Who wants to go hang out on a beach or in a beautiful park blessed with towering trees and listen to some cool tunes beneath cloudless blue skies?

If that sounds good to you – get thee hence to Invermere this weekend (August 19-21) for the Invermere MusicFest.

With the stage and festival grounds at the Kinsmen Beach greenspace and Lake Windermere as a backdrop, the Invermere MusicFest will be another memorable, entertaining and edgy musical experience for our Columbia Valley residents and visitors.

Join us on August 19 for our first-ever Friday Night Kickoff event, featuring high-energy bands, dancing, and tons of fun.

The all-day event on August 20th is family friendly, and boasts an incredibly diverse line-up and feel-good vibes.  Call (250-342-4423) to sign up for our Musician Workshops and learn from the pros on August 21.

Artist Feature

Royal Canoe

This six-piece ensemble from Winnipeg (pictured above) give you everything, but on their own manically hybrid terms.

It’s one thing to reference a particular style, or even a range of styles. It’s another thing entirely to grab huge handfuls of sounds from pretty much anywhere, throw them all together and come up with something both cohesive and totally distinctive-something that also happens to ripple and crack with energy. This is what Royal Canoe does best.

“Royal Canoe are the mad scientists of the Canrock scene.” – The Chronicle Journal

Royal Canoe is the closing act on Saturday, taking to the stage at 9:30 p.m. after the energizing Bend Sinister (8 p.m.), riveting JJ Shiplett (6 p.m.) and Annie Lou (5 p.m.)

Awesome local acts open the fun on Saturday, with the Big Eli B Blues Band – featuring father and son combo Marty and Eli Beingessner and Dave Shaw on drums. They hit the stage at 12:45 p.m. followed at 2 p.m. by Sean Cronin and Friends, featuring Sean and father John Cronin, Debra-Jean Creelman, Joseph Denham and David Sikula. Petunia and the Vipers take the stage before Annie Lou.

The festival gets rocking on Friday, August 19, at 6 p.m. with the infectious grooves of Vancouver’s Love You Miss You. Calgary’s HighKicks follow at 7:50 p.m. and De Bruces a Mi’s Columbian reggae brings a high energy close to the evening.

Environment Canada is forecasting awesome weather for the weekend, with sun and more sun and temperatures ranging between 25 and 29 C.

For more information check out the festival website.

Win tickets to Invermere MusicFest…

Get your tickets online at invermeremusicfest.com or the following locations: Home Hardware, Pynelogs Cultural Centre (Avenue on Main, Invermere). Only $50 for a full-weekend pass, $30 for Fri/Sat day passes! ! Kids 12 and under are FREE!

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