The Big Time Out

Festival goes ahead regardless of losing the venue two weeks before the gates were to open.

  • Aug. 10, 2011 11:00 a.m.
Australian guitarist Kim Churchill is bringing his dreamy looks and sounds to the Big Time Out.

Australian guitarist Kim Churchill is bringing his dreamy looks and sounds to the Big Time Out.

After being denied a permit by the Village of Cumberland and the RCMP, organizers had to find a new home for The Big Time Out music festival, just two weeks before the gates were to open. But that didn’t stop Cumberland Village Works, the festival organizers started a letter writing campaign only to have their motion to renew their permit denied.

But they’ve found a new home and The Big Time Out will go ahead, just outside the village at Ash Berry Farm in Royston, August 12 and 13. Because the new venue has a smaller capacity, ticket sales have officially ended at thebigtimeout.com, but tickets are available through private sale on the event’s facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138413129558767).

The weekend’s line up includes Juno-Award winning reggae-pop group, Bedouin Soundclash, Oakland based Beats Antique, live looper and beat boxer, Dub FX, Australian guitarist Kim Churchill, Victoria based surf-rock Current Swell, Kuba Oms and the Velvet Revolution and many more. The full line up is at thebigtimeout.com. M