It’s country time at Sun Peaks this weekend‚ with Rod Black and the Chris Buck Band headlining the event.
The band will play the Clock Tower Stage on Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., with Black taking over from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Country Fest will include several other appropriately themed activities from mechanical bull rides and lasso stations to stable rides and a lumberjack show.
The eighth-annual Mountain of Beer and Chilli Cook-off is also part of the weekend’s events, with seven village restaurants competing.
The weekend schedule includes:
Friday
• 6:30 p.m., The Johnson Brothers (upper plaza stage);
Saturday
• 11 a.m., Masa’s Saloon opens, Village Day Lodge;
• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., mechanical bull rides, slopeside near Masa’s patio;
• Lasso station, upper plaza square;
• Noon start, horseback rides ($5 per ride), slopeside of Sun Peaks Grand Hotel;
• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., West Coast Lumberjack Show, slopeside near Sundance Chair
• 1 p.m., Les Folles Jambettes (can-can dancing), upper plaza square;
• 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Mountain of Beer and Chili Cook Off (19+ event, $35);
• 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 pm, West Coast Lumberjack Show, slopeside near Sundance Chair;
• 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Chris Buck Band, Clock Tower Stage;
• 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Rod Black, Clock Tower Stage;
Sunday
• 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sun Peaks Farmers’ Market;
• 11 a.m., Masa’s Saloon opens;
• 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Danielle Edge, Clocktower stage;
• 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Margit Gossage, Masa’s Saloon.
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