Salt Spring Garlic and Music Festival
byThe weekend of August 8 & 9th is shaping up to be the best weekend of music on Salt Spring Island this summer thanks to the Salt Spring Garlic & Music Festival. Featuring an international group of performers joining forces with top-notch local talent for two days of incredible entertainment, and garlicky good fun on Paradise Farm. Come and enjoy both the music and the food on a beautiful rural location with breathtaking views of the ocean.
Salt Spring Garlic and Music Festival
When Saturday, August 8 (10:30am-8:00pm) and Sunday August 9 (10:30am-7:00pm)
Where Paradise Farm (255 Musgrave Rd, Salt Spring’s south end)
Featuring the sounds of BC rock royalty Chilliwack, Vancouver favourites The Boom Booms, globally renowned Ganga Giri, and Juno winners, Valdy, Shari Ulrich, Rick Scott, and Roy Forbes. Look forward to a weekend of musical entertainment and relish cooking demos, garlic tasting, and visit farm vendors on site. Over two-dozen will be selling organic produce, as well as a dozen varieties of local Salt Spring garlic.
Come hungry as you’ll find everything from locally made ice cream to kettle corn, and garlic popsicles. On the heartier side food vendors will supply pulled pork sliders, burgers, fish tacos, lamb sausages, falafels, poutine, fries and Greek food. Festival attendees can take in wine tastings and imbibe in the beer garden.
Tickets are on sale now for $30/day or $50 for a weekend pass (plus fees). Proceeds will help strengthen the local music scene, and support area farmers. Come experience a festive atmosphere, and great tunes on a picturesque, rural setting.
Enter to Win
Organizers of the Salt Spring Garlic and Music Festival want to treat a Miss604 reader to VIP weekend passes to the festival. The winner will enjoy transportation to the site and once there receive a mystery basket full of Salt Spring goodies — and yes there will be garlic!
- Leave a comment naming a festival performer or vendor (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
BONUS
Miss604 readers also have the opportunity to win two nights of luxury at one of Salt Spring’s most spectacular accommodations, the Stonehouse Bed & Breakfast.
Discover the epitome of West Coast comfort and elegance. Stonehouse offers an unparalleled Salt Spring Island experience set against a dazzling tableau of British Columbia’s Southern Gulf Islands. Over 4 acres of stunning property beckon to be explored, including tree-lined lanes, gardens, rolling hillside and the magnificent Standing Stone Circle, which renders tangible: stillness, endurance and mystery.
Adorned with a diverse collection of art and other objects that pique curiosities and start conversations, Stonehouse provides a distinctive ambiance for the discerning traveller. Graceful hospitality and myriad leisure activities allow guests to relax in their home-away-from-home, while gourmet breakfasts featuring the amazing bounty of local producers tantalize the senses.
To enter to win the two night luxury stay, share this post on Facebook, tagging Salt Spring Garlic and Music Festival + Miss604.
The Stonehouse winner will have to claim their prize any weekend from October 1 to April 15, 2016, based on availability of accommodation. Blackout in effect during long weekends. The winner will also agree to be disclosed and do any follow-ups via social media.
I will draw two winners (one for the VIP festival prize pack + one for Stonehouse) at 10:00pm on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Follow the Salt Spring Garlic and Music Festival on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
Update The winner of the tickets is Doreen! The winner of the stay at Stonehouse is Mark Linden O’Meara!
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Rick Scott sounds great.
mmm excited about L’Harissa Hot Sauce 🙂
The Boom booms!
The boom booms!
would love to see Valdy again
Chilliwack
Sweet Water Revolver
Oooh, sounds fabulous!!
Joe Stanton!
Oohs, Roy Forbes, FAB!!
I’m still dancing from the last time I saw THE BOOM BOOMS!!!
Boom booms!
Salt Spring Coffee… yes, please!
Salt Spring Fruitsicles
Salt Spring Ice Cream!
Hi,the Boom Booms are playing! Also it sounds like an awesome event!
salt spring ice cream!
Roy Forbes
OOH Spit’n’Fire
Would be great to see Valdy on Salt Spring
Boom Booms are awesome! Thankyou!
The boom booms !
The Boom Booms
I like garlic and 40 Roses.
Salt Spring Ice Cream!
I’d love to enjoy fresh garlic from Berry Hill Farms, or any of the other great farms.
The Boom Booms!
Rachelle Lynn
Chilliwack
valdy
Chilliwack!
Roy Forbes
aztec
The performers KUNDA look amazing! It would be most excellent to see them live!
Valdy!
Nothing wrong with some Chilliwack….
The boom booms
Salt Spring Ice Cream! 😉
The Rock Salt Restaurant
The Boom Booms
Joe Stanton
The Boom Booms
Performers include Chilliwack.
Sounds like a blast!
Al’s Gourmet Falafel & Fries
Chilliwack!
The Boom Booms
Dakshas’ Gourmet Spices: Gourmet Indian curry mixes, spice blends, chai spice, spices, Indian & Fusion Cookbooks
Dakshas’ Gourmet Spices: Gourmet Indian curry mixes, spice blends, chai spice, spices, Indian & Fusion Cookbooks
Chilliwack
the Boom Booms!!
Salt Spring Ice Cream!
The Boom Booms
The boom booms
The boom booms
This is 2 days after a big exam for me!! What an amazing way to relax!
THE BOOM BOOMS!!!
The Boom Booms
Rick Scott
omg I wanna try a rice ball from roly poly rice ball
Rick Scott!
salt spring island kettle corn is the best!
Garden Hoe Farms!
The Boom Booms
The Boom Booms
Roy Forbes all the way!!
Definitely “The Boom Booms” as they are so fun, lively and charismatic, followed by some wonderful Salt Spring Island ice-cream, to quench my thirst after all the dancing I will be inspired to do after hearing “The Boom Booms.”
The Boom Booms!
the Boom Booms
Salt spring island kettle corn!
Chilliwack!!
the Boom Booms!
Valdy sounds great
Would love to hear Valdy again !
The Boom Booms!
Would love to win this!
40 ROSES
The boom booms
The Boom Booms
Chilliwack!
The Boom Booms 🙂
Chilliwack
The Barley Brothers
Would Love To Hear Them
Oh! Such An Island Treat
To Bask In Their Music,
Loads Of Garlic to Eat!
🙂
Auntie Pestos Café. Lamb Wrap. Garlic Mayo. Mouth watering.
Island shave ice!
40 Roses
Organic Snow Cones!!!
The Boom Booms!
Chilliwack would be great to see
Boyfriend loves Chilliwack! Would be awesome to treat him!
Would love to win, it’s our 4 year wedding anniversary today!
Chilliwack!
Ganga Giri!
Chilliwack will be performing at the festival.
❤️The Boom Booms!
The boom booms
The Boom Booms!
The Boom Booms.
Would be fun to see the Boom Booms!
The boom booms!
The Boom Booms
Salt Spring Ice Cream!
Valdy is performing.
BOOM BOOMS and Chilliwack
Ganga Giri
The Odds!