Music of the people, for the people!
Because "we can fight the tendency to choose music on the basis of what sells good as opposed to what sounds good".
3 days, 4 nights, 7 stages, over 60 acts, 1500 volunteers, 38,000 people!
http://thefestival.bc.ca/
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| Lining up to get in on the first day of the festival |
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| Studying the festival programme |
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| Decisions, decisions! |
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| Looking for tarp space at the Main Stage |
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| Stage 6 is the world music stage - and often the dancing stage! |
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| Stage 5 tucked off in a corner surrounded by trees and a lake |
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| Buddha boards: write/draw with water and it disappears within seconds |
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| Folk Bazaar just outside the Festival grounds |
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| Message board |
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| ATM (bancomat) in a VW van |
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| Indigenous Voices at Stage 3 |
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| Stage 3 has plenty of shade and is close to the food area |
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| Stage 3 seen from the side |
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| Madskillz area (juggling, hula hoops, etc.) |
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| Former child soldier from South Sudan Emmanuel Jal gets the audience up and dancing on stage |
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| Chouk Bwa Libète from Haiti |
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| La Santa Cecilia from Los Angeles |
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| Bands from Mexico and Los Angeles |
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| The Main Stage just before sundown |
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