Arts outdoors at Rogue Fest

Rogue Fest is a three-day outdoor festival where you can immerse yourself in non-stop, genre-crossing music, art, and more. 

Discover your new favourite band, find inspiration in the Rogue Art Gallery, learn cool new things at rural-living focused workshops, all while checking out funky vendors, interactive installations, our super one-of-a-kind Human Foosball, creative demonstrations, and delicious food and libations on the idyllic, family-run Clarke Farm in Wilson Creek. 

This year the Rogue Fest main stage will feature over 100 musicians including refreshingly original Vancouver rock and rollers “Bend Sinister”; reggae, ska, afro-beat, folk, funk Coast favourites “Roots Roundup”; intentional lyricist hip-hop MC “Ndidi Cascade”; the return of surf rockers “Kitty & The Rooster”; high energy rhythmic rock Australian duo “This Way North”; fusion roots Victoria based “Compassion Gorilla”; fearlessly vulnerable silky vocals with her trademark sass “Naomi Shore”; playfully interactive banjo and square dance caller “Paul Silveria”; foot stomping acoustic roots, bluegrass, and folk quartet “The Billy Hillpicker Band”; West Coast mashed with world sounds from “Brothers in Farms”; youth hard rawk from local Coasters “Fir”; diesel soaked blues rock from locals “The Georgia Fats”; funk, Slavic, klezmer family band “Hordes of Ords”; folk singer-songwriter “Ken Dunn”; where ska meets reggae from “Monty Montego and the Rocksteady Crew”; and collective sets  featuring musicians playing together for the first time. 

Rogue Fest runs Aug. Friday Aug. 23 to Sunday Aug. 25.  A weekend pass cost $90, seniors $70 (with camping an extra $25); Friday night only is $25, seniors $20; Saturday is $40, seniors $30; Sunday is $30, seniors $20. More info at roguefest.ca.

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