The Jam starts in..
Starbelly Jam is an annual outdoor music festival held in Crawford Bay, BC on the third full weekend of July. This will be our 13th festival. Please join us in the celebration!!
Our choice of music and other entertainment is soulfully eclectic, and this year will include funk, world music, rock, hip-hop, reggae, blues, bluegrass, folk, jam bands and other acts that are a little harder to define. We also have entertainment and activities for children (who get in free if they are under age 13 and with an adult). It’s a real family festival!
Add a great selection of on-site food, a craft faire, free workshops, roaming jugglers and clowns, and more, and we have the cultural event of the year in our area. Join us for a weekend of great entertainment, a safe place for kids, and a relaxed festival atmosphere.
Camping is available at several locations within a few minutes walk from the festival grounds, and there are other accommodations in the area. For more about the area and accommodation, please see our Visitor Information page.
OUR 2012 LINE-UP IS COMPLETE!
~EVERYONE ORCHESTRA – featuring: Conductor – Matt Butler, Youssoupha Sidibe, The Barr Brothers (Brad Barr, Andrew Barr, Sarah Page, Andres Vial), Jamie Janover, Ivan Neville, & friends…and YOU!
Experimental / Jam Band / Rock / Community Building Improv – PORTLAND, Oregon & the World!
~ IVAN NEVILLE’S DUMPSTAPHUNK
Funk - New Orleans, Louisiana
~THE BARR BROTHERS
Indie Folk / Americana - Montreal, QC
~ GAUDI
Dub / Reggae / Electronica / World Music / Breakbeat – London, England
~THE CAVE SINGERS
Indie rock / folk - Seattle, WA
~ PIED PUMKIN (and PUMKIDS!)
Folk / Children’s music - Nanaimo & Bowen Island, BC, France
~ JAMIE JANOVER
Electroacoustic / Electronica/ Film maker & speaker - Boulder, Colorado & Oakland, California
~ IAN “JUNK” TONINO w/ ROB GOBLIN, EMCEE RIPPEL, DION REGO & KIA KADIRI
Hip Hop / Soul – Vancouver & The Kootenays
~ JEFF CROBSY & THE REFUGEES (aka EQUALEYES)
Experimental / Indie / Folk / Rock…jam on! - Idaho / Los Angeles
~ GABRIEL PALATCHI BAND
Fusion / Jazz / Latin - Canada, Buenos Aires, Argentina and the world!
~ BUCKMAN COE & MAX SERPENTINI
Folk / Roots & Blues - Vancouver, BC
~ DANIEL HUSCROFT BAND
Folk / Folk Rock/ Blues / Classical - Langley, BC (from Creston, BC!)
~ VORTEX
Funky live improvisational mashup / Glitch hop / House party dance machine - Nelson, BC
~ ELENA YEUNG & THE KOOTENAY SPECIAL
Americana / Bluegrass / Folk - Creston, BC
~ BRIAN ROSEN & THE WHATNOW
Reggae / Funk - Nelson, BC
~ S.L.a.P. (SAMBA LAGO PROFUNDO)
Samba / World – The East Shore (Riondel, Kootenay Bay, Crawford Bay, Gray Creek)
~ MUSIC WITH MARNIE
Music & fun, for children young and old! – Vancouver, BC
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