Sarnia Bayfest
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Rogers Sarnia Bayfest is an annual music festival in Centennial Park - downtown Sarnia, Ontario, Canada - that takes place in July each year.
Since 1999, Rogers Bayfest has grown from attracting a few thousand visitors to approximately 100,000.
The festival is run by Bayfest Festival of Performing Arts; a non-profit charitable organization. Bayfest involves and benefits a number of charities and capitalizes on the hometown feeling and the festival environment.
As of 2009, Bayfest split into two weekends in July: Rock acts play on the 2nd weekend, and a Country weekend follows on the 3rd weekend. The festival has won numerous awards: The largest being 1) Winner of Ontario Tourism's Best Business/Event of the year 2009, and 2) Festival of Distinction which is a Lifetime Achievement award given out by Festival and Events Ontario.
Bayfest also has 2 scholarship programs for students. The first is The Jim Stokley Scholarship which was founded after the passing of Jim Stokley (co-founder of Bayfest) and the second is a Bayfest/MetalWorks Institute scholarship. There are currently 2 Jim Stokley Scholarships given out annually to deserving Sarnia-Lambton students and 1 Bayfest/MetalWorks Institute annually.
Bayfest Festival of Performing Arts has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local charities and non-profit organizations.
On February 25, 2013, the Sarnia Bayfest announced it was taking an indefinite hiatus[1] as a result of increasing costs and stagnant sponsorship opportunities.[2]
Rogers Bayfest by the years[]
1999 - Sloan, Amanda Marshall, Prairie Oyster,
2000 - Kim Mitchell, Loverboy, Matthew Good Band, Big Wreck, David Wilcox, Moist,
2001 - Collective Soul, Tom Cochrane, Wide Mouth Mason, Treble Charger, , George Thorogood, Staggered Crossing,
2002 - The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace, Sloan, The Guess Who, Nickelback, The Watchmen, The Headstones, Flicker
2003 - Blink-182, Sum 41, Barenaked Ladies, Matthew Good, Pete Yorn, Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick
2004 - The Tragically Hip, Colin James, Bryan Adams, ZZ Top, Finger Eleven, The Spades,
2005 - 3 Doors Down, Staind, No Address, Alter Bridge, David Lee Roth, Kalan Porter, Amanda Stott, High Holy Days, Billy Talent, Kid Rock, Jody Raffoul
2006 - Keith Urban, Collective Soul, Everclear, , Gretchen Wilson, Brooks and Dunn,
2007 - Nickelback, Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Def Leppard,
2008 - Bon Jovi, See Spot Run, Low Level Flight, Mötley Crüe, , Revolver, Fergie, Down With Webster, , The Black Crowes, , , Crash Kelly, Rascal Flatts, , , Face to Face, , Big & Rich ft. Cowboy Troy, Emerson Drive
2009 -
Rock Weekend: Counting Crows, The Trews, KISS, Dean Lickyer, Stone Temple Pilots, Our Lady Peace, See Spot Run, Running Red Lights,
Country Weekend: Tim Mcgraw, Jason Blaine, , Brad Paisley, Doc Walker, Deric Ruttan
2010 -
Rock Weekend: Scorpions, Cinderella, , Rush, Weezer, Sam Roberts, Crash Karma
Country Weekend: Keith Urban, The Road Hammers, Aaron Lines, Alan Jackson, Dean Brody, Shane Yellowbird, ,
Added Show: The Black Eyed Peas, Down With Webster,
2011 -
Country Weekend: Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry, Lady Antebellum, Rodney Atkins, , George Canyon, Dry County, Aaron Pritchett,
Rock Weekend: The Tragically Hip, KISS, Steve Miller Band, INXS, The Trews, Marianas Trench, Tokyo Police Club, Theory of a Deadman, The Tea Party, The Arkells, Joel Plaskett, George Thorogood and the Destroyers,
2012 -
Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert, John Mellencamp, Cowboy Junkies, The Sheepdogs, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Hedley (band), Big Wreck, Papa Roach, Simple Plan, The Offspring, Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
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Coordinates: 43°58′49″N 82°24′20″W / 43.980293°N 82.4056°W
- Music festivals in Ontario
- Sarnia
- Rock festivals in Canada
- Music festivals established in 1999
- Tourist attractions in Lambton County
- 1999 establishments in Ontario