dancing, workshops and gourmet edibles. And, though they’re the Victoria Ska Society, they’re not going to leave other BC rudies out of the action — while the festival runs in Victoria, the VBCSS will be hosting shows in Cumberland, Vancouver and Whistler featuring some of the festival’s biggest acts, including New Zealand’s the Black Seeds, UK’s the Skints and the Beach Boys’ Mike Love. June 14 to 19; Victoria, BC; $14.50 to $179.50; victoriaskafest.ca
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VICTORIA SKA & REGGAE FEST
B O O K E R T
For complete listings updated all summer, bookmark:
EXCLAIM.CA/FESTIVALS
T HIS YEAR MARKS THE 14TH ANNUAL EXCLAIM! SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE, WHICH MEANS WE’VE BEEN
chronicling the world of Canadian festivals for more than half of Exclaim!’s 25 years. It seems to be a year of chroni-cling such milestones (not least of which are the Canada 150 events that dot the summer’s event landscape), from the 40th Anniversary of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival to the 10th year for Halifax avant-garde fest OBEY Conven-tion. Whether it's an insatiable desire for grilled meats and fermented beverages or a quest for the freshest emergent sounds, Canadian festival season will take care of you.
» KidsA world-renowned, child-oriented music, dance, theatre and art festival located on Granville Island.Afrique en Cirque, Fred Penner, Le Groupe SwingMay 29 to June 5; Vancouver, BC; $5 to $58; all ages; www.childrensfestival.ca
MUSIC WASTE » VarietyVancouver’s premier DIY festival for local, homegrown talent.Nothingness, Big EviL, Devours, Pudding, Rambone & the Wet Reality, Dopey’s RobeJune 1 to 5; Vancouver, BC; $7 to $15
COVENANT FESTIVAL III » MetalThe third gathering of death’s music.Bolzer, Revenge, Rites of Thy
Degringolade, Xiphoid Dementia, Sortilegia, Shroud of the HereticJune 8 to 11; Vancouver, BC; $25 to $90; www.covenantfestival.com
FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE VANCOUVER » CulturalOne of Western Canada’s biggest celebrations of Francophone culture.Paul Piché, La BronzeJune 16 to 25; Vancouver, BC; free to
$35; all ages
GIBSONS LANDING JAZZ FESTIVAL » JazzAnnual community jazz festival showcasing the best and brightest from BC’s Sunshine Coast and abroad.June 17 to 19; Gibson, BC;www.coastjazz.com
RED TRUCK BEER TRUCK STOP
