Canadian Music Festivals
Wednesday May 06
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Psych
Distorsion Psych Fest
Montreal, QC @ Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile End ; May 06 - May 09 Friday May 08
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Variety
Moments Fest
Siksika Nation, AB @ Siksika Powwow Arbour ; May 08 - May 09Forbidden Dimension | Adolyne | Citizen Rage | DRI HIEV | Real Sickies | Caveat | Night Terrors | No More Moments | Wolfrik | Dboy | Third Chamber | Dethgod | Rebuild/Repair | Tekarra | Terminal Human Condition | Chained By Mind | Mademoiselle | ChaosBeing | Crimson Caliber | Syryn | Total Wolf | Misery Tomb | Father Moon | After The Prophet | Quivers | Sugar Wash | Diamonds On Neptune | Amigo Fantasma | Soggy Moccasins | Gods Fear | Basement Paintings | Umi Yokai | Lightning Ant Music School | Timberfang | Knot No Howz | King Mammoth -
Variety
Springtide Music Festival
Uxbridge, ON @ Multiple Venues (Uxbridge) ; May 08 - May 09 Thursday May 14
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Variety
Wonderhorse
Yukon Territory, YK @ Multiple Venues (Yukon Territory) ; May 14 - May 17Haviah Mighty | Fet.Nat | Wares | Steven Lambke | Necking | Sweeties | Ida Toninato -
Variety
FIMAV (Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville)
Victoriaville, QC @ Multiple Venues (Victoriaville) ; May 14 - May 17Dither | John Zorn | Bill Frisell | Jim Jarmusch | Lee Ranaldo | Colin Stetson | Eve Egoyan | Christine Duncan | Balázs Pándi | Dakh Daughters | Marc Urselli | Kathleen Yearwood | Mopcut | Pikacyu | Fátima Miranda | Ensemble Ire Friday May 15
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Variety
Festival Santa Teresa
Sainte-Therese, QC @ Multiple Venues (Sainte-Thérèse) ; May 15 - May 17We Are Wolves | Pussy Riot | Allan Rayman | Elisapie | Alexandra Stréliski | Vlooper | Franklin Electric | UUBBUURRUU | PONY | Daniel Caesar | Clay and Friends | Jesse Mac Cormack | Paul Jacobs | Double Date with Death | Lary Kidd | Fuudge | Bleu Nuit | Ada Lea | Les Louanges | bbno$ | Ducks Unlimited | Blaze Velluto Collection | Population II | KNLO | Zen Bamboo | Maky Lavender | LaF | Romeo Elvis | L'Or du Commun | Boskorgi | Mat Vezio | Fuck Toute | Lil Tracy | Bleu Jeans Bleu | Juss | Laurence-Anne | Robert Nelson | Claudia Bouvette | Debate Club | Caballero & JeanJess | Hologramme | Miko | Gus Englehorn | Fleche Love | Eman | Loic April | DJ Nav | Laraw | Zoo Baby | Kid Kouna | Roméo Elvis | Le 77 | Todiefor | Thais -
Punk
Pouzza Fest 10
Montreal, QC @ Multiple Venues (Montreal) ; May 15 - May 17Millencolin | Riptides | Belvedere | Good Riddance | Horace Pinker | Chixdiggit | A Wilhelm Scream | Dwarves | Cancer Bats | Go Betty Go | Mustard Plug | Black Halos | Propagandhi | Aggrolites | Creepshow | Dig It Up | Life in Vacuum | Tim Barry | Teenage X | Weekend Dads | Signals Midwest | Les Happycuriens | Penske File | Like A Motorcycle | Stuck Out Here | Doghouse Rose | Brutal Youth | Dilly Dally | Resignators | Greg Rekus | Rebuilder | Lost Love | Laureate | Jon Snodgrass | Anti-Queens | Ab Irato | Cross Dog | Austin Lucas | Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs | Radkey | BOIDS | Greg LaRaigne | Bike Thiefs | Dune Rats | K-man & the 45s | Barrasso | Gala | Brian Wahlstrom | War on Women | Pseudo | Red City Radio | Avenues | Real Sickies | When Particles Collide | Talk Show Host | Wayfarer | Bad Waitress | Dboy | Colonel Sun | Audio Visceral | Hysterics | Colorsfade | Julius Sumner Miller | Bucky Harris | Twin Rivals | Boss' Daughter | Down Memory Lane | Fire in the Radio | Mhedved | Oh My Snare! | Typesetter | Abruptors | Sorels | Crown Vic | Les Marmottes Aplaties | Carringtons | Decent Criminal | Hitch & Go | Headlines | Lizzy & the Fanatics | Hood Rats | City Mouse | Kali Masi | Blurry Eyes | SCREAMING AT TRAFFIC | Clement Jacques | Scare | No Big Deal | Hangtime | Young Rochelles | Gallows Bound | United Snakes | Danny Rebel & The KGB | Crafting Lies | Fuck Toute | Lone Wolf | Matty Grace | Francbatards | Fettish | Dead Bars | Timeshares | Early Riser | Freya Wilcox & The Howl | Guilhem | Elissa Janelle Velveteen | Choked Up | Abertooth Lincoln | Radio Compass | Harsh | Homeless Gospel Choir | Stay Inside | Same As You | Brand New Lungs | Patchwork Lives | Lizard Queens | Clowns | Dead Fucking Last | Beatallica | Airstream Futures | Arms & Hearts | Bandaid Brigade | Awful Din | Bring The Light | Chloe Hawes | Cop/Out | Cour A Scrap | D L Burdon | Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros | Elder Abuse | Garbage Olympics | Get Married | Ghost Town Remedy | Gilt | Hans Gruber & The Die Hards | Hit Like A Girl | Les Mains Sales | Les Shirley | Mint Green | Mike Frazier | Micah Schnabel | Mockingbird Wish Me Luck | Moon | Nervus | Night Surf | Nikki Nailbomb & The Amorphous Blob Orchestra | Proper. | Rational Anthem | Regan Ashton | Same | Sad Girlz Club | Secret Spirit | Shards | Short Fictions | Six Impossible Things | Stop The Presses | Stone Lions | Steveo & The Crippling Addictions | Taking Meds | Bad Signs | Couch Addiction | Loneliers | Tightrope | Venomous Pinks | Top Nachos | Traverse | Werecats | Year Of The Fist Sunday May 17
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EDM
Electric Island
Toronto, ON @ East Island (Ontario Place) ; May 17 - Sep 06 Friday May 22
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Metal
Modified Ghost Festival V
Vancouver, BC @ Multiple Venues (Vancouver) ; May 22 - May 24Cattle Decapitation | Sacrifice | Exciter | Archspire | Soreption | Razor | Witches Hammer -
Variety
Barrie Waterfront Festival
Barrie, ON @ Heritage Park ; May 22 - May 24 Saturday May 23
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Variety
Glitter Ball Festival
Vancouver, BC @ Celebrities Nightclub ; May 23Hua Li 化力 | Missy D | Kimmortal | Dai Burger | Nimkish | Syd Kwan | JB The First Lady | Yasmin Ray | DACEY | Sade Awele | Turunesh Friday May 29
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Classical
Toronto Bach Festival
Toronto, ON @ Multiple Venues (Toronto) ; May 29 - May 31Nicholas Burns | Joel Allison | John Butt | Julia Wedman | Elisa Citterio | Patricia Ahern | Rick Phillips | John Abberger | Daniel Taylor | Hélène Brunet | Charles Daniels | Ellen McAteer | Toronto Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra | Christopher Bagan | Felix Deak | Brandon Chui | Cristina Zacharias Saturday May 30
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Variety
CBC Music Festival
Toronto, ON @ RBC Echo Beach ; May 30Lights | Metric | Tanika Charles | Half Moon Run | Dizzy | Haviah Mighty | Jeremy Dutcher | Snotty Nose Rez Kids | Geoffroy | Tedy Friday Jun 05
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Punk
Red Bridge Fest
Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques ; Jun 05 - Jun 07Jughead's Revenge | Less Than Jake | Anti-Flag | Bouncing Souls | Pulley | U.Seed | Craig's Brother | FasterForward | Hitch & Go | Much The Same | Chaser | Brainpuker | Fourth in Line | Hardstride Saturday Jun 06
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Variety
Collective Arts Festival
Hamilton, ON @ Collective Arts Brewery ; Jun 06Caveboy | TOBi | TRP.P | Wilderado | DJ Jayem Kayem Thursday Jun 11
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Variety
Luminato Festival Toronto
Toronto, ON @ Multiple Venues (Toronto) ; Jun 11 - Jun 28Alain Platel and Fabrizio Casso | Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre Friday Jun 12
