CRATER CONVERSATIONS EP23: MAX MERRIFIELD

Welcome to another edition of Crater Conversations, a weekly show live on CKLU now on at a brand spanking new time Tuesday’s at 5PM! So, what exactly is the show all about? Join your host, Crater co-founder Jess, each week as we sit down with a local guest. We’ll talk about their projects, their passions, and the things they love about our little rock town! We’ll be sitting down with performers, entrepreneurs, community leaders – anyone with a story. Personal anecdotes, first inspirations, childhood follies, who knows where this will take us but we can’t wait to find out! Can’t catch the show on air? No worries, all our episodes will be posted online afterwards for easy listening. If you’re inclined to tune in live turn your radio dial to CKLU 96.7 or stream live at https://www.cklu.ca/ 5PM every Tuesday.

Northern Lights Festival Boréal for many die hard Sudburians is the official start of summer, a weekend dedicated to soaking up the sun, music and fun at the fest. This is especially true for this weeks guest, Max Merrifield, Executive and Artistic Director of NLFB. Founded in 1972 by a collective of thoughtful citizens NLFB now holds the proud title of Canada’s longest running outdoor music festival, starting first as a free one day folk festival at Bell Park. Max’s father Scott Merrifield was one of the such founding organizers of the festival. While most of us have memories of our parents telling tales of neighbourhood shenanigans or what the neighbours are up to, conversation around the Merrifield dinner table featured memories of beloved performers over the years, music education or plans for next years fest. Now 47 years later lots of things have changed but the organization seems to have stayed within the family with Max now leading the way. This years edition of the festival runs July 5th-8^th at Bell Park adding a Thursday night to the festival for the second year in a row. Festival headliners include the Arkells, Lisa LeBlanc, Alvvays and Bill & Joel Plaskett, but as any good fest fan knows the hidden gems are where its at. Max was kind enough to sit with us to talk about NLFB 2018, acts you should check out, and growing up Northern Lights. Listen in to this weeks episode here and check out our Spotify playlist here.