Cranfest XIII ~ Annual FullMoon Family/Friends Musical Campout Weekend

Welcome back! We look forward to seeing your smiling friendly faces again at our family weekend full-moon music & games campout on July 19th to 21st for our Thirteenth Annual CranFest :) - see www.Cranfest.ca for Ticket Purchases and a bunch more info on weekend activities along with our history and other nonsense

We are an Annual Salt Spring Island Community Family-Focused Camp-Out Solar-Powered Full-Moon Non-Profit Live-Music&Art Outdoor-Popcorn-Movie Astronomical-Adventure All-Ages Multi-Generational Reasonably-Priced (Kids Free with Adults) Festival Celebration Weekend Benefit Thing since 2010

**Please note - All Tickets are Available Online in Advance Only (No Ticket Sales at the Door). Ticket numbers are limited to encourage a Very Kid Friendly & Supportive Atmosphere at all times (day & night) and solid connection with one another, and in respect for our gracious neighbours and sleeping baby/kid/parent campers and hardworking volunteers needing rest. Tickets have started to sell out the past coupla years, you will need to get yours early if you'd like to attend. If tickets are sold out, we hope to see you next year :)

This event is Not a rave, it's Not a party scene, it's Not a place to trip out - it's a Community/Family Connecting Event designed to foster and build local connections with oneanother, and for us all to Model Respectful and Responsible Behaviour while having fun with all generations, from babies-in-arms to teenagers to adults/kids-at-heart to great-grandparents.

Unfortunately we cannot accomodate pets at Cranfest, including anywhere on the festival grounds, in vehicles, RV's, or in tents. Please plan ahead for them to stay safely at home. There is a new No-Smoking Policy in effect, please read below...

Weekend Entertainment Schedule:

FRIDAY, JULY 19th – Guest arrival starts at 2:00 for camping setup and kid/adult games throughout the afternoon

• 4:30-6:00 – Community Potluck Dinner
• -- Live Music from 3:45~11:00
• ---- MAIN STAGE:
• ------- 9:15-11:00 – Salome Cullen Band (SSI)
• ------- 7:00-8:30 – The Bruce Collective (SSI)
• ------- 5:30-6:30 – Sharon Bailey Trio w/Alan Kerr & Wesley Hardisty(SSI)
• ------- 4:15-5:00 – Rising Tide (SSI)
• ---- TWEENER LOUNGE STAGE:(in between main stage acts):
• ------- 8:30-9:15 – Fawkes & Hownd Duo (SSI)
• ------- 6:30-7:00 – Annie Palovcik & Chris Martell Duo (SSI)
• ------- 5:00-5:30 – Blair Francis (SSI)
• ------- 3:45-4:15 – Simon Webb & possible special guest (SSI)
• 11:00ish~1:00a – Outdoor Movie: School of Rock (free popcorn after the last band)
• 11:00ish-8:00a – SuperQuiet Sleepy Time out of respect for our neighbours, sleeping little kids/babies/parents, and our hard working volunteers needing rest

SATURDAY, JULY 20th – kid/adult games throughout the day, maybe a walk down to the beach/dock in the morning

• 4:30-6:00 – Community Potluck Dinner
• -- Live Music from 3:45~11:00
• ---- MAIN STAGE:
• ------- 9:00-11:00 – Everyday People featuring Relatively special guest (SSI, Montreal)
• ------- 7:00-8:30 – Rough and Tumble (SSI)
• ------- 5:30-6:30 – David Carl Band (SSI)
• ------- 4:15-5:00 – Le Duo – Paul LeCorre & Richard Leduc (Montreal)
• ---- TWEENER LOUNGE STAGE:(in between main stage acts):
• ------- 8:30-9:00 – Bruce Everett (SSI)
• ------- 6:30-7:00 – Julia Beattie & Alan Kerr (SSI)
• ------- 5:00-5:30 – Harry Warner (SSI)
• ------- 3:45-4:15 – Chris Martell (SSI)
• 1100:ish-1:00aish – Dreamland Silent Disco w/3-Track Headphones
• 11:00ish-8:00a – SuperQuiet Sleepy Time out of respect for our neighbours, sleeping little kids/babies/parents, and our hard working volunteers needing rest

