It’s not every day that you get to attend a friend’s wedding, let alone an impromptu topless ceremony in the midst of a music festival. But if you’re going to make a career of touring around festivals full time it’s bound to start happening, at least on the weekends. Festivals, by their nature, are designated drop-off points for inhibitions, and given the opportunity your garden-variety 9-5er will happily wade into the deep end of the pool, once they’ve found a taste for it; abandoning their social mores, and often their clothes along the way. For the veterans, it’s championing the perpetual weekend, and proudly rallying around the freak flag, and Messtival, in Anagance, New Brunswick, is their Iwo Jima. Continue reading Happy Birthday Messtival, Hope It’s Your Last
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Burn Your Bridges in the Shifty Bits Circus: Inf4rno
Once a year for the last four years, the Shifty Bits Cult has latched onto downtown Fredericton and used this willing host for their annual Circus music festival. The music collective’s terrifying dreams become a reality, through different themes, and this year they’ve been dreaming of Dante. “Through me you go amongst the lost people.” Continue reading Burn Your Bridges in the Shifty Bits Circus: Inf4rno
Evolve(d) 2015
Evolve is a place where one can expect to find all kinds of people, all walks of life and tastes in music. When I arrived in Halifax for the first time, this festival was a topic that nearly everyone I met had an opinion on and a story to share. The word ‘Evolve‘ was uttered with reverence and love. There is no other event I have witnessed since my arrival here that has imbued that kind of response. Continue reading Evolve(d) 2015
Afternoon Delight 2015 – Small Town Charm in a Music Festival
“Alright folks, I’m kind of hungry. I think I’m going to have a light snack.”
Amidst the rolling hills of the Kennebecasis River Valley, people from all over gathered just outside of the peaceful hamlet of Sussex. The morning sun shone brightly, warming my skin as the smiles of strangers, friends and families warmed my heart. The positivity in the air consumed me. Like everybody else, I couldn’t help but smile ear to ear.
And then Miss Cassandra Strange proceeded to eat a light bulb. Continue reading Afternoon Delight 2015 – Small Town Charm in a Music Festival
Folly Fest 2015
“You’re snoring.”
That’s odd. I hadn’t heard anyone snoring. Then a crackling sting spreads across my scorched flesh and with it comes a sudden and embarrassing realisation. I had been sitting there on the shores of the Saint John River, warming myself in the sunshine, when my lights finally winked out. Folly Fest is a gruelling three days of nearly non-stop revelry and music, and only those possessing a superhuman level of endurance, or a source of military grade energy drink, can survive the sixty hour-long gauntlet without blinking. Continue reading Folly Fest 2015