DevO Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Festival of Friends Website Gage ParkAugust 12-14Noon - 11pmFull schedule can be found here.I would go down for this part:Saturday6pm - (Jackie) Washington, Scarlett & Quarrington7pm - Mel Brown Other mentionables include Friends Of Hefner, The Wailin Jennys (?) and David Wilcox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I'm torn between catching Liam Titcomb and Kalan Porter on Friday or the Nylons on Sunday.Seems like they've had far better line ups in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted August 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Ahh I don't think the Festival of Friends usually gets much more than two or three acts of interst. I could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 been getting steadily weaker since Bill Powell was ousted after creating and running the fest for over 25 yearsthere's been a pull in recent years to make the festival much more family orientated (instead of having it 80% family geared and also having good entertainment for the adults)... basically I think whoever is booking the fest now has no real music taste of their own and just gets pitched and sold on acts by agentsstill usually an alright day in the park... I enjoy Its Your Festival more than Fest of Friends now though (used to be the other way around) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 i saw kim mitchell there one year, im thinkin '97-ish, and he didnt even bust out the wild party OR do the funny hand over the hat wiggly finger trick. although, he did play an obscure max webster tune on the acoustic.still though.....we got screwed that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted August 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I haven't spent enough time at any of 'em to have much of an opinion. But I think on Saturday they're going for the world record for world's biggest ever water balloon fight! That's not bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted August 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 the funny hand over the hat wiggly finger trick. lol, classic kim mitchell! i saw him do that in burlington two or three summers ago. damn.. i looked but can't find a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 how the hell does burlington qualify for the trick, but not hamilton??? oh, i am de-pressed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 I once saw Bruce Cockburn at Festival of Friends. Ron Sexsmith, too. Not at once, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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