Waves always come in sets. This year's River & Sky Music/Camping Festival (July 23-27), held on the banks of the Sturgeon River, halfway between Sudbury and North Bay, is releasing its lineup in three waves.
The festival's first wave (released May 7) featured headliners Descartes a Kant (Mexico), Shub (Fort Erie / Six Nations), Tia Wood (Saddle Creek Cree Nation, AB), Preoccupations (Calgary), DijahSB (Toronto) and By Divine Right (Toronto), as well as bands Thea May (Atikameksheng Anishnawbek), Casper Skulls (Sudbury/Toronto), Bibi Club (Montreal), and fauxcils (Sudbury). Read more about them here.
Second wave acts include the indie-pop of Toronto band cootie catcher (a cootie catcher, in case you didn’t know, is a word for the Origami fortune tellers beloved of schoolchildren in the 1990s).
Also included are the indie-folk of Bells Larsen, the franco dance-punk of Montreal band Choses Sauvages, North Bay progressive-folk-rocker David Dino White, the dark post-punk noise of Gloin, the country, folk and blues of JD Crosstown from Neyaashiinigmiing, Newfoundland singer-songwriter Jenina MacGillvray, the timeless country-folk of Sudbury's Kate Maki, the experimental-noise of Noble Rot, Brazilian rhythm inspired psychedelic-jazz of Orbital Ensemble, the fluid live electronic project of Pick a Piper, punk performance art with Slash Need (Toronto), dance party curation from Stereo Ferment, and Ottawa outfit The Lionyls’ rock and soul.
Don’t forget to catch River & Sky's third wave rolling in soon!
For more information and tickets, visit www.riverandsky.ca.