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About the Festival
Festival Afloat is a paddle-powered music festival and educational offering that brings together allied businesses and impassioned community members to raise funds and awareness for Indigenous-led legal challenges.
Attend a concert or sail with Indigenous guides aboard B.C.'s oldest tall ship!
This summer, RAVEN is hosting a series of floating benefit concerts to raise money for access to justice for Indigenous communities.

Summer 2023 Concert Line-Up
Sunday July 9 - Jericho Beach, Vancouver with Desiree Dawson & Khari Wendell McClelland
Tuesday July 11 - Silva Bay, Gabriola Island with Dagger Harbour
Wednesday July 13 - Ganges, Salt Spring Island with Renee Layla
Thursday July 13 - ON LAND SHOW, Victoria Event Centre, in Victoria with Logan Staats
Friday July 14 - Port Browning, Pender Island with Renee Layla
Friday, July 21 - Wild Seed Church, Salt Spring with Luke Wallace

Summer Boat Cruises
Sunday July 9 - Afternoon Sailing cruise from Granville Island
Monday July 10 - Morning Sailing cruise from Granville Island
Tuesday July 11 - Morning and Afternoon Sailing cruises, Gabriola Island
Thursday July 13 - Morning, Afternoon and Evening sailing cruises, Salt Spring
Friday July 14 - Afternoon Sailing cruise, Pender Island
September 9 - Vancouver Sailing cruise, time TBD
Sailing cruises are 3 hours and are guided by Indigenous knowledge keepers.
There are also 3 great opportunities to take a sailing journey aboard the Providence: from Vancouver to Gabriola on July 10th, from Gabriola to Salt Spring on July 12th, and from Salt Spring to Pender on July 14th.
Our first year started with just one show, but it planted a seed that has continued to blossom! In 2020 we raised $6000.
That seed burst open in 2021 and we raised $85,000 for Heiltsuk Nation with concerts happening all over!
In 2022, we introduced the first touring festival aboard the Providence. Festival Afloat 2022: The Salish Sea Tour raised over $50,000 for Heiltsuk and Gitxaala Nations. B.C.'s oldest tall ship sailed around the Salish Sea and brought music and stories to seven different coastal communities.