2012 Lineup Release

The Living Room Stage

The Living Room is the  local stage run by locals. The Pride, a production company from the Kootenays, has been running this stage since 2000 and continues to keep the Kootenay artists and musicians  involved.

The Living Room always been the “chill stage” more than any other stage, and caters to the more organic and ambient electronic sounds, but is also deeply rooted in funk and dub (without the step).

The Pride aims to have mostly Nelson locals help out with the stage which gives it a real “home” kinda of feel.

Being located on the water makes it the perfect place to chill when the sun is out or when it gets too crazy everywhere else.

See you at the beach.

~Hoola

Rock Pit

The Rock Pit stage is the one stage at Shambhala where all musical style collide, commingle,  and commune.

We strive to push Music forward into the future and introduce new talent to our audience year after year.

We are not interested in big names but Big Talent with new ideas and creative minds.
We believe all style of music are equal under the Rock Pit roof.
We remain the Underground of the Underground and Alternative to the Alternative. Like a Rock!

Brought to you by “The Dirtiest Team In the League” Rock Pit Crew 2012
“It’s all about the people on the dance floor!”

The Village Stage

Get ready for a new exciting Village Stage for 2012!  Since it’s the end of the world and all we figured we might as well blow the roof off and the budget too!!!  We are tearing down everything under the big dome for a complete re-design of the stage area.  Look forward to an intense new visual environment with the signature Village twist.  This year will showcase not only our favorite DJs but also some superb live acts and incredible visual artists!

The Labyrinth

Welcome 2012 with a trip thru the Labyrinth… Discover a mythical treasure of the modern world that reflects the secrets of the ancients. A place to tend to your soul through dance and communication. Choose your journey well… alone or with your entire crew you will feel at home. Pace yourself, dance hard then relax in the Chill zone.

This year has produced a wide range of styles. From ol time Blue grass to pure techno!! Whatever your into, our international line up is sure to take you there. Psy Trance & Psy Dub, Progressive and funky… Tech house, and electro swing, a whirl of world of music… All styles fuse in the Labyrinth as technology and people experiment with each other. From pure organic sounds to the spooky electric….Uptempo and down… Experience the Labyrinth.

The visual wizards also have much in store as the multimedia aspect of the show develops. Many acts are designing a synchronized experience with dancers and custom graphics that will amaze. A fully immersive visual experience is what you get in the Labyrinth…

Don’t forget to take a stroll in the forest, with its interactive displays, four direction bridge and hands on Art tent.  Lose yourself in the myriad of activities day and night. Experience advances in low and high tech tools that you can touch and feel. A chance to interact with the designers and the artists in the Gallery and Chai bar.

You can become a muti-dimensional time traveler in the Labyrinth. Just remember…  Keep at least one foot firmly planted in all dimensions.

The Pagoda Stage

Get ready to bust out your best ninja dance moves at Pagoda 2012!  We have big changes planned for the temple with a redesigned stage and a MASSIVE new projector. The lineup this year is out of control with some of the best contemporary DJ’s and artists in the world banging over the mountains with PK sound.

Fractal Forest

Rich-e-Rich and Fractal Media present Fractal Forest™ 2012, “The Funkiest Show On Earth!”

Get ready for the next level as the most unique stage in the world takes its passengers on a journey into enlightenment. The sacred starship in its 14th year of evolution is pulling out all the stops this year in order to bring you the most amazing audio visual experience ever witnessed.

With cutting edge mind blowing 3D Video Mapping of the entire forest environment to spectacular Video DJ sets from none other than DJ Yoda, Bobby C Sound TV, JFB, DJ Woody’s Turntables in Technicolor™ and the premier of The Funk Hunters A/V experience. Expect to see and hear the craziest show ever assembled by the legendary “Team Fractal”. No less than 30 bassbins will be massaging you with 100,000 watts of crystal clear PK sound. Our lighting team have been putting together a stunning new bag of tricks that are sure to melt your mind with eyegasmic sensory overloads while Neon Green will rain down out of the tree tops from the awe inspiring 60 watt Yag lasers that would make even Pink Floyd gush.

The Fractal Forest™ is a show within a show within a show. DJ’s play in the heart of the forest out of a burnt out old growth cedar tree stump while being surrounded with 360 degrees of the most beautiful dancers on the planet. Pyramids and flowers are everywhere in the enchanted woodland and if you keep your eyes peeled you may see friendly forest creatures as well as gnomes, fairies and pixies galore.

Please join us on the funky spaceship for this epic journey to the 12th dimension and back and your guaranteed to have a life altering conscious awakening, now boarding at 4:20PM, August 10th, 2012 in the Fractal Forest™.

