FESTIVAL INFORMATION PULLOUT August 8-9, 2014 ~ Annex Park, Fernie BC
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August 8-9, 2014 Annex Park, Fernie
Welcome to Wapiti The Wapiti Music Festival in Fernie, BC will run this year on August 8th and 9th. Once again Wapiti will host up and coming Canadian Indie bands from across the country in the beautiful Elk Valley. Notable bands to catch at this year's festival include Zeus, July Talk, The Strumbellas and many more. New this year will be a free community concert on Thursday, August 7th at the Historic Fernie Arts Station featuring BC/Alberta musician Wil. The Wapiti Music Festival is entering its fourth year. Fans from previous years can expect more of the same great indie music this year that Wapiti is famous for. Outdoor festival fans that enjoy their music in a beautiful setting, with a relaxed family atmosphere, amid friendly community shopping and dining will love this festival. And once you're in Fernie there are loads of great summer activities for all ages to choose from.So, bring your dancing shoes to Fernie this summer for some great music and fun. For more information about tickets, schedules, bands, etc. please visit the website at wapitimusicfestival.com.
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OPEN 7 DAYS 9 am to 11 pm
August 8-9, 2014 Annex Park, Fernie
Schedule of Events Thursday August 7th
At Fernie Arts Station Square 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 9:30 pm
Gates Open Wil Gates Closed
Friday August 8
At Fernie Annex Park 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:15 pm 9:45 pm 11:00 pm
Gates Open Greg Drummond Good for Grapes Zeus Gates Closed
Saturday August 10 At Fernie Annex Park Noon 12:30 pm 2:00 pm 3:30 pm 5:00 pm 6:30 pm 8:00 pm 9:45 pm 11:00 pm
Gates Open Facts Jordan Klassen JP Hoe Sidney York The Strumbellas July Talk Fast Romantics Gates Closed
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Tickets
75
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Including Tax for a Weekend Pass*
*While quantities last. Day pricing is available.
Under 12 & Over 65 FREE!
Don’t Forget: ✔Hat ✔Waterbottle ✔Sunscreen
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big thanks from Yamagoya to all the
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The City of Fernie would like to welcome festival goers to the Annual Wapiti Music Festival and thank the many volunteers for all of their hard work and dedication in coordinating this great event for our community.
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August 8-9, 2014 Annex Park, Fernie Free Parking • Secure Bike Check
Safety Reminder The Elk River is a fast moving mountain river. There are no lifeguards on duty. It is reccommended to avoid the river and the duck pond and watch your children at all times, especially near the water. You are at your own risk.
Wapiti is pleased to provide parking at no charge for those attending the event. We also have a secure bike check and strongly encourage festival goers to ride their bike or walk to the event if possible. If you are driving please watch for the signs and volunteers directing you to the parking area inside the Annex Park. There is parking along city streets, but we ask that you respect the properties and driveways of residents and avoid blocking their access and not park on lawns. Also, please respect no parking signs where they are posted.
Food & Refreshment Vendors A variety of food from Fernie and beyond will be available! Cash only. Only factory sealed beverages or empty watter bottles. Water is provided on site. No glass, No dogs, No drugs/alcohol. Featured in the refreshment garden: •Red Roof Cider from Orchard Hill Cidery •Hidden Hollow Pear Cider from Misconduct Winery •Fernie Brewing Company, Fernie BC •Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery
Please note that care should be taken around the festival grounds, especially after dark, as there is considerable foot and bike traffic.
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August 8-9, 2014 Annex Park, Fernie Good For Grapes Good For Grapes formed in September of 2010, after a group of friends took a trip to Victoria, B.C. for some modest busking. Drawing unexpected crowds, this young and aspiring band took form; an original and talented six-piece group, with an array of harmonizing voices and instruments. Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, this folk/ alternative act has been gaining momentum ever since they stepped into the music scene. Their live stage performance has evolved into an incredibly active, folk stomping, and inviting energy; always resulting in an extremely enthusiastic and involved audience. Beginning by supporting charities and foundations, their unique folk sound has been accepted into a large variety of venues. Through this, they have gained a loyal fan base, which grows at every turn.
Zeus Few bands can be simultaneously timeless and relevant, but that's exactly the hi-wire act Zeus has become as a new millennium hit factory set for a triumphant return with the release of sophomore full-length Busting Visions. Driven by the three-headed songwriting beast of multi instrumentalists/ vocalists Mike O'Brien, Carlin Nicholson and Neil Quin as well as drummer Rob Drake, they operate out of a dilapidated garage in Toronto's scrappy east end. There, the band's Ill Eagle studio serves as ground zero for a burgeoning scene of collaborators, for which Zeus is the lightning rod.
