Rifflandia Music Festival

Rifflandia Music Festival is a four-day multi-venue music festival held in Victoria, British Columbia. With no fixed date, the festival has occurred in the month-long span between the last weekend of August and the last weekend of September. Rifflandia was first launched on August 29, 2008.

Rifflandia also includes Artlandia, the War Child Lounge, and publishes an annual magazine. Local brewery and sponsor, Phillips Brewery also produced a Rifflandia beer, Rifflandabrau, sold around the festival’s time.[1] The festival is staged by a local production-company, Atomique Productions, and is sponsored by local businesses and various members of the media.

History

2016

Line-up


Thursday, September 15

To Be Announced

Friday, September 16

To Be Announced

Saturday, September 17

To Be Announced

Sunday, September 18

To Be Announced

2015

Line-up

Thursday, September 17

Night Stages:

  • Jazz Cartier
  • Post Malone
  • Flatbush Zombies
  • Walshy Fire
  • Torro Torro
  • Jillionaire
  • Guests
  • Max Renn
  • Philthkids
  • Sinistarr
  • Cascadia Sound

  • Daniele Mereu
  • Rennie Foster
  • Righteous Rainbows of Togetherness
  • Wild Ones
  • Frog Eyes
  • Coleman Hell
  • Spaceboots
  • Tower of Dudes
  • Rugged Uncle
  • Seven Year Old Poets

  • Labs
  • Stray Cougar
  • Highs
  • Storyhive Winner Alberta
  • Big Goose
  • Blackwood Kings
  • Bodies
  • Ben Rogers
  • Drew Farrance & Morgan Cranny
  • Darcy Collins
  • James Ball

Friday, September 18

Night Stages:

  • Pigeon Hole
  • The Underachievers
  • Doomtree
  • DJ Shrew
  • AppleCat
  • Onra
  • A Tribe Called Red
  • Jay Malinowski + the Deadcoast
  • Chad VanGaalen
  • Hayden
  • MF Jones
  • Marshall A
  • DJ Murge
  • The Stockers
  • Class of 1984

  • The Vicious Cycles
  • Punk Rock Karaoke
  • Big Body
  • Sean Evans and Bokeh
  • The Librarian
  • Xxxy
  • Bugatti Boys
  • Bogman
  • Mr. Moe
  • Miami Nights 1984
  • Secret Sun
  • Emilie and Ogden
  • Seoul
  • Plants and Animals
  • Sticky Fingers

  • Slim Sandy
  • Market East
  • Little Hurricane
  • Random Citizen
  • Illvis Freshly
  • LIINKS
  • Storyhive Winner BC
  • Fans and Motor Supply Co
  • Chersea
  • The Archers
  • Steve McMath and Shane Priestly
  • Evan Mumford and Myles Anderson

Main Stage:


Rifftop Tent:

Saturday, September 19

  • Busty and the Bass
  • Five Alarm Funk
  • J Feud
  • Lori the HiFi Princess
  • Mat the Alien
  • Longwalkshortdock
  • Ria Mae
  • Leisure Cruise
  • Moon King
  • The Zolas
  • Marshall A

  • Jansom
  • Wood N Soo
  • Marshall A
  • Justin Brave + Ishkan
  • Hip Hop Karaoke
  • Emplicit
  • Hi-Q Soundsystem
  • Self-Evident
  • Mumdance
  • Phrase
  • DJ Low

  • J.F.Killah
  • The Helio Sequence
  • Aegis Fang
  • Gang Signs
  • Vogue Dots
  • Man Made Lake
  • Chris Ho
  • Brothers
  • Justine Drummond and Wes Borg
  • Chelsea Lou Uphoff and Shawn Ohara

Main Stage:

Rifftop Tent:

Sunday, September 20

Main Stage:

Rifftop Tent:


2014

Line-up

Thursday, September 11

Night Stages:

  • The Numero Group
  • Ratking
  • Danny Brown
  • Sinesthetix
  • Dead Air
  • Vaski
  • Zeds Dead
  • Oliver Swain's Big Machine
  • Choir Choir Choir
  • The Choir
  • Adam Cohen
  • Davenport
  • The Wild Romantics
  • The Shilohs
  • Paper Lions

