Squamish Valley Music Festival Organizers Cancel 2016 Event

Squamish Valley Music Festival Organizers Cancel 2016 Event

Residents of Squamish and BC at large woke up to rather disappointing news on Tuesday March 2nd when the organizers of the annual Squamish Valley Music Festival announced the cancellation of the event. This years’ event was scheduled to take place in the summer from August 5th to 7th and just like all the previous summer festival events; it was hugely anticipated and there was a lot of excitement over it.

The Squamish Valley Music Festival which has been an annual event and organized by Brandlive and Live Nation Canada had built an excellent reputation and had grown in stature and capacity over the years. This event was a favourite for many it had surpassed the 100,000 mark on the number of fans that it attracted.

 

 

Though rumours have been spreading around on the possible reasons for the cancellation of the event, there hasn’t been any official statement from the organizers on the reasons for cancellation. The only information communicated on the event’s website was only a short notification which read in part: “We have made the extremely difficult decision to not proceed with the 2016 festival, due to take place in August. This decision was not made lightly and we sincerely apologize to all the people this decision affects.”

The Squamish Valley Music Festival 2016 may have been cancelled but this has done little to dampen the moods and spirit of the people of Squamish. The future is still looking very bright especially on the entertainment industry as there have massive progress made to boost the industry. A case in point is announcement of the $15 million grant by the premier for the newly created music fund. A study recently conducted by festival representatives revealed that the music and entertainment industry in Squamish had grown tremendously and is now attracting people from all over the province, country and the world in general. International musicians and other kinds of entertainers are visiting Squamish more often and this only means that things are heading in the right direction.

Not to despair; Squamish residents will have plenty of other events and festivals lined up for 2016. To begin with, the Easter Egg Hunt will be going down this Easter Sunday at the Sea to Sky Gondola. This is a special event for kids and the whole family to have a treat and enjoy the egg hunt as well as engage in many more fun activities.
In mid-April the Squamish Culture and Heritage day will be taking place in the district. This will be a unique day to all the residents of Squamish as well as all the visitors. On this day everyone will have the chance to experience the unique culture and heritage Squamish as well as being able to learn a lot about this district.

Soon after in May the Squamish Youth Triathlon will be taking place in Brennan Park Recreation Centre. This is an event meant for the kids and young adults to be able to experience Triathlon as a sport but in a fun way. The course is shorter and the people participating get to have a lot of fun. Many other events lined up in Squamish include: Loop the Lake Trail Race, Squamish Sikh Festival, Sea to Sky Scramble Rail run, Squamish Days Loggers Sports Festival among many more.

Art Displays by the Vancouver Biennale all over Squamish

Art Displays by the Vancouver Biennale all over Squamish

If you love art, you are definitely going to love the incredible shows that have been and will continue to be displayed in different parts of Squamish. This is all thanks to Vancouver Biennale, which is a charitable non-profit organization that is devoted to displaying and celebrating art in public places.

In the 2014-2016 Exhibition, residents and visitors of Squamish will be treated to incredible art displays at different public places thanks to the sponsors, who are local businesses and organizations. The District of Squamish is also a sponsor in this initiative.

Some of the artworks that are already up in Squamish include the Salish Sea Lab by Chris Landau and Miguel Horn that is located at the Squamish Adventure Centre, This Beautiful Day by Kirstin Mclver in Downtown Squamish and the Crossing Borders Maa’Bar by Tammam Azzam on Coast Mountain Academy at Quest University Canada.

Biennale is an Italian word meaning bi-annual, which goes a long way in telling us about the origin of the shows. The very first biennale was in Venice in 1895 and since then, there have been numerous other similar shows in many other cities all over the world. Some of the most notable ones include Berlin, Paris, New York and now, we have a biennale in Vancouver!

It is not uncommon to find top international artists in these shows, which explains why a good number of cultural tourists stop at nothing to ensure that they visit as many of the areas with these artworks as possible. The shows are something many people like to call an open-air museum, which is a perfect blend of art and nature. Needless to say, this is a unique kind of art that can’t just be made in any other way.

In Vancouver, the outdoor biennale is unique in that it includes a number of the neighbouring municipalities. Some of these municipalities include Surrey, New Westminster, Richmond and the City of North Vancouver. The best part? These pieces of art are 100% available and accessible by the public.

The Vancouver Biennale places a lot of emphasis on sculptures and even has a school program known as Big Ideas Educational Program for budding artists. The organization also plans tourism-oriented fun activities like the Bikennale, which is a non-profit fund raiser that gives participants the chance to ride bikes together as a group to the different locations where the artworks are found in Squamish.

 

 

The latest public activity by the Vancouver Biennale is the Rules for Vancouver poll, which allows residents and visitors to share their thoughts about a text based artwork. This artwork was created by Peter Liversidge, a British residency artist who explored the city of Vancouver for inspiration in a 2014 International Artist Residency. Rules for Vancouver was number 49 out of his list of 60 proposals for artworks in Vancouver.

In this proposal, Liversidge made 17 conceptual rules concerning art. The poll invites members of the community to vote for their favourite rule and also to go wild and add new rules that they think should be on the list. This poll has been open to the public since March 21 and will go on until May 1, 2016.

From outdoor fun activities like bikennales and walkennales to educational events in schools, Vancouver Biennale is making massive process in creating an open-air museum in various parts of Squamish. The organization also hosts residency artists from all over the world to ensure diversity in the art in Vancouver.

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