The Ponderosa Music and Arts Festival is returning to Rock Creek for its third year this summer.
Organizers and festival founders Kia Zahrabi and Kris Hargrave released the lineup for the three-day music festival which runs from Aug. 21 to 23 this summer in the small B.C. town.
Headlining acts include Mounties, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Bear Mountain, Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party, and Fake Shark, Real Zombie, all hailing from Vancouver.
Crossing the continent from Washington, DC, are funk-fusion gurus Fort Knox Five, and after a performance that left the crowd reeling at last year’s festival, Gay Nineties will return.
Other acts include an array of DJs, indie rock bands, electronic acts, and more from all over the map, including Pumpkin, Honey Beard, Rhoneil, SAVVIE, Cathedrals, Jaguar, Cam Penner, Tiger Moon, El Garzita, Kandle & The Krooks, High Ends, Harold Nix, Giraffe Aftermath, Lio, and Catlow.
Performances will be spread over three days and two stages.
Organizers say Ponderosa is not your typical festival.
Early bird three-day passes are sold out for the event, which prides itself on remaining independent, affordable, and fresh.
Full price tickets are still available for $125, and include music all weekend, camping in the pristine setting of Rock Creek with access to swimming in the Kettle River, fresh running water, hot showers, morning yoga, pancake breakfast along with food and artist vendors. For $25 more, festival goers can secure riverside camping, where the river will be bubbling at your back door. Traditional tenting isn’t your thing? Glamping option are also available this year.
Hargrave and Zahrabi personally choose the bands and artists who attend. Past years have seen acts like Montreal’s Plants & Animals, Vancouver’s Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast, Portland’s Blouse and Wampire, and dozens of others from across the province and beyond like The Gay Nineties, Bend Sinister, No Sinner, Braids, and Ladyhawk.
And, 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, Ponderosa is fit and fun for everyone.
For more information visit www.ponderosafestival.com.