Hillside Inside festival will run Feb. 2

Hillside Inside is a new event produced by the Hillside Festival organizers.  
Hillside Inside runs Feb. 2 from 1 to 11pm at the Sleeman Centre, downtown Guelph.  
Grandstand tickets are still available for the reserved seat­ing event.
Confirmed acts include: City and Colour, Xavier Rudd, The Weakerthans, Tokyo Police Club, Cuff the Duke, Shout Out Out Out Out, Wintersleep, Attack In Black, Martyn Jos­eph, Les Batinses, The Abrams Brothers, Roxanne Potvin, Zaki Ibrahim, and Hayley Sales.
The event will feature two alternating stages and a unique seating layout that allows all reserved seats access to the general admission floor area, based on capacity.
Hillside Inside will have a craft and community booth area, plus Hillside Inside and Hillside Festival merchandise will be for sale.  Food options include Hillside type vendors, plus Sleeman Centre conces­sions. Free potable water will be available for patrons; so attendees are encouraged to bring their own drinking bottles.
Tickets are $49.95 with GST included, and are available at www.hillside­fes­tival.ca, by phone at 1-866-598-4455, the Hillside office, and at designated outlets. There is also a limited number of $39.95 (GST included) dis­counted tickets for seniors over  65 and kids aged 6 to 12, avail­able only at the Hillside office.
Organizers received support for Hillside Inside from the Ministry of Tourism’s Cele­brate Ontario Program, and from The Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Ontario Tril­lium Foundation is an agency of the government of Ontario.
The Hillside Festival organization is a not-for-profit group that produces the annual Hillside Summer Festival which is a three-day, com­munity-based celebration of music, drumming, and the spoken word and is held an­nu­ally at Guelph Lake Con­servation Area.  The 25th Hillside Festival will take place in July.