Fast Romantics For Fast Romantics, it has been four years of adventuring their way through the backcountry of Canadian indie-rock, often attempting to straddle that hazy intersection at the corner of rock n' roll and pop. Now, with their second full-length album 'Afterlife Blues,' it sounds as though they have -- quite confidently -- found their way home. While Fast Romantics' earlier work prompted comparisons to Elvis Costello and Blur, 'Afterlife Blues' carves a bit of a different path right through the great cities of American music. From New Jersey to Detroit, and then cutting down through the heartland, they have somehow managed to combine all of these sounds without selling their distinctly Canadian souls.
J P Hoe JP Hoe's sophomore album, 2012’s Mannequin, may be named for a plastic ideal — but it beats with a human pulse. The acclaimed Winnipegbased singer/songwriter has crafted the kind of album that, to borrow a Wilco lyric, tries to break your heart. A soaring collection of cinematic epics that still burn with an intimate intensity. The six time Western Canadian Music Award nominated artist has a tremendous gift for writing songs would sound as good stripped down around a campfire as they would in a soft-seat theatre with a full orchestra.
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Greg Drummond Greg Drummond’s beginnings as a songwriter are not with the grandeur that many musicians claim to have started with—they are humble and they are honest. Growing terrified with the concept of his monotonous corporate lifestyle, he saved up enough money to live off of for a year and quit his sales job to pursue his passion—a career in music. It was not the perceived glamour of a rock-star’s life that called him to the profession; it was the struggle to earn his living through his art form.
Have a safe and fun
Wapiti weekend
and thanks to the event organizers for bringing this fantastic event to Fernie!
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The Strumbellas
The ease with which WiL explores a wide spectrum of themes and styles in his songwriting shows a lifetime of fearless musicianship. His tunes are catchy but not overstated - a dynamic performer who effortlessly balances out moments of gritty intensity with moments so tender you swear you hear his heart beating through the microphone. WiL's songs come from an honest place by a seasoned songwriter/performer.
It’s been a busy year so far for Lindsay, Ontario’s The Strumbellas. The band hit the ground running with a win for Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year at the 2014 JUNO Awards in March for their sophomore album, We Still Move On Dance Floors. In May they took home the SiriusXM Indies award for Folk Group Of The Year. This summer they pull up stakes and head out for a slew of summer festivals across Canada as well as their first tour on the Pacific Northwest of America.
Jordan Klassen Is there such a thing as unsentimental sincerity? If so, this could be it. A resonate warmth carries Klassen’s crafted, literate lyrics through vivid images and stories. Repentance juxtaposes a multi-textured simplicity with a trembling confidence and a fresh familiarity. Playful and wise, vast and intimate, the album travels from the jubilant in “Go to Me” and “Piano Brother” to the quiet intensity of “The Horses are Stuck” and “Strengthen Me With Raisins.” These are songs that fuse melody and poetry, stinging the imagination and summoning forgotten emotion.
Sidney York Begun as a long-distance musical collaboration between opera singer Brandi Sidoryk and bassoonist Krista Wodelet, Sidney York is one of the sharpest, sweetest, most surprising musical duos around. Known for their high-energy live shows featuring instruments seldom seen beyond the orchestra pit, Sidney York is captivating audiences with an unconventional and irresistible blend of catchy lyrics, masterful arrangements, and soaring vocal harmonies.
July Talk July Talk isn't easy to pigeonhole. Imagine Tom Waits and Amy Millan shouting whiskeysoaked lullabies while backed by Crazy Horse and you’d have a start. Striking a balance between Americana and indie-rock, July Talk’s Beauty & the Beast aesthetic burns a little going down, but will leave you wanting more.
Facts Facts is an East-Vancouver band born in 2010 by a collaboration between Sean Bletcher, Hugh Macdonald, Mike Doull and Sean Bayntun. The premise was to pursue a new trend of pop music; one that took the jangly guitars of the downtown basement rock scene they were used to, and blended in the pulse and hum of electronic dance music found in the clubs and art shows they would frequent.
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Fernie’s Childrens Festival presented by the Fernie Heritage Library & Mountain Market
Games Sprinklers & Crafts Live Performances Face Painting Bubble Gold Dance Panning Party
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Sunday, August 10
th 2014
10am - 2pm in Rotary Park
City of Fernie
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