Site Update from Martin the Pine Marten

Martin is a Pine Marten that lives on the farm, and in his comings and goings (he’s a very busy Pine Marten, you see) observes the goings on of the site team.

Site Blog (19-3-12)

By Martin the Pine Marten

So it’s been a long winter and spring is finally here.  There is still plenty of snow around but at least my fingers have warmed up enough to hold a pencil.Apart from the pair who came through here on a snowmobile last month, there has been no signs of the humans.  They were armed with tape measures and clipboards and were busy working out the sizes of cabinets and walls and counting all the boxes on the shelves.  I’m glad I built my nest on this side of the warehouse, it looks like it won’t be too long before those boxes are being moved about.

I can’t help but wonder what all the measuring was for.  They were certainly thorough.  Perhaps they are spending some time renovating this place and getting it to a more organized workspace for whatever they do over the warmer months.  I say great, if it means this place will be tidier, I’m all for it.

Regardless, I’m sure it won’t be too long before there is plenty of movement around this place.  If I remember correctly, it was this time last year that the mechanics started bringing in all their machines and the place ended up covered in grease.  And once the snow is off the ground there will be all kinds of people making all kinds of noise with their hammers and saws and the like.

Anyway I’m going to see if I can find some eggs or something.

The Breakspoll Experience

Breakspoll caught us off guard last year – we didn’t even know we’d been nominated until the last week of voting. If it weren’t for the fact that Simon Shackleton (Elite Force) had played a show in Nelson just the previous week, and had joined us for one of our big Farmily dinners – we would have been at a loss when we were asked who would accept the award for us if we won (thanks so much for that, Simon!).

Photo by Xavier Walker

This year, we had a representative firmly planted in London – our former Site Manager, Mike Brewer, who packed up and moved to the UK for a job with the 2012 Summer Olympics just days after we’d wrapped Shambhala 2011. He was kind enough to do up a little blog post about his Breakspoll experience:

As anyone who’s been to Shambhala can tell you there’s something about the place, the people and the atmosphere that makes you want to keep coming back. This made packing my bags after the festival last year to move to London, England a tough choice. Despite the vibrant music scene in London I found myself settling comfortably in to the local pub culture and the world of electronic music seemed a far off memory…until the finalists for the 2012 Breakspoll awards were announced. Obivously the chance to attend and potentially accept an award on behalf of Shambhala was something I couldn’t miss!

When the black cab dropped us off under London Bridge you could already hear the beats thumping from inside Cable and there was a line up stretching the length of the block. The club had three rooms with different DJ’s playing in each one and every room was packed. Shortly before midnight everyone crowded in to the main room and the awards were presented. For the second year in a row after announcing the finalists in the “Best Large Event” category they called out Shambhala Music Festival as the winner. Accepting the award on stage in front of a club full of pumped up, breakbeat music fans is an experience I won’t soon forget. As someone who normally works behing the scenes to make events happen, the opportunity to be on the main stage and feel that energy from the crowd was amazing.

Other big winners on the night included A-Skillz, Ghetto Funk, Krafty Kuts and Stanton Warriors as well as The Freestylers for Outstanding Contribution to the genre.

Photo by Xavier Walker

After the awards wrapped up the club came alive again with world class breakbeat DJ’s playing sets until the wee hours of the morning. As I wandered between the three rooms taking it all in I got to meet all sorts of people. There was a Canadian couple who were huge fans of Shambhala and who had planned their European holiday around being able to attend the Breakspoll awards. There was a group of Spanish festival producers who had been nominated as well and were keen to exchange tips and ideas about what goes in to making a world class festival. There was also Elite Force who took a few minutes out to chat about his experiences at other festivals like Glastonbury and how they compared.

For everyone that wasn’t able to be at Cable with us last weekend, I want to say again: “At Shambhala we always say ‘It’s all about the people on the dance floor’ so winning an award that’s voted on by the fans means the world. On behalf of everyone back in Canada, thanks for voting and we hope to see you on the dance floor this summer!”

Mike Brewer

 

Breakspoll Thanks~!

WOW! It’s truly amazing to have been voted Best Large Event at the Breakspoll International Breakbeat awards for the 2nd year in a row! We’re really feelin’ the Shambhalove, Farmily!

Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to vote! We couldn’t put it better than this tweet from Mike Brewer, former Shambhala Site Manager, who picked up the award for us in London on the weekend:

And thanks to all our past artists, fans, neighbours and Int’l & local communities for showing us so much support in social media land!

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Huge congrats to our friends & affilates who also won awards! ‘Specially our friends over at ghettofunk.co.uk who took home Best Label!

