Squamish Valley Music Festival
The Squamish Valley Music Festival (pronounced /ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/), previously LIVE at Squamish, was an annual music festival co-produced by Vancouver-based BRANDLIVE Management and Live Nation Canada, held in Squamish, British Columbia, over the second weekend in August. In 2015, its last year, it had an attendance of over 120,000 people. The festival was cancelled in 2016.
| Squamish Valley Music Festival | |
|---|---|
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Music festival |
| Dates | August |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | Logger Sports Grounds and Brennan Park field complex |
| Location(s) | Squamish, British Columbia, Canada |
| Years active | Six |
| Inaugurated | 2010 |
| Most recent | 2015 |
| Attendance | 120,000 (2015) |
History
The festival, originally called LIVE at Squamish,[1][2] began in 2010 and had an attendance of about 13,000 people.[3]
Squamish attracted headlining artists such as Bad Religion, Metric, the Tragically Hip, Childish Gambino, Weezer, Matthew Good, City and Colour, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, Eminem, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Gogol Bordello, and Jurassic 5.[4]
In its last year, it attracted over 120,000 people. In 2016, the festival's organizers, BRANDLIVE and Live Nation Canada, cancelled the event, due to a falling Canadian dollar and increasing competition from other music festivals.[5]
References
- "Squamish aLIVE with rock". www2.canada.com. January 20, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- "Scene and Heard: Last Week in Music Volume 23: Live at Squamish". vancouverisawesome.com. September 8, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- "The little festival that could". www2.canada.com. September 10, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- "Squamish Valley Music Festival". squamishfestival.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- Marchand, Francois. "Squamish Valley Music Festival: What happened?". www.vancouversun.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.