Performers flocking to Salluit

More than two dozen musical acts will descend on Salluit next month for the celebrated Eastern Arctic Music Festival.

The event will draw participants from Nunavut communities such as Coral Harbour, Cape Dorset, Iqaluit and Pangnirtung, and Nunavik communities such as Kuujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Puvirnituq, Kuujjuarapik, Inukjuak and, of course, Salluit.

The festival will be held July 24 to 28.

The line-up of performers includes well-known names including Charlie Panigoniak of Arviat, Timiusi Evic of Pangnirtung, Jobie Arnaituq of Kangiqsujuaq, Zebedee Nungaq of Kangirsuk, the Qikiqtaalummi Ingiqtiit group of Iqaluit, Elisapie Isaac of Montreal, Gamalie Nukiguaq of Qikiqtarjuaq, and many, many more.

The festival, which celebrates the many family ties between people in Nunavut and Nunavik, began in 1987, with a gathering in Cape Dorset.