Sasquatch Music Festival is upon us in a few weeks, bringing a plethora of artists to the Pacific Northwest and launching the start of the Festival Season in our neck of the woods. Here’s a few of the multi-artist festivals in Oregon, Washington, Alberta and BC. (Note, not all the festivals have their artist line-up announced but genre and some featured artists are listed where available)
Sasquatch 2015 – George, WA May 22- 27, 2015 – Multi-Genre – Kendrick Lamar, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Modest Mouse, Lana Del Ray
Victoria International Jazz Festival – Victoria, BC June 19-28, 2015 – Jazz – Tower of Power, Pink Martini, Naturally 7
Vancouver International Jazz Festival – Vancouver, BC June 18 – July 1, 2015 – Jazz – Tony Bennet & Lady Gaga, Erykah Badu, Chris Botti, The Roots
Sled Island Music Festival – Calgary, AB June 24-28, 2015 – Multi-Genre – Godspeed You! Black Emperor, De La Soul, Daniel Lanois
Tall Tree Festival – Brown’s Mountain, Port Renfrew, BC – June 26-28, 2015 – Multi-Genre – Yukon Blonde, Daniel Wesley, Dehli 2 Dublin
Waterfront Blues Festival 2015 – Portland, OR July 2–5, 2015 – Blues – Allen Toussaint, Buddy Guy, Charmaine Neville
FVDED in the Park – Surrey, BC July 3-4, 2015 – Dance/Pop – Deadmau5, The Weeknd, Tyler the Creator, Afrojack
Calgary Stampede Virgin Concert Series 2015 – Calgary, AB July 9-11, 2015 – Country – Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton
Vancouver Island MusicFest 2015 – Comox Valley, BC July 10-14, 2013 – Folk/Rock – Graham Nash, Buddy Guy, Lyle Lovett & his Large Band
Pemberton Music Festival 2015 – Pemberton, BC July 16-19, 2015 – Multi-genre – Kenrick Lamar, The Black Keys, J Cole, Tiësto, Hozier
Rock The Shores 2015 – Victoria, BC July 18-19, 2015 – Rock – Black Keys, Jane’s Addiction, The Sheepdogs
Vancouver Folk Music Festival – Vancouver, BC July 17-19, 2015 – Folk – Taj Mahal, Basia Bulat, Said The Whale, Hawksley Workman
Motion Notion – Golden, BC July 23-27, 2015 – EDM – Birds of Paradise, Justin Jay, Marten Horger, Smalltown DJs
The Phillips Backyard Weekender – Victoria, BC July 24-26, 2015 – Talib Kweli, USS, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith
Monster Energy Centre of Gravity 2015 – Kelowna, BC July 24-26,2015 – EDM/Pop/HipHop – Diplo, Flo Rida, Zeds Dead
Rockin’ River Music Fest 2015 – Mission, BC July 30 – August 2, 2015 – Country – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley
Shambhala Music Festival – Salmo, BC August 7-10, 2015 – Electronic – DJ Jazzy Jeff, AC Slater, Bonobo
Burnaby Blues & Roots – Burnaby, BC August 8, 2015 – Blues – Deer Lake Park – The Sheepdogs, Jim Byrnes & The Sojourners, Ruthie Foster
Edmonton Folk Festival – Edmonton, AB August 6-9, 2015 – Folk – Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, John Mann, Los Lobos
Squamish Valley Music Fest – Squamish, BC August 6-9, 2015 – Multi-Genre – Mumford & Sons, Drake, Sam Smith, Of Monster and Men
Salmon Arm Blues & Roots Festival 2015 – Salmon Arm, BC August 14-16, 2015 – Blues/Roots – Bruce Cockburn, City & Colour, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
Atmosphere Gathering – Cumberland, BC August 14-16, 2015 – World/Electronic – Five Alarm Funk, Humans, Mat The Alien
Bumbershoot Festival 2015 – Seattle, WA September 5-7, 2015 – Multi-Genre – The Weeknd, Faith No More, Ellie Goulding, Hozier
MusicfestNW (MFNW) 2015 – Portland, OR September 21-23, 2015 – Multi-Genre – Foster The People, Beirut, Modest Mouse, Belle & Sebastian
Rifflandia Festival 2015 – Victoria, BC September 17-20, 2015 – Multi-Genre – TBA