So last year Victoria got a new music festival, it went by the name of Rifflandia and it rocked. I unfortunately did not get to go as I decided to enjoy the Yukon for a few extra days before it was back to school. This year however I fully intend on enjoying what will no doubt be a stellar festival full of fantastic talent. The festival will run September 24 - 27th and will feature the mad skillz of
Tegan & Sara,
Holy Fuck,
Buck 65,
Mother Mother,
Champion,
Final Fantasy,
Beach House,
Shad,
Pink Mountaintops, and
Mt. Saint Helens Vietnam Band(I hope all those links work, they took way too long to do) with more names to be announced on July 15th. Right now a limited quantity of earlybird wristbands have been released and will be available till July 14th. Wristbands will run you about 50 bucks including fees and are totally worth it. They'll get you into every venue as well as some bonus perks. Also Rifflandabrau will be brewed once again for your enjoyment and some special "twists" like the Rifflandia Drama Club and as well as an official festival magazine/guide book to be released in mid August.
And that's not all, Rifflandia is being held as a sister event to Transmission, an international music conference for all the movers and shakers of the industry. It looks to be pretty interesting and hopefully I'll be able to grab an invite for that so I can let you know what its all about.
All in all it looks like a pretty darn exciting weekend in Victoria. For more info you can check out the Rifflandia site
here and the Transmission site
here.Labels: Buck 65, Champion, festivals, Final Fantasy, Holy Fuck, Mother Mother, pink mountaintops, Shad, Tegan and Sara