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VICTORIA'S 11TH ANNUAL SKA FESTIVAL - WED/JULY/7TH - SAT/JULY /10TH, 2010!
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VICTORIA BC SKA SOCIETY
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We just wanted to tell you all that tickets for Victoria's 11th Annual Ska Festival are now on sale at various locations throughout Victoria (Lyle's Place, Ditch Records, The Reef), Duncan (Area 51), Nanaimo (Fascinating Rhythms), Vancouver (Zulu, Highlife, Scratch, Redcat) & TICKETWEB.CA!

The line-up this year is nuts and you're probably bound to find a bunch of bands you'll dig.

Some of the bands include:

FISHBONE - 25th Anniversary

THE AGGROLITES (LA - Hellcat Recording Artists)

KATCHAFIRE (Hamilton, New Zealand - all Maori reggae big band)

THE BLACK SEEDS (Wellington, New Zealand) - Wicked Easy Star Records Kiwi reggae band. Oh and it is Bret McKenzie's old band from Flight of the Conchords

CHERRY POPPIN' DADDIES (Eugene, Oregon)

THE SHANE PHILIP TREE (w/Marc Atkinson & Joby Baker)

SKAMPIDA (Bogota, Colombia)

LOS KUNG FU MONKEYS (Tijuana, Mexico)

EASY BIG FELLA (Seattle old school ska) - Reunion show!!

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REBEL MUSIC (Victoria)

BRAVE NEW WAVES (Victoria)

MINDIL BEACH MARKETS (Victoria)

THE VALUABLES (Vancouver)

THE ISRAELITES (Portland)

+ shit tons more...


Keep checking http://www.victoriaskafest.ca for updates


For now here's the link to your Skankster's Paradise.


http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=13842

Thanks in advance;)

Make sure you get on the last train to Victoria Ska Fest aka Festival of the People which equals MORE PARTY FOR THE PEOPLE!

And if you want to get some cheap tickets and you don't know the password make sure you join the mailing list or the facebook group. In the next little while we'll be giving the fan club (members on our newsletter and facebook pages) one last e-mail blast with the password so you'll have one more chance at the cheapest tickets. - Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:55am Edited: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:59am
VICTORIA BC SKA SOCIETY
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Tijuana, Mexico's LOS KUNG FU MONKEYS will perform at Victoria Ska Festival's "AGGRO AFTER PARTY" alongside THE RESIGNATORS from Melbourne, Australia on Friday, July 9th @ Lucky Bar following the Aggrolites' performance with Rocky Mountain Rebel Music & The Beatdown at Ship Point. Advance tickets only available via double ticket purchase (Full Aggro Party) on ticketweb.ca. See this link for details:

http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1634745 - Wed, 5 May 2010 3:04am Edited: Wed, 5 May 2010 3:05am
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Victoria's 11th Annual Ska Festival Reggae Extravaganza will make history again for Canada's music scene. For the 1st time in Canada New Zealand's KATCHAFIRE will be making their debut performance at the festival on Thursday, July 8th alongside The Shane Philip Tree (Shane Philip, Marc Atkinson & Joby Baker) + Mindil Beach Markets. KATCHAFIRE are among the most celebrated reggae bands in New Zealand. The all Maori reggae big band have played at major festivals all around the world and we can't wait to have them come and play outdoors for the festival. - Sat, 8 May 2010 12:13pm
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Couldn't help but put up another Katchafire tune. Enjoy coverage from a recent performance in San Francisco..

Tickets available at Lyle's Place, The Reef, Ditch Records & TICKETWEB.CA on the Island - Tue, 18 May 2010 8:07pm
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Quick reminder:

There are three workshops on the festival (one of which is by Brian Dixon of the Aggrolites called "Jamaican Rhythm Patterns of the 60s" His workshop is on Friday, July 9th @ Long & McQuade Music Education Centre 1-2pm

Remember there is also an art exhibit called "Sights and Stories of Ska Fest" that is on Wednesday,July 7th @ Victoria Event Centre

One Shot Left has been added to the Aggro Afterparty at Lucky Bar with Los Kung Fu Monkeys & The Resignators.

Oye! will not be on the Reggae Afterparty. Instead we'll have a super hype reggae/dancehall/dub step party with Big Reds, DJ Collage & DJ Anger.

And check out our new splash page: http://www.victoriaskafest.ca - Sat, 12 Jun 2010 6:27pm
darcy
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This bad boy is only 5 days away!!! It's going to be so amazing!!!!!!!!!!111oneoneone - Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:53pm
Heather
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I can hardley contain myself. 4 days of no sleep, losing my voice, too many smokes, not enough food, too much beer, and I even get to live in a van. World class music and people. I wouldn't trade it for anything! - Fri, 2 Jul 2010 2:56pm
Heather
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and Dane's mom's cooking! - Fri, 2 Jul 2010 2:57pm
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