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a circle of Pemby friends

Pemberton Music Festival wrap-up: Best. Camping trip. Ever.

Fans, friendship and summer dreams in our final recap of 2015’s Pemby Fest.

Squamish Valley Music Festival delivers top-notch music and beautiful mountain landscapes

Young The Giants, Sameer Gadhia gives a powerful performance this past Saturday evening.

Live at Squamish eclectic and folk-inclusive

Live at Squamish, a three-day event hosted from August 24-26, was a superb combination of two great elements: music and the outdoors. This year's festival procured a distinctly Canadian line-up with...

Bass Coast heats up Squamish this August long weekend

Tucked away in the woods, nestled between the bosoms of mountains in the Squamish Valley Campground is the annual it-spot for Andrea Oakden, Andrea Graham, and Liz Thompson’s Bass Coast Project. The...
Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2012

Peace, love, and music paint shades of Woodstock at 35th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival was an inter-generational celebration of everything folk with fantastic bands, plenty of sunshine and a positive vibe.

Freshbooks welcomes SXSW attendees with Texan barbeque

Driving at night in the rain, we almost missed the turn off to the ranch where Canadian company, FreshBooks was hosting a party for SXSW attendees. The Salt Lick, a famous barbeque joint in Texas,...

Indian Summer Fest, MEC Paddlefest, Van's 125th Birthday, and more events

Vancouver's birthday is coming up, and their birthday party looks amazing (See Dan Mangan for free). Be sure to check out the three day event in Stanley Park as well as the other festivals going on....