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…
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PAS Is Playing Massif!
There are legends in the valley that tell of a mysterious man who makes mysterious music for all the different animals that come down from the mountains. Speaking of a different kind of legend, Jeff Johnson (OK Vancouver OK) has teamed up with bandmates Cassandra and Noam to create some wildly weird and beautifully baroque…
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Tebby and the Heavy Are Playing Massif!
If heaviness is a vibe, then Tebby and the Heavy are literally drowning in it. Just like they love drowning their audience in a tsunami of reverb-laden sonic reverie. Get ready to sink or swim in this wash of early ’90s shoegaze and late ’60s psychedelic garage. Edmonton is fortunate to have this band call…
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Milkmaid Is Playing Massif!
The slow, ponderous and ever-encroaching force created by Calgary’s Milkmaid is both fear-inducing and awe-inspiring. The crust, the filth, and downright evil sounds that are produced show they are ready to bury their prairie home. They might be young, but they have tapped into a source of brutality that is as old as humanity. Could…
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