July 12 - 14, 2024
Courtenay, BC

painted image of Vancouver Island Musicfest banners hanging from a canopy attached to a VW turquoise van
Bela Fleck Zakir Hussain Edgard Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia standing next to each other. The picture is slightly blurred
Picture of Leo Kottke standing and playing his guitar
Black and white photo of Daniel Lanois. He is wearing a black leather jacket, with a Harley Davidson shirt underneath and chain type necklaces. He is also wearing a white felt cowboy hat adorned with a ribbon around the hat.
Milk Carton Kids duo black and white picture with both holding instruments.
Lucinda Williams
Ten women clad in orange dresses holding wooden bowls. They all are sitting beside a riverbank
BCUC - Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness gathered together for black and white picture standing and crouching with their instruments
Musical influences from Spain and Latin-America. Vancouver Island based duo
Chola Y Gitano duet sitting creekside in red and blue outfits
Stephanie Chou sitting on a piano bench in front of a piano, with a saxophone in her lap. She is highlighted by light in a darkened room that contains turquoise curtains. Credit photo Emra Islek.
A picture of Marianne Grittani sitting on a porch playing a guitar
The High Bar Gang standing in front of wooden kegs standing and holding instruments
Bluegrass meets Irish with JigJam Four musicians standing in front of a brick building with a green door, holding instruments
Rachael Kilgour in a forest, sitting on a downed forest log in a autumn like setting in the background
black and white photo of Wayne Levesque partially in shadow standing next to a microphone
six piece band Locarno standing on beach with various instruments in their hands
Michael McGovern headshot with a gold blurred type background.
John McLachlan standing by a beachside. He is wearing a brown jacket, khaki pants and holding a guitar with a brown finish
Moira and Claire sitting on floor with beige wall behind them that contains dried flowers affixed to the wall
Alexis Normand is standing in a grassy field.
Grace Petrie standing in front of recycling type centre wearing a leather toolbelt with her arms crossed in front of her
Lester Quitzau standing against black background with a guitar held over his shoulder
Black and white picture of Benj Rowland playing an accordian. He is standing in front of a brick wall
collage of photos of Sacred Steel Summit Revue featuring the Lee Boys and living legend, Calvin Cooke
Second Moon
The Band Song Warriors of the North trio singing and playing guitar
Eight piece band Stealing Dan all sitting down on steps and amplifiers holding their instruments
Chrstine Tassan and her band standing with their instruments with blades of tall grass in front of them
Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane in a sitting position next to each other, Oversize clocks sit in the background
Kathryn Tickell and her band the Darkening standing in a dry grassy field
Leon Timbo leaning on a white brick building. Behind him is a white painted door with peeling paint.
Tio Chorinho with Flavia Nascimento standing by a tree holding various musical instruments
The Umbrella Collective, a six band members playing in a studio type room full of instruments.
Peter Paul Van Kamp standing in front of a wooden armoire holding a homemade book
Christy Vanden sitting on a group of suitcases holding her guitar.
Jing Xia holding a Chinese guzheng instrument

2024
Performers

Check out our great lineup for 2024
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Raine Hamilton holding an instrument
Martin Harley
Miscellany of Folk sitting in front of a bar holding instruments
Big Little Lions do the songs of the Beatles
Jane Siberry playing a guitar with guitars leaning against a wall
Catherine MacLellan leaning against a teal wall with one arm on her head and another arm crossed over her knees

Upcoming
Concerts

Join us for a series of musical concerts at the Old Church Theatre, a charming 180-seat venue in the heart of Courtenay.
For concert info and tickets click here

The Vancouver Island Music Festival Community respectfully acknowledges the Indigenous people on whose traditional territory our festival celebrates music, friendship and builds community and, we acknowledge the descendants of the Puntledge, E’iksan and K’omoks peoples whose historical relationships with this land continues today.

https://komoks.ca/cultures/

Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds
4839 Headquarters Rd, Courtenay, BC V9J 1P2

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