View all the Winners Here

We’re looking forward to another great year. 2012 is gonna be HUGE!

New Beginnings Blog #2

Hey Shambhalovelies! Today we continue with our guest blogs from different departments throughout the office. Last month, we decided to write blogs on the theme of “New Beginnings” – an appropriate theme for the first month of a new year. Today we have a blog from Rhiannon Daloise, another new addition to our team. Enjoy! =) ~ Britz

by Rhiannon Daloise, Accounts Receivable

Well, this is it – my first attempt at a “blog”.

Considering I had to ask someone what a “blog” was – well, this will be a learning experience. Another one to tack onto all the other learning experiences I’ve had during the past few weeks.

You see, I was hired by Shambhala in December with my first day of work being January 5, 2012. One of the things that I have learned is that I’m part of the 2012 Shambhala Virgin crew. Yep, it’s true – I’ve never been to Shambhala! Luckily for me, Anna, Jimmy and Corrine decided that wasn’t a mandatory requirement to do the job I’ve been hired for. Whew!

Every day I leave work, and I’m simply amazed at all the new things that I’ve learned. Everyone here has been so patient and supportive, and I’m learning how to relax – something I’m not that good at accomplishing. The people here are amazing! I’ve worked for government offices where they talk about being diverse, but here – it’s just a way of life. I’m super excited to be working with people that have such interesting backgrounds and history – all of which they have been willing to share with me.

I might be new to the group right now, but I can see that one day in the future I’ll look at the calendar and realize that I’m having my 10th year anniversary. And I’m excited about that! Thanks Shambhala!

(Welcome to the Team, Rhiannon! ~ Love from all the Office Farmily!)

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SMF2012 Tix Still Available + Tips for buying tix from 3rd parties safely

Hello Farmily!

It’s that time again – those of you who don’t have tickets to Shambhala 2012 and are determined to get here are probably starting to think, “Oh crap, I need to find a ticket.”

Well, you do still have a few months until the show, but it is something to start thinking about.

Sadly, today marks the first I’ve heard of someone being ticket scammed for 2012. =( Which means it’s time to repost information about purchasing a ticket as safely as possible when dealing with 3rd parties. Please share this with your social network – it’s the worst feeling hearing about a friend or fellow farmily member being taken advantage of!

Update 4/13/2012 – Tickets are now Sold out at Ticket stores! BUT

Tickets are still available with the purchase of a ShambhaLodging Camping Accommodations package.

Beat the scalpers and get more bang for your buck with ShambhaLodging!

Tickets are also available with the ShambhaLodging accommodations package! Up to 2 tickets available per campsite.

This is the best deal goin’, especially for a couple or friends who don’t mind sharing a tent.

Basic ShambhaLodging package: Pre-assembled campsite in the shade, incl. tent, foam mattress, free parking, free early entry and a gift certificate to the Shambhala store = $500 + HST.

PLUS You can purchase up to 2 tix w/ each campsite @ $250 x 2 = $500 + 12% HST.

Soooo, for $1000+HST, you get a camp set up for you + 1, free parking, free early entry for 2 people.

Usual Costs:

• Early entry for 2 people = $120
• Premium Parking = $40 for a reg size vehicle, $80 for an oversize vehicle

(and if you’re a ShambhaLodging camper who opts to put your vehicle in Free Parking instead of Lodging Parking, you get 2 free rental camp chairs for your camp!) 

 

Way better deal than buying a scalped ticket for $450-$500. =P Wouldn’t you say so?

“Yeah, take me to the ShambhaLodging page!”

Buying from 3rd Parties

Ok, so now that you know what your safest options for purchasing tickets are, we need to address the fact that some of you are going to buy from 3rd parties. We expect there will be some scrambling to get a ticket from any possible source you can find – so we want to provide you with some information to protect yourself from fraud.

Shambhala does not take responsibility for tickets sold through 3rd parties, does not verify sales, and cannot guarantee the validity of tickets. It is up to you to protect yourself from fraud. However -

We recommend the following:

• See what information the seller will give you. They should be able to send you a copy of the transaction receipt so that you know the order is legitimate, or be able to tell you the store they bought it in.
• Be cautious when purchasing tickets through Craigslist or Kijiji or any other classifieds website. This is historically where most of the scams happen. Other options: We have a Ticket Trading Post on our website’s forums (you will need to sign up for an account if you don’t have one already), or you can try the Shambhala Facebook page / event page.
• Where possible, buy tickets through referrals from friends you trust. We cannot stress this enough!!! It’s always safer buying from within your own social network. You’re a lot less likely to get scammed by a friend of a friend.
• We cannot offer any advice on the exchange of tickets / money, except that, if at all possible MEET UP IN PERSON to do the exchange. We have heard stories of both ticket sellers and ticket buyers being scammed by sending money in advance of receiving tickets, and vice versa. Trust your intuition – if it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it.
• If you are purchasing a “Will Call” ticket, then there are certain pieces of identification that you will require from the person you are purchasing from in order to pick up the ticket at the show. Please see “How do I pick up my ticket from ‘Will Call’” in the Will Call section of our Ticket FAQ.

