By Keith and Heather Nicol
Well, you still
have time to get tickets to this year’s Vancouver Island MusicFest which is
happening this weekend-July 13-15, 2018. The lineup looks as varied as past
years and we are looking forward to seeing the wide range of performers that
descend on Music Fest . It looks like
the weather will be warm and dry so attendees should be prepared for lots of
sun. Be sure to bring your sunscreen and water bottle. We plan to head to shady
venues when necessary and really appreciate the venues like the Crossroads and
Woodland stage since they tend to be shady.
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| The festival always seems to attract a large crowd |
We will be joined
by my brother and his wife from Victoria who have been coming up to see MusicFest for the last 3 years , ever since we moved to
the Comox Valley. And they have been
encouraging their friends from Victoria to come up since they enjoy it so much.
The festival truly attracts people from up and down Vancouver Island and beyond
and it is right in our backyard. What we
really enjoy about the festival is that although the ‘name attractions’ are fun
to see, we always find the unexpected performances from people we have never
heard of to be one of our highlights. Piano player David Vest and singer Maria
Dunn (and her band) were some of our favourites that come to mind from last
year’s Music Fest. We are still listening
to CD’s we bought from them last year.
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| It fun to see some big names like Bruce Cockburn from last year's MusicFest right in our backyard |
This year we are looking forward to seeing
Arlo Guthrie, Ry Cooder, Dustbowl
Revival as well as Celtic musicians Step Crew and Quistina Brooke among many
others. For people that want more information and to buy tickets see: https://www.islandmusicfest.com/ See you there!
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| David Vest was one of our highlight performers from last year |
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