WayHome Music & Arts Festival
| WayHome Music & Arts Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music festival, arts festival |
| Location(s) | Burl's Creek Event Grounds, Oro-Medonte, Ontario |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Website | Official website |
The WayHome Music & Arts Festival is a multi-day music and arts festival held in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, at Burl's Creek Event Grounds between Barrie and Orillia. It was first held from July 24–26, 2015 with an announced 35,000 attendees. The event offered four stages: WayHome, WayBright, WayBold, and WayAway, as well as camping, food trucks, and art installations.[1] It was produced by Canadian promoter Republic Live along with Bonnaroo co-producer AC Entertainment with the intention of bringing an international destination festival, similar to Bonnaroo or Coachella, to Southern Ontario.[2] Prices for general admission passes began at around $210.[3] It is an all ages event.[4]
2015 Line-up
July 24
Neil Young, Alt-J, Hozier, The Decemberists, Girl Talk, Future Islands, The Gaslight Anthem, Hey Rosetta!, G-Eazy, Courtney Barnett, Fucked Up, Thousand Foot Krutch, Delta Spirit, Rhiannon Giddens, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Viet Cong, Com Truise, Dwayne Gretzky, Slow Magic, Bear Mountain, Lowell, For Esmé, Saxsyndrum, The Huaraches, Cross Dog, MacArthur Clark[5]
July 25
Kendrick Lamar, Modest Mouse, Bassnectar, Run the Jewels, ODESZA, Sylvan Esso, Danny Brown, Manchester Orchestra, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Big K.R.I.T., Timber Timbre, The Lone Bellow, Django Django, The Growlers, METZ, Alvvays, How to Dress Well, SZA, Broncho, The Highest Order, Dear Rouge, Kevin Garrett, The Beaches, Tomi Swick, Teen Violence, Broken Social Scene (replaced Passion Pit, due to illness)[5]
July 26
Sam Smith, Brandon Flowers, St. Vincent, Vance Joy, The Sheepdogs, Walk the Moon, Kaytranada, Cold War Kids, July Talk, Yukon Blonde, Sloan, Broods, Chad VanGaalen, Evening Hymns, Highs, Brave Shores, Weaves, The Ascot Royals, Zorch, Amos the Transparent, Lost Cousins[5]
2016 line-up
July 22
Headliner: LCD Soundsystem[6]
Metric, CHVRCHES, Gary Clark, Jr., Mac DeMarco, Rae Sremmurd, Wolf Parade, Foals, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Matt and Kim, Tory Lanez, Keys N Krates, AlunaGeorge, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Struts, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Shad, FIDLAR (cancelled due to illness), Tourist, Marian Hill, Bombino, LANY, White Lung, BRAIDS, River Tiber, Tennyson.
July 23
Headliner: Arcade Fire
Major Lazer, M83, FKA twigs, Chet Faker, Arkells, The Last Shadow Puppets, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Third Eye Blind, X Ambassadors, Bahamas, A Tribe Called Red, Half Moon Run, Phosphorescent, BADBADNOTGOOD, Patrick Watson, Vince Staples, Savages, GoldLink (cancelled due to "logistical issues"), Lindsey Stirling, Noah Gundersen, Banners, Young Empires, Mothers, Little Scream, Boom Forest.
July 24
Headliner: The Killers.
HAIM, Ray LaMontagne, Beirut, Stars, The Arcs, Glass Animals, BØRNS, MØ, Lucius, Oh Wonder, Robert DeLong, Coleman Hell, White Denim, Black Mountain, Dilly Dally, All Them Witches, Bishop Briggs, The Paper Kites, Allie X.
See also
References
- ^ Stevenson, Jane (July 25, 2015). "Mellow vibe at weekend WayHome festival". Toronto Sun. Postmedia Network. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ Waddell, Ray (February 11, 2015). "Exclusive: WayHome Music and Arts Festival to Debut in Ontario This Summer, Aims for 'the Scale of Coachella'". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sam Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier to headline WayHome festival". CBC News. February 11, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ https://wayhome.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204174715-Is-the-event-family-friendly-
- ^ a b c "WayHome". WayHome. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ "2016 Line-up". WayHome. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
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