$29 General Admission
*includes all fees & tax
Mackie Lake House presents Cascadian folk duo West My Friend in a live, outdoor concert on the shores of Kalamalka Lake.
Mingling grassroots guitar, accordion, flute and vocal harmonies, West My Friend has a sound that is both folksy and musically sophisticated. Unpretentious and warm, it’s rare to hear something as put-together as this folk duo - something so layered, deeply symphonic, baroque, and mysterious in its own winking way while still courting an edge of disaster. Simple is safe, but complex is fiery, intricate, and ultimately more rewarding.
Steeped in the visual styles of western Canada, West My Friend are veterans of the Victoria music scene and recently released their Independent Music Awards-nominated fourth album “In Constellation”. On this latest work, the band continues to refine the art of creating achingly poignant folk music, only this time, they’re backed by a full symphony orchestra, heavily layered while remaining lighthearted. Intricate yet accessible. Melancholic yet optimistic.
With over 800 performances and countless Canadian and international tours under their belt, West My Friend is bringing forth a new sound you’ve never known you’ve wanted and new meaning to the things you’ve never known you needed.
West My Friend specializes in unusual spaces, showing up wherever you’d least expect to hear live music. They’ve performed in a 100-year-old streetcar on a high level bridge, a nudist resort, a sailboat, a yoga studio, a hot springs, a hayloft in a 100-year-old barn, a pet food store, many farms, a lawn bowling club, libraries, bookstores, museums, a former movie theatre, while basking in the warmth of a Swedish “Valborg” bonfire, and, now under the bows of the big linden tree at our 100-year-old heritage home!
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