Pemberton Festival

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Pemberton Festival


Location(s)	Pemberton, BC, Canada
Years active	2008-present
Founded by
Date(s)	July 25-27
Genre(s)	rock, indie rock, hip hop, electronic, heavy metal, pop
Website	pembertonfestival.com

The Pemberton Festival is a three-day summer music festival inaugurated in 2008. It is held in Pemberton, British Columbia, a village just north of popular ski resort Whistler. Produced by Live Nation, the festival features primarily rock and indie rock musicians, with a small proportion of hip hop. Musicians play on one of two stages, picturesquely situated at the foot of Mount Currie and the surrounding mountain range. The site, a 500-acre hayfield, was discovered by concert-promoter, Shane Bourbonnais, of Live Nation, just down the street from his vacation home^[1].

The festival is only available as a full three-day pass, thus, festival-goers are encouraged to camp out on the festival's camping grounds,^[2] while additional accommodation is available in the form of neighbouring hotels, inns and lodges.

Organizers have emphasized event sustainability and environmentalism as priorities in running the festival.^[3]

1 Festival Site
2 Campgrounds
3 Dance Pit
4 2008
5 References

[edit] Festival Site

The festival site is based on a large grass field located at the base of Mt. Currie which is over 8300 feet high.

[edit] Campgrounds

The campground is connected directly to the festival grounds and allows people to travel to and from their campsites whenever they please.

[edit] Dance Pit

The dance pit will feature multiple stages where DJs will play all genres of music and infuse their performances with live instrumentals. A custom live video remix wall and a thunderous sound system will also be included.