SUNDAY, JULY 21st @ Stowel Lake Farm -11:00am-11:00pm - Shameless Plug for our Friends at Guayaki and their awesome Mateada Convergence Festival happening at Stowel Lake Farm - more great music to go check out! Highly recommended :) https://www.mateadaguayaki.com/new-events/2024/7/21/mateada-convergence

Cranfest Food Options - Community Potluck Dinners and/or BYO Picnic/Food to grill (*No Foodsales Onsite*)

**We invite you to bring a locally-sourced-ingredient(s) food dish to share at our Community Potluck Dinners on both Fri & Sat evenings from 4:30-6:00pm. We offer discounted Cranfest ticket prices for participants who are committed to arriving early (prior to 3:45pm) with an ear for our early musicians and a Potluck Dish to share 🙂

If participating in the early arrival potluck is not an option for you, please plan ahead to bring your own picnic dinner to enjoy, and you are also welcome to bring something to throw onto the big BBQ grill trailer while it’s hot between 3:30-7:30

We strongly encourage you to support our local farmers!

The SSI Saturday Market website has a farmstand map with folks like:

• Ellis and Claire at Earth Candy Farm
• Sue & Eland & the gang at Duck Creek Farm
• Mel & Param & family and the folks at Moonshine Mama’s

Other Food Related Info:

• Greg Bellavance Welding‘s Big BBQ trailer grill will be hot from 3:30-7:30 on Fri and Sat - feel free to bring your own favourite local grillables for yourself and your family
• We’re happy we can welcome back Roly Poly Rice Balls for some weekend snacks 🙂
• Guayaki Yerba Mate has generously supported us since the early days to make their cans available for $4 to Adults Over 16 until 9:00pm
• Fruit Freezeypops available at the welcome desk throughout the weekend – by donation and free for kids who participate in the game decathlon challenge
• Bicycle Blender Kid-Made Apple Blackberry Slushies
• We'll provide some Saturday morning brunch-time Kid-Made Pancakes & coffee around 9:30
• We'll provide some Sunday morning brunch-time Instant Oatmeal & coffee around 9:30
• The Hen and Hound Brasserie and Off the Hook Restaurant are both just down the road by the Fernwood Dock for delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks & drinks - could be a good to-go option

**Potluck-Participant Discounted Cranfest Tickets are available to everyone who's able to commit to joining in on our Locally-Sourced-Food Community Shared Dinner Potluck from 4:30-6:00p, happening both Friday and Saturday nights. We encourage you to support our local Farms/Farmstands/Markets as well as support our local music acts taking the stages during the earlier dinnertime slots. If you are able to commit to arrive early (prior to 3:45pm) and also to provide a dish containing locally sourced food to share with the Community Dinner Potluck, please select one of the discounted ticket prices. You'll get a discount of $5 off your ticket for each day. Feel free to also bring something to throw on the grill for the potluck or for yourself and your family :) Thank You for coming together to support our local farmers & early musicians!

Tickets include family friendly field-camping. You're very encouraged to stay overnight and skip the driving - tents are ideal, and should be setup in the tent camping field. We have a small RV field reserved solely for smallish RVs/Campers/Trailers or possibly sleeping inside your truck/van - please confirm your small RV space early via our contact page at cranfest.ca/index.php/participate as RV/Camper spots are limited (no RV hookups and please, no tent or car camping in the RV or parking fields). Limited onsite parking, so carpooling is very encouraged - park tightly together to maximize the spots avaialble (no street parking anywhere in the surrounding neighbourhood please!) Several yard carts are available to transport your gear for the short walk from parking to field camping. Salt Spring Water Co dispensers are available to refill your water bottle. Friday night movie popcorn included.

Arrive early Friday afternoon and plan to campout for the weekend. We'll have several family/kid fun events and ongoing activities, including slack lines, telescopes, ping pong, volleyball, badminton, croquet, giant checkers & chess, giant jenga, tetherball, basketball, bocce, horse shoes, soccer balls, bean bag toss, kiddie pools, and a water misting trampoline.

Tickets are $40 for the weekend for adults and free for kids 16 and under when accompanied by their parents. Although you are encouraged to campout for the weekend, if you absolutely can't we will have a small number of tickets available for $20 for Friday and $30 for Saturday.

