massif music

september 24-26, 2026

A carefully curated heavy music experience in Nelson BC. We sell out every year.

we’re not massive,

We’re massif.

There’s no festival like MASSiF. Because we’re not really a festival.

We’re more like a pretty big party with your newest best friends. It’s that time when a whole bunch of cool bands came to play hard and hang out, made possible by a small group of volunteers who love music as much as you do, all in a sweet town under mountains overlooking a lake. WTF is this paradise, anyway?

We don’t tolerate jerks. Everyone is here to have sweaty, loud and safe FUN.

Featuring a meticulously chosen lineup, Massif increases gender diversity in heavy music and fosters opportunities for underrepresented bands to play together.

We’re super good at it. Located in the nether regions of British Columbia’s mountainous interior, MASSiF has been blowing minds and eardrums in Nelson BC since 2016.

latest news…

  • Baker Street Menswear Supports Massif!

    NELSON!!! Are you ready to ROCK? While looking super SHARP? In your fine THREADS from Baker Street Menswear? Run, don’t walk, to 571 Baker St. and ask Mike to HOOK YOU UP! Just like they hook up Massif with sponsorship support every year. Rock on! (Shoutout to Eddy Music for the ax!)

  • Stephen Hamm Is Playing Massif!

    Somewhere beyond space and time, there is another, infinite dimension. Where sound and magic exist as unexplainable elements. Returning to Massif, Vancouver’s Stephen Hamm (aka Theremin Man) has traveled to this dimension and brings these elements back with him, performing what can only be translated as interdimensional galactic pop. Blending electro synth beats and a…

  • Laughing Sickness Is Playing Massif!

    Laughing Sickness is NO laughing matter. Tight, ripping sets bring everyone to the front. Having opened for bands like D.O.A, Ripcordz and Death By Stereo, this local band even got a shoutout on KEXP. And they just keep putting out music! Bringing their classic, fast-paced punk back to Massif this year, we couldn’t be more…