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Nine bands are featured at this yearB次元官网网址檚 festival, which includes headliners and .

The Slocan RamblersB次元官网网址� unique Canadian bluegrass sound is winning followers across North America. Singer-songwriter Sarah Jane ScoutenB次元官网网址檚 countrified folk originals and edgy voice are drawing comparisons to some of the best female roots music performers of recent time.

The Victoria region is rich in talent that festival organizers did not have to go far to assemble a strong lineup of bands including the Unfaithful Servants, the Country Squall and the Riverside Bluegrass Band.

B.C. and Alberta musicians are represented with the new band Nomad Jones, with Vancouver and the Lower Mainland delivering the female duo Twin Bandit and Wooly Bear, who will have the crowd on its feet at the festivalB次元官网网址檚 famous Saturday night Big Top Square Dance led by dance caller Craig Marcuk.

Among the celebrated musicians in the lineup are Juno Award-winning fiddlers and , and mandolinist Jesse Cobb and James Whitall.

Weekend passes for the June 16 to 18 event at the Sooke River Campground are $50 and children 14 and under are free.

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