Tree House Cafe employees, and Farmers & Farm Standers please contact Ky at https://cranfest.ca/index.php/participate in advance for a discount promo code to use when purchasing tickets, with much appreciation for what you do :) We are also happy to provide a discount promo code for our gracious Westcott, Maliview and Fer de Lance neighbours - please contact Ky at cranfest.ca/index.php/participate well in advance for the code, or have a chat with the folks at the door to come check it out.

In the spirit of retaining/encouraging positive family and community connections for all the kids and parents/grandparents/great-grandparents attending, it's ok to selectively invite your close and respectful/responsible Salt Spring friends/family. Please use discretion when sharing news of the event so that we can continue to build on the connected origins of our Co-Op Preschool Family BBQ that started back in 2010. This will also help ensure that we can continue to enjoy this annual little SSI Family Community event with the kind support from our neighbours, hopefully for years to come.

To invite your very good local friends/family, send them to www.Cranfest.ca for our info, history, and ticketing. The facebook invitation page is on the CranFest event info page at www.facebook.com/CranFestSSI. Thank you again for using discretion to invite Respectful, Responsible & Local friends and family. This is not a rave or an adult party, it is a family oriented campout, modeling respectful and responsible behaviour throughout the weekend, with a strict 1:00am Quiet Time. All attendees need to be aware of and respect these fundamental priorities, or they will kindly be asked to leave. Everyone attending is very encouraged to respectfully communicate our needs with one another in order for everyone to feel safe and supported in raising our kids together in community.

Volunteering prior to and/or during the event may an option in exchange for a ticket - contact Ky at cranfest.ca/index.php/participate well in advance if you are interested, prior to July 7th. We sincerely appreciate your participation if you feel so inclined, and spaces are limited so please be in touch at least a week before the event - not the day of as it's too busy of a time to be able to bring you into the loop.

Please Plan to Bring with You: sunscreen, refillable water bottles, camping gear, a cooler with refreshments and some local foods for lunch and to grill for dinner, Non-Glass Cups, Plates & Cutlery (we have washup sinks available), a camping chair for the movie or lounging (we also have a buncha old Fritz Movie Theatre chairs available), water squirters, & Flashlight. A tent and sleeping bag/sleeping pad thrown in the car to setup in the tent camping field will make for a great last minute alternative to driving home. Bring raingear if needed, and swimgear/towel for a Saturday/Sunday morning jaunt down to the ocean, where you can also grab a coffee and a bite from Hen and Hound Brasserie or Off The Hook Restaurant near the Fernwood Dock.

Please Plan to NOT Bring:

• No Glass Bottles (Barefoot Kids abound!)
• Please leave All Pets including dogs and cats and kangaroos at home, unfortunately we cannot accomodate them on the festival grounds, camping zones, RV field, or parking area. Vehicles get way too hot to leave pets in them
• No Cigarettes, Vapes, Campstoves/Open Flame devices (extreme fire danger - we've found way too many stray cigarette butts left in the dry grass and forest, so No Smoking or Cigarettes or Cigarette Butts Allowed Anywhere other than inside your own car) Cooking can be done only inside your RV or on our BBQ grills in the courtyard. No exceptions or you will be kindly asked to leave. If you think you may feel the need to disregard and violate these fundamental safety principles, honestly, and respectfully, please ask yourself if this little family weekend is truly right for you. We sincerely hope it can be, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

This is an event designed to help Raise Our Kids Together In Community by fostering and modeling family friendly respectful fun behaviour - play and stay in grace! Attendees of the event accept all responsibility and liabilities for their actions, and by attending agree to be responsible for their family's behaviour and to conduct themselves appropriately, which includes no drinking and driving. Please respect one another, our kids, and our neighbourhood community - No Noise on the festival grounds or adjacent roads after 1:00am, strictly enforced.

• This has always been a non-profit event, and all ticket proceeds go towards offsetting reasonable compensation for the performers and providing some locally-sourced food for the hard working organizer volunteers. Remaining proceeds, if any, and any donations received during the weekend immediately go towards supporting this year's pressing community causes, determined by our Organizer Core Volunteer Gang. Past recipients have included the folks defending Fairy Creek Old Growth Ecosystems and RAVENTrust - Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs.

Thank you for helping to make this a fun and enjoyably sustainable event. We hope you're able to join us at the farm for this year's mid-summer full moon and a lot of family fun!

With Love & Gratitude - Ky & Michelle & The CranFest Core Organizers Volunteer Gang