The three-day Filberg Festival gets underway Friday at Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park in Comox.
When: Friday, Aug. 2 to Sunday, Aug. 4One of the best bang-for-your-buck festivals on Vancouver Island is celebrating four decades of activity this weekend, with an assembly of roughly 200 musical acts and artisans ready to help the Comox festival celebrate in style.
“The line-up this year is all acts that fit the ethos of what the festival is about,” said Dimitri Demers, senior talent buyer for MRG Live, which co-produces the event with Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association. “It’s all very timeless music. It’s not a line-up that appeals to just an older crowd or a younger crowd, it appeals to a people-who-like-music crowd.”
He sought to include some artists with little to no prior experience with the festival, in order to keep the artistic offerings fresh. He succeeded in booking two acclaimed Nova Scotians — Halifax’s Joel Plaskett and Dartmouth’s Mo Kenney — for opening night. “I like that Joel Plaskett and Mo Kenny have not performed at the Filberg, as they are a great fit. It may be their first appearances, but hopefully not their last.
Blue Moon Marquee is on a roll at the moment, which should net a sizable crowd in the festival-closing spot on Sunday, Demers said. Scream, Holler & Howl, which was awarded blues album of the year, earned the husband-and-wife team of Jasmine Colette and A.W. Cardinal the first Juno Award of their decorated career in March.
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