Held each year on or around August 15th in celebration of National Acadian Day, Acadie Rock will not be skipping this year due to the pandemic. Instead, the festival will be celebrating in their own new and unique way. Combining an aired special on Radio-Canada and a musical road trip across Acadia, Acadie Rock 2020 will be one for the books.
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Future Forest: Festival Announce 2020 Virtual Spring Line-up
Future Forest has been embracing the future like it’s the present, and just in time considering the impact COVID-19 has had on the 2020 festival season. The festival is going digital with Virtual Spring, the online equivalent of their arboreal dance party. Today Future Forest announced the line-up for their inaugural two-day live-streamed event. Continue reading Future Forest: Festival Announce 2020 Virtual Spring Line-up
Future Spring: Tim Kukula on the Future of Future Forest and their First Digital Festival
It’s crunch time for music festivals. COVID-19 is under threat of taking a backseat to cabin fever with what would have been festival season fast approaching. Many festivals have already admitted defeat and packed it in until 2021, but some are seeking out ways of catering to audiences eager for anything remotely resembling a social atmosphere. Future Forest, already known as the most visually stunning music festival in New Brunswick, are preparing to fill that niche with the first of a series of digital festivals. Continue reading Future Spring: Tim Kukula on the Future of Future Forest and their First Digital Festival
Iceberg Alley Performance Tent Cancels 2020 Festival
Usually held in September, Iceberg Alley’s organizers seem to have held out some hope that they might still squeeze in at the end of the season’s festivities. Today, however, the eleven-day festival held on the banks of Quidi Vidi Lake at the edge of St. John’s, NL, has finally announced that they’ll be joining the list of festivals that have been cancelled by COVID-19. Continue reading Iceberg Alley Performance Tent Cancels 2020 Festival
Cavendish Beach Announces Cancellation of 2020 Music Festival
The inevitable has come to Prince Edward Island. Despite the announcement that the province would be easing back on the isolation measures put into place due to COVID-19, music festivals aren’t about to make the cut. With all large gatherings already cancelled until 2021 in neighbouring New Brunswick, the prospects that festival season would continue business-as-usual seem grim. Today, Prince Edward Island’s Cavendish Beach Music Festival made the call to officially announce the cancellation of their 2020 festival. Continue reading Cavendish Beach Announces Cancellation of 2020 Music Festival