Fly Spirit, Fly, the first annual Ian Tyson Memorial Music Festival, an all-day, family-friendly event, will be held in Diamond Valley on Sunday, July 30.
Presented by the Diamond Valley Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Town of Diamond Valley, the festival will be held at the Municipal Reserve at 6th Avenue and 3rd Street SW in the community of Black Diamond.
Running from noon to 10 p.m., the festival will be headlined by John Wort Hannam, a recent winner of two Canadian Folk Music Awards, and The Gift, an Ian Tyson tribute show featuring former members of both Tyson's touring and studio recording groups.
The festival will have a diverse entertainment lineup, one that includes children’s performers, a motorcycle stunt show and Indigenous dancers.
The music portion begins with Girl Crush, who have become the sweethearts of Ranchman's, followed by a set from Honky Tonk, which brings Hannam and The Gift together on stage, and concludes with sets from each of the two headliners.
The festival will include an open-air beer garden featuring beverages from award-winning local operations such as Fahr Brewery, Spirit Hills Winery, Hard Knox Brewery, Twin Cities Saloon and Eau Claire Distillery.
Tickets are $45 for adults and $10 for youth (six and under are free). They’re available via Showpass at diamondvalleychamber.ca and at the gate. Ticket holders will be issued wristbands so they can come and go through the duration of the festival.
There will be four off-site parking lots that will be serviced by a shuttle in an effort to minimize congestion. Locations of the lots can be found at diamondvalleychamber.ca.
It's festival seating, so concert goers are reminded to bring lawn chairs.
