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Taking influence from Europe’s music festival circuit, Armstrong MetalFest is a heavy metal celebration that encourages metal heads from across Canada and the globe to mosh and camp with the backdrop of the great outdoors of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.
The festival started in 2009 as “Armstrong Open Air” as a homage to the European festivals. Humble beginnings in a farm field, we began our journey with many local bands on a stage made from a gooseneck trailer.
Starting with a small organizing crew, the festival slowly began to outgrow the field, and we moved to the Hassen Arena.
The logo design was an homage to the upside-down iconography many metal bands we listened to adopted. The leaf involved the “Canada” aspect in some way, and in 2012, we moved to a clearer representation of what was originally just a mockup on plywood with spray paint.” 2 weeks ago