Rifflandia

There’s a new king of the jungle on the Victoria music festival scene

It’s clear that Phillips Backyard is here to stay. This year, armed with an extraordinary lineup and enough craft beer to fill Victoria’s inner harbour, the 2024 Reverb Weekend was…
Rifflandia “The Park” review

Rifflandia “The Park” review

The Victoria music scene’s crown jewel event has come and gone once again. Rifflandia took place over the course of two weekends this year, as opposed to its usual three-day…
Lorde at Rifflandia music festival

Rifflandia Resurrected

After a four year hiatus, Rifflandia returned to the City of Victoria, starting on Sept. 15 and closing out on Sept. 18.

Festival season kicks off with Cook Street Block Party

Swarms of bicycles are locked at every sign pole, these clusters growing more dense with each block closer to the Cook Street Village Block Party. People and pooches of all…

A Gr4ve encounter

Johnny Gr4ves on Victoria’s music scene, Rifflandia, and his upcoming EP The road to being a successful young musician is paved with nearly insurmountable obstacles. Underage performers have a difficult…

Rainy Rifflandia Recap

Music lovers congregated to Royal Athletic Park for Rifflandia’s 11th year   Music has the ability to bring people together in ways that would otherwise never be possible. It’s easy…

“I call that place my church”: the Victoria house concert scene

More than just a couple of bucks in front of 12 people Inside the Tim Hortons on Ravine Way, the line-up is brimming with Victorians clamouring for their midday double-double…

Five up-and-coming artists to watch (or listen) for at Rifflandia 2018

Victoria’s music scene can be accurately described with many words, but the vague complexity of “eclectic” may be the only truly accurate choice. Between the several characters that grace our…

A glorious chat with The Glorious Sons

Since releasing their debut album, The Union, in 2014, Kingston-based rock band The Glorious Sons has toured across Canada and the U.S., developing and establishing their place in the new…

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