First music festival highlighting BIPOC performers coming to Victoria
Victoria DJ Blacasphalt will also be performing during the festival. (The Function Festival/Facebook)
For the first time ever, a music festival showcasing BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) artists that's organized by BIPOC community members is coming to Victoria.
The all-ages music festival, called Function Festival, will be held at Ship Point in Victoria on Aug. 20 from 2:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Seven local artists from Victoria and Vancouver will perform at the festival, which will also include food, vendors, and a graffiti station.
"The festival initially started with me actually being here [in Centennial Square] two years ago and being in the peace rally for black lives," said festival producer Charity Williams.
Williams says she remembers feeling a sense of community when looking out onto the crowd that year, but also a sense of communal pain and tragedy.
Thousands of people came together at Victoria's Centennial Square to hold a demonstration in support of the Black Lives Matter movement: June 7, 2020 (Stephanie Roussinos) "I really wanted to recreate this space but out of somewhere that came from joy and entertainment – and love and gathering and community," she said.
Tickets for the music festival are $35 each, but children under 12 will be able to attend for free.
Students can also get a 25 per cent discount on tickets if they purchase through the festival's website.
Musicians for the festival include headliner Kaash Paige, Boslen, Prado Monro, Turunesh, Micky Weekes, Notorious Cree, and 11:11.
"People can look forward to a bunch of different activities," said Williams.
"We have four food vendors, a vendor alley of all BIPOC vendors and a full day of music," she said.
A barber will also be onsite, with the first five people in line receiving a free haircut.
"I hope everyone can make it out and I think it's going to be a really amazing day," said Williams.
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