Rifflandia Music Festival

Night Stages:

• Illvis Freshly
• The Good Guys
• The Beatnuts
• De La Soul
• Andrew Judah
• Goodwood Atoms
• Little India
• The Tourist Company
• DJ Wood
• Vespers
• Shylow
• Moontricks
• DJ Jetts
• DJ Surgery
• DJ All Good
• Bryx
• Lovecoast
• Joy District
• Baskery
• The Windowlickers
• Spaceport Union
• Wishkicker
• No Liars
• Dante Hadden
• Maverick Cinema
• Familiar Wild
• Terence Jack
• Yuk Yuk's Comedy Winners

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• The Choir
• Bomba Estéreo
• X Ambassadors
• Michael Franti & Spearhead

Rifftop Tent:

• Grossbuster
• The Elwins
• Lee Scratch Perry

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• The Choir
• Chance Lovett & the Broken Hearted
• Fruit Bats
• Jesse Roper
• Wolf Parade

Rifftop Tent:

• Fallbrigade
• Astrocolor
• Darcys
• Shane Koyczan & the Short Story Long
• Del the Funky Homosapien

Night Stages:

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• The Choir
• The Dears
• Arkells

Rifftop Tent:

• Blonde Redhead
• A Tribe Called Red

Main Stage:

• Young Empires
• Brave Shores
• Plants and Animals
• Big Data
• Tokyo Police Club
• Modest Mouse

Rifftop Tent:

• The Choir
• Dirty Radio
• Sticky Fingers
• The Zolas
• Neon Indian
• Kiesza

Main Stage:

• Vic High R&B Band
• The Walkervilles
• Jesse Roper
• Hollerado
• Joey Bada$
• Mother Mother

Rifftop Tent:

• The Choir
• Grounders
• Tacocat
• Emancipator
• Julian Casablancas + The Voidz

Night Stages:

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• Reuben and the Dark
• We Are Scientists
• Airbourne
• Serena Ryder

Rifftop Tent:

• The Glorious Sons
• Born Ruffians
• Dragonette

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• Choir Choir Choir
• The Choir
• Head of the Herd
• Le Butcherettes
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• The New Pornographers
• Death Cab For Cutie

Rifftop Tent:

• Kytami
• Bum
• Latyrx
• Dum Dum Girls
• Rusko

Main Stage:

• Zeus
• Dear Rouge
• SonReal
• To Be Announced
• Girl Talk

Rifftop Tent:

• Vic High R&B Band
• Lowell
• Lightning Dust
• Keys N Krates
• Half Moon Run

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• No
• Mounties
• Classified
• Courtney Love

Side Stage:

• Easy Star All-Stars
• Z-Trip
• Current Swell

For its fifth year, Rifflandia built on the success of the Royal Athletic Park as a flagship venue, while also using night stage venues, including the return of the Market Square stage.[2] Rifflandia V occurred on September 13–16. Headlining the festival was the Flaming Lips, Sloan, Cake, and Mother Mother.[3]

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• The Xylopholks
• Rich Aucoin
• Band of Skulls
• The Flaming Lips

Side Stage:

• Brasstronaut
• The Aggrolites
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• The Xylopholks
• Zerbin
• The Jezabels
• Dan Mangan
• Cake

Side Stage:

• Family of the Year
• Bright Light Social Hour
• The Stanfields
• The Dudes
• Sloan

Night Stage:

Main Stage:

• The Xylopholks
• Jinja Safari
• Current Swell
• The Head and the Heart
• Reggie Watts
• Mother Mother

Side Stage:

• The Archers
• Grand Analog
• MC Yogi
• Hey Ocean!
• Everlast

In 2011, the fourth-annual Rifflandia restructured its venues and the festival-going experience by including the Royal Athletic Park as the flagship venue, with eight additional evening venues. The new location allowed for a main stage and side stage, as well as a partnership with local food and drink vendors,[4] and the introduction of Rifflandia Cinema. Rifflandia IV occurred from September 22–25. The night venues included Alix Goolden Hall, Phillips Brewery, Club 9One9, the Victoria Events Centre, Lucky Bar, Metro Theatre, Wood Hall and Sugar Nightclub. The line up included City and Colour, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids and Mother Mother.[5]

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• Dinosaur Bones
• The Cave Singers
• Ra Ra Riot
• Mother Mother
• Broken Social Scene

Side Stage:

• Randy Ponzio
• Mike Edel
• Jon Middleton
• The Besnard Lakes
• Jakarta

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• Vince Vaccaro
• Jets Ovehead
• Awolnation
• Cold War Kids
• City and Colour

Side Stage:

• Sun Hawk
• Mindil Beach Markets
• Library Voices
• Hollerado
• Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS)

Night Stages:

Main Stage:

• Kuba Oms and the Velvet Revolution
• Gomez
• Blackalicious
• Daniel Wesley
• De La Soul

Side Stage:

• The Scale Breakers
• Greenlaw
• Lance Herbstrong
• The Knocks
• Felix Cartal

The third Rifflandia Festival featured a record 165 artists over four days at 11 festival stages with approximately 3,500 attendees from September 23–26. Rifflandia III also introduced "Win!landia," a treasure hunt city-wide across Victoria, and Artlandia, an art showing in partnership with White Hot Magazine.[6]

Rifflandia II grew with 2,500 people in attendance, with over 80 artists and more venues. Rifflandia Magazine was first published for Rifflandia II.[7] The festival was held from September 24–27. The venues included Sugar Nightclub, Element Nightclub, Alix Goolden Hall, Metro Theatre, Market Square, the University of Victoria’s Vertigo, Lucky Bar, and the Strathcona Rooftop.

• Mother Mother
• Brendan Canning(DJ Set)
• k-os (DJ Set)

The inaugural Rifflandia started as a three-day festival from August 29–31, with seven stages, 65 artists and approximately 1,500 people in attendance.[8] The venues were organized in a showcase style [9] and included Alix Goolden Hall, Element Nightclub, Logan’s Pub, Lucky Bar, McPherson Playhouse, Royal Theatre, Smith’s Pub, Sugar Nightclub and the Strathcona Rooftop.