What is the Go North Music Festival?

Go North Music Festival is a music festival held on beautiful St. Joseph Island. Go North is a family-friendly event, with free entry for kids 12 and under. We feature a variety of talented and critically acclaimed musical acts from across Canada.

This year we’ve changed our festival weekend to line up with the Richards Landing Community Night weekend. Thursday night, kick things off with an intimate concert Featuring Juno award winning David Francey at the Old Town Hall in the heart of Richards Landing (Limited Seating).

Friday Night, the Richards Landing Community Night is held at the Centennial Grounds - Parade starts on HWY 548 at 7pm, followed by fresh baked pie, food vendors, kids games and games of chance - all in support of the Matthews Memorial Hospital NSHN Auxiliary to help provide equipment for the Hospital. After games end (8:30pm) the fun moves down to the waterfront Marina for the Boat Parade of Lights, FREE live concert by L!ME, and dancing in the streets!

Saturday, the Go North Music Festival gates open at 3:00pm. This year will feature an incredible group of Canadian talent led by this year's Saturday night headliners, six-time Juno Nominees and Canadian Favourites THE TREWS! Joining them on Saturday will be the high energy rock group BLEEKER, genre bending crowd pleasers Daniel Romano’s Outfit, blues powerhouse Terra Lightfoot, local favourites Handsome Sandwich and the Hollow Heads, with the party getting started with CASS FM.

The festival site features a lush green-space, nestled in the center of old growth maple trees. The Centennial grounds are built for large events, and offer wide open spaces and room to stretch out and make a zone for you and your crew.

We focus on featuring great food vendors. Saturday they will be serving up traditional favorites as well as gluten free and vegan options. Fresh wraps, fries and poutine, iced coffee, and all of your traditional BBQ favourites. Don't forget we offer ice cold locally-made and domestic beer and coolers. The Artisan Market showcases local artisans and producers selling hand made local goods. We have activities for kids and a kid’s stage with performances by the main stage acts. Kids 12 and under are FREE! The family zone has interactive displays from Science North, games, crafts and a giant community mural project families can help with.

Plan your festival experience to include overnight camping. Available Friday and Saturday night. We will again feature our “Fireside Jam” after hours. 

Camping tickets are available in the “Add-ons” section of the ticket link. Camp Friday and Saturday, or only Saturday if you wish. The campground is open all weekend for campground ticket holders. Family Zone, Marketplace and food vendors on Saturday only.