What is Atlin Arts & Music Festival mean? The Atlin Arts & Music Festival (AAMF) is an annual arts and music festival directed towards families located in Atlin, British Columbia The festival has hosted acts such as Michelle Wright, Sloan, Delhi 2 Dublin, Iskwé, Rock Plaza Central, Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, The Olympic Symphonium, Matt Epp, David Francey, & many more performers. It also has a large variety of visual artists who invite you to participate in art & music workshops & demos, comedy, artist exhibitions, dance, storytelling, and some workshops even aimed towards children. The annual "Atlin Mini-Marathon" is also strategically held during the Festival weekend.
On average, 2,500 people attend every year and roughly 300 people volunteer during the festival weekend. The Yukon Ski Patrol provides First Aid services at the festival Every year the festival is commenced by the Taku Kwaan Dancers (People of the Taku), a group of Atlin, BC based Taku River Tlingit traditional first nations dancers.
The Atlin Arts & Music Festival also has many musical artists based in or from Yukon Territory perform at the festival, some musicians and bands include Sarah MacDougall, Major Funk & The Employment, Calla Kinglit, Speed Control, Kevin Barr and his son Jonah Barr's band "Old Cabin", Fawn Fritzen, Nicole Edwards, Declan O'Donovan, Claire Ness, Ivan Coyote, Diyet, Soda Pony, Kim Beggs, Ryan McNally, Cryptozoologists, Soir de Semaine and many more Yukon based musicians & visual artists. The Festival is also unique because it has a varied line-up when it comes to music genres.. Rock music, Jazz music, Rap music, Hip Hop, Folk music, Country music, Blues music, Zydeco, Electronic music, Americana music, Heavy Metal music, Bluegrass music, Power pop, & Indie music are just a few of the genres that the festival has hosted throughout the years.
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