Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 5 – Part IV – The Music – Slide Guitar Styles and History

  This was a must see!!  In a barn at that!! There was a line-up….. Lester Quitzau, Chuck Campbell, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, The Bros, Landreth ad Dave Kelly blew away the crowd with their skilled guitar techniques and vocals!!!  Be prepared for awesomeness!!!! S, xo

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 5 – Part I

Today was music during the day – Performer Services – what I call Backstage Food Services – because that is what it is – 7:00pm-12:30am shift! Music will be a separate blog! The day started with a few more campers filling the volunteer lot. Some time in the sun: Some food vendor PULLED PORK POUTINE!!!…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part IX – Walk Off The Earth – What A Show!!!!

Walk Off The Earth was a surprise.  This slick, tight cover group were fun with a great light show.  Their own songs were fun too! To me, as I write this after the festival….this band was the most captivating in light show, musical talent and innovative ways of singing their own songs and cover songs…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part VII – Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

We made our way to the Concert Bowl to watch Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. This duo plays bluegrass, country, blues, western swing.  They’re were awesome!!! ps….sorry for the short music clips – I was videoing so much that I cut it short to just get a taste of each musician! S, xo

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part VI

Time for some goofy moments (brought on by a wee bit of local wine) as we made our way to the main stage, with a walk back stage because we could and deep fried fresh mini donuts (munchies were a regular thing for a lot of these BC’ers…..no cliche intended but the cliche is real!!)!!!…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part IV – Qristina Brooke & Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts

We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Qristina Brooke is a fiddler and singer who played traditional Irish, Old-Time American and French Canadian tunes!  I loved her!!! Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts joined in for her last…