Arts festival in Wells/Barkerville
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010History and art will mingle this weekend in the historic Cariboo gold-rush town of Barkerville and neighbouring community of Wells (featured in our Fall 2007 issue). The ArtsWells Festival, dubbed the “festival of all things art,” features everything from music, to film and ballet, to drumming, puppetry, stilt walking, and a whole slew of varied artistic disciplines in between. Take in concerts and performances, participate in workshops, peruse artisans’ wares, poke around Barkerville’s mining-era buildings — there are plenty of interesting options to occupy your August long weekend.
ArtsWells — which was recently named one of Canada’s top ten music festivals by CBC Radio 3 — runs July 30 to August 2nd, 2010. See www.artswells.com for more information.