For current information on live music in Sackville see We Can Build in Pieces, an online listing maintained by CHMA 106.9 FM.
For Immediate Release – Dec 15, 2010
(SACKVILLE, NB) - The 8th edition of what has been called one of the Maritime’s “best independent music festivals” recently announced its line-up.
The Stereophonic Music Festival, a fundraiser for CHMA 106.9 FM, Sackville’s Campus and Community Radio Station, will take place January 19-22, 2011 with a special show on Jan. 29.
The festival will feature performances by Snailhouse, Julie Doiron, Olenka Krakus, It Kills, Baby Eagle, Pat LePoidevin, Tanya Davis and a rare solo appearance by $100’s Simone Schmidt,
The festival will feature performances by Snailhouse, Julie Doiron, Olenka Krakus, It Kills, Baby Eagle, Pat LePoidevin, Tanya Davis and a rare solo appearance by $100’s Simone Schmidt,
The festival will bring an eclectic mix of Canadian musicians to Sackville and while the full schedule won’t be officially released until January, Sackville legend Shotgun Jimmie recently gave local concert goers the highlights of the line-up in song. A performance of this song can be viewed Here and more information on the festival will soon be available here, on this blog.
According to festival organizers, the following musicians will be performing at Stereophonic 2011:
B.A. Johnston, Babette Hayward, Baby Eagle, Bad Vibrations, Bedroom Sessions, Bette & Wallet, Construction & Destruction, Cousins, David Simard, El Ron Maltan, Gianna Lauren, Hot Donna, It Kills, Jon McKiel, Julie Doiron, Klarka Weinwurm, Landon Braverman, Long Long Long, Lucas Hicks, Marine Dreams, Mike Evin, Molly Babin, Mount Whatley, Olenka Krakus, Olympic Symphonium, Paint For Barns, Pat LePoidevin, Simone Schmidt, Skies, Slate Pacific, Snailhouse, Splooge, Tanya Davis, Tupperware Remix Party, and Wooden Wives.
Sackville, NB's Stereophonic Music Festival Ropes In Julie Doiron, Snailhouse, Baby Eagle
For a small town in the Maritimes, Sackville, NB plays host to a surprising amount of music festivals. In addition to the annualSappyFest, the town will soon welcome the eighth instalment of theStereophonic Music Festival, which will take place from January 19 to 22 with an additional date on January 29.
Among the performers who will appear at the event are Julie Doiron (pictured), Snailhouse, Baby Eagle (aka Constantines guitarist Steve Lambke), Tanya Davis, Olenka Krakus and $100's Simone Schmidt.
The festival is a fundraiser for Sackville's campus and community radio station CHMA 106.9 FM. The final schedule and venues are yet to be announced, but if you click on the embedded video below, you can watch Sackville's own Shotgun Jimmie sing about some of the highlights of event. The clip was filmed on December 3 at George's Roadhouse in Sackville, and it features Baby Eagle on cue cards.
You can read a list of the performers currently booked for the festival right here.
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