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Metal
Decimate Metal Festival
Red Deer, AB @ Shady Nook Hall ; Jun 12 - Jun 14Born for Tomorrow | Fallen Stars | No Faith In Fortune | Codeout | Fjell Thyngor | At Dawn's Edge | Eons Of Earth | Spurn Saturday Jun 13
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Hip-Hop
Breakout Festival
Vancouver, BC @ PNE Amphitheatre ; Jun 13 - Jun 14Future | Lil Uzi Vert Thursday Jun 18
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Variety
EVERYSEEKER
Halifax, NS @ Multiple Venues (Halifax) ; Jun 18 - Jun 21Sun Ra Arkestra | Marisa Anderson | JOYFULTALK | Girl Circles | Saint Abdullah | Marwa Helal and Bela Strings | LXVNDR | Michael R. Denny | Claire Rousay -
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Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
Ottawa, ON @ Mooney's Bay Park ; Jun 18 - Jun 21Dan Mangan -
Jazz
Something Else! Festival of Creative Music
Hamilton, ON @ Multiple Venues (Hamilton) ; Jun 18 - Jun 21Matthew Shipp | Eve Egoyan | Nicole Rampersaud | Les Filles de Illighadad | Ivo Perelman | Tollef Østvang | Mars Williams | Togetherness! | Marilyn Lerner's Brass Knuckle Sandwich Friday Jun 19
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Electronic
ValhallaFest
Terrace, BC @ Lower Shames Estate ; Jun 19 - Jun 21 Wednesday Jun 24
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Variety
Sled Island
Calgary, AB @ Multiple Venues (Calgary) ; Jun 24 - Jun 28Black Angels | Lydia Lunch | Sun Ra Arkestra | OM | Liturgy | Pussy Riot | Sacred Paws | SassyBlack | Diet Cig | JOYFULTALK | Alex Cameron | Nivhek | Sydanie | Sudan Archives | Show Me The Body | Sufyvn | Delly | Roy Malloy | Retrovirus | Joe Pera | Jo Firestone | Jamire Williams | Ahya Simone | Los Retros | Daddy (f.k.a. Cat 500) Thursday Jun 25
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Variety
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
Montreal, QC @ Multiple Venues (Montreal) ; Jun 25 - Jul 04Bebel Gilberto | Al Di Meola | Walk Off The Earth | Femi Kuti & the Positive Force | Gregory Porter | Marcus Miller | Hiromi | Christian McBride | Charlie Cunningham | Soran Friday Jun 26
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Variety
Soundtrack Music Festival
Edmonton, AB @ Kinsmen Park ; Jun 26 - Jun 27Everlast | Trews | Timbaland | Flavor Flav | Practically Hip | T.I | Kesha | Third Eye Blind | Paul Woida | Carter & the Capitals | Harman B | Laur Elle | Barkells -
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Laketown Shakedown
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia @ Laketown Ranch ; Jun 26 - Jun 28Wu-Tang Clan | Ludacris | Nelly | A Tribe Called Red | Current Swell | Vince Vaccaro | Gramatik | Shred Kelly | Scenic Route To Alaska | Beaches | Murge | DJ Anger | Mt Doyle | Moontricks | Haviah Mighty | White Reaper | Neon Steve | Third Eye Blind | Katherines | Krafty Kuts | Astrocolor | Missy D | Goldfish | Father Funk | Kimmortal | Bridal Party | Snotty Nose Rez Kids | Old Soul Rebel | Odd Neighbourhood | Naturalist | K+ Lab | Neil James (Astrocolor) | Stardawg | Nostic & Nicki | DJ Low | Michaela Slinger -
Cultural
sākihiwē festival
Winnipeg, MB @ Multiple Venues (Winnipeg) ; Jun 26 - Jun 28 Saturday Jun 27
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Metal
Metalocalypstick Fest
Lone Butte, BC @ Lone Butte Community Hall ; Jun 27 - Jun 28 Friday Jul 03
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Variety
Mariposa Folk Festival
