Bands on the Beach is a music festival that happens in Harrison Hot Springs over the Labour Day long weekend in September each year.
For full details about the festival either continue reading or visit the Tourism Harrison website.
TIP: If heading to Harrison Hot Springs for Bands on the Beach, stop at the Sasquatch Museum. It’s right in the town and has free admission. About a 20-minute drive away, there is also Kilby Historic Site which is very interesting and well worth a visit. Plus, the Harrison Country Craft Market usually takes place on the same weekend as Bands on the Beach. It starts at 11:00 am on both days at Harrison Memorial Hall.
Bands on the Beach
Free concerts take place in the afternoon along the waterfront during Bands on the Beach. A usual headliner performer each year is the local country rock star Todd Richard who is exceptional.
When and Where
Bands on the Beach takes place on the Saturday and Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend which in 2025 is August 30th to 31st. The live music takes place at the waterfront, close to the beach.
The Resort Town
Harrison Hot Springs is located in the Fraser Valley about a two-hour drive east of downtown Vancouver. It’s a resort town right on beautiful Harrison Lake and worth checking out any time of year, but especially when there is an event like Bands on the Beach going on.
Concert Venues
The free concerts during the Bands on the Beach event happen in the park by the beach near Esplanade Avenue. There is an outdoor stage there and people bring their lawn chairs to sit on as they listen to the music and admire the views.
Bands on the Beach Schedule
Harrison’s Bands on the Beach is a fairly simple festival with a series of free concerts outdoors on two afternoons, but it’s an enjoyable event in a spectacular setting. Last year’s schedule of of live music is listed below. Exact details were subject to change.
2024 Saturday Concerts
- 1:00 pm – Blake Harvard
- 2:15 pm – The Sweet P’s
- 3:30 pm – Peacenik Collective
- 4:30 pm – Canyon Riders
- 7:30 pm – Todd Richard and the TR Band
2024 Sunday Concerts
- 1:00 pm – Natalie Faith
- 2:15 pm – Johnny Bootleg
- 3:30 pm – Uncle Strut
- 4:45 pm – Todd Richard and the TR Band
Other Information
For more information about the Bands on the Beach event, check out the Tourism Harrison website. And for more information about the resort town, see our article about Harrison Hot Springs.
For other events going on in various parts of the Lower Mainland, check out any of the following pages:
