For more information on the Pitchfork Music Festival: http://pitchfork.com/festival/chicago Ticket Prices: $75.00 USD - $375.00 USD Follow on Twitter: @pitchforkfest Follow on Facebook : @PitchforkMusicFestival Follow on Instagram: @pitchforkfest Rock the Boat Musicfest
Andrew Waite & The Firm, The Ellis Family Band and Danny Drouin taking the stage to close out the five-day Oyster Festival. Jeff Noye, the Founder and Chair of the Rock the Boat Musicfest, spoke with Spotlight on Business Magazine from his Tyne Valley, PEI home in mid-June of 2017 about oyster shucking and the festival as a whole and his commu- nity of volunteers. T he Tyne Valley Oyster Festival has been around since 1953, Jeff explained, and since 1973 it’s coincided with the Canadian Oyster Shucking Championship. “Com- petitors and spectators travel here from all over. It’s the best shuckers in Canada – so it’s BC to PEI,” he said. “Anyone who goes to oyster bars like to follow their shuckers to com- petitions and there are some great ones across Canada. Our event is a different feel, it’s totally unique.” Jeff started the Musicfest in 2014 through a Provincial stimulus initiative called the PEI 2014 program but he chalks up his success to his loyal volunteers. Considering it takes about 250 people to pull it all off and they are in a commu- nity of about four or five hundred people, you’re getting more or less everybody involved either directly or indirect- ly. “We’ve never had problems trying to find volunteers, which some people might find hard to believe in such a small community, but people here really love to help out,” said Jeff about the community spirit of Tyne Valley. Rock the Boat Music Festival 358 Green Park Road Tyne Valley Prince Edward Island Rock the Boat Music Fest is held at Green Park during the Tyne Valley Oyster Festival in the beautiful Tyne Valley, PEI, fromAugust 1st-5th The fact that we can bring in thousands and thousands of people to our community every year like this is pretty cool
Rank: Honourable Mention (Previous: Not Ranked) When: August 4 th , 2018 Where: Tyne Valley, PE, Canada
By David MacDonald
Why: Come for the oysters and stay for the music, plus you can swim in some of the warmest beach waters north of the Carolinas. The Rock the Boat Musicfest is the closing event for the 65-year old Tyne Valley Oyster Festival and the one-day family-friendly music bash is back for its fifth year and it’s a full deck of new and old faces. The lineup this year includes The Glorious Sons, Kim Mitchell, The Royal North,
The Glorious Sons - Kim Mitchell - The Royal North Andrew Waite & The Firm - The Ellis Family Band - Danny Drouin
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