  • Little Wild
  • Smash Boom Pow
  • Mark Mills
  • Dralms
  • Chet
  • Wintermitts
  • Little India
  • Derrival
  • Willhorse
  • Letr B
  • Avalon Emerson
  • Max Ulis
  • Tessela
  • Electric Oak
  • Twin Bandit

  • Luca Fogale
  • Fox Glove
  • Noah Edwards
  • Pax
  • Battery Poacher
  • Grossbuster
  • BnW (Blondtron & Waspy)
  • Darcy Collins
  • Rob Pue

Friday, September 12

Night Stages:

  • The Beatnuts
  • Kool Keith
  • Del The Funky Homosapien
  • G.I. Blunt
  • Sabota
  • Hrdvsion
  • Tiger and Woods
  • Kalle Mattson
  • Old Man Canyon
  • Rising Appalachia
  • Jon and Roy
  • Shaprece
  • Ivan & Alysosha
  • Horse Feathers
  • Born Ruffians
  • Pickwick
  • MF Jones
  • Miami Nights 1984
  • Humans (DJ Set)
  • DJ Stallion

  • Speed Control
  • Ellice Blackout
  • We Hunt Buffalo
  • JPNSGRLS
  • Kate Kurdyak
  • Thieves
  • Good For Grapes
  • Rococode
  • Zerbin
  • Fall Fair Car
  • Lola Parks
  • Paperboys and the Messengers
  • Devon Coyote
  • The Roper Show
  • Shawn Mrazek Lives!
  • Cool
  • Cowards
  • Needs
  • Single Mothers
  • Skye Wallace

  • Jasper Sloan Yip
  • Damn Fools
  • Mindil Beach
  • Transient
  • Hashman Deejay
  • Rennie Foster
  • Graze
  • Jackie Trash
  • Punkerslut
  • eXam
  • Acab Rocky
  • Sydney York
  • Riiivr
  • Emplicit
  • Hi-Q Soundsystem
  • Taal Mala
  • Shawn O’Hara
  • Mike Delamont

Main Stage:

Rifftop Tent:


Saturday, September 13

Night Stages:

  • Sims (of Doomtree)
  • Zion I
  • Hilltop Hoods
  • DJ Applecat
  • Poirier
  • Addison Groove
  • Paper Diamond
  • DJ Tim Horner
  • The Valuables
  • The Ballantynes
  • The Skatalites
  • Windmills
  • Mozart’s Sister
  • Kandle and the Krooks
  • The Franklin Electric
  • Half Moon Run
  • DJ Trever
  • DJ Wood
  • Neon Steve
  • DJ Stallion

  • Astral Swans
  • Raleigh
  • MANcub
  • Napalmpom
  • Chersea
  • Isobel Trigger
  • Sam Weber
  • Coyote
  • Rich Aucoin
  • 222
  • Ruby Karinto
  • Annie Becker
  • The New Groovement
  • Bocce Avocado
  • Dead Soft
  • Minto
  • Wimps
  • Maniac
  • PS I Love You
  • Jody Glenham

  • Hunting
  • Liinks
  • Humans (DJ Set)
  • Laggards
  • Monolithium
  • Michael Red
  • Visionist
  • Cocahala
  • Close The Bombay Doors
  • Bodies
  • Rosie June
  • David Vertesi
  • Jacques Porveau
  • DJ Primitive
  • En Noir and Natron
  • Wax Romeo
  • Myles Anderson
  • Ivan Decker


Main Stage:

Rifftop Tent:

Sunday, September 14

Main Stage:

Rifftop Tent:


2013

Line-up

Friday, September 13

Night Stages:

  • Shrew
  • Wood & Soo
  • The Hood Internet
  • The Funk Hunters
  • Disco 3
  • Pat Mahoney
  • James Murphy
  • Grossbuster
  • Anomie Belle
  • Weird Party
  • Humans
  • Watsky
  • Pigeon Hole
  • Serengeti
  • Jel
  • Mykki Blanco

