Festivals near Merritt BC (88 Result(s))

Since its inception in 1982, the Hornby Festival Society has earned a national reputation for artistic excellence and adventurous programming. In its early years, the Festival focused primarily on the classical genre, and has evolved to include jazz, world & traditional music, modern dance, and spoken word. Many of Canada's foremost artists have performed here including Gratien Gelinas, Jane Coop, Loreena McKennitt, Maureen Forrester, Peggy Baker, Richard Margison, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, André Laplante, Michael Kaeshammer, The Puentes Brothers, Gary Comeau, Rick Mercer, the Canadian Opera Children's Chorus, Peggy Baker, Swamperella, Angela Hewitt, Pied Pumkin, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Andrea Nann, Jasper Wood, Jim Byrnes, Zubot & Dawson, the Sharon Minemoto Quintet, The Bills, Sara Marreiros, Caravan, Miles Black, Scott White, the Jacques Thibaud Trio, Heather Schmidt, and Andrea Nann & Sarah Chase.

The theme, The Mystery of Migration, explored many different aspects of migration including the migration of waterfowl and songbirds and the seasonal movement of ungulates, carnivores, butterflies, bats, fish and even humans. A full week of more than 90 field trips, presentations and workshops culminated with a Gala banquet and an exciting and enthusiastic presentation by Brian Keating, world-renowned naturalist who has explored nearly 50 countries on all seven continents. Brian Keating spent three full days at the Festival giving school presentations and leading field trips, communicating and teaching about the world's astonishing and fragile biodiversity.A recent exceptional find of a fossil bed of significant importance in the Kootenay National Park has inspired our theme for the festival in 2015, Fossils and Feathers.