pemberton music festival - press release - july 14, 2015

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For immediate release: July 14, 2015 GENERAL ADMISSION & PREMIUM CAMPING PASSES SOLD OUT FESTIVAL SHUTTLE ROUTES & BOX OFFICE HOURS OUTLINED SNAPCHAT TO SHOWCASE PEMBERTON MUSIC FESTIVAL IN 24HOUR LIVE STORY VIP, SUPER VIP CAMPING PASSES; WEEKEND & SINGLE DAY SHUTTLE PASSES ON SALE AT WWW.PEMBERTONMUSICFESTIVAL.COM (Vancouver, BC) ~ HUKA Entertainment is pleased to announce that General Admission and Premium camping passes for Pemberton Music Festival are now sold out. VIP and Super VIP camping passes remain available at this time. With GA and Premium camping passes sold out, weekend and single day shuttle passes will be the only available GA option to attend the event. Single day tickets are on sale now at www.pembertonmusicfestival.com. GA tickets are $129 plus an additional $29 for the shuttle pass for a total of $158 (plus applicable fees and service charges). Single Day VIP tickets are also on sale now. There are no single day camping passes for the festival. There is no general parking available at Pemberton Music Festival. All attendees must possess either a Camping Pass, which permits parking at the site, or arrive via Festival Shuttle. Further details on shuttle passes, routes and hours can be found at http://pembertonmusicfestival.com/festivalguide/shuttles/ Fans who need to visit Will Call, exchange PrintAtHome tickets, require wristband assistance or wish to purchase tickets during festival days can visit the Box Office in Whistler. There is no box office on site at the Pemberton Music Festival for these customer service issues. The Pemberton Music Festival Box Office will be located at the Whistler Conference Centre (4010 Whistler Way) from Tuesday, July 14 to Sunday, July 19. Hours of operation will take place from 10am5pm on July 14 and 9:30am9:30pm from July 15 to July 19.

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  • For immediate release: July 14, 2015

    GENERAL ADMISSION & PREMIUM CAMPING PASSES SOLD OUT FESTIVAL SHUTTLE ROUTES & BOX OFFICE HOURS OUTLINED

    SNAPCHAT TO SHOWCASE PEMBERTON MUSIC FESTIVAL IN 24-HOUR LIVE STORY

    VIP, SUPER VIP CAMPING PASSES; WEEKEND & SINGLE DAY

    SHUTTLE PASSES ON SALE AT WWW.PEMBERTONMUSICFESTIVAL.COM

    (Vancouver, BC) ~ HUKA Entertainment is pleased to announce that General Admission and Premium camping passes for Pemberton Music Festival are now sold out. VIP and Super VIP camping passes remain available at this time. With GA and Premium camping passes sold out, weekend and single day shuttle passes will be the only available GA option to attend the event. Single day tickets are on sale now at www.pembertonmusicfestival.com. GA tickets are $129 plus an additional $29 for the shuttle pass for a total of $158 (plus applicable fees and service charges). Single Day VIP tickets are also on sale now. There are no single day camping passes for the festival. There is no general parking available at Pemberton Music Festival. All attendees must possess either a Camping Pass, which permits parking at the site, or arrive via Festival Shuttle. Further details on shuttle passes, routes and hours can be found at http://pembertonmusicfestival.com/festival-guide/shuttles/ Fans who need to visit Will Call, exchange Print-At-Home tickets, require wristband assistance or wish to purchase tickets during festival days can visit the Box Office in Whistler. There is no box office on site at the Pemberton Music Festival for these customer service issues. The Pemberton Music Festival Box Office will be located at the Whistler Conference Centre (4010 Whistler Way) from Tuesday, July 14 to Sunday, July 19. Hours of operation will take place from 10am-5pm on July 14 and 9:30am-9:30pm from July 15 to July 19.