  • Boots Of Mischief
  • GodzBallz
  • Rotterdam
  • Spaceboots
  • J-Feud
  • Monolithium
  • Hrdvsion
  • Ikonika
  • The Carlines
  • The Archers
  • The Belle Game
  • Dusted
  • Braids
  • Olav
  • Hi-Q Soundsystem
  • Dead Air

  • Murge
  • Alexandria Maillot
  • HRDWTR
  • Fields of Green
  • Prairie Cat
  • Pompadoors
  • Cleopatra & The Nile
  • Juvenile Hall
  • Bloody Wilma
  • The Mants
  • Peace
  • Familiar Wild
  • Hannah Epperson
  • Carousels
  • Wand
  • Versa

Saturday, September 14

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

2012

For its fifth year, Rifflandia built on the success of the Royal Athletic Park as a flagship venue, while also using night stage venues, including the return of the Market Square stage.[2] Rifflandia V occurred on September 13–16. Headlining the festival was the Flaming Lips, Sloan, Cake, and Mother Mother.[3]

Line-up

Thursday, September 13

Night Stages:

  • Kode 9
  • Christopher Arruda
  • Northcote
  • King Dude
  • Frazey Ford
  • Good for Grapes

Friday, September 14

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

Night Stages:

Saturday, September 15

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

Night Stage:

  • Rennie Foster
  • The Old Wives
  • Vicious Cycles
  • Bright Light Social Hour
  • Chixdiggit
  • Natron
  • Monolithium

  • Kevin McPhee and Ronnie Falcon
  • L-Vis 1990
  • Shayne Avec I Grec / Jeremy Loveday
  • Kids and Explosions
  • Jackson 2 Bears
  • Saul Williams
  • Carmanah

Sunday, September 16

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

2011

In 2011, the fourth-annual Rifflandia restructured its venues and the festival-going experience by including the Royal Athletic Park as the flagship venue, with eight additional evening venues. The new location allowed for a main stage and side stage, as well as a partnership with local food and drink vendors,[4] and the introduction of Rifflandia Cinema. Rifflandia IV occurred from September 22–25. The night venues included Alix Goolden Hall, Phillips Brewery, Club 9One9, the Victoria Events Centre, Lucky Bar, Metro Theatre, Wood Hall and Sugar Nightclub. The line up included City and Colour, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids and Mother Mother.[5]

Line-up

Thursday, September 22

Night Stages:

Friday, September 23

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

Night Stages:

Saturday, September 24

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

Night Stages:

  • Wildlife
  • The Dirty Mags
  • Giant Sang
  • J Mascis
  • The Funk Hunters
  • Mia Moth
  • Righteous Rainbows
  • Bocce Avocado
  • Trouble Andrew

Sunday, September 25

Main Stage:

Side Stage:

2010

The third Rifflandia Festival featured a record 165 artists over four days at 11 festival stages with approximately 3,500 attendees from September 23–26. Rifflandia III also introduced “Win!landia,” a treasure hunt city-wide across Victoria, and Artlandia, an art showing in partnership with White Hot Magazine.[6]

Line-up

Thursday, September 23

  • Liam Lux
  • Maris Otter
  • Maurer
  • The Beat Assassins
  • Rhythmicon
  • Balacade
  • Sunday Buckets
  • Mike Edel
  • Calico Mountain
  • Dead Eyes Open
  • Mr. Smith
  • Class of 1984
  • Kuba Oms
  • Natron
  • The Sentimentals
  • Acres of Lions

  • DJ Woof
  • Seven Year Old Poets
  • Sound and Science
  • Skylo
  • Brasstronaut
  • DJ Rowan
  • Lily Fawn’s Brightest Darkest Lullabies
  • The Tabla Guy
  • We Are The City
  • Grand Analog
  • Start with the Cobra
  • Mykee
  • Great Bloomers
  • J-Feud
  • Kenzie Clarke
  • Mount Kimbie

