Our festival runs on community spirit, and we’re looking for volunteers to help make this year’s North Island Music Festival amazing! Join us for an All Volunteer Meeting to learn about the different roles, meet the team, and see how you can get involved. Whether you can help for a few hours or the whole weekend, we’d love to have you on board! 📍 Gatehouse theatre 📅 Thursday May 14th ⏰ 7:00 PM Volunteer opportunities include: • Setup & takedown • Ticket gate & info booth • Hospitality • Stage runners • Parking & campground support • And more! Come be part of something special and help bring live music to our community 🎸

MIINA’s sound is more than music; it’s a movement toward connection, care for the planet and a more open-hearted world. Having begun her musical career as the frontperson of Victoria’s Carmanah, Dream-pop artist MIINA continues her solo journey with the release of her debut full-length album, Where The Light Goes, due out March 20, 2026. Produced by an all-star team, Howard Redekopp (Mother Mother, Tegan and Sara), Erik P.H. Nielsen (City and Colour) and Gus Van Go (The Beaches, Metric), the album marks a bold and exciting new chapter.

Where The Light Goes is a journey through light and shadow, playfulness and urgency, grief and resilience. From the fiery courage of “Bridge on Fire” to the sassy defiance of “Live My Life on Holiday,” from the post-apocalyptic reckoning of “Archetypal Life” to the warmth and connection of “Push It,” each track invites listeners to feel deeply, think boldly and move freely. Celebrating the full spectrum of human experience - love, grief, joy, anger and hope - the album offers moments of reflection, empowerment, and pure emotional release. At its core it’s an exploration of connection, self-discovery and the courage to stand in one’s truth, even when the world feels messy, dark or absurd.\

Los Angeles police officer Jack (Keanu Reeves) angers retired bomb squad member Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) by foiling his attempt at taking hostages. In revenge, Payne arms a bus with a bomb that will explode if it drops below 50 miles per hour. With the help of spunky passenger Annie (Sandra Bullock), Jack and his partner Harry (Jeff Daniels) try to save the people on the bus before the bomb goes off, while also trying to figure out how Payne is monitoring them.

It’s a Pay to Play Event - $5.00 per play!

Bring plenty of $5.00 bills!

HEATED RIVALRY TRIVIA MATCHES!

PAY TO PLAY THEATRE GAMES!

BID TO SABOTAGE FRIENDS AND ENEMIES!

40/60 DRAW - Give for the Arts!!!

FREE HEATED RIVALRY SURVIVAL KIT

PLAY SOLO!

TEAM PLAY - $20.00 TO REGISTER A TEAM

REGISTER TEAMS (4 PER TEAM) AT

franjenkins2022@gmail.com

Leave the name of your team, the names of your team members and a contact phone number!

( GATE HOUSE MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT EXCLUDED )

Local band opener : Carla & The Dudes.

Jay Gavin grew up in a tiny close-knit Canadian fishing village on Prince Edward Island where the potato fields are lined by red dirt roads, there isn’t a stop light for 100 miles and the kitchen parties go on for days. He quit school in grade nine more interested in fishing and getting into trouble. His hands worn with the cracks and calluses of hard work tell the story of his years supplementing his musical dreams with sweat labor on fishing boats, tobacco fields, logging camps, construction sites and film sets. Jay was greatly inspired by his uncle, a much heralded and beloved fiddle player in the community. “He’s a great musician and he could play anything,” There was, and still is, a ton of great musicians in Tignish. It certainly had its effect on me!” After years touring North America and recording as a bassist with punk & metal bands like Spawner Record’s Huskavarna, and Texas thrash legends Speedealer, Jay came full circle and returned to his roots in country, folk & bluegrass.