FestivalSeeker Stories

Winters in Canada are long and most music fans don’t want to wait until the weather thaws to enjoy the energy and special performances that come with a traditional Western Canadian music festival.

This is a story of the community that kept its heritage alive and while you reading this story, I ask you to question what lengths you’d go to keep your passion around? 

"Sausage on a bun with sauerkraut,” Kris Kringle requested as I sat across from him at Sandy’s Ukrainian Kitchen in Nanaimo.

Penticton is less than six hours drive from Western Washington but it might as well be on another planet. The city basks in over 300 sunny days a year.

Throughout the year, Fort Steele is known for bringing history to life.

Vermilion hosts Art in the Park in conjunction with Alberta Cultural Days on Oct. 1. 

Medicine Hat may be known for its natural gas, but I discovered it also has a wonderful reputation for a fuel of a different kind - caffeine.

Let’s clarify something right away. The Headbangers in this article are not the professional WWE wrestlers, nor are they long-haired musicians tossing their locks to the music.  

Please state your purpose for visiting the United States.

Ferris Fest.

Excuse me?

The Ferris Bueller festival? It’s a three-day event in Chicago.

I’d always been intrigued by Haida Gwaii, back to when I was in elementary school, when it was called the “Queen Charlotte Islands." Tucked about 130 km off the northwest coast of British Columbia,

Roy Pogorzelski travelled all the way to Bavaria, Germany to get a taste of the most authentic Oktoberfest he could - and brought it back to Lethbridge.

We were told a Gran Fondo is just an easy ride with a bunch of like-minded cyclists.

It was potentially a dumb idea. After taking a tour around the Medalta Museum we walked into the artist’s studio and there in front of us was a pottery wheel.

Popping up from the prairies in the southeast corner of Alberta are the highest hills you’ll find between the Rockies and Labrador.  

The home of Debbie and Brian Hamilton is quiet and serene - a peaceful retreat that’s country living at its finest.