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Ponderosa Festival announce some of their lineup

Ponderosa festival features an array of emerging music artists from across B.C. and the country
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Malcolm Biddle from the band DadaPlan at the 2016 Ponderosa Festival in Rock Creek. Western News file photo

The lineup for thel features an array of emerging music artists from across B.C. and the country.

Headlining acts at the festival taking place Aug. 18 to 20 in Rock Creek include TorontoÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Austra and Montreal-based Wolf Parade, plus from Vancouver Fake Shark, Bear Mountain, and Five Alarm Funk.

Organizers say Ponderosa is not your typical music festival. For five years, it has remained proudly independent, intimate, affordable, and extremely fresh. As an all ages event, everyone is welcome. From groups of friends dancing to late night DJs to toddlers playing in the grass in the midday sun.

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Festival founders Kris Hargrave and Kia Zahrabi are encouraging people to scrap the lineups, the overpriced food, and sky-high ticket prices this summer and join them at Ponderosa.

Performances begin as the sun sets on Friday and run through Sunday night on two intimate stages.

Others include an array of established and emerging indie rock, folk/roots, and electronic artists from the Okanagan, Boundary Region, Lower Mainland, and beyond including: Art DÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ecco, Bandida, Croatia, Coco Jafro, The Courtneys, Gang Signs, Full Moon Riot, H.O.T., Head Hangs Heavy, IMUR, Jon Cohen Experimental, Lauren Webb, Little Destroyer, Wet Secrets, Tiger Moon, Tonye Aganaba and more to be announced soon.

Early Bird weekend passes are sold out and limited Tier 1 Weekend passes are available at only $149. Each of the weekend passes include:

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ 24 carefully curated musical performances all weekend

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ three nights of camping in the pristine setting of Rock Creek

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ access to swimming and tubing in the Kettle River

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ fresh drinking water

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ hot showers

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ morning yoga

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ pancake breakfast

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ free parking

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ cell phone charging stations

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ all ages welcome

And access to:

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ food and vendor markets

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ The Ponderosa Artist Alley and our new art installations

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ round-trip travel packages from Vancouver and Calgary

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ hand-picked winery, distillery, brewery, coffee and Okanagan fruit stand stop-offs

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ and helicopter tours of the Kettle Valley

For $33 more, festival goers can secure riverside camping, where the river will be bubbling at your back

door. Traditional tenting isnÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™t your thing? Glamping options are also available this year with the

Ponderosa Tipi Experience. Along with that, donÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™t forget to check out all the other awesome festival add ons

at the ticket checkout like the RV and campervan site passes or the Ponderosa bus passes from Vancouver and Calgary



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