  • Attendees are encouraged to download the official Pemberton Music Festival App, now available for iOS and Android users from their respective app stores. The app features daily lineups and schedules as well as push notifications for instant updates on safety and surprise performances, the festival map, comprehensive social feeds, artist discovery features, vendor info, and a brand-new Friend Finder function that allows you to be notified when your friends arrive at the festival. Patrons should also review the FAQs section of the Pemberton Music Festival website before heading to the festival to learn what items they can and cannot bring into the festival grounds. For fans who are also camping at the festival, a separate FAQ can be found explaining what is and is not permitted into the campgrounds. This Friday, July 17, Pemberton Music Festival will be featured as a 24-hour-long Snapchat Live story. Snapchat users all across the globe will be able to watch along as Pemberton fans snap their festival experiences for the Snapchat team to build into a social story that anyone with the app can access and watch. Adding to the fun will be three custom #PembyFest geofilters that fans can place onto their snaps. In addition to full-service fire, medical, security, RCMP and emergency services, Pemberton Music Festival will host organizations on site dedicated to providing information, counseling and support to attendees with regard to substance and consent-related issues, including: Karmik, DanceSafe, Vancouver Coastal Health and RockDoc. Attendees are welcome to visit these organizations on site to receive information and find out what resources are available to them during the festival. Everyone is reminded to enjoy themselves responsibly during the event, and to look after one another. Festivalgoers are strongly encouraged to register their festival wristbands in advance of attending the festival at www.pembertonmusicfestival.com/register. Registering their wristband will provide attendees protection against lost or stolen wristbands, as well as allow them to participate in programs such as the Timberland #ModernTrail interactive game, in which winners can earn upgrades, Timberland and festival merchandise, or tickets to next years Pemberton Music Festival. Additions to the festival this year include a waterslide, a craft beer garden, a cinema with late-night movies and early morning cartoons, complimentary cold milk on the weekend for cereal and coffee, morning yoga sessions, surprise pop-up performances and much, much more. With nearly 100 performances and six separate performance areas, Pemberton Music Festival will be five glorious days of music, comedy, and camping on 300 clean, open acres in one of the most idyllic settings on Earth. The festival kicks off on Wednesday, July 15 with a special free concert in Whistlers Olympic Plaza, which is open to all. Performances for festival wristband holders only begin Thursday, July 16 at the Pemberton Music Festival site, located 25 minutes north of Whistler, near the foot of majestic Mt. Currie. The full list of performers includes Kendrick Lamar, The Black Keys, J. Cole, Tisto, Hozier, Kid Cudi, Missy Elliott, Weezer, Janes Addiction, Broken Social Scene, Alice Cooper, The String Cheese Incident (two nights), BASSNECTAR, Passion Pit, Billy Talent, Ludacris, Chromeo, Dada Life, Sam Roberts Band, The Decemberists, The War on Drugs, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Portugal. The Man, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Chvrches, G-Eazy, Chet Faker, Beirut, RL Grime, BANKS, De La Soul, STS9, Duke Dumont, Matt and Kim, Earl Sweatshirt, Flux Pavilion, DAN MANGAN + BLACKSMITH, Father John Misty, Shakey Graves, Galactic featuring Macy Gray, Run the Jewels,

  • ZHU, Paul Oakenfold, tUnE-yArDs, Courtney Barnett, Cut Copy (DJ set), Bleachers, Ryn Weaver, Logic, Tobias Jesso Jr, Real Estate, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, What So Not, Flatbush ZOMBiES, GIVERS, Moon Taxi, Ryan Hemsworth, July Talk, BADBADNOTGOOD, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Judah & the Lion, Gay Nineties, Beats Antique (live band), Kali Uchis, DJ Dodger Stadium, THE GLORIOUS SONS, Spooky Black (Corbin), Post Malone, The Suffers, Apollo, GIRAFFAGE, BASECAMP, ALLIE X, Bas, Sango, JackLNDN, PPL MVR, Boyfriend, Maggie Koerner, Hey Marseilles, JPNSGRLS, Letts, Pomo, Lovecoast, Dakota Pearl, Will Ross Band, Full Flex Express featuring Jack (Skrillex + Diplo), ZEDS DEAD, A$AP Ferg, Tycho, Hundred Waters & Anna Lunoe B2B Mija and comedy from Tim & Eric, Nick Offerman, Reggie Watts, Tim Heidecker, T.J. Miller, Doug Benson, Eric Andre, Harland Williams, Tig Notaro, Ali Wong, Ben Gleib, Neil Hamburger, Gorburger, Chris Trew, Dino Archie, Ivan Decker, and Air Sex Championships. Pemberton Music Festival is a five-day contemporary music festival in British Columbias scenic Pemberton Valley. Produced and promoted by HUKA Entertainment, in collaboration with the Village of Pemberton and land partners the Sunstone Group, the Lilwat Nation and Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, the festival turns Pemberton Valley, located less than thirty minutes from Whistler, BC, into a premiere musical playground on par with HUKAs other award-winning festivals. Pemberton Music Festival is proud to welcome its partners Molson Canadian, SiriusXM Canada and Somersby Cider to its 2015 event. For more information, please visit Pemberton Music Festival on the following platforms: Web: www.pembertonmusicfestival.com Twitter: @Pemberton_Fest FB: www.facebook.com/PembertonMusicFestival Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/114092773

    National Media Contact: Teresa Trovato | 604.897.1939 | [email protected] International Media Contact: John Vlautin | 818.763.9800 | [email protected]

