FestivalSeeker Stories

It’s fitting, albeit increasingly rare, for a roots festival to stick to its roots.

It’s not all about downward dog and chanting at Wanderlust Festival Whistler, held over five days beginning July 30.

For the past 25 years, attendees of Vancouver’s Honda Celebration of Light have been wowed with some of the best pyrotechnic shows the world has ever seen.

The 5th annual Wapiti Music Festival takes place in Fernie, BC, Aug. 7-8, 2015, featuring fresh Canadian indie music.

This year, festival-goers will be treated to Lady Antebellum, Big & Rich and Dierks Bentley, just several of more than 20 bands on three stages.

Exiting the Island Highway from Nanaimo, I took a few turns and ended up on Dunsmuir Avenue, named after British Columbia’s coal king.

Slipping through the narrow emerald waters between Otter Island and the mainland peninsula in Desolation Sound, our guide turned our tour’s attention to the zunga that was coming into view.

If you can roll a ceramic ball on a strip of lawn that looks like a bowling alley, you can learn to play bocce in a matter of minutes — perhaps not well, but enough to have some fun.

Biking, beer, hiking and more beer — sounds like our kind of festival.

Some of this year’s performers include Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Buddy Guy, Graham Nash and Big Little Lions, a new school folk duo, featuring Paul Otten and Juno Award winner Helen Austin.&n

East of the Stampede, it’s about as big an ag fair as you’ll find.

When I think of Vancouver Island my mind wanders back to family road-trip adventures where I first gazed up at the majestic totem poles in Alert Bay.

You’ve seen them drenched and caked in mud, grimacing from exertion, shrieking while treading through icy water, dripping in sweat while climbing a seven-metre pole surrounded by flames.

Like the idea of summer and jazzy music by the sea? Head to the TD Victoria International JazzFest for a top-notch lineup and ocean adventures. 

Sooke River Bluegrass Festival is a foot-stompin’, hand-clappin, hootin and hollerin’ time.