FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1st, 2015
PEMBERTON MUSIC FESTIVAL
REVEALS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED LINEUP
TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 3 AT 10:00am PDT AT
WWW.PEMBERTONMUSICFESTIVAL.COM
(Vancouver, BC) ~ HUKA Entertainment is pleased to announce the 2015 artist lineup for
Pemberton Music Festival, taking place Thursday, July 16 to Sunday, July 19 in Pemberton, BC:
KENDRICK LAMAR • THE BLACK KEYS • J. COLE • TIËSTO
HOZIER • KID CUDI • MISSY ELLIOTT • WEEZER • JANE’S ADDICTION
THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT (TWO NIGHTS) • BASSNECTAR • PASSION PIT • M.I.A. • BILLY TALENT
CHROMEO • DADA LIFE • SAM ROBERTS BAND • THE DECEMBERISTS • THE WAR ON DRUGS
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS • PORTUGAL. THE MAN • PARTYNEXTDOOR • CHVRCHES
CHET FAKER • RL GRIME • BANKS • DE LA SOUL • STS9 • DUKE DUMONT • MATT AND KIM
EARL SWEATSHIRT • FLUX PAVILION • DAN MANGAN+BLACKSMITH • FATHER JOHN MISTY
GALACTIC FEATURING MACY GRAY • RUN THE JEWELS • PAUL OAKENFOLD • COURTNEY BARNETT
CUT COPY (DJ SET) • BLEACHERS • RYN WEAVER • LOGIC • TOBIAS JESSO JR. • REAL ESTATE
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND • FLATBUSH ZOMBIES • YUNG LEAN • GIVERS • MOON TAXI
RYAN HEMSWORTH • JULY TALK • BADBADNOTGOOD • CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES
JUDAH & THE LION • GAY NINETIES • WHAT SO NOT • BEATS ANTIQUE • KALI UCHIS
SPOOKY BLACK (CORBIN) • THE SUFFERS • GIRAFFAGE • DJ DODGER STADIUM
BAS • SANGO • JACKLNDN • PPL MVR • BOYFRIEND • MAGGIE KOERNER
FULL FLEX EXPRESS FEATURING
JACK Ü (SKRILLEX + DIPLO)
ZEDS DEAD, A$AP FERG, TYCHO, HUNDRED WATERS & ANNA LUNOE B2B MIJA
PEMBY COMEDY
TIM & ERIC • CHEECH & CHONG • REGGIE WATTS • T.J. MILLER
DOUG BENSON • ERIC ANDRE • HARLAND WILLIAMS • TIG NOTARO
ALI WONG • BEN GLEIB • GORBURGER • CHRIS TREW
AIR SEX CHAMPIONSHIPS
Advance weekend General Admission tickets go on sale this Friday, April 3 at 10:00am PDT and
start at just $279, plus a choice of camping or shuttle privileges for $89 or $29 for a Go Green pass
- which are in limited supply.
Full ticketing details and 2015 prices, including VIP and Super VIP packages, are available at
www.pembertonmusicfestival.com.
“We might be announcing our lineup on April Fool’s Day, but we aren’t joking around,” says HUKA
Entertainment co-founder A.J. Niland. "The lineup is exceptionally deep and each and every day
will be full of surprises and special moments to match the magic of our beautiful Pemberton
Valley festival site. It’s always a bit of a battle as a small indie promoter to get the acts you want,
but we worked extra hard this year to make sure we’re bringing the best to B.C.”
Pemberton Music Festival is a four-day contemporary music festival in British Columbia’s scenic
Pemberton Valley, near the foot of majestic Mt. Currie. Produced and promoted by HUKA
Entertainment, in collaboration with the Village of Pemberton and land partners the Sunstone
Group, the Lil’wat 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 HUKA’s other award-winning festivals.
The festival provides a blend of on-site camping and off-site hotel lodging options. While camping
options will allow attendees to stay directly on festival grounds, those seeking the comforts of a
home away from home can secure traditional lodging in nearby Whistler, BC. Non-camping
patrons will have access to festival-supplied transportation, including shuttles from Whistler.
Campgrounds for 2015 will be expanded to include property on both sides of the Sea to Sky
Highway, which means that campers parked on the south side of the road opposite the festival
grounds will have the option to camp there, and will no longer be required to carry their gear
across the bridge spanning the road to the festival site. Additionally, paths from other parking lots
leading to festival campgrounds will be upgraded to include hard-packed surfaces with minimal
obstructions.
Other improvements will include food service and offerings for VIP patrons as well as placement
of campground amenities, including showers and water filling stations.
Pemberton Music Festival is proud to welcome its partners Molson Canadian, SiriusXM and
Somersby Cider to its 2015 event.
For more information, please visit Pemberton Music Festival on the following platforms:
Web:
Twitter:
FB:
Vimeo:
www.pembertonmusicfestival.com
@Pemberton_Fest
www.facebook.com/PembertonMusicFestival
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 coproducer 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 awardwinning 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, Pemberton’s 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 Lil’wat Nation:
The Lil’wat Nation, formerly the Mount Currie Band, is a progressive First Nation’s community 7 km north of
Pemberton, B.C. With a membership of more than 2000 people, the Lil’wat Nation is the third largest First
Nation in BC. The Nation is striving towards self-determination for, and by, Lil’wat, by continuing to exert
control over its traditional land and resources. Focusing on economic development, land and resource
management, the Lil’wat Nation is working to create a sustainable community by exploring opportunities in
retail, forestry, IT and construction. The Nation’s 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 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 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 subregional 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 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