TIME |
PERFORMER |
GAZEBO STAGE – Fernwood Square |
| 5:00pm | JONNIE 5 BRASS BAND | Victoria-based New Orleans-inspired Jazz, Funk, Rhythm & Blues and Soul that will satisfy all your cravings for musical input and make you feel alive! |
| 5:45pm | THE COPPER LIGHTS | The Copper Lights play Rhythm & Dust, a phenomenon of hips continuing to sway even after the music stops. |
| 6:45pm | CHASE THE BEAR | Chase The Bear puts on an electrifying performance with powerhouse vocals and musicianship inspired by the greatest acts of the past century! |
| 7:45pm | THE NEW SOULS | This R&B sextet will sooth your soul and rock your body all night long with original, dance, and vibes tunes. |
| 8:45pm | SCHWEY | Silky smooth and undeniably funky. Dance moves and hype to boot. Coming all the way from Vancouver to make you smile. |
TIME |
PERFORMER |
BELFRY STAGE – Belfry Theatre |
| 6:15pm | LOOELLE | LOOELLE is a three-piece dream-folk band fronted by Niloo Farahzadeh and Ellen Trottier. Their sound bridges the gap between folk and dream-pop with a warm, nostalgic feel, groovy rhythms, and ethereal harmonies that will leave you haunted. |
| 7:10pm | NEKO SMART & ELLIOT BIGSBY | Neko Smart & Elliot Bigsby are grade 12 students at Victoria High School. Through poetry, Neko processes the world around her. Elliot uses poetry as a means of connecting difficulties in life with art. |
| 7:40pm | RABINO | Rabino is a Calgary-based soul act infused with pop and R&B elements. Bring your dancing shoes, we’ll provide the groove. |
| 8:50pm | FOX GLOVE | Hailing from Victoria, BC, Fox Glove takes you on an immersive harmony-soaked journey filled with notes of alt-folk and soul. |
| FOOD Enjoy some tasty eats from our BBQ. We’ll be serving locally-made smokies, veggie sausages, and kid’s dogs, chips, and Phillips Sodas. 5pm – Late
DRINKS Hang out in Fernwood Square & the Belfry Theatre, listen to the music, dance, & enjoy local Phillips & Merridale brews. (All ages location, 19+ for alcohol) 5pm – 10pm |
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
WHERE |
DETAILS |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Community Bagel Breakfast |
Fernwood Square | Start the day off right with a by-donation community breakfast in the Square. Eat with friends and family, and get ready to enjoy the festivities all day long! Thanks Mount Royal Bagel Factory and Little June. |
| 10:00am & 11:00am | Bike Decoration Station & Kidical Mass Bike Parade | Vic High Field & the streets of Fernwood | Kids! Get ready to glide through Fernwood’s streets. Meet on the Vic High field at 10am to decorate your bike and 11am for the ride. There will be decoration supplies and a bike mechanic from North Park Bike Shop on-hand to make sure you ride safely and in style. Thanks to the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition for leading the ride. |
| 10:30am – 5:00pm | Artisan Market | Vic High Plaza | Over 50 local vendors will be showcasing their unique items on the tennis courts beside the Vic High Plaza, bringing you handmade clothing, jewelry, soaps, art, treats, and more! |
| 11:30am – 4:30pm | Market Stage | On the Vic High Field beside the Artisan Market | 11:30am ADAM BAY 12:30pm MALAIKA LWAKILA 1:30pm SLIM SANDY AND THE HILLBILLY BOPPERS 2:30pm CARA BATEMAN 3:30pm TOADS ON A WIRE |
| 11:00am – 5:00pm | Field of Dreams | Vic High Field | Family and kids activities galore & all things fun: giant cardboard castle, musical petting zoo, community art projects, silk screening (bring something to print on), community acupuncture, games, face-painting, pop-up performances, and Kids Stage. |
| Silent Auction | Vic High Field | Come bid on an amazing selection of items including gift certificates, yoga passes, coffee, art and more! Cash, credit & debit accepted. Thank you to all our donors. Please come pick up your items at 4:00pm. We will be taking payments until 5:00pm. | |
| Non-Profit Hub | Vic High Field | Talk to local non-profits about the cool things they do in the community! | |
| Walking Tours of Fernwood | Meet at the tours banner on the Vic High Field | Join the Victoria Heritage Foundation on a guided tour of the heritage buildings in the ‘hood at 11:00am & 1:00pm.
Tours of the Compost Education Centre are at 12:00pm & 2:00pm where you will explore their garden. |
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| 11:30am – 4:30pm | Kids Stage | Vic High Field beside the Learning Garden | 11:30am Yoga with Flo from the Fernwood Yoga Den 12:00pm Giant Bubble Man 12:30pm Music with Laura & Olimpio 1:30pm Puppet show 2:30pm Storytime’s a drag! 3:30pm Music with Booboo Bears Midnight Jammies |
| 11:00am – 3:00pm | Compost Ed Summer Solstice Garden Party | 1216 North Park Street | Our friends, the Compost Education Centre, are having a Garden Party at 1216 North Park—just a hop, skip, and a jump away from FernFest. Join them for their AGM at 11am, walking tours at 12pm & 2pm, plus silent auction, music, BBQ, and drinks. |
| Noon – 10:00pm | BBQ & Drinks | Fernwood Square & Belfry Theatre | FernFest’s BBQ brings you delicious eats including locally-made smokies, veggie sausages, and kid’s dogs. Open 11:30am – Late FernFest will be pouring fresh Phillips Beers and Merridale Cider in Fernwood Square and in the Belfry Theatre. Open Noon – 10:00pm (All ages locations, 19+ for alcohol) All proceeds support FernFest! |
| 1:00pm – 4:00pm | Workshops (Register here) | In the Belfry Theatre Studio A | 1:00pm Light Projection Puppetry with Julie Gennai 2:00pm Thoughts into Lyrics Interactive Song Improv with Kady Savard 3:00pm Beadwork with Kwakuitl artist Jennifer Johnson |
| 1:00pm – 2:30pm | Seniors’ High Tea | Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Avenue | Join in on some good ol’ fashioned fun in the Fernwood Community Centre. Pastries, tea and good conversation. (55+ years please) Snacks generously donated by Thrifty Foods. |
| 9:00am – 11:00pm |
Bike Parking | Vic High Field | Leave your car at home and bike (walk or bus) to FernFest! We’ll have a bike parking space. |
PERFORMERS & STAGES:
TIME |
PERFORMER |
GAZEBO STAGE – Fernwood Square |
| 11:30am | Nuu-chah-nulth Drumming | Nuu-chah-nulth drumming group will be drumming and dancing in Fernwood Square. |
| 12:00pm | VIC HIGH R&B BAND | Playing R&B and soul classics, the Vic High R&B Band will open FernFest. Led by Eric Emde, these high school students will have you grooving immediately! |
| 12:45pm | PLATFORM 61 | Victoria High School’s Dance Troupe of 25 students who have channelled their love of dance into a passionate and challenging repertory that includes all dance genres. |
| 1:10pm | MILE ZERO CLUB | Original music written by local vocalist Rachelle Lee. Jazz, R&B, and soul blend together with silky vocals, thick bass, and jazz harmony. |
| 2:05pm | ROTTEN APPLE RUCKUS | If you have dirty eardrums, the Rotten Apples will use their bucket bass and washboard to scrub them clean with a wash of sounds from the 20’s to 40’s. |
| 3:00pm | JAYA | JAYA’s sound is melancholic yet quirky, touching yet dissonant, refreshing, and familiar. It’s going to grow on you. |
| 4:00pm | WBMB | WBMB is a Victoria based blues/rock band comprised of members from Tan and Hide and The Leaks. |
| 5:00pm | STEVIE WISE & THE BIG FEELINGS | Blending rock, pop, and soul, Stevie Wise & The Big Feelings breaks down the barriers of genre to create fresh, smooth, original music. |
| 6:00pm | DOWNTOWN MISCHIEF | Hooligans, people, primates. Yes, we have thumbs and no, we are not potatoes. Sunshine eyelids coastal vibrance, fluttering as we grasp casually for the unknowable secret. |
| 7:15pm | OLD SOUL REBEL | Bold. Upbeat. Immense and soulful is the cutting-edge sound which is Old Soul Rebel. |
| 8:45pm | RIPPLE ILLUSION | Ripple Illusion brings a fresh take on an old sound, fusing blues, funk, and surf in a rock & roll explosion. |
TIME |
PERFORMER |
BELFRY STAGE – Belfry Theatre |
| 1:15pm | MILES SKYE CLUB | Today’s in flight music: soulful grooves, hip hop flavour, funk in all the right places. Trays up, share your oxygen, & thanks for flying with The Miles Skye Club. |
| 2:30pm | BETTY & THE KID | Betty & the Kid (Betty Supple & Aubrey Burke) merge nostalgic, vintage, folklorika with their own freaky, wild child styles. |
| 3:40pm | CAMPFIRE EMPIRE COMEDY HOUR | Here to paint Victoria silly are a group of local comedians. Shane Priestley, Evan Mumford, Chelsea Lou, Quincy Thomas and Miles Meechan. |
| 4:50pm | NASTI WEATHER | Nasti Weather sounds like if Janis Joplin, Etta James, and Lucinda Williams had some elegant, rock & roll, trailer park love child. |
| 5:50pm | THE SALTINES | The Saltines are a five-woman, Victoria-based performance supergroup, their inspiring stage show includes singing, dancing, and comedy. |
| 6:15pm | CARTOON LIZARD | A team of paranormal detectives have been assigned the task of alchemizing Millennial’s buried memories into sound, this project case is currently labelled Cartoon Lizard. |
| 7:30pm | GREG MEIKLEJOHN & THE BAAN BAANS | This group of local Victoria musicians will take you on an emotional journey. Whether you like it or not is entirely up to you! |
| 8:30pm | PERSI FLAGE & HENRIETTA DUBÉT | Persi Flage is Victoria’s Femme King and former Mr. Gay Vancouver Island. Henrietta Dubét is self-proclaimed queen of the people who pairs her depreciating humour agonizing wit. |
| 9:00pm | DIAMOND CAFE | Diamond Cafe is the project of Canadian artist Tristan Thompson. Out of his bedroom, he blends the sounds of synth pop and R&B with a beautiful touch on sex and love. |