Nakusp Music Fest

Nakusp Music Festival

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Location(s)	Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Years active	2004 - present
Date(s)	July 15–17, 2011
Genre	Rock, Pop
Website	http://www.nakuspmusicfest.ca/index.php

The Nakusp Music Fest is an annual music festival held in Nakusp, British Columbia, which is situated in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. Held every summer usually in July, it is touted as the British Columbia Interior's largest classic rock festival, although classic rock is not the only genre of music played at the event.^[1]

The inaugural event was held in 2004 with more than ten acts, including of Dr. Hook, Randy Bachman, Trooper and Wide Mouth Mason.^[2] Since then, Nakusp Music Festival has featured Smash Mouth, Collective Soul, 54-40, Steppenwolf, Aaron Pritchett and Paul Rodgers.^[3] This year's line-up will include The Doobie Brothers, Kevin Costner & Modern West, The Sheepdogs Soul Asylum, Spirit of the West. Canned Heat, Savoy Brown, Honeymoon Suite.

2011 lineup

July 15th

• The Sheepdogs
• Mobadass
• The Led Zeppelin Show
• Honeymoon Suite

July 16th

• Kevin Costner and Modern West
• Spirit of the West
• Skavenjah
• Canned Heat
• Gary Hoey
• The Pack AD
• Odds
• Tambura Rasa

July 17th

• The Doobie Brothers
• Soul Asylum
• Grapes of Wrath
• Savoy Brown
• Canned Heat
• Alan Kirk Band
• The Perms

2010 lineup

July 16th

• 54-40
• Headpins
• Powder Blues Band
• The Mason Rack Band

July 17th

• Bachman–Turner Overdrive
• Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
• The Trews
• Raul Malo (The Mavericks)
• Delhi 2 Dublin
• Rude City Riot
• LeeRoy Stagger and the Wildflowers
• Shades of Loud

July 18th

• Eric Burdon and the Animals
• Doc Walker
• Bif Naked
• Default
• Mudmen
• Dustin Bentall
• Lucy and the Lucky Four

2009 lineup

July 17th

• Sweet
• Trooper
• Nick Gilder & Sweeney Todd
• The Hip Replacement

July 18th

• Blues Traveler
• Sam Moore
• The Yardbirds
• East Blues Experience
• Skavenjah
• Sweatshop Union
• Delhi2Dublin
• Mad Shadow
• Hot Rash

July 19th

• John Kay & Steppenwolf
• Colin James
• Emerson Drive
• Greg Rolie Band (Santana original lead singer)
• The Zombies
• Suzie McNeil
• MOBADASS
• Eddie Fryer and the Lost Tribe

2008 lineup

Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth singing.

July 18th

• Kenny Shields & Streetheart
• Prism
• Skavenjah
• Funkafeelya

July 19th

• Smash Mouth
• The Commitments
• BC/DC
• Brittany Kalesnikoff
• Johnny Reid
• Brian Byrne
• Ryan Donn
• Rita Chiarell

July 20th

• Honeymoon Suite
• Paul Rodgers
• Gin Blossoms
• MerQury
• McCuaig
• Aaron Pritchett
• Cassidy Wethal & 23 North
• Jimmy Bowskill

Past lineups

2007

Collective Soul Chucky Danger Band Damsel Fly Doc Walker Dr. Fun & The Nightcrawlers Gary Comeau & The Voodoo Allstars Glass Tiger Harlequin Jerry Doucette Lillix Nazareth

Novillero Brittany Kalesnikoff Redfish Ridley Bent Skavenjah Suzi Rawn Ten 2 Nine The Blues Brothers Revival The Meligrove Band The Stampeders The Wheatmonkeys Tom Cochrane with Red Rider

2006

April Wine BC/DC Blue Rodeo Five Alarm Funk I Witness IBO[disambiguation needed ] & KinDread Last Day Lost Merqury Paul Kype & Texas Flood Roger Hodgson

Skavenjah Sleddogs Sobeit Union Sugakane Tal Bachman The Road Hammers Unit 731 Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard Wild T & The Spirit

2005

54-40 Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts Chilliwack Christine Evans Corb Lund Driveway Freeflow Kim Mitchell

Loverboy Merqury Moses Mayes Skavenjah Superbeing Supertonic Ten Ways from Sunday The Northern Pikes Winston

2004

A Perfect Day[disambiguation needed ] Blackfish[disambiguation needed ] Dr. Fun & The Nightcrawlers Dr. Hook Featuring Ray Sawyer Fear Zero Insipid Jason Plumb Band

Paul Reddick & The Sidemen Randy Bachman Band Sons Of Daughters The Harlots Trooper Wide Mouth Mason

References

1. ^ http://www.nakuspmusicfest.ca/index.php Nakusp Music Fest main page.
2. ^ http://www.nakuspmusicfest.ca/past_artists.php 2004 Artist Lineup
3. ^ http://www.nakuspmusicfest.ca/artists.php?id=1 2008 Artist Lineup