August 05, 2008 | Tips from Travellers >
Nakusp, Festivals & Events
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It was my second year at the Nakusp Music Fest, an awesome event in an incredible setting on the shores of the Upper Arrow Lake in the ‘Kootenays’.
The festival had a fantastic line-up of classic rock genre including Paul Rodgers; Kenny Shields & Streetheart and Honeymoon Suite and remarkable, iconic tribute bands like AC/DC (local area band BC/DC rocked the festival Saturday afternoon)! A returning favourite Skavenjah, a SKA/rock group from Regina, sent sheet music to a local high school; and selected horn players joined the group on stage and performed in front of a very enthusiastic audience on Friday night.
Except for the 8:00 am sound checks, an annoying drawl of ‘yeah’, ‘check’ and ‘owh’ to wake you from your slumbers; it was an excellent weekend!
www.NakuspMusicFest.ca
July 05, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
Nakusp, Festivals & Events
Touted as being one of the top summer festivals in North America, the
Nakusp Music Fest is putting a little West Kootenay town on the map.
Known as a showcase of Classic Rock icons, the NMF has previously welcomed acts such as Kim Mitchell, Blue Rodeo and Loverboy.
This years lineup looks good with 2 stages over three days. Headliners include Collective Soul, Tom Cochrane, and Doc Walker.
Tips:
1. Get you tickets soon.
nakuspmusicfest.caor by calling toll free 1-877-265-5565
June 27, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
Nakusp, Festivals & Events
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If you plan to celebrate Canada day in Nakusp, be prepared to get woken up by a fire truck.
Members of the Volunteer Fire Department drive around town waking people up using lights, sirens, and every other annoyance thing they can think of in an attempt to get people to the Canada Day pancake breakfast fundraiser at the firehall.
Once you have a gut full of pancakes and sausages head over to the other Canada day celebrations including an old-school soap-box derby.
At night the Volunteer Fire Department puts on a celebration of Fireworks, with a surprisingly large amount of kabooms for such a small town. Show usually lasts around 13 minutes. Most people watch from the waterfron gardens.