Orillia, ON @ Tudhope Park ; Jul 03 - Jul 05David Francey | Kathleen Edwards | Serena Ryder | John Prine | Mavis Staples | Dala | Dwayne Gretzky | Moontricks | Arrogant Worms | Ice Cream | Small Glories | Begonia | Moscow Apartment | Tré Burt | Rosier | Celeigh Cardinal | Pairs | Ocean Alley | Okan | Moskitto Bar | Diyet & the Love Soldiers | Youngtree & The Blooms | Marla & David Celia | Hussy Hicks | Rup Loops -
Jazz
SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
Saskatoon, SK @ Multiple Venues (Saskatoon) ; Jul 03 - Jul 12 Thursday Jul 09
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Folk
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Winnipeg, MB @ Birds Hill Provincial Park ; Jul 09 - Jul 12Sadies | Tegan and Sara | Oysterband | Guided By Voices | John Prine | Ben Rogers | Ndidi Onukwulu | Kurt Vile | Leif Vollebekk | Sharon Van Etten | Doug Paisley | Del Barber | Gangstagrass | Reuben and the Dark | Dwayne Gretzky | Union Duke | Sweet Alibi | Alan Doyle | Vance Joy | Madame Diva | Judy Collins | Moontricks | Lido Pimienta | Cate Le Bon | Slow Leaves | DJ Dervish | Weyes Blood | Richard Inman | Bombargo | Khruangbin | Wild Rivers | Jeremie Albino | Kaleo | JJ Shiplett | New Customs | Japanese Breakfast | Bedouine | Tash Sultana | Black Belt Eagle Scout | Sudan Archives | Leonard Podolak | Turbans | Les Filles de Illighadad | Charlie Cunningham | Tyler Childers | Sam Lynch | Grateful Shred | Mapache | Ocie Elliott | Ami Dang | Oot N' Oots | Ruby Waters | Namgar | Josh Q and The Trade Offs | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Green Fools Theatre | James Keelaghan and Jez Lowe | Puppet Folk | Shanley Spence | Sam Kelly Trio | Pianimals | Tre Burt | Trio Svin -
Variety
Festival d'Été de Quebec
Quebec City, QC @ Multiple Venues (Quebec City) ; Jul 09 - Jul 19King Crimson | Cat Power | Mad Caddies | Pennywise | Miro | Joan Osborne | Patrick Watson | Flatliners | Bigwig | Rage Against the Machine | Garbage | Orchestra Baobab | Grimskunk | National | Jack Johnson | Sublime with Rome | AWOLNATION | Half Moon Run | Alanis Morissette | Bernard Adamus | Orkestar Kriminal | Blue Stones | Soul Motivators | Rod Stewart | Les Trois Accords | Elisapie | Imagine Dragons | X Ambassadors | Andy Shauf | Cash Cash | Vance Joy | Nahko & Medicine for the People | Alaclair Ensemble | Dizzy | Bobby Bazini | Alesso | Ice Cream | G-Eazy | Suicide Boyz | Corridor | The Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project | GUTS | PVRIS | Clairmont The Second | Halsey | Sex Machine Octopus | Khruangbin | Mehdi Cayenne | Marshmello | Jonathan Roy | Jeremie Albino | Charlie Puth | Pascale Picard | Lary Kidd | Young M.A | Tash Sultana | Saga | Jupiter & Okwess | FRANKIIE | FouKi | 5 Seconds of Summer | Villages | grandson | Les Louanges | Material Girls | Lil Tecca | Eli Rose | Geoffroy | Blaze Velluto Collection | Barns Courtney | Daya | Zen Bamboo | Matt Maeson | Lou-Adriane Cassidy | Dean Lewis | Deanna Petcoff | Lovelytheband | LaF | Turkuaz | Ocean Alley | Bella's Bartok | Emile Bilodeau | Laura Babin | Vendou | Naaman | Lloyd Spiegel | Mort Rose | Garcons | Alex Burger | Bleu Jeans Bleu | Oliver Forest | Fafa Khan | Emile Proulx | Valerie Ekoume | 5sang14 | Laurence Castera | Kat Wright | Claudia Bouvette | Durand Jones & The Indications | RSVP | Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew | Les Shirley | Zappa Band | Gabe Paquet | Julyan | Valence | Prix FEQ Bourges | Pogo Car Crash Control | Beat Sexu | Aperos FEQ | Bon Enfant | Les Negresses Vertes | John K | Elley Duhe | Matiu | Lindigo | Ore | P'Tit Belliveau | Jessy Benjamin | Chad Price | Yaniss Odua | Bohemian Betyars | Jean-Pierre Ferland | Paul Piche | Smith and Thell | Sarahmee | Les Freres Smith | Baloji | Delgres | Stewart Riggall | Cedrik St-Onge -
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RBC Ottawa Bluesfest
