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The 13th annual Steamboat Mountain Music Festival is all set to invite everybody on board for the weekend of July 5 to 7.

The festival is an affordable, family-friendly, outdoor celebration that has become a signature event for Edgewater. 

On Friday, July 5 the festivities begin with five sequential ‘Porch Parties’ at various locations around town. Each party will feature a different local performer. 

The first of the parties will be at the Edgewater Par 3 Golf Course where ‘The Delinquents’ will open up the evening. From there, participants will be directed to the next locations where ‘Smarty Pants’, ‘Kevin & Olivia Olson’, and ‘L8’ will play. 

The final gathering will be at Frank’s Rink where everyone is invited to bring their instruments and join the fun – ‘Pablo Euphoria’ will lead the jam.

Saturday, July 6 will be packed with non-stop music from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m., followed by a dance party in the community hall.

Columbia Head Waters Dancers will open the day, sharing their colourful traditional Indigenous arts.

The main stage line-up this year includes some renowned visiting artists: Canadian Guitar legend Jack Semple from Saskatchewan, Vancouver’s sensational Gabriel Palatchi Trio, and from Calgary, ‘The Wandering Vs’. 

The home-grown Columbia Valley main-stagers include: ‘Confluence Jazz’, ‘The Hollers’, ‘Humongous Fungus’, ‘The Hurricanes’, the ‘O’Sullivans’, and ‘Tryg Strand’.

The festival’s ‘Tweener Stage’ will feature short sets between main stage acts highlighting local performers Emma Postlethwaite, Slone Lehman, Will Wardwell, and Val Hudson.

Saturday evening’s after-party dance in Edgewater Hall will feature music by the Calgary-Kimberley-Edgewater power trio ‘Beer Fish’.

For children of all ages, Golden cirque/improv collective A-Muse Troupe will be pranking, puppeteering, and parading around the festival grounds, creating fun and frolic – and fish!

On Sunday, July 7, three music workshops will run at Edgewater All Saints Churchyard. Jack Semple and Gabriel Palatchi are signed up as instructors, and the third session will be a technical workshop on the magic and mysteries of microphones.

Introducing Gabriel Palatchi at the music festival.
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