Fozzyfest

Words From the Festival

"FozzyFest is a 3-day long, spectacular music and arts festival held in September, featuring both international & Canadian DJs, musicians and artists. Located in a pristine setting, nestled on a beautiful lake with an enormous yellow-sand beach, surrounded by trees and mountains. We are blessed with one of the best music festival locations in Western Canada.

The shindig begins with our incredibly supportive festival community. We are a 100% volunteer driven (our organizing committee does not get paid), not-for-profit, organically grown electronic music and arts festival.

Your adventure takes you to Big Springs Campground in the Rocky Mountains, located on Lake Koocanusa. Here youll find two main stages, The Forest and The Beach (Shipwrecked), featuring soul shattering sound systems and entertainment sixteen hours a day. For a more laid-back atmosphere, we have The Crystal Cave playing sweet beats on the sand, with our Chill Tent just around the corner for those who want to get some cuddles in, or if an hour to rest your legs and a mingle with a new friend is needed.

Friendly and local food, beverage and merchandise vendors are there to serve you. Workshops and other tantalizing talents are also held to learn and participate with other like-minded humans. There is ample free camping available (why not sleep on the beach?), or rent a houseboat and dock on our shores for a truly unique festival experience. Alcohol (no glass please) is permitted (19+ event).

Seldom do we experience harmony in this fast-paced, competitive world. Its that feeling you get when you know that you are free to express yourself. Everyone on the same wavelength, smiling, dancing, creating, living At one with nature. FozzyFest is a community of extremely special people, all contributing to the pervasive good vibes. Harmony pulls us like gravity, like a head bop to a beat.

We have everything from

deep house tech house electro bass nu disco funk trap breakbeat hip hop reggae dnb dubstep progressive glitch trance trip hop live acoustic guitar minimal ambient live drum circle breakdancing crew beatboxing

to

three stages 2x 40,000+ watt sound systems (PK Sound) chill tent camping dancing sanctuary harm reduction vendors porta potties art food vendors clothing & retail vendors workshops beach lake sand forest house boating good vibes stars love

we pretty muchhave it all.

How did we becomethe festival we are today?

In the summer of 2005, our first year,30 or so close friends went camping to celebrate the birthday of one Shawn Lafleur aka Fozzy. We rented some minor sound equipment to play some tunes while we were out in the bush. We had such a blast that we decided to do it again the next year and invite some more people. When sending out the emails we figured we had better come up with a name for the event. Shawn has always had the nickname Fozzy and since it was originally his birthday celebration, someone proposed FozzyFest and the name stuck!

The festival has grown organically every year since, simply by word-of-mouth. Everyone at FozzyFest is a friend of a friend, making it so easy to meet new people because everyone you meet there is already close to someone you know! This also results in a very safe and mellow environment, in which we have not had a single major security or health issue in tenyears.

The festival evolved over the years to include more stages, a chill tent and a third night of entertainment. But one thing has remained constant our love of great music, good vibes, and beautiful community. We strive to offer our FozzyFanaticsaccess to the best local up-and-coming talent as well as featuring your favorite acts from back in the day. The talent at FozzyFest keeps feet moving on the dance floor all night long.

As we have grown, weve moved FozzyFest three timesinto bigger and better settings. Weve been in beautiful South Kananaskis, Alberta, on a river bank of crystal clear water, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The year of the great floods of 2013, our little festival that could, did! Against all odds, we found a new site last minute on beautiful Lake Koocanusa in British Columbia.

All of the organizers are volunteers! We cringe at having to charge guests for tickets, but putting on a great show does cost money. We see it as sharing the cost to put on a weekend of entertainment that is not soon forgotten. Its about having a great time, spreading the love and partying under the starsnot about making money.

Welcome to our Collective Effervescence. Welcome to FozzyFest."