Canada’s far north will get a blast of music this summer with the return of the Dawson City Music Festival.

The first artists confirmed to play the annual Yukon event include Black Mountain, The Sadies, Hayden, Justin Rutledge, Basia Bulat and Immaculate Machine.

The festival will take place at various venues in Dawson City from July 18 to 20.

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketpro; more details are available at www.dcmf.com.

In an interview in January with CBC’s Radio 3, new festival producer Tim Jones said he foresaw “an insanely fun weekend full of eclectic, amazing music.”

He added, “We have some special surprises lined up that could only happen under the midnight sun – but you’ll have to make the trek way up north to discover what they might be.”

The event is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and in the past has drawn such Canadian talents as the Weakerthans, Final Fantasy, Amy Millan and the Constantines.

Here is the initial lineup for this year’s Dawson City Music Festival:

• Black Mountain
• Basia Bulat
• The Good Brothers
• Hayden
• Immaculate Machine
• Julie Doiron
• Justin Rutledge
• Ken Whiteley
• Plaid
• The Sadies
• Soir De Semaine
• Torngat
• Tr’ondek Hwech’in Singers






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