Friday, September 24

  • Liam Lux
  • Quoia
  • Super Bendy Thumbs
  • Pigeon Hole
  • Genevieve Rainey
  • Fatso
  • The Zolas
  • Ryat
  • My Lovely Son
  • Rule 27
  • Amortals
  • Treelines
  • Tommy Guerrero
  • Sam Demoe
  • Lesbian Fist Magnet
  • Hot Sex & High Finance

  • Clay George
  • Maurice
  • Monarch
  • The Wicks
  • Steph Macpherson
  • Eames
  • Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few
  • Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party
  • The Whitsundays
  • Tunde Olaniran
  • Yukon Blonde
  • Megasoid
  • TV Heart Attack
  • Fine Mist
  • Growler
  • The Wooden Sky

Saturday, September 25

  • Liam Lux
  • Justin Brave
  • The Lytics
  • Lola Parks
  • Cityreal
  • Liz Beattie
  • Teen Daze
  • Pawnshop Diamond
  • Rich Aucoin
  • No Don’t Stop
  • Aquitania
  • Bells and Cannons
  • Myles Black and the Pearly Whites
  • Chali 2na
  • Kate Miller-Heidke
  • Geoff Berner

Sunday, September 26

  • Ballgag N’ Chain Gang
  • DJ Anger
  • Outsider
  • Lando Rock
  • Fight in the Fields
  • Patience Automate

  • BigMuff
  • Humans
  • Siclife
  • The Mighty Apos
  • The Big Reds

  • Lazers
  • Degree One
  • Bucan Bucan
  • Champion Sound Dee Jays
  • Distance

2009

Rifflandia II grew with 2,500 people in attendance, with over 80 artists and more venues. The Rifflandia Magazine was first published for Rifflandia II.[7] The festival was held from September 24–27. The venues included Sugar Nightclub, Element Nightclub, Alix Goolden Hall, Metro Theatre, Market Square, the University of Victoria’s Vertigo, Lucky Bar, and the Strathcona Rooftop.

Line-up

Thursday, September 24

Friday, September 25

Saturday, August 26

  • Sex With Strangers
  • donkeydong
  • Caracol
  • Laura Smith
  • Siclife
  • Adjective
  • Penderecki Quartet
  • Holy Fuck
  • Ookpikk
  • Hank and Lily

Sunday, September 27

2008

The inaugural Rifflandia started as a three-day festival from August 29–31, with seven stages, 65 artists and approximately 1,500 people in attendance.[8] The venues were organized in a showcase style [9] and included Alix Goolden Hall, Element Nightclub, Logan’s Pub, Lucky Bar, McPherson Playhouse, Royal Theatre, Smith’s Pub, Sugar Nightclub and the Strathcona Rooftop.

Line-up

Friday, August 29

  • Dreamboat
  • Cobras Cobras Cobras
  • Man Man
  • The Whigs
  • VinCat
  • Johnny and the Moon
  • Lion Thief

Saturday, August 30

Sunday, August 31

  • D Whiz
  • DJ Z-Trip
  • The Mess Around
  • BNGZ N’ KRLZ
  • Guy Woods
  • 1900s

Artlandia

Artlandia is the art component with Rifflandia. It was launched in 2010 with Rifflandia III in partnership with White Hot Magazine, featuring a variety of artists in different galleries near and during the time of the festival. For 2012, Artlandia included the Live!Stock poster show and Headspace.[10]

War Child Lounge

The War Child Lounge was first launched during Rifflandia III in 2010. It features intimate acoustic performances from artists performing that year. All donations from the sets go directly to War Child Canada. Past performers include Hey Rosetta!, USS, Mother Mother, Jets Overhead and Melissa Auf der Maur [11] In 2012, War Child Lounge featured Luluc, Current Swell, Rich Aucoin, Family of the Year, Hey Ocean!, Mother Mother and Frazey Ford.[12]

Rifflandia Magazine

The first edition of the Rifflandia Magazine was published for the 2009 festival. It is a free publication published annually since 2009 that features profiles on the artists playing at Rifflandia, a festival schedule and map. It also includes details on other Rifflandia events, like Win!landia, Artlandia, War Child Lounge, and Wristband Connect. In 2012, the Magazine also included a Rifflandia passport and fortuneteller.[13]

External links

Press

References

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