Now in its fifth year, the Squamish Valley Music Festival is Western Canada’s premier music festival and one of British Columbia’s most anticipated annual events. The 2014 festival venue area is significantly larger than previous years – from 30 acres to 81 acres onto Centennial Fields – and is expected to welcome over 35,000 fans per day (up from 19,000 per day in 2013) from across the continent!

There will be four stages for this year, which includes redesigned main and dance stages. Shuttle bus transport improvements will also be among this year’s $12-million festival enhancements.

“Our campgrounds and Festival site have been expanded and we’ve worked very hard to ensure that this year’s experience will be efficient, safe and enjoyable for all involved,” said Paul Runnals, Executive Producer of the Squamish Valley Music Festival and Vice-President of brand.LIVE.

“We’ve engaged the best in the business to ensure that Festival-goers will be able to enter and exit the event smoothly and any impact to Squamish residents will be minimized as much as possible.”

The event has been working with the same transportation expert who oversaw the entire transportation program for VANOC during the 2010 Games. “We are confident that our overall event plans, will ensure this event runs smoothly in key areas of transportation, onsite accommodation, security and impact to the community,” says Runnals.

“We feel we have one of the most breathtaking locations in the country and with the convenience of being only 40 minutes from downtown Vancouver, we know that this event will continue to generate significant tourism and economic benefits to British Columbia and specifically throughout the Squamish region.”

Squamish Valley Music Festival has engaged Blueprint Events, western Canada’s leading Electronic Dance Music (EDM) promoter, to curate the Festival’s newly redesigned EDM arena.

Squamish Valley Music Festival 2014 Lineup 

70 artists in total are coming to this year’s event which includes Grammy and Academy Award winners that have sold 200+ million albums. This year’s festival is 3-days from Friday, August 8 to Sunday, August 10, 2014.

Headline Artists:

Eminem

Bruno Mars

Arcade Fire

Festival Artists:

• The Roots
• Boys Noize
• Serena Ryder
• Arcade Fire
• Arctic Monkeys
• Broken Bells
• Foster the People
• Lykke Li
• Thievery Corporation
• The Head and the Heart
• Sam Roberts Band
• Atmosphere
• Tokyo Police Club
• Danny Brown
• Gramatik
• Walk off the Earth
• Mayer Hawthorne
• Whitehorse
• The Zolas
• Felix Cartal
• Black Joe Lewis
• Cyril Hahn
• Herobust
• We Are The City
• Head of the Herd
• Topless
• Good for Grapes
• Aidan Knight
• Rykka
• Cityreal
• The Courtneys
• Louise Burns
• Zerbin
• Slam Dunk
• The Oceanographers

And more to come!

Squamish Valley Music Festival 2014 Ticket Information

The event is also expanding its use of an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) enabled wristband system. Ticketholders will receive their RFID wristband via registered mail in the weeks leading up the event and must register online to activate it. The RFID system will allow for smoother, more efficient access at gates, faster processing for all onsite transactions and will allow Festival staff to better assist guests.

Weekend passes to the Squamish Valley Music Festival go on sale Friday, February 7 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.

Virgin Mobile Members pre-sale starts Monday, February 3 at 10:00 am and ends Thursday, February 5 at 4:00pm. Members who purchase a Festival pass will receive a $20 credit applied to their RFID wristband, while quantities last.

FESTIVAL PASSES

• Single Day Pass: $149 plus fees and shipping
• Weekend Pass: $250, $295, $325, plus fees and shipping
• VIP Pass: $599 plus fees and shipping
• MUSICBOX Package: Exclusive private suites with 20 VIP weekend passes
• Parking Pass: $125 for the weekend
• Children (12 and under): FREE (when accompanied by a full paying adult; proof of age required)

CAMPING

Camping is sold by plots and one camping ticket gets you one 10′ x 12′ plot and four Camping wristbands specifically assigned to that location. Each camping plot is $350. On-site premium camping is $1,000 and gets you one 15′ x 15′ plot, four camping wristbands and one parking pass.

Camping passes do not give access to festival grounds: festival passes must be purchased separately.

For more information on Squamish Valley Music Festival 2014, visit the official event website: http://www.squamishfestival.com/

LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION

• GPS Address: 39641 Loggers Lane, Squamish, BC
• Number of parking spots available ($125 for the weekend):
  • 3,000 within walking distance
  • 6,000 in other areas with shuttle bus service to the festival site
• Bus Shuttles:
  • Price for a return ticket on the Vancouver to Squamish shuttle: $50
  • Price for a return ticket on the Whistler to Squamish shuttle: $50
• Price for bike valet: FREE
  • Number of bike parking spots available: 2,000

Information from
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