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Harrison Hot Springs Bands on the Beach

Bands on the Beach at Harrison Hot Springs

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 is very interesting and well worth a visit. Plus, in 2024, the Harrison Country Craft Market takes place on the same weekend as Bands on the Beach. It starts at 11:00 am on both days at Harrison Memorial Hall.

 

Tourism Harrison & Sasquatch Museum

 

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 2024 is August 31st and September 1st. The live music takes place at the waterfront, close to the beach.

 

Labour Day Weekend Activities

 

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 listen to the music and admire the views.

 

Todd Richard and TR Band at Harrison
Todd Richard and TR Band at Harrison Hot Springs

 

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. The schedule of live music in 2024 is listed below. Exact details are subject to change.

 

2024 Saturday Concerts

 

2024 Sunday Concerts

 

Kilby Historic Site

 

Singing at Harrison's Bands on the Beach
Todd Richard at Harrison Hot Springs

 

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: