“Cumberland Wild is precisely what you need in a celebration,” says Wild inventive director Vig Schulman.
“Unimaginable music, nice folks, all ages, family-friendly vibes, stunning artwork, superior meals vans and an open air, all-site liquor license.”
The well-organized Cumberland Wild music pageant returns to the center of the little Comox Valley village, Aug. 17-18, bringing vital range in programming.
The live-music-driven Wild resides within the footprint of previous village festivals, well-celebrated and deeply revered, equivalent to The Huge Time Out and Ambiance Gathering.
Persevering with as musical leaders and trailblazers on Vancouver Island, Cumberland Village Works and Mt Eliah Presents are placing the ultimate touches on the two-day, two-stage music pageant, within the coronary heart of the village, that includes a plethora of reside bands and distinctive digital acts.
Plus, forest tenting and energized DJs enjoying deep into each nights with Silent Disco — the place festies put on rented headsets tuned right into a selection of DJs — make the expertise greater than memorable.
“Cumberland’s musical legacy continues,” says co-producer Ben Howells. “That is small city, large sound, second spherical.”
Tickets and extra info might be discovered at www.cumberlandwild.com or the Cumberland Wild 2019 Fb web page.
The music lineup is grassroots, eclectic exhilarating and various.
For instance, the born-to-perform, New York Metropolis unstoppable brasshouse trio, Too Many Zooz’ reside present guarantees a packed dance ground with zero uninteresting moments.
Shaking up Canada’s hip-hop scene, Toronto’s The Sorority’s rigorous lyrics and trendy perspective deliver a singular vitality to a standard craft that has been begging for stars like this.
Reverend Peyton’s Huge Rattling Band is certain to kick up some mud, with finger-picking magic and a strong reside mix of nation and blues.
Proudly hailing from the Haisla Nation, Snotty Nostril Rez Youngsters creates music that pays homage to their upbringing on the Rez in Kitimaat Village, whereas unifying, energizing and empowering Canadian hip hop with everybody who listens.
New Zealand-born, award-winning, glitch-hop artist, Ok+LAB, aka Captain Ok, brings funky soundscapes that remodel into unstoppable dance ground delights.
Different artists embody: Dirtwire, Jvmpkicks, EL-Dub, Dodgy Mountain Males, Caleb Hart, Sarah Jane Scouten, Parlour Panther, Mount Eliah, Girl Ok, and EM. Ash.
SILENT DISCO ARTISTS:
Agent Hooper, Xavier, Andrew Allsgood, Marc Gerrard, The Herdsmen, Aspen King &
buddies, iLLith, Aeden, Manabelle, Gray Zone, PK Funk.
“Of all of the Festivals we’ve introduced in our village,” says Schulman, “Cumberland Wild hits ‘the nail on the pinnacle’ for this culturally developed group.”
Come out to Cumberland’s neighbourhood stomping floor to “play your coronary heart strings, soothe
your temper swings, scream on the night time and get WILD,” he mentioned.
