Sunstroke Music Festival: Fundraiser for Mae Bachur Animal Shelter

Sunstroke Music Festival is the premiere summer music festival in downtown Whitehorse. Each year, the event takes place at Shipyards Park. We liaise with many businesses, agencies and volunteers to successfully carry out the event. Sunstroke has grown exponentially since its inception in 2006, and has an incredible impact on local businesses, Yukoners and visitors alike. In our inaugural year, we had 600 patrons attend. Last year, we had 2,000 people in attendance! All revenue raised from Sunstroke is donated to the Humane Society Yukon.



In 2010, Sunstroke expanded for the very first time in 5 years to a 2-day festival. Each year, we offer free kids activities, including face painting, animal balloons, interactive clowns, and specially-programmed children’s musicians. Our wide selection and variety of musical genres are programmed to attract a diverse audience, while also showcasing our incredibly vibrant local music scene. When not inside the tent enjoying the entertainment, or a cold, refreshing beverage from our beer gardens, people dine at one of our many vendors. It is important to us to invite a collective of artists with locally made goods.



Sunstroke 2011 will take place at Shipyards Park on Friday, June 24, 2011, from 3:00 pm to midnight, and on Saturday, June 25, from noon until midnight. Tickets are available only at the front entrance. Adults = $30/day, Students/Seniors = $20/day, Kids Under 12 are Free.



For more information, find us on Facebook or contact Triple J’s Music at jjjmusiccafe@klondiker.com

Sunstroke

No, it's not what we're suffering from in Whitehorse after the bright sunshine and heat of the past few days (pauses for hollow laughter) it is our annual music festival.

If you're in the area of Whitehorse, the fun starts at 4PM Friday 25th June (today) and runs till midnight. Saturday 26th June has a whole twelve hours of music from midday to midnight. We have Rock, Roots, Doom Metal, Folk, Blues and more.

There are local vendors, activities for kids and beer gardens for the, ahem, more grown up kids. The price is $20 per day and kids under 12 get in for FREE!

This is a fundraiser for the Humane Society so, if you're in the area please come along to Shipyards Park to enjoy some great music and help our animals. If you're not in the area, just hop on a plane and fly up here to the beautiful Yukon! Come on, you know you want to.