WayHome Music & Arts Festival announces 2016 lineup
February 9th, 2016
The second annual WayHome Music & Arts Festival will return to Oro-Medonte, ON, July 22-24, 2016. Today, festival organizers Republic Live and AC Entertainment revealed Canadian indie rock favourites Arcade Fire will headline the 2016 edition alongside The Killers and the recently reunited LCD Soundsystem.
Many Toronto-area acts have been booked for the festival including Bahamas, BadBadNotGood, Arkells, Tory Lanez, Keys N Krates, Shad, Dilly Dally, Allie X and River Tiber. Other Canadian acts also featured in this year’s lineup include Mac Demarco, Wolf Parade, Stars, A Tribe Called Red, Half Moon Run, Patrick Watson, Black Mountain, Young Empires, White Lung, Braids and Tennyson.
In an interview with CBC Music, festival producer Ryan Howes speaks to some of the festival’s improvements for 2016, revealing a new state of the art production experience at the WayBright stage for performances from Mac Demarco and Vince Staples. Howes also speaks to issues regarding the sinking Canadian dollar, stating that the festival would need to “reduce the number of U.S. vendors outside of artists that are coming in” in order to make up for the additional talent booking costs.
Tickets for WayHome 2016 go on sale February 16 beginning at at the Tier 1 price of $209.99. This year, “WayHomies” hoping to camp for the weekend will need to purchase a separate camping pass for $129.99, with a max occupancy per site of 6 people.
View the full lineup poster below and we look forward to seeing you at Burl’s Creek in July!
