New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Evolve Festival) - Evolve Festival is thrilled to announce the first wave of Canadian and international headliners for its 2010 lineup - quite possibly its best ever and one that definitely measures up to Evolve's recent distinction as the No 1
Music Festival in Canada by CBC
Radio 3 Searchlight!
Touching down on the full moon weekend of July 23-25 in a spectacular setting in the rolling oceanside hills of Antigonish, Nova Scotia; Evolve 2010's incredible lineup of performers features:
* Easy Star All-Stars performing their incredible Dub Side of the Moon tribute to Pink Floyd in its entirety
* The digital sampling mashup wizardry of Pretty Lights (Boulder, Colorado)
* Champion & His G-Strings, Montreal's Juno-nominated livetronica innovators
* The legendary San Francisco underground crew Dubtribe
* All the way from Australia - tribal electrodub partyrocker Ganga Giri
* Fred Penner, from staple of our youth to festival cult favourite
* The red-hot groove of Vancouver's Five Alarm Funk
* Champion UK beatboxer, MC & live loops trickster Beardyman
* Progressive trance spinners DJ Preach
* Hey Rosetta!, the hard-rockin' pride of St. John's
* One of Canada's most in-demand DJ/producers Skratch Bastid
* Toronto organic synth-pop duo Woodhands
* The phenomenal Indo-Celtic livetronica sound of Delhi 2 Dublin
* Washington, DC nufunk vanguards Fort Knox Five
* Aboriginal Australian chillroots from Oka
* That 1 Guy, the one-man band of homemade instruments from San Francisco
* 2009 Juno-winning banjo songsmith Old Man Luedecke
* Toby, the magnetic and genre-bending Aussie singer/songwriter
As always, Evolve is a showcase for established and up-and-coming Canadian artists, especially Maritimers. The rest of the Atlantic and Canadian contigent at this year's festival includes: David Myles, Slowcoaster, Jenn Grant, Rich Aucoin, Isaac & Blewett w/ Joel Leblanc, Carmen Townsend & The Shakey Deals, Donnie Dunphy, Maylee Todd, Andrew White, Three Sheet and more.
CBC Radio 3 will travel to Evolve for the entire festival July 23-25; for a special live on-site broadcast and to present the winning trophy and plaque declaring Evolve the No 1 Music Festival in Canada. The Festival's reputation as one of the highlights of the North American musical calendar continues to spread far and wide; it was also honoured as one of the 15 Best Outdoor Music Festivals in North America in 2009 by Santa Fe-based Outside Magazine.
"I'm delighted to get this sort of recognition from Canada's national broadcaster," says Evolve Festival Artistic and Executive Director Jonas Colter. "Evolve Festival has always aspired to have the best possible fan experience, and we're humbled to be in the good company of festivals like Hillside, Ottawa Blues Fest, Shambhala, Shelter Valley, Stan Rogers Folk Festival & and Vancouver Island Music Festival - which in my mind, are some of the best festivals in the world. This year, our goals are to create more artistic beauty and atmosphere at Evolve, as well as pushing the Zero Waste agenda even harder. We want to make Evolve an even more magical place!"
Mark down July 23-24-25 on your calendars and make the journey to Antigonish - you'll remember it for a lifetime! Early bird tickets are now available at Ticketpro.ca and all Ticketpro locations across Canada.
Click here to learn more about Evolve's visionary range of environmental initiatives and offerings that play a huge part in its distinction as the No 1 Music Festival!
More acclaim for Evolve Festival!
"Evolve is a great event and rapidly recognized as THE alternative and green music event of the summer. Hats off to the Evolve Team!" - Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada leader
"Evolve is the most person friendly festival I've ever experienced." - Loel Campbell, drummer for Wintersleep
"THE big summer music event in Nova Scotia." - The Coast Summer Guide
For more information about Evolve Festival visit: www.evolvefestival.com
