Dunster proved itself—yet again—as a hub of fresh, exciting new music last weekend, as an eclectic lineup of artists took the stage during the 10th annual Robson Valley Music Festival.
This year’s gathering of music, art, family and friends brought together festival favourites from past years, as well as a few fresh faces, including crowd favourites, Luke and Tess Pretty, an Edmonton-based brother sister duo.
Although only 18 and 16 years old, respectively, the siblings proved themselves worthy of their festival spot as they blasted out their original nu-jazz beats, using a keytar, Hammond organ and electric drum kit.
Among the returning artists was Friday night’s headliner, OKA. With its energetic jams, complete with didgeridoo solos, the Australian reggae-dub trio brought the crowd to its feet and kept them there, stomping and grooving in front of the stage, until the early morning hours.
On Saturday night, that job was left up to Kytami, another returning favourite. Kytami is a violin-slaying electronic artist that fuses dubstep and hip hop with classical violin.
This was the festival’s 10th year taking place on Shara Gustafson and Seth Macdonald’s front lawn. As well as being the head organizers, the couple also shared its diverse musical talents, performing together as Samson’s Delilah, and with their band, Mamaguroove, in what might be the band’s last live performance.
While on stage with the band Saturday night, Gustafson scanned the crowd and thanked everyone for making the 10th year the best one yet.
Nicole Veerman
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