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Roots And Blues
Sarah McLachlan to headline Salmon Arm’s Roots and Blues Festival
Salmon Arm's Roots and Blues Festival has announced its lineup for this summer's edition. From…
New dates for Salmon Arm Roots and Blues as organizers try to avoid wildfire smoke
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues music festival has announced it’s going to happen earlier than…
Wildfire impacted Salmon Arm Roots and Blues festival suggests donating your refund
After Salmon Arm’s Roots and Blues festival was forced to cancel due the this past…
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival will return in 2022
After a two-year hiatus, the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival is coming back next…
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival will have to battle more than COVID-19 to return to normal
The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival is taking an online approach during the pandemic…
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival pulls 2020 event
Summertime event planners had high hopes that COVID-19 precautions would lift before their shows were…
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival wants to almost double number of campsites
Organizers with the Salmon Arm Folk Music Society are hoping to increase the number of…
Corb Lund among first acts announced for 2020 Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival
The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival has announced the first five performers for 2020.…
Music festival doesn’t miss a beat
Salmon Arm will be crawling with music all week and weekend. The Super Crawl will…
Look where we’ll be this summer
iNFOnews.ca will be out and about in the community at dozens of events, community gatherings…
Look where we’ll be this summer
iNFOnews.ca will be out and about in the community at dozens of events, community gatherings…
Salmon Arm father’s sandcastles are metaphors for life
SALMON ARM – In 2015, Marc Dansereau had a trailer of sand delivered to his…
Salmon Arm will be crawling with live music
SALMON ARM – Salmon Arm will be crawling with music next week. The Super Crawl…
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival finds its rhythm
SALMON ARM – The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival is back on track. The…
Multi-Grammy winner to headline Roots and Blues Festival
SALMON ARM – Country and bluegrass heavyweight Ricky Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, will…
Salmon Arm music festival causes no issues for local police
SALMON ARM – Despite one of the busiest weekends of the year, Salmon Arm RCMP…
Meet Dennis, the Roots and Blues Festival’s most mischievous volunteer
SALMON ARM - As you step through the gates of the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, volunteer Dennis Roberts will be the guy telling you there’s gum stuck to your pants, or that you fit the description of a police suspect, just for the heck of it. And while his motive is mischievous, the...
Roots and Blues Festival takes over Salmon Arm this weekend
SALMON ARM - The Shuswap will be filled with the sounds of brass and bluegrass as the 'summer destination spot for fans and lovers of music' takes over Salmon Arm this weekend. Now in its 23rd year, the Roots and Blues Festival features an eclectic mix of music from Blues to Bluegrass, Celtic to Cuban...
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival bucks the trend and survives
SALMON ARM - We’ve got Joni Mitchell to thank for the words ‘You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’ but the community of Salmon Arm gets the credit for acting on that epiphany before it was too late. Six months ago, things were uncertain for the Roots and Blues Festival. A number of...
HELSTON: What’s happening to summer music fests?
It starts around July—posts about dust-caked feet, late nights and dazzling concerts hurl into my Facebook news feed and I know it’s festival season again.
Bad news for Roots and Blues Music Fest
SALMON ARM - A summer music festival that has become synonymous with the City of Salmon Arm is in financial peril, and next year’s event hangs in the balance. The popular Roots and Blues Festival has been a staple of summer music in the Shuswap for 22 years, but currently doesn’t have enough money to...