Wolfe Island Festival 2008

[AD]

I can't wait for the weekend of August 8 and 9, is anyone else here going?

Friday night, 8:30 at Town Hall: Hootenany with Luther Wright, Carolyn Mark, Jenny Whiteley, Joey Wright and friends with The Abrams Brothers opening.

Friday night, 10:30 at General Wolfe Hotel: The Handsome Furs with Magic Jordan opening.

Saturday afternoon starting at 1 pm, baseball diamonds: Wintersleep, Cadence Weapon, Land of Talk, Jason Collett, Plants and Animals, Tony Scherr, The Acorn, The Ruby Coast, Music Maul, P.S. I love you!

All this plus 2 nights of camping for $50, no fees or taxes. Gonna spend as much time as possible at Big Sandy Bay, an amazing beach on the southwest side of the island. Last year weekend this was a definite highlight of the summer.

Here is the website

This is not a folk festival … you will not be allowed to park your lawn chairs in front of the stage!

[Davey Boy 2.0]

i think jaimoe's going

[dave-O]

Nice lineup this year! I saw Wintersleep two weekends ago in Halifax, they were fantastic and they debuted a bunch of new material. Cadence Weapon is awesome too.

[jaybone]

That sounds like fun!

[meggo]

i'm pretty sure asparagus and jennie are going.

every year it is on the same weekend as CORK!! so i can even see wolfe island from where i am, but i have early mornings saturday and sunday so i can never make it.

[Gateaux]

It's a great little festival, we had a blast last year.

[bouche]

so is andrew barr in Land of Talk right now? Maybe SMMD will do a show!

on a side note, I think Wolfe Island Fest stole Burt Neilson Band's old logo.

bnb's old logo

[Northern Wish]

I'm gonna be there if y'all want to cancel or make some other plans!

[dogatthestation]

cork is in our backyard.

[reba]

(that was supposed to be my post)

i'm sure we'll get over there for one of the days.

[DevO]

yarrghhhhhh i want to go!

[dave-O]

From CBC Radio 3:

Favourite Halifax band Wintersleep played the Pemberton Festival this weekend - but they had to do it with gear borrowed from other bands, because their van got broken into and cleaned out in Baton Rouge, Louisiana the night before.

The group played a gig at the Spanish Moon along with Wolf Parade, and after witnessing a "crazy domestic dispute" - while they were waiting for a cab, a woman pulled up, dragged her guy out of the car and started beating on him, then got back in to the car and floored it with the guy on the hood - the band members headed back to their hotel, where they had an hour to kill before heading to the airport for their 4:30 a.m. flight to Pemberton.

They had last-minute showers and got packed up, then went back outside.

"I headed out to the van, noticed the shotgun door open, and thought, ‘Oh shit. Everything is open,'" recounts drummer Loel Campbell in an interview with CBC Radio 3. "I looked in the back and realized, ‘Hey, most of our shit isn't here.' Then it started sinking in."

Gone were several guitars, much of Campbell's drum kit, a Fender Precision Bass and other small items.

"I just walked back to the hotel room with my hands on my head, defeated. I'm sure tears were brewing. And I had to say, ‘Hey everyone, we just lost $10,000 dollars worth of gear between now and 45 minutes ago.'"

The group realized they had no choice but to "suck it up" and catch their flight to Pemberton, where they played on gear cobbled together from other bands. Campbell says the show went relatively well - even though he even had to borrow drumsticks.

"They even stole my f*cking sticks. I could not believe playing one of our biggest shows ever, I did not have a set of sticks," he says. "Someone found me this really thin pair. I just grabbed them and flipped them around and used the butt end for the whole show."

Since the theft, the group has filed a police report and sent out a MySpace plea for help from Baton Rouge locals who might spot their gear.

So what can other fans of the band do to help?

Says Campbell only half-jokingly, "Make donations."

[rubberdinghy]

AD...you'll have to tell my faithful dancing girls "the King" will not be there this year.

I'm not going because Northern Wish is.

[skelter]

Oooo I can watch CORK down the street from my new house ... I'm moving Friday and will be a 3 minute walk from the Lake.

Might make Wolfe Island this year ... not as crazy about the lineup as I have been in past years though.

[Jaimoe]

I'm going for both days. BTW, the festival is next weekend: August 8th and 9th. I hope I can meet-up with everyone here that's going.

[AD]

BTW, the festival is next weekend: August 8th and 9th.

ah yes, i can see how my original sentence was worded awkwardly. oops! i've made it clear as mud now.

definitely see you there both days, jaimoe.

[Northern Wish]

Yes! Jaimoe and no dinghy...... Color me happy!

[rubberdinghy]

Hey now....

Starting September....weekends off for this bus driver...More flexibility!

[meggo]

Oooo I can watch CORK down the street from my new house ... I'm moving Friday and will be a 3 minute walk from the Lake.

cool! our sail number is 88.

have fun everyone!

[reba]

skelter, we are three houses from the harbour. on logan street. where are you moving to? and welcome to the village....it's kingston's best kept secret.

[Jaimoe]

Bring back the Manor to Kingston's "best kept secret".

[reba]

that's what i ALWAYS say, but tom is sure i wouldn't want to live next to it. i say.....bring it on.

[skelter]

I'm on Crerar, so not quite Portsmouth village ... though I am a big fan of the Ports.

[headymamamyrna]

I was too young to remember the Manor but I heard it wasn't a good spot!!

[skelter]

The Hip are to the Manor what the Beatles are to the Cavern. It was a goddamn ugly building so the area is well-improved without it, but it was an essential music venue for many years in Kingston.