The Sasquatch Gathering and Music Festival is a non-profit recreational and artistic event presented by the Sasquatch Community Arts Society, a registered Alberta not-for-profit association. Prices are kept affordable for all by combining the work of a great team of volunteers, generous corporate sponsorships from the community and funding from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. In 2022, there will be weekend passes available With Camping or Without Camping.
The Sasquatch Gathering is moving to once again for its 25th annual festival on the weekend of July 22 to 24, 2022. This will be the festival’s ninth location in 25 years – we roam like our namesake.
On-site porta-potties and potable water are provided. Bring all of your own camping supplies, food, and beverages. Food vendor info t.b.a.
The gathering aims to be as green as possible and minimize
environmental impacts so we ask you to plan accordingly, live lightly, and if you need power, go solar. Gas / diesel generators are noisy, smell and we discourage the use of them.
The Gathering also aims to be very kid and family friendly. It is operated as a private gathering and belligerent, disrespectful or unsafe behaviour is simply not tolerated. Some local guests head home overnight, but the music, campfires, story-telling and camaraderie goes late, so staying on site will limit your need to
drive and you won’t have to miss anything.
Please use adequate sun screen and bug spray. It is advisable to drink plenty of water and to dress for inclement weather. Anyone who chooses to swim does so at their own risk. Children should not be unattended near to the river.
Please pick up after yourself, and pack out as much of your own garbage as you can. Help us continue with the Sasquatch “no garbage left behind” track record – no caps, no cigarette butts, no plastic twist ties etc. You can use the garbage and recycling bins provided and feel free to donate empty (bottles & cans to the Society). Look out for your neighbours as you would have them look out for you. Open fires outside of designated fire pits are not permitted. Please dispose of bottle caps and other non-flammable waste in garbage containers.
THINK GREEN
Leave no Trace – Take only memories and photos …
Fires: Do not leave your fire unattended. Fires are only permitted inside the metal fire-rings provided – do not move the rings from their approved locations. Push coals together and burn to ash. Please keep fires small and conserve firewood.
Campsites: Please protect the trees … No nails – No sawing, No axe “parking”. The best camping is on the mowed grass. If you find an existing clearing in the trees you may use it for tents (check carefully for leaners or dead branches above) but please don’t cut roots or clear vegetation. Only tie ropes to dead branches and if you must tie something up to living bark, use large rope or use wood or cloth pads. Do not dig any trenches or build campsite “furniture” from natural materials.
If you need to head to town for supplies, try to car pool.
Please do not idle your vehicle once you are parked.
Litter / Garbage: Pack out everything you bring in. Keep your own garbage bag going in an “animal-proof” location. Almost everyone is pretty good about not littering big stuff, but please also pocket and dispose of all little stuff too – pack out your cigarette butts, bottle caps, twist ties, straws etc. and if you see litter that someone else missed – please pick it up. Burn or pack out food waste and throw wash water into the tall grass on high ground and well away from the river.
Wildlife: This field and the land around it are frequented by deer, moose, coyotes, wolves, bears and elk, and the odd porcupine – as well as numerous species of birds, rodents and other critters. Please clean up after your dogs and keep them on a leash at all times. Enjoy the trails, the river shoreline, and forest paths – there is a lot to see. Take pictures and soak it all in, but please leave nature where you saw it and where it belongs. For more on Leave No Trace camping ethics see: www.lnt.org
We thank you for your cooperation and hope you have a great time at the Sasquatch Gathering !