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…

  • Lung Is Playing Massif!

    Lung is an avant rock duo from Cincinnati known for massive sound, electrifying performances and fearless experimentation. Featuring Kate Wakefield on electric cello and vocals and Daisy Caplan on drums, the band blends distorted cello riffs, operatic melodies and driving percussion into a style that moves fluidly between art rock, punk and experimental noise. With…

  • Public Grievance Is Playing Massif!

    There is an old-school purity to the ethos and raw sonic character of Public Grievance’s ripping mess of hardcore dad punk—fast, loud and done before bedtime. Think elements of Rudimentary Peni if Nick Blinko were tending the crazed love child of Man Is the Bastard and Poison Idea. Tune into Public Grievance’s rise on Instagram.…

  • Man Meat Is Playing Massif!

    OK, is this thing on? Returning to Massif from the depths of Saskatoon, behold…Man Meat! Formed in 2014, Man Meat are bringing their sludgy noise rock explosion back to Nelson. Join them on their quest to embrace the loud, the dissonant and the deeply resonant. Heavy abrasive riffs interwoven with real heartfelt sonic emotion will…