The 2012 Fresh Water Jamboree will be held at Riverside Park’s bandshell on Aug. 4 from 11am to 11pm, rain or shine.
The event is an annual one-day family music festival established to help raise awareness about fresh water in Wellington County, the province and across Canada.
“We’re expecting to see 1,000 or 2,000 people at the event this year,” said festival organizer Chris Williams. “We’ve had so many local musicians and artistic communities become involved in this event, it’s quite exciting.”
Be The Artist, a Guelph-based organization that promotes musicians and environmental initiatives, launched Guelph’s first green music festival in 2008.
“The Fresh Water Jamboree was created to help bring focus and awareness to our depleting fresh water supply, and also to help promote local musicians and artists,” said Williams.
The day-long event will feature performances by a variety of musicians and groups, including Shane Philips, Chynna Lewis, Anthony Damiao, The Lullaby, Space Crayons, Peter Slack, Cornelius and The Damn Dirty Apes, Galye Ackroyd and Presentation Water Watchers.
A presentation for the Fresh Water Awareness group will be made.
There will also be a children’s play area and food and refreshments will be available.
The Fresh Water Jamboree is a non-profit organization and is organized by Be The Artist (www.betheartist.ca).
For more information on the event, contact Chris Williams or Paul Van Dyk at freshwaterjamboree@gmail.com or visitwww.freshwater.betheartist.ca.