Once again, Shambhala does not guarantee the validity of any tickets purchased privately, will not verify sales, and does not assume any responsibility for ticket fraud – tickets purchased from 3rd parties are bought at your own risk.

We love you all and urge you take the proper steps to protect yourselves from ticket fraud!

And also, a reminder to those of you with extra tickets:

BE GOOD FARMILY. SHAMBHALOVLIES DON’T SCALP TICKETS.

If you have extra Shambhala tickets, be mindful and compassionate. You wouldn’t take advantage of your own family – and we Shambhazens – we’re all FARMILY. Sell extra tickets for a fair price (or, consider simply giving a ticket to someone. It’ll feel great – you could change someone’s life). Let’s bring all our brothers and sisters Home to dance under the stars with us. ♥

“I gave my spare ticket away in line in 2009 to a guy who was asking for money to buy a ticket. Pretty sure I made his festival as well as got my Shambhala experience started off with a bang. Much more fulfilling than scalping it.” – Chris Meyer, from the Shambs FB Page

(Oh yeah, and check out this other great blog post by Rock Pit Volunteer, Stubbs, about not supporting scalpers and inflated prices. “Didn’t get a ticket? DON’T PANIC!”)

New Beginnings Blog #1- Coming to Shambhala

Hey Shambhalovelies! We’ve got some guest blogs coming up this week, from different departments throughout the office. Last month, we decided to write blogs on the theme of “New Beginnings” – an appropriate theme for the first month of a new year. Now we’re ready to share with you! We hope you enjoy! =) ~ Britz

Coming to Shambhala

By Tee Haynes, Project Manager

Summer 2011:

“Ummm what are you doing with your life at the moment?”

“What kind of question is that?”

“Come out and work on Shambhala for a month.”

I sat on it for a week or so and initially I didn’t really give it much thought, but I found myself thinking more and more about my current place in the world.

Tee and Mike Brewer (not THE Mike Brewer but A Mike Brewer) take timeout during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

A little over a year earlier, Mike Brewer and I were wrapping up our work on the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.  I hadn’t even heard of Shambhala and I had just had my passport returned to me in the mail with a freshly stamped working visa for the United Kingdom and I was thinking of becoming a ‘games gypsy’ (as they are referred to amongst themselves) and relocating from Vancouver to London to work on the 2012 Summer games.

I cannot recall what logic I applied to my decision, but a week later I was headed to the Kootenays in a ride share with two complete strangers, one a tanner who was tempted, on more than one occasion, to stop and pick up some roadkill and the other a stripper; two very different people that both sell skin for a living.

Some of the Site Team nourish themselves with a fantastic meal from the staff kitchen

I spent a month on site working with the site team and also worked as the food vendor coordinator during show.  I was blown away by the event in the same way that I imagine everyone else is at their first Shambhala.  A couple of weeks after the festival finished I returned to my life in Vancouver but my thoughts were never far from the Kootenays and if they were it wasn’t long before one of my new Shambhala friends gave me a holler or some Facebook love.

Tee and Mike Brewer work through some minor details

Tee and Chris Brach, Executive Producer's Assistant, take some time out to check out the Pagoda

Recently I returned home to Australia for the first time in three years.  I found that most of the time in conversation with old friends wasn’t spent talking about my first time in snow, or my time with the Olympics or even about Canada but trying to describe the magic that is Shambala, neither words nor pictures nor video are ever enough.  The same could probably be said about the Kootenays and it’s people.

Naturally I was very excited to be approached by Shambhala to return in a full time capacity.  So ends the thought of returning to the Olympics but it wasn’t really too tough of a decision.

So I have just arrived in Nelson, I have never lived outside of a city, and until now, Vancouver is the closest to snow that I have lived in.  In the past twenty-four hours I have fallen over in the snow and ice twice and I am starting to think that skate shoes might not be the best moccasin for this climate.

(Welcome to the team & Nelson, Tee!!! ~Love from all the Office Farmily)

Bam Bam and Eric hanging out after completing the Basscamp dome

Tee and Mike Brewer preparing for a Site staff meeting