Fernie Fix Blogs

 A large yellow debris tube hangs from the Hotel Arts during my recent visit to Calgary. There are tarps and construction workers. The sidewalk is blocked. The shit has hit the fan on the second floor. Apparently a fire broke out during the Stampede madness. I love the Stampede. I never go. It’s the one week of solace from the usual tourism on slot here in wee Fernie. We all need a break. They should stay home one weekend or two and burn their own shit.

Granville Street is littered with visual carnage. There are masses of every kind of folk wandering the concrete. The tweekers eating out of public garbage cans, street musicians, business people carried on the wings of a Jean Patou vapour trail. There is every kind of garbage and biodegradable substance from pizza husks to poodle shit.

Fernival is the best spring party at a ski hill there is, if I do say so myself.

1. The best FREE Live Music  Fernie is known for bringing the biggest concert in the Rockies to the region each year. This April with a new twist we’ll get to enjoy tunes from Daniel Wesley from White Rock and The Dudes from Calgary. With Daniel Wesley’s alternative rock and The Dudes with their own blend of “soul music and 90’s distortion,” the best of BC and Alberta will align to put together a rocking concert for all ages.

Through the darkness and blizzard we ploughed along, in a trusty old Suburban with no heat and no speedometer, towards the Bavarian city of the Rockies Kimberley. I was nestled in a sleeping bag with a flask of scotch to help numb the cold, surrounded by some of my British friends who were oddly jovial despite the notion of freezing and falling into the arms of sweet Death.