Ottawa, ON @ Multiple Venues (Ottawa) ; Jul 09 - Jul 19Cinematic Orchestra | King Crimson | Headstones | Cat Power | Deltron 3030 | Blink-182 | Blue Rodeo | Billy Talent | Patrick Watson | Rage Against the Machine | Dashboard Confessional | New Pornographers | Garbage | DJ Shadow | National | Arrested Development | Tea Party | Jack Johnson | Crystal Shawanda | Leif Vollebekk | Sharon Van Etten | Nelly | Barr Brothers | Big Wreck | July Talk | Alanis Morissette | Jessica Mitchell | Boyz II Men | Run the Jewels | Wishbone Ash | Travis Tritt | Charlotte Day Wilson | Cooper Brothers | Cash Cash | Vance Joy | Albert Castiglia Band | Moist | Lora Bidner | Haviah Mighty | Brandy Clark | Split | Daniel Caesar | Amanda Lowe | Protoje | Alanna Sterling | Nahko and Medicine for the People | Ezra Furman | Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin | Marshmello | NOBRO | Miss Emily | Crown Lands | 6LACK | Tash Sultana | Jeremy Dutcher | grandson | Lil Tecca | Ali Gatie | Jade Bird | Barns Courtney | JT Soul | Tony D Band | Dip | Renée Landry | Duckwrth | Vanessa Collier | Lyle Odjick & The Northern Steam | Mischa | Turbans | Charlie Cunningham | Dean Lewis | Turkuaz | Ocean Alley | Kimberly Sunstrum | Southern Avenue | Jade Bird | Commotions | Sophia Radisch | Lloyd Spiegel | Johnny Shay | Gentlemen of the Woods | Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers | Lia Kloud | Braden Foulkes Band | Mack & Ben | Jontavious Willis | Durand Jones & The Indications | Jessica Pearson and the East Wind | Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew | Joan Osborne | Femina | Marco Benevento | Michelle Hopkins | MIKE ZITO | Texas Horns | Angelique Francis Band | Big Zee | Étoile Noire | Frase Gavin Mcleod | Sly High -
Variety
Northern Lights Festival Boreal
Sudbury, ON @ Bell Park ; Jul 09 - Jul 12New Pornographers | Gurf Morlix | Judy Collins | Carden Cove | Moskitto Bar | Lloyd Spiegel Friday Jul 10
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Variety
FVDED In The Park
Surrey, BC @ Holland Park ; Jul 10 - Jul 11Ruts | Gucci Mane | Flume | Black Tiger Sex Machine | Alison Wonderland | Aries | Yurie | Alesso | G-Eazy | Gorgon City | Tchami | Drezo | Habstrakt | Will Clarke | Malaa | Gryffin | Juelz | Kempeh | Sara Sukkha | Whipped Cream | Gunna | J.I.D | Dave | Saweetie | Illenium | Snoh Aalegra | Lil Tjay | Y2K | 070 Shake | Kodie Shane | Nostalgix | Manila Grey | Elderbrook | Sullivan King | Yung Pinch | Baynk | Svdden Death | Dom Dolla | Awood | Delly | Softest Hard | Beach Season | DJ Crusher | Cyro | Freeky P | Henry C | No Thanks Wednesday Jul 15
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Rock
Start.ca Rocks the Park Music Festival
London, ON @ Harris Park ; Jul 15 - Jul 18Jack Johnson | Andy Shauf | Vance Joy Friday Jul 17
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Folk
Folk On The Rocks
Yellowknife, NT @ Long Lake ; Jul 17 - Jul 19 Saturday Jul 18
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Country
Big Sky Music Festival
Oro-Medonte, ON @ Burl's Creek Event Grounds ; Jul 18Dwight Yoakam | Joe Diffie | Ronnie Milsap Friday Jul 24
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EDM
Shambhala Music Festival
Salmo, BC @ Salmo River Ranch ; Jul 24 - Jul 27Tiga | Richie Hawtin | Skratch Bastid | DJ Premier | Chali 2na | Skream | Tycho | Tipper | DjRUM | Black Tiger Sex Machine | Funk Hunters | RL Grime | Bob Moses | Claptone | Ekali | Rezz | Malaa | Leikeli47 | Masego | Subtronics | Marc Rebillet | Channel Tres | Seven Lions | Slander | Testpilot | Reggie Watts and John Tejada's Wajatta | What So Not | Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones' | Mungo's Hi Fi | Cut Chemist -
EDM
Shambhala Music Festival
Salmo, BC @ Salmo River Ranch ; Jul 24 - Jul 27