Months of planning and preparation is set to come together on Saturday evening, as the Kinstock Music Festival rocks the community of Dresden.
Canadian rock ‘n roll will be blasting from the Kinstock stage, as the Dresden Kinsmen have secured Juno Award winning rock quartet Sloan as their headliner.
“There is something about playing the smaller towns,” Jay Ferguson, guitarist and vocalist with Sloan, told the Sydenham Current.
“Sometimes there is a really an extra enthusiastic crowd that you don’t get in the bigger cities. So fingers crossed that people are interested and enthusiastic to see us in Dresden.”
Ferguson said while the band has been touring the country celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their 1996 album ‘One Chord To Another’ – playing the album in its entirety along the way – Sloan will be playing a jukebox array of their hits in Dresden.
“We will play some songs from ‘One Chord’ in the set for sure but it’s more like, the summer shows are a little bit different because usually its one long set kind of thing or playing outdoors… there are a lot of big fans out there, but there might be people out there than may only know three songs by us.”
Darren Wills, Kinsmen member and the event organizer, said the group decided after last year that they wanted to expand the event and book the bigger act.
“The first Kinstock two years ago was to celebrate our Dresden Kinsmen 75th anniversary,” Wills said.
“I approached the club about having a bigger budget. We have actually tripled our budget from last year. So than I proceeded from there to seek out who we were interested in bringing in. Sloan was at the top of my list. There was also a couple of others. You work back and forth with their agent and we got lucky we got Sloan booked.”
The gates open at 4 p.m. for the event and tickets will be available at the door.
What you need to know to prepare for Kinstock?
– Tickets are available and are $25 at the door.
– Beer garden and food vendors will be on site, the beer garden opens at 4 p.m when the gates open.
– It is an all ages event.
– Walkin 47 takes the stage at 4 p.m.
– Jessika Rabbit Band hits the stage at 6 p.m.
– Face 4 Radio starts playing at 8 p.m.
– Headliners Sloan are scheduled to take the stage at 10 p.m.
– Round House & Jacklyn Wills will be playing between sets.
– The event is being held at Kinsmen Park in Dresden, 740 Tecumseh St, Dresden, (here is a map.)
– The forecast for today calls for a mix of sun and cloud. Wind will be coming from the northwest at 20 km/h and gusting up to 40. High will reach 26. The humidex will make it feel like 31. The UV index will be 8 or very high. The forecast tonight is calling for a few clouds. Wind will be coming from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 and becoming light this evening. Low will drop to 16.
– Read our interviews with each band: Sloan (sponsored by Dresden Meat Packets), Face 4 Radio (sponsored by Riversite Realty), Walkin’ 47 (sponsored by Tom and Al’s), Jessika Rabbit Band (sponsored by DNR Outdoor Power Equipment), and Jacklyn Wills / Round House (sponsored by Godfather’s Pizza.)
– Follow along with our LIVE tweets from the show (below), use the hashtag #Kinstock16 to have your tweets/photos appear too!
