The organizers for the Bow Valley Jamboree have announced the lineup for the annual one-day music festival south of Oxbow on Aug. 6.
Lori Moncrief, who is part of the Oxbow and Area Arts and Cultural Committee that organizes the festival, said they have a good blend of local and out-of-town performers among the 10 acts that will entertain this year.
One of those local acts, Downwind, will be the opening performers at 1 p.m. The band features a number of musicians from the Carlyle and Oxbow areas.
“They have been performing together for over 36 years,” said Moncrief. “We’re starting off the show with Downwind because they are crowd favourites, and they are a blast from the past.”
Singer-songwriter Mika-Dawn will perform at 2:15 p.m., and contemporary folk and rock singer Katie Miller will sing at 2:45 p.m. Each will have a 30-minute set.
Andino Suns, an upbeat Saskatchewan folk-rock band that plays Chilean music, will play for an hour starting at 3:30 p.m. The majority of the band members are originally from Latin America.
Samantha Pauchard, who is a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Oxbow Prairie Horizons School, will play starting at 4:45 p.m.
“She is a singer-songwriter,” said Moncrief. “She does some of her own tunes, as well as covers, and she has been part of a band called Six Days Till Sunday. She is currently working on recording her first CD.”
One of the featured acts, Saskatchewan pianist-singer-songwriter Jeffrey Straker, will play from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
“He does over 100 shows every year, and does house concerts as well as symphony concerts,” said Moncrief.
Folk-rock singer Tyler Gilbert will play a 30-minute set at 6:45 p.m., and then country music singer Alex Runions will play from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Runions originally hails from Kipling.
Brad Johner and the Johner Boys, who are from the southeast, will begin at 8:30 p.m. and play for an hour and a half.
The show will close with another Oxbow-area act, Ten Mile High, which Moncrief described as a “party band.” Most of the Ten Mile High members are from the Oxbow area. They will start at 10:15 p.m., and play until the end of the festival.
There will also be local emerging artists who will take to the stage between the main acts.
“Our talent committee, Carol Stewart and Christy Hook, did a bang-up job in getting some really good names and some very good musicians,” said Moncrief. “We’re very pleased with our lineup.”
The jamboree will also boast a variety of food and drink vendors, including specialty coffees, homemade desserts and Filipino foods. Other activities will include children’s activities, a petting zoo, Henna tattoos, relaxation sessions, jewelry and apparel.
Moncrief noted that one of the long-term goals for the jamboree’s organizing committee is to build a permanent stage in the park. They don’t have the money in place, but they are pleased with a grant they have received, and the support that has come in from the area.
Proceeds from the jamboree will be directed towards Oxbow-area projects.
