Our second festival had a awesome line-up of local talent and people from all ages showed their enthusiasm. I called the event “The Fundraiser for Epileptic Frogs” after it was suggested it have a memorable name like first one “The Electric Sloth Festival” and as you might of Guessed, it was inspired by Flight of the Conchords.
The festival opened with Kyle from The Patterns laying down a unique form of raw blues whilst playing a kick drum and snare with his feet thrashing out heavy rhythms. Next up was Carl for Breakfast keeping things raw and loud playing their own blend of Punk Rock. Following was The Greys. This band brought back that old time blues musicianship you saw up until the 1970’s. Joel Bruneau stood up on his bass drum and continued to play as he worked his way around kit, Singer/Guitarist Arthur Bennell wowed the crowd with his guitar playing and soulful vocals, it was truly spectacular. The Greys played with an energy and passion that you rarely see these days.                                        Fire for Effect chilled things out after a lot of technical difficulties, and disputes got it together. Fiction Smiles really got things going mixing almost every genre under the sun to form an awesome style. Max Thomson-Kurz lyrics are something to pay close attention to and well as his guitar and vocal skills. The Left Behinds had a tough band to follow, but they came through and had the crowd moshing by the end. Just after TLBs set it began to rain but that didn’t stop people from dancing to Edmonton’s up and coming band  The Party Martyrs. They played an epic set that mixed true Punk Rock with Reggae and Funk. Unfortunately this was one of their last shows for a bit while their bass player Zacc goes to Victoria; but don’t worry they should be back and playing shows when the snow falls.   Headliners Kay There House Builder took the stage for one hell of a grand finale, they even got a homeless guy so stoked, he climbed up on the bandshell and was leaning over the edge rocking out and pouring beer inches away from Drew Baines-KTHB’s faithful bass player-but all in good fun, and no harm done.
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Photos in order of appearance: Kyle from The Patterns, Carl For Breakfast, The Greys, Fire For Effect, Fiction Smiles, The Left Behinds, The Party Martyrs, Kay There House Builder
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