    About Huka Entertainment: New Orleans, LA-based HUKA Entertainment is a privately held full-service production, talent buying and promotion company that specializes in festivals, concerts and events of all sizes. Known for groundbreaking innovation at festivals throughout North America, HUKA Entertainment is the co-founder, producer, talent buyer and promoter of the award-winning Rock The Ocean's Tortuga Music Festival (Fort Lauderdale, FL); is the co-founder, producer, talent buyer and promoter of Pemberton Music Festival (Pemberton, BC); is the co-producer and co-promoter of BUKU Music + Art Project (New Orleans, LA); produced Concerts for the Coast series installments featuring Jimmy Buffett, Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley; and is the co-founder of the award-winning Hangout Music Festival (Gulf Shores, AL), for which it was producer, talent buyer and co-promoter from 2010 through 2013. HUKA Entertainment also books talent for and/or promotes a variety of concerts and events throughout the Southeastern United States. www.hukaentertainment.com

  • About The Sunstone Group: The Sunstone Group is a Canadian owned family business with operations in both the real estate and entertainments sectors. In addition to the Pemberton Music Festival, the Sunstone Group has a number of other business interests in the Pemberton Community, including a land development, establishment of an independent boarding school, and ownership of the Meadows at Pemberton Golf Course. www.sunstoneridge.ca About The Village of Pemberton: The Village of Pemberton is home to family farms, outdoor adventures and stunning vistas. Situated 25 minutes north of Whistler within the Coastal Mountains, Pembertons mild winters, warm summers and authentic adventure culture provide an ideal place to enjoy arts, festivals, history, recreation, dining, shopping and comfortable lodging. The Village of Pemberton works in cooperation with neighbouring communities, local businesses and tourism partners to foster a healthy and vibrant community, and to share our distinctive offerings with our returning and future guests. www.pemberton.ca/welcome About Lilwat Nation: The Lilwat Nation, formerly the Mount Currie Band, is a progressive First Nations community 7 km north of Pemberton, B.C. With a membership of more than 2000 people, the Lilwat Nation is the third largest First Nation in BC. The Nation is striving towards self-determination for, and by, Lilwat, by continuing to exert control over its traditional land and resources. Focusing on economic development, land and resource management, the Lilwat Nation is working to create a sustainable community by exploring opportunities in retail, forestry, IT and construction. The Nations government, headed by elected Chief Lucinda Phillips and a 12-person council, is committed to transparency and employs best practices in all aspects of governance. www.lilwat.ca About the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District: Located in southwestern BC, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) is a local government federation consisting of four rural electoral areas (A, B, C, and D) and four member municipalities (Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish). Headquartered in Pemberton, the SLRD delivers a range of local, regional and sub-regional services to approximately 38,000 residents. Straddling the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains and encompassing 16,500 square kilometers of land, the SLRD features some of the province's most spectacular forests, glaciers, rivers and lakes as well as an abundance of fertile agricultural land, much of which is found in Electoral Area C, near Pemberton. www.slrd.bc.ca About Whistler Blackcomb: Since 1992 Whistler Blackcomb has been focused on the development and execution of an environmental management strategy with the goal of developing a model of environmental and social stewardship for ski and mountain resort operations. Since that time, the company has been recognized for its efforts with countless awards, and has the honour of being named one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2009, 2010, 2011). Today, Whistler Blackcomb is a four-season resort with a world-renowned Mountain Bike Park on Whistler Mountain, a 22-feet Olympic-sized halfpipe on Blackcomb Mountain, and five Terrain Parks to fuel progression at every level from beginners to elite athletes. The mountains play host to countless festivals and events each year including the legendary TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival each April, and Kokanee Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival each August, in addition to playing host to the world as the official alpine skiing venue for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. www.whistlerblackcomb.com About Tourism Whistler: Tourism Whistler is the member-based marketing and sales organization representing Whistler, operating the Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, Whistler Visitor Centre, as well as central reservations at 1.800.944.7853 and whistler.com - Whistler's official source for visitor bookings and information. As the convention and visitors bureau for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000 members who own, manage and operate properties or businesses on resort lands including hotels, restaurants, activity operators and retail shops. www.whistler.com

  • About Tourism Pemberton: Tourism Pemberton is an independent not-for-profit destination marketing organization dedicated to promoting tourism and travel for Pemberton, BC and surrounding region. The area was developed at the turn of the century as a result of forestry and agriculture. The Pemberton Valley lies northwest of the Village and is famous for its seed potatoes. The Pemberton area offers world-class activities and recreation including snowmobiling, horseback riding, skiing, golfing, hiking, rafting, jet boating and gliding. The district also provides a variety of shopping, dining, accommodations and a thriving service and light industrial sector. Pemberton Adventure Begins Here. www.tourismpembertonbc.com