Sips and Sounds festival - Saanich Fairgrounds

Capital Daily:

Looking to bring more to the peninsula, two groups, Collective Catering, and Kaemac Services Inc., have teamed up to originate festivals with a local twist.

“It’s the start of, I guess, more of like a family-friendly festival whereby everybody can come and enjoy themselves and spend the afternoon and shop locally and support locals for locals,” organizer Kelly Kurta tells Capital Daily.

The Sips and Sounds Festival on Sat. June 8 at the Saanich Fairgrounds, will feature music, food, and crafts with an emphasis on all things local—at just 10 bucks to get in.

“We thought, why not create something on the peninsula that everybody can go to? So, we're gonna have local makers, we're gonna have performances all afternoon that's free by local performers,” Kurta said.

“The way they do it a lot in Europe is they charge a nominal fee, they have a massive venue that can hold thousands of people, which is actually to our benefit.” Tickets are priced at $10, Kurta said.

The second nascent event, slated for Dec. 14, is a Christmas winter carnival with as many as 100 vendors. 

“We wanted to put something together that incorporates everything like an entire Christmas show all afternoon,” she said.

“The fairgrounds are going to be lit up. We're gonna decorate. I mean, it's gonna be like a really, really big decorated house.”

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 May 2024 - 05:15 AM.