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Squamish Valley Music Festival

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Genre
  
Festival

Inaugurated
  
2010 (2010)

Next event
  
Cancelled

Dates
  
5 Aug – 7 Aug 2016

Frequency
  
Annual

Previous event
  
2015

Location
  
Squamish, Canada

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Venue
  
Logger Sports Grounds and Brennan Park field complex

Similar
  
Pemberton Music Festival, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Osheaga Festival, Creamfields Australia, Music Midtown

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The Squamish Valley Music Festival (pronounced /ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/), previously LIVE at Squamish, was an annual music festival co-produced by Vancouver-based BRANDLIVE Management group and Live Nation Canada, and held in Squamish, British Columbia Canada over the second weekend in August. Widely recognized as the largest and most exciting contemporary music festival in the Pacific Northwest attendance has increased rapidly over the 7-year history of operations, with in excess of 120,000 people attending in 2015, making it the most significant tourism and economic driver in the entire sea to sky region.

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History

The festival began in 2010, and has attracted headlining artists including Bad Religion, Metric, The Tragically Hip, Childish Gambino, Weezer, Matthew Good, City and Colour, Girl Talk, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, Eminem, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Pretty Lights. The Festival features some of the biggest international names in the music industry today, alongside national and emerging regional talent, in an incredible experience highlighting artistry of all genres. The 2014 line up of over 70 artists included headliners Eminem, Arcade Fire, and Bruno Mars. In 2015, the festival featured over 80 artists across four stages, led by the star-studded trio of headliners, Mumford & Sons, Drake, and Sam Smith.

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Squamish Valley Music Festival Wikipedia