Coming up on the mainstage at Rogue Fest

Two members of the long-time Vancouver band Roots Roundup, who play reggae, ska, afro-beat, folk and funk. Roots Roundup will close the mainstage show at the Rogue Fest on Friday, Aug. 23. Sharon Steele photo

The Vancouver rock band Bend Sinister will close the mainstage show on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the weekend Rogue Fest in Wilson Creek. Photo submitted

Coast band The Georgia Fats plays the waterfront Winegarden Park in Gibsons in July. The band will open the mainstage show at Rogue Fest, Friday Aug. 23 in Wilson Creek. The Georgia Fats describes itself as providing “dirty, greasy, blues gospel”. Left to right, drummer Barry Taylor, Joel Fafard on slide guitar and vocals, and Boyd Norman on bass. John Gibbs photo

Keely Halward of the reggae band Monty Montego and the Rocksteady Crew performs at Slow Sundays in the Creek in July. The band will play the mainstage at Rogue Fest in Wilson Creek on Sunday, Aug. 25. Keely is the band’s keyboard player, but here she is playing a melodica, a reed instrument that is like a harmonica with a keyboard, and sounds something like an accordion or old-fashioned pump organ. Tom Covernton photo