Arboretum Music + Arts Festival is almost a week away (August 16 and 17) and couldn’t be any excited about it.
So I am trying to get a hold of the acts playing at this year’s festival and try to ask them a short Q&A.
Here is one with Jonathan Pearce of indie folk rockers Winchester Warm.
How excited are you to be playing at the second annual Arboretum Festival?
We are super duper excited and honored to be playing this year’s Arboretum Festival.
Are there any acts you are excited to see?
I am excited to see Holy Fuck and Owen Pallett and Grime Kings and basically every other act that is playing the festival. Excited to check out a bunch of local acts I have yet to see. Such a great music lineup.
Besides the acts, any of the food vendors, arts & crafts stuff you like to check out or do?
Looking forward to trying the special ARB Kichesippi Beer because they make delicious beer and trying the Bridgehead ARB coffee because they make delicious coffee.
And the craft fair will be great as well.
And don’t get me started on the food…
What can we expect from your live set?
We will have a couple extra members and we’ll be playing mostly new songs from an upcoming album we are working on.
What do you think a festival like this would be beneficial to the city?
I think it is so amazing to see such a bold and ambitious festival like Arboretum happening here in Ottawa.
It kind of blows my mind that this is only the second year of the event, can you imagine what year five will be like?
The focus on local food, drink, music, art really works to highlight all the amazing things that are going on in the city.
http://youtu.be/QvLXqeQIua4
They will be playing in Saw Courtyard *FREE* at 3:15pm on August 17th.
