Schedule

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Please note that the schedule is subject to change.

You can find our Midsummer Festival schedule in the Interior News and the Terrace Standard the week of the Festival. You can also pick up a program at the gate when you arrive.

Friday, July 1 (EVE)

Time Main Stage Stage 3 4H Jam Zone
5:45 pm Opening Ceremony
(Oh Canada w/singers leading)
     
6:00-7:00 pm Valley Youth Fiddlers      
7:00-7:45 pm Theresa Pasaluko Nascent State Raymond James III  
7:45-8:30 pm Los Gringos Salvajes Acoustics Anonymous Shauna Hunter McLean Celtic Jam (7-8)
8:30-9:30 pm The Fugitives Axes of Ego
(8:30-9:15)
Mike Clarke(8:30-9:15) Fiddle Jam (8:15-9:15)
9:30-10:30 pm Headwater The Racket
(9:15-10)
Magpie Ulysses (9:15-10:00)  
10:30-11:30 pm Aurora Jane Blind Vinyl (10-10:45)    
11:30 pm -12:30 am The Lee Boys Ribcage (10:45-11:30)    
    Dubtonic
(11:30-12:15)
   

 

Saturday, July 2nd (DAY)

Time Main Stage Stage 3 4H Jam Zone
10:15-11:00 am Keith Cummings    

Somatics w/ Servass Mes

(10-10:45am)

11:00-11:45 am Robyn Hooper Doug Koyama Klezmer Katz Songwriting: Mip and Mark Perry(10:45-11:45)
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Tangled Grass SSS Jazz Combo Diamond Willow Band Emilyn Stam:  Playing a Melody Instrument with singer/songwriters( 11:45-12:45)
12:30-1:15 pm Shola Phoenix Jazz Experience On the House Chicken Creek "Sacred Steel" showcase with The Lee Boys(1:00-2:00)
1:15-2:00 pm James Lamb   Pretty Girl Hill  
2:00-3:00 pm Emilyn Stam & James Stephens JAB (2-2:45) Skeena Skiffle (2-2:45) Roots Jam with Headwater
(2:15-3:15)
3:00-4:00 pm The Fugitives Traitor’s Gate (2:45-3:30) Jamedi Ricbri
(2:45-3:45)
"Slidin' in The Groove" :  all-star slide jam with host Alvin Lee (3:30-4:30)
4:00-5:00 pm Headwater     Tears & Laughter: Humorous Songmaking with Rick Scott (4:45-5:45)
5-6:00pm DINNER      


Saturday, July 2nd (DAY - KIDS STAGE)

Time KIDS Stage
  Good Morning Meditation (kid’s area)
11 -11:45 am Celtic Raindrop
11:45 am -12:30 pm Nurture Nature Now
1 - 2 pm Rick Scott
2 - 4 pm Twain Sullivan Kids


Saturday, July 2nd (EVE)

Time Main Stage Stage 3 4H Jam Zone
6-6:45 pm The Trainwrecks   Shillelagh Balfolk:  Traditional French & Belgian dancing
6:45-7:30 pm Hillbilly Scrabble   The Mud Cats Spoken Word Workshop w/the Fugitives (6:45-7:45)
7:30-8:15 pm Chad Graves & Mark Cassidy w/ HBS   Magneto  
8:15-9 pm Non-Prophet Society Damnsel    
9 -10 pm MIP Power Trio Tree Bomb (9:00-9:45)    
10 -11 pm Blackberry Wood Lost Cause 34 (9:45-10:30)    
11 pm - 12 am Aurora Jane Mathias Rock (10:30-11:15)    

 

Sunday, July 3rd (DAY)

Time Main Stage Stage 3 4H Jam Zone
10 -11 am   The BAD TASTE workshop Gospel Jam Somatics w/Servaas (10:30-11:00)
11 -12 pm The Lee Boys      
12 - 1 pm The Fugitives   Jennifer Gillmor & Peter Slack (12:15-1:00) Banjo Jam (led by Mark Cassidy) (Noon-1)
1 - 2 pm Rick Scott   Skyla Olivia & the Bird on Your Shoulder (1-1:45) Aurora Jane (1:15-2:15)
2 - 3 pm Chad Graves & Mark Cassidy    

 

 

3 - 4 pm MIP Power Trio      
4 - 5 pm Blackberry Wood      
5 - 5:30 pm Closing Ceremony (Grand Finale w/Mark Perry)      


Sunday, July 3rd (DAY - KIDS STAGE)

Time KIDS Stage
  Wake Up Chi Gung (kid’s area)
11 -11:45 am Truffles
11:45 am -12:30 pm Cheryl Hofweber
12:30-1